World Cup 2006 ace Cornell Glen is disappointed to miss out on Trinidad and Tobago’s Caribbean Cup finals squad but wished the squad well on its mission and insisted that he remains available for national selection. The 32-year-old Glen leads the Digicel Pro League’s scorers this season with eight goals …
Read More »T&T selects final Caribbean Cup team
Trinidad and Tobago joint head coaches Hutson “Barber” Charles and Jamaal Shabazz selected their final squad for the 2012 Caribbean Cup finals today and, in the end, only two new faces managed to force themselves into the group. Speedy 24-year-old Slovakia-based right winger Lester Peltier and 22-year-old United States A’ …
Read More »Shabazz requests new selection policy for Warriors
New Trinidad and Tobago national football head coach Jamaal Shabazz has declared his intention to create a new selection policy for the “Soca Warriors” in a bid to bring more transparency to the senior squad and to better motivate Pro League players. Shabazz, who was appointed the joint head coach …
Read More »Glen and Molino among seven new Caribbean Cup call-ups
North East Stars striker Cornell Glen is the only Digicel Pro League addition to Trinidad and Tobago’s Caribbean Cup finals training squad while six foreign-based players have also been included as the “Soca Warriors” campaign for their first CONCACAF Gold Cup berth in six years. At present, 27 footballers were …
Read More »The secret behind Trinidad and Tobago’s football revival
Question: What is the most successful component of Trinidad and Tobago’s football at present? Allow me to make it easier for you. The Trinidad and Tobago national men’s football team last won a Caribbean title eleven years ago in 2001 and has only played in one regional final since then. …
Read More »Classic cut-tail: D/Force spanks Connection for final berth
Stand-in Defence Force coach Marvin Gordon praised his men for an impressive performance last night as the army/coast guard combination trounced DIRECTV W Connection 3-0 at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain to advance to the Toyota Classic Cup final. The Defence Force team, which was beaten 2-1 by …
Read More »Stars penalise Vale in Classic semis
North East Stars needed penalties to finally eliminate Super League outfit Stokely Vale at the Hasely Crawford Stadium this evening as the Pro League team prevailed 4-1 in a shoot out in the Toyota Classic Cup semifinal after a 1-1 stalemate in regulation time. Stars coach Angus Eve is now …
Read More »Calling Glen: W/Cup star on verge of international recall
North East Stars attacker Cornell Glen might be auditioning for a recall with the Trinidad and Tobago national football team from 7 pm tonight when he leads the Pro League outfit against plucky Super League team Stokely Vale in Toyota Classic Cup semifinal action at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port …
Read More »Warriors turn guns on Warner; let the FBI wait
Thirteen aggrieved 2006 World Cup football players are set to join a lengthy list of bodies on the trail of National Security Minister and ex-FIFA vice president Jack Warner after alleging collusion between Warner and the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) in an attempt to defraud the “Soca Warriors” …
Read More »Shabazz named as joint T&T men’s football coach
Jamaal Shabazz is set to pull off a stunning return to the Trinidad and Tobago national football fraternity at next month’s Caribbean Cup finals in Antigua and Barbuda after being appointed to the “Soca Warriors” coaching staff. Shabazz, who also coaches local Pro League team Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA, …
Read More »Caledonia makes heavy work of Santa Rosa
Caribbean champions Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA made heavy work of Super League outfit, FC Santa Rosa, in Toyota Classic Cup action this evening as the “Eastern Stallions” stumbled to a 3-2 win at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain. Caledonia enjoyed the lion’s share of the possession but …
Read More »Why Corneal does a disservice to local football
As a former national football and cricket player and coach, Alvin Corneal enjoys a well-deserved status as a sporting icon in Trinidad and Tobago. Corneal’s feats were all achieved in the last century. In 2012, however, his statements are part of the sport’s problem. In a Trinidad Guardian article earlier …
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