National Tridents headed to Antigua for CONCACAF Friendly Series

The National Senior Men’s Squad and Management Team will travel to Antigua on Monday to compete in the inaugural 2025/26 CONCACAF Friendly Series.

In making the announcement, the Barbados Football Association (BFA) said the Tridents will play two international friendlies during the November window of the series – the first match will see them take on Bonaire on Wednesday, November 12, while the second match on Saturday, November 15, has Team Barbados pitted against Aruba. Both matches will be held at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in St John’s, Antigua, and will kick off at 4 p.m.

Head Coach Kent Hall said the National Tridents squad for this round of matches will consist of primarily locally based players.

“These matches in Antigua are a great opportunity to give some newer players a chance to get critical match experience, to get their feet wet, and to see what this level of senior international football is like,” he said. “We have been working hard on various playing concepts and fine-tuning our team dynamics, so this will give us the chance to test some new things while we continue to build on our long-term development programme in preparation for League B of the CONCACAF Nations League next year. We are thankful to CONCACAF for providing this opportunity, and we look forward to meeting Bonaire and Aruba out on the pitch.”

Barbados will play in Group C of the 2025/26 CONCACAF Friendly Series which consists of Guyana, Antigua and Barbuda, Bonaire, and Aruba. The series continues in the March 2026 international window, when Barbados is slated to play another two matches against Antigua and Guyana. (PR)

National Senior Men’s Squad

Goalkeepers

Jireh Malcolm (Paradise FC)

Raheem Agard (Wotton FC)

Shaquan Phillips (UWI Blackbirds)

Defenders

Honor Bradshaw (Whitehall FA)

Jayden Goodridge (Kickstart Rush FC)

Nicoli Brathwaite (Weymouth Wales FC)

Raquan Clarke (Paradise FC)

Ricardio Morris (Weymouth Wales FC)

Romario Small (Britton’s Hill United FC)

Midfielders

Ackeel Applewhaite (Weymouth Wales FC)

Andre Applewhaite (Captain) (Weymouth Wales FC)

Darian King (Wotton FC)

Ethan Squires (Unattached)

Jahiem Neblett (Weymouth Wales FC)

Jaron Oughterson (UWI Blackbirds)

Kamari Johnson (Kickstart Rush FC)

Sheran Hoyte (Paradise FC)

Forwards

Kevon Lucas (Old Road FC, Antigua)

Khalil Vanderpool-Nurse (Unattached)

Khimani Cox (Paradise FC)

Rommell Bynoe (Ellerton FC)

Shamari Harewood (UWI Blackbirds)

Management Team

Head Coach – Kent Hall

Assistant Coach – Marlon Harte

Goalkeeping Coach – Bernard Howell

Team Manager – Ortis Williams

Sports Therapist – Johann Lashley

Trainer – Chad Bynoe

Equipment Manager – Orlando Mapp