
Singapore, coached by ex-international defender, Terry Pathmanathan, is grouped with the Under-23 teams from Vietnam, Thailand and China.
Singapore’s first match is against hosts Vietnam on 5 November at the My Dinh National Stadium. Kick off is at 8.00pm, local time.
The winner of the round robin tournament will walk away with US$25,000 while the first and second runner up will each win US$10,000 and US$5,000.
Home United’s midfield quartet of Isa Halim, Shahdan Sulaiman, Firdous Idros and Haikal Norasikin have been called by Coach Pathmanathan.
“It is good that players like Isa (Halim) are able to join the team. He has not played much for his club this season and a tournament like this will help him improve on his match fitness as we get ready for the upcoming SEA (South East Asian) Games,” said Pathmanathan.
“Tournaments like these are good as the players get to play against teams like Thailand and Vietnam who play with a different style,
“The boys will be able to gain invaluable experience and it is a good platform for them to show us their potential as they fight for a spot in the SEA Games team,” added Pathmanathan.
One of the players who will try to catch the coach’s eye is midfielder Shahfiq Ghani. The 17-year old was part of the Olympic team that took part in the recently concluded Vietnam Youth Newspaper Cup.
His two goals and a Man-of-the-Match performance helped Singapore reach the semi final of the tournament in Southern Vietnam and he will be looking to break into the SEA Games squad.
Schedule
Vietnam vs Singapore
5 November 2009
8.00pm*
Singapore vs Thailand
7 November 2009
5.50pm*
Singapore vs China
9 November 2009
5.50pm*
*Singapore is one hour ahead of Hanoi
Squad
Goalkeepers
Hyrulnizam Juma'at (Young Lions)
Jasper Chan (Young Lions)
Defenders
Eddie Affendy Chang (Young Lions)
Afiq Yunos (Young Lions)
Irwan Shah (Young Lions)
Shahir Hamzah (Young Lions)
Midfielders
Isa Halim (Home United)
Firdaus Idros (Home United)
Haikal Norasikin (Home United)
Shahdan Sulaiman (Home United)
Faritz Abdul Hameed (Young Lions)
Hafiz Abu Sujad (Young Lions)
Izzdin Shafiq (Young Lions)
Gabriel Quak (Young Lions)
Shahfiq Ghani (NFA U17)
Forwards
Muhammad Khalili D'cruz (NFA U18)
Goh Swee Swee (Young Lions)
Fadhil Noh (Young Lions)
Fairoz Hasan (Young Lions)
Fazli Ayob (Young Lions)
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