AC Port of Spain football club today became the first known sports team to forfeit a domestic fixture owing to Covid-19, as the Pro League outfit withdrew their youth side from a NLCL Under-19 Community Cup clash with Soccer Made Simple (SMS) this afternoon. AC PoS, who are fifth in …

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) must pay off a loan of US$3m (TT$20.1m) over the next 10 years to a mysterious benefactor—a repayment plan of essentially US$300,000 per year. It is a far rosier proposition than the previous scenario of 258 irate creditors and a debt of over …

At around noon today, the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), via trustee Maria Daniel, agreed settlements with creditors on debts stretching back more than two decades. Daniel, hired by Fifa-appointed normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad, had a fund of roughly TT$16m to address claims, which totalled TT$84.5m. It meant …

Finally, the Trendsetter Hawks Under-19 Team made eyes with Lady Luck. After two close, hard-fought defeats, the Hawks got the rub of the green yesterday afternoon, edging Malabar Young Stars 2-1 in a come-from-behind triumph at the Eddie Hart Ground in Tacarigua. An 89th minute penalty by central defender Janari …

Trinidad and Tobago’s misadventure in the 2022 Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Championship came to a predictable end tonight at the Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez in Santo Domingo, as the young Women Soca Warriors were routed 10-0 by Mexico in their final group assignment. The spanking put an exclamation mark on a …

Trustee for the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), Maria Daniel, revealed to creditors that the local football body has received 291 financial claims amounting to roughly TT$90.7m. But to settle its debts, the TTFA has ‘an approved financial arrangement’ of US$3m (TT$20.1m) —minus a ‘supervisory levy’ of TT$1.005m It …

Trinidad and Tobago found themselves facing their second successive group stage exit from a Concacaf women’s youth tournament today, despite again having a game to spare, when they were thumped 4-0 by Nicaragua in Under-17 Championship action in the Dominican Republic. The numbers themselves—the young Women Soca Warriors have conceded …

Sixteen-year-old Laventille United striker Breana Smith made a dream start to her Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Championship adventure this evening with a superb lobbed goal with her first touch against Panama at the Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. But there was little else for Trinidad and Tobago …

The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team will begin their 2022 Concacaf W Championship campaign against reigning Olympic champions, Canada, on 5 July at the Estadio BBVA in Monterrey, Mexico. The Women Soca Warriors then face Costa Rica on 8 July at the Estadio Universitario and Panama on 11 …

“[…] It is very difficult [to be head coach of two national football teams at once] because it means your priorities are divided. You may not think so but your priorities are divided. The time you may give to them may not be the necessary time each team needs.  “Again, …

At the final whistle in the Dwight Yorke Stadium last night, the reaction from the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team players stretched between two extremes. Led by evergreen veteran utility player Lauryn Hutchinson, the Women Soca Warriors sprinted to the side of the field to share their bliss …

The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team are through to the 2022 Concacaf W Championship after a last-gasp Lauryn Hutchinson equaliser denied Guyana an upset victory at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet. Guyana needed a win to top Group F but, in the end, had to settle for …