The VI Nature Boyz posed for StandPoint Sport on Saturday shortly after a Digicel photo shoot. The squad departed on Monday and will go head-to-head against St. Kitts today before challenging Barbados on Friday. (Photo by Gordon French)

The 23-member squad accompanied by five officials departed the Territory on Monday for the Sugar City following weeks of extensive preparations at the Greenland Recreation Ground in East End.

“I believe that we have a very good team with potent strikers. We will be looking to score early in our two group matches, but we are not going to take any team for granted,” said Avondale Williams, former national captain and now head coach. He said the toughest challenge will be against St. Kitts, but warned that Barbados can be equally dangerous given their recent 1-0 lost to the United States.

The VI and Barbados will clash  on Friday.

Nature Boyz will have the odds stacked against them since throughout the tournament, the home teams backed by large supporters have advance to the second round of the tournament.

It’s safe to say that Nature Boyz football has seen steady improvement over the last year and made a relatively impressive performance earlier this year which saw the VI narrowly missing the second round of the FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifiers.

“We just have to try and stay motivated throughout the tournament. There are people who really don’t see us winning or even making it past the second round. But we have good defense and we plan to attack strong, said team captain, Montgomery Butler.

He added that at the last time the VI faced St. Kitts, they lost 4-0.

“We know what they are capable of doing. They might be coming with a different team this time, but we are prepared for the challenge,” said Buttler.

Full squad:

Goalkeepers: Montgomery Butler (Captain) and Hanniff James.

Defense: Noel Isaac, Ronalie Caine, Shemroy Grandison, Marvin Dainty, Richie Morton and Elvis Williams.

Midfield: Venton James (Vice-captain), Andy Davis, Fitzroy Daly, Lindon remy, Alex Greene, Raul Ettienne, Dwayne Ross, Jevon Demming and Raymond Cummings

Offence: Nano Othley, Rohan Lennon, Cheley Miller, Randy John, Lee – Evans Jacob and Christopher Telemache.

Officials: Avondale Williams, head coach; Jeffery Demming, Assistant Coach, Dowling Daly, Assistant Coach; Marcus Buttler, Manager and Derwin Scatliffe, Physiotherapists.

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