The Plot Thickens: Keon Daniel Travels With Trinidad And Tobago To Bermuda For World Cup Qualifier
by Scott Kessler on Oct 3, 2011 12:04 PM EDT
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Despite Keon Daniel reportedly contracting Dengue Fever, the midfielder has made the trip with the Trinidad and Tobago National Team to Bermuda.
Trinidad flew to Bermuda on October 2, forgoing a practice that was originally planned on the same day in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Instead the national team will stay in the island country until their October 7, 2014 World Cup Qualifier.
Daniel was thought to have been suffering from Dengue Fever, according to the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF), which would have most likely precluded the 25-year-old from playing, or training, for at least a month. Trinidad head coach Otto Fister kept Daniel in his final roster for the nation's October 7 and October 11 friendlies, meaning that the Philadelphia Union player is healthy enough to play and that Dengue Fever is most likely not his ailment.
Fister brought Daniel along for the first two of Trinidad's third round qualifiers, in which Daniel came on as a first half substitute against Bermuda, then played a full 90 minutes and scored a goal versus Barbados. Daniel has not played for the Union since leaving on either August 28 or 29 for those first two international friendlies due to a visa situation, which has kept him out of the United States.
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The Togo National team had a terrorist attack on their bus during the 2010 Africa Cup where people on the bus were killed, and Adebayor was back with Man City in about a month’s time. Daniel better have a great reason.
The part about visa issues...
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by Scott Kessler on Oct 3, 2011 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Could some of this be Nowak smokescreens because he is planning some kind of a move with Keon Daniel? I’m not sure what stands to be gained about lying about Dengue Fever, but it seems even less likely that T&T would have called him up if he actually was sick.
TTFF reported that he may have the Fever, not the Union.
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by Scott Kessler on Oct 3, 2011 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions
just a thought...
it is possible that he already went through some days with it before being tested, which means his recovery may seem quick since the report was out… and to be honest, he’s not playing anywhere so he’s going to play through whatever he has to to save his career because of the visa issues, so doing what he needs to do to play with the national team is his only option at this point. He works hard at staying in shape and keeping a strict diet so maybe recovery was a bit easier, not saying he doesn’t get tired from it, but possible.
If a half-marathoner has problems for a month...
so would a soccer player.
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by Scott Kessler on Oct 4, 2011 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions
He could have just not had Dengue Fever at all.
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by Scott Kessler on Oct 4, 2011 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions
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