The Trinidad and Tobago Men's U-20 National Team achieved its primary objective for October's Caribbean Football Union U-20 Championship when it qualified for the semifinals of the tournament. That achievement guaranteed T&T a place in next year's CONCACAF U-20 Championship, thereby securing the team a shot at qualification for the 2017 U-20 World Cup.
But the young Soca Warriors stumbled into the knockout rounds of the CFU tournament absent primary scoring threat Nicholas Dillon and 16-year-old rising star Isaiah Hudson, who left the squad under unusual circumstances outlined by Trinidadian outlet Wired 868.