A shellshocked Trinidad and Tobago were eliminated from the Concacaf Under-20 Qualifying series at home tonight, after a 3-0 loss to Canada at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. Touted by technical director Anton Corneal as the most gifted collection of players in over a decade, the young …
Read More »Chaves rescues win for T&T U-20s against “Vincy Heat”; Canada demolish Dominica
Trinidad and Tobago got their Peru 2025 Fifa Under-20 World Cup campaign off to a winning start last night, as substitute Michael Chaves sent over 3,000 patrons floating out of the Hasely Crawford Stadium with a last gasp winner over St Vincent and the Grenadines. That is the glass half-full …
Read More »Wharfe coy on resignation; active TTPFL CEO campaigning for TTFA presidency
Aspiring Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president Colin Wharfe confirmed that he continues to serve as CEO of the Trinidad and Tobago Premier Football League (TTPFL) and employee of the Fifa-appointed Normalisation Committee on the two-island republic, even as he openly campaigns for the local governing body’s top administrative …
Read More »Big Five: Five Kirk showing! Blanchisseuse blow away Moruga to go top
Forget what you think you know about Blanchisseuse. Tranquil, slow-paced, and friendly? Hah. The Moruga Secondary football team would beg to differ. At the final whistle in yesterday’s Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Big Five contest, Blanchisseuse Secondary led by five goals to two; and, in truth, the home team …
Read More »T&T U-20s down QPCC 3-0 in last friendly, Haynes gets Sween scare
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-20 Team closed off their preparations for the Concacaf Under-20 Qualifying series today with a 3-0 friendly win over TTPFL Tier Two team QPCC at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar. The young Soca Warriors struck twice off corner kick routines through forward Tyrell …
Read More »Big Five: Youthful Signal Hill sting Moruga; “Scorpions”, Blanchisseuse in trouble
“We will take it one game at a time,” Signal Hill Secondary head coach Downie Marcelle told Wired868. “We want to go Prem—that is our goal and aim for this year.” Six years have passed since Signal Hill, the school of Trinidad and Tobago legends Dwight Yorke and Bertille St …
Read More »Canada confirm U-20 squad; six W/Cup players in team for Trinidad
Canada will travel to Trinidad on Friday for Concacaf Under-20 Championship qualifying action with six players who participated at the 2023 Fifa Under-17 World Cup. Only one team will advance from Group D, which includes hosts Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Dominica. And, although TTFA technical …
Read More »Haynes notes “defensive frailties” and offensive bluntness, as U20s lose to makeshift senior team
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-20 team got a lesson in humility at the Larry Gomes Stadium yesterday, as they fell 2-1 to a makeshift National Senior Team in Malabar. The score summary flattered the teenagers. The senior players, led by Soca Warriors coach Angus Eve, kept the ball …
Read More »Fifa proposes 13 April election date for TTFA; candidates start canvassing
The Fifa-appointed Normalisation Committee has tentatively set elections for the president and executive committee of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) for Saturday 13 April 2024. The proposed timeline was shared with members today by TTFA general secretary Amiel Mohammed and follows advice from Fifa official Nodar Akhalkatsi, who …
Read More »Big Five: Blanchisseuse hold MMPHS in emotional debut; Fridays frolic in St Augustine-Moruga draw
Blanchisseuse Secondary got a point on the road today in their first ever appearance in the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Big Five competition, as they held Miracle Ministries Pentecostal High School (MMPHS) goalless—in a rowdy but good-natured contest at Edinburgh 500. It was one of two drawn matches on …
Read More »“Ten minutes of madness!” T&T U-20s fall 3-1 to Jamaica, despite Sween strike
After making their international bow with a 3-2 international friendly win over Jamaica last week, the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-20 Team got their first taste of defeat this afternoon as they fell 3-1 to the young “Reggae Boyz” at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar. Three goals in …
Read More »“Anything but Hadad!” TTFA members accept Fifa amendments to avoid NC extension
Members of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) are now officially in election mode, after agreeing to constitutional amendments that many feel to be deeply flawed. Today, the membership approved the revised TTFA statutes to complete the tasks of the Fifa-appointed Normalisation Committee. And the Robert Hadad-led committee, according …
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