Three former USL players have been named to the 2006 FIFA World Cup roster for Trinidad & Tobago.Veteran USL First Division defender Brent Sancho, currently with Gillingham in England, was a member of the Charleston Battery in 2000 before spending two seasons with the Portland Timbers.
Superstart striker Stern John is also a USL product, earning USL First Division Rookie of the Year honors in 1997 after registering 16 goals and five assists for the New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers. John went on to a stint in MLS the following year and is now playing for Coventry in England.
Forward Evans Wise spent some time in the USL First Division playing for US Project-40 in 1998.
John scored the squad’s lone goal for T&T in their World Cup tuneup against Wales in Austria May 27, a 2-1 loss.
