Colombia announce squad

New Delhi, Sep 21: Colombia on Thursday announced their 21-man squad for the FIFA U-17 World Cup scheduled to start here from October 6.

According to the Colombian Football Federation, Coach Orlando Restrepo made some significant changes to his squad, which finished third in the South American championship. Kevin Moreno, Heyler Gomez and Juan David Martinez are some of the key absentees from the squad. Colombia are in group A with along with India, Gha and the US. They will play their first game against Gha on October 6 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and will be look to improve their highest finishing of third place in the U-17 World Cup which they achieved in Nigeria 2009. IANS