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Trinidad and Tobago National Under-20 Team coach Russell Latapy insisted that his squad will not be pushovers tomorrow when the face host nation, United States, in a decisive Group A fixture from 8:45pm at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. USA won the 2017 Concacaf Under-20 title and again boast …

Defending Pro League champions North East Stars could be suspended for the remainder of the 2018 season, due to their alleged failure to pay administrative fees for the competition. Stars were scheduled to meet Terminix St Ann’s Rangers yesterday afternoon in a bottom of the table clash at the Larry …

The Trinidad and Tobago National Under-20 Team made it two wins from as many matches at the Concacaf Under-20 Championship today, as they whipped Puerto Rico 5-1 at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. On Thursday afternoon, the young Soca Warriors snatched two stoppage time goals to edge St Vincent …

It’s not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog. So said Trinidad and Tobago National Under-20 Team captain and Queen’s Royal College playmaker John-Paul Rochford, as he spoke about his approach to football and life. The five foot six midfielder …

Trinidad and Tobago will be one of four host nations for the Concacaf Scotiabank NextPlay Cup, which takes place from 10 November to 8 December. Jamaica, Bahamas and Barbados are the other hosts. Concacaf launched the invitational youth tournament earlier this week at the Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston, Jamaica. …

Two days into the Concacaf Under-20 Championship, Trinidad and Tobago head coach Russell Latapy finally has his full complement of players in Florida, after Portugal-based midfielder, Che Benny, joined the team last night. Benny, a former St Ann’s Rangers and St Anthony’s College playmaker, missed the junior Soca Warriors’ opening …

The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-20 Team scored twice in stoppage time to snatch a last gasp 3-2 win over St Vincent and the Grenadines this afternoon in their opening Concacaf Championship fixture at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. The junior Soca Warriors trailed for 75 minutes out …

Darmstadt 98 flanker Joevin Jones has made himself available to represent Trinidad and Tobago in next month’s international friendly against Iran, after skipping his country’s 1-0 loss away to Thailand on 14 October. Jones cited personal reasons for his late pull-out from the Soca Warriors squad to face Thailand—a decision …

Mark Ramdeen, a Lower Six Form student at Naparima College, stands at five foot two and splits his focus this term between his school’s Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division title chase and Trinidad and Tobago’s push for a Poland 2019 Under-20 World Cup place. The jovial, soft-spoken “Marky”, …

Trinidad and Tobago National Under-20 Team head coach Russell Latapy should have roughly two days with his full squad before they begin their Poland 2019 World Cup qualifying campaign on Thursday evening against St Vincent and the Grenadines. The junior Soca Warriors, who are captained by Point Fortin Civic midfielder …

“I remember [Reuel Tyson] as the kid who always talked and smiled… You saw him play [in the SSFL Premier Division] when he was injured, I saw him when he was on top of his game; but during all of those times, he never stopped smiling.” Former St Benedict’s College coach …

Trinidad and Tobago National Under-20 Team coach Russell Latapy admitted that a good showing—rather than qualification for the Poland 2019 Under-20 World Cup—is the realistic aim for his squad, with least than a week together, as they prepare for next week’s Concacaf Championship in the United States. Trinidad and Tobago …