Global Football

The Trinidad and Tobago National Under-17 Team’s fading 2017 World Cup dreams were finally put to rest at the Hasely Crawford Stadium last night, as Suriname clinched the final available CONCACAF berth despite a 2-1 loss to Cuba. Coach Russell Latapy’s team needed Cuba to win by two clear goals …

Trinidad and Tobago’s dreams of being 2016’s Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Men’s Under-17 champions were dashed last night following a heartbreaking 3-2 loss to Jamaica at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. However, the faintest hopes of advancing to the CONCACAF stage are still alive for the young Soca Warriors, …

San Juan Jabloteh winger and, arguably, the Pro League’s most outstanding player in the 2015/16 season, Nathan Lewis, is now resting at home after being shot in a drive-by outside the Maloney Indoor Sport Arena at around 1am on Sunday 18 September. Lewis, who has blistering pace and can operate …

Ahh, Trinidad and Tobago footballers just love the drama. A sweetly-taken stoppage time item by striker Jaydon Prowell sent the Ato Boldon Stadium into raptures last night as the young Soca Warriors were able to complete a dramatic 3-2 comeback victory over Bermuda and keep their 2017 FIFA Men’s Under-17 …

Trinidad and Tobago National Under-20 Team coach Brian Williams has refused to consider Shiva Boys Hindu College players Tyrel “Pappy” Emmanuel and Quinn Rodney for the Caribbean Cup finals, after rejecting their excuses for skipping an ongoing training camp in Guyana. Emmanuel and Rodney were selected on Williams’ 20-man team, which left …

The aggregate score now reads Haiti 4, Trinidad and Tobago 1. The two Caribbean nations have now met five times at both senior and junior levels over the last three years. And, on all but one occasion, it was the French-speaking islanders who came out on top. The Trinidad and Tobago National …

The Trinidad and Tobago National Under-20 Team won their first warm-up match in Georgetown this afternoon. But it was against Guyanese club team, Alpha United, rather than the Guyana National Team, as initially suggested by a Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) release. W Connection midfielder Jabari Mitchell and Moses …

As the Trinidad and Tobago National Under-20 Team took off from the Piarco International Airport at 3:30pm for a seven-day training camp in Guyana, talented central midfielder Tyrel “Pappy” Emmanuel and dashing winger Quinn Rodney were preparing to face San Juan North Secondary in SSFL Premier Division action in Bourg …

Naparima College skipper Shane Sandy, Presentation College (San Fernando) captain Kareem Riley and Shiva Boys Hindu College goalkeeper Denzil Smith are among three schoolboys who will take their leave from the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) 2016 Premier Division for a camp in Guyana this week. The Trinidad and Tobago National …

Three years ago, former Trinity College student Damani Richards seemed a good bet for a successful career as a top flight footballer. Instead, he could feasibly end up facing the local courts, after he was allegedly held by the Western Division Task Force with a loaded firearm and a quantity …

Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team coach Stephen Hart confirmed today that three key Soca Warriors were fined for breaking team camp, just two days before their crucial Russia 2018 World Cup qualifier against Guatemala at the Hasely Crawford Stadium on 2 September. The breach of discipline was made public, …

The Trinidad and Tobago National Under-17 Team kick off their India 2017 World Cup campaign, Naparima College play their first home game of the 2016 SSFL Premier Division season, National Super League cup action and more in this week’s Wired868 football calendar for 12-20 September: Wednesday 14 September (SSFL Premier …