Second-string coach Neil Thompson has included Tresor Kandol, Sebastien Carole, Curtis Weston, Ian Westlake and Sebastian Sorsa in his travelling squad for the reserves' two pre-season matches in the south west.

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United play Pegasus Juniors – members of the Hellenic League's Premier Division – this evening (ko 7.30pm) before travelling to face Newport County in Wales on Saturday afternoon, and the fixtures will give the fringe members of Gary McAllister's first-team squad a chance to build up their fitness ahead of the new campaign.

The majority of the senior players named in Thompson's squad have been deemed surplus to requirements at Elland Road by McAllister, and Sorsa and Weston have been included after brief trials with Hamilton Academicals and Hibernian respectively.

Young striker Tom Elliott has also made the journey south, and the club's reserves are aiming to recover from successive defeats in their opening pre-season friendlies against Farsley Celtic and Harrogate Town.

Kandol made his first appearance of the summer at Wetherby Road but Leeds failed to find the net during a 3-0 defeat and have not scored in either of their matches so far this summer.

Thompson's side will follow up their match at Newport on Saturday with a visit to Guiseley on Monday night, setting them up for the start of the Central League East season on Tuesday, August 19.

United (from): Lund, Edwards, Wilkinson, Kandol, Sorsa, Weston, Westlake, Hotchkiss, Cartman, Ovington, Webb, Darville, Elliott, Milne, Falkingham, Hatfield, White, Carole.