The game was just 17 minutes old when St Vincent and the Grenadines attacker Oalex Anderson darted behind the Nicaragua defence to run on to a lofted pass, in Concacaf Nations League B action in Managua on Friday night. Anderson, a US third division player with North Carolina FC, easily …
Read More »Moses clears the way, as T&T thump the Bahamas 3-0—to set up Nicaragua showdown
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve is 90 minutes away from fulfilling his mandate, after a comprehensive 3-0 win over The Bahamas in Nassau. Defender Kareem Moses put the Soca Warriors ahead after just five minutes with a thumping shot and further items by captain …
Read More »Eve names 24-man T&T squad; Winchester, Joseph and Rampersad are in—Muckette misses out
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve announced his 24-man squad to face The Bahamas and Nicaragua this morning with speedy forward Rundell Winchester and midfielder Andre Rampersad among his surprise inclusions. The Soca Warriors need wins over the Bahamas and Nicaragua, on 24 and 27 …
Read More »Rigues elected TTSL president by a single vote, as Edwards loses again
Guaya United business development manager Jameson Rigues was elected tonight as the new Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) president, by a slender vote of 10-9 over Eastern Football Association (EFATT) president Kieron Edwards. Rigues replaces Prison Services superintendent Lee Davis, who resigned on 23 January 2023—after a motion by …
Read More »Eve’s Warriors hold Jamaica goalless again—are T&T ready to reverse Nations League decline?
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team closed off their preparation for next week’s Concacaf Nations League assignments with a creditable goalless draw against Jamaica in Kingston tonight. The Reggae Boyz had most of the ball but, again, rarely threatened while the Soca Warriors often looked the more dangerous …
Read More »Moore gets memorable goal, as Trinidad and Tobago defeat Jamaica for first time in a decade
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team upset Jamaica 1-0 in an international friendly today at the Catherine Hall Sport Complex in Montego Bay, for their first win over the Reggae Boyz in a decade. Flanker Reon Moore made an immediate impact off the substitutes bench to grab the …
Read More »NYFL 2023: East and South Zones kick off, but North postponed while hiccup in Central
The Republic Cup National Youth Football League (NYFL) kicked off in the East and South Zones today. But the North, Tobago and Girls Divisions will have to wait for at least another week to join the fray, while Central Zone games should start on Sunday 12 March. Gateway Athletic managing …
Read More »Eve selects Auvray, Jomal, and Weston for Jamaica trip, but Civic withhold players from T&T duty
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve selected a 24-man squad today comprised of local top-flight players and primarily lower league or unattached overseas-based players. The Soca Warriors will play two friendlies away to Jamaica on 11 and 14 March respectively. As the games fall outside …
Read More »Hadad: “You can’t play football with the Vatican and Tobago!” Fifa extends TTFA’s normalisation
Trinidad and Tobago will remain under the direct grip of Fifa for at least another year, as the world governing body today unilaterally declared that it extended the mandate of its normalisation committee on the two-island republic. The decision, made by the Gianni Infantino-led Bureau of the Fifa Council, was …
Read More »Valiant T&T U-17s go down fighting, after 3-2 extra time loss to El Salvador
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-17 Team were eliminated from the Concacaf Under-17 Championship last night. But the relief of their conquerors, El Salvador, at the final whistle spoke volumes. It took 120 minutes and a shot in the dark from an unlikely saviour, El Salvadorian defender Michael Ventura, …
Read More »“It’s about attitude!” Cooper on T&T football’s shortcomings, facing El Salvador and his players’ special quality
On Thursday evening, Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-17 Team head coach Shawn Cooper and another staff member suffered an attempted “break-in” at their hotel in Antigua City, Guatemala. “I saw someone trying to open my door,” Cooper told Wired868. “They showed me a key with my room number…” A …
Read More »Sween rescues T&T, as young Warriors stumble into knockout stage after 1-1 Barbados tie
Trinidad and Tobago are through to the knockout stages of the 2023 Concacaf Under-17 Championship but coach Shawn Cooper will not want to dwell on how they got there. Having tussled with Canada and the United States in their opening two Group F matches, Soca Warriors supporters would have hoped …
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