Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams and vice-president Joanne Salazar said yesterday that they, along with vice-president Ewing Davis, acted on more than one occasion without approval from the TTFA’s board of directors and sought to justify their doing so in a radio interview on I95.5FM. John-Williams …
Read More »Williams: Levi wants to represent U-20s; T&T draws Cuba, Haiti and St Lucia
Trinidad and Tobago National Under-20 Team coach Brian Williams has revealed that 18 year old Eredivisie starlet, Levi Garcia, is interested in joining the junior national outfit for the Caribbean stage of their Korea Republic 2017 Under-20 World Cup campaign against Cuba, St Lucia and Haiti in Curaçao this October. The …
Read More »Aubrey joins FC Dallas in MLS; Caleb De Souza joins TTFA coaching pool
Trinidad and Tobago full back Aubrey David has joined a growing “Soca Warriors” contingent in the United States Major League Soccer (MLS), as he completed a six-month loan deal to FC Dallas earlier this week. David, a former 2007 Under-17 and 2009 Under-20 World Cup player, is employed by Costa …
Read More »DJW allegedly used TTFA funds for CFU bid; accused of selling out Caribbean
Just six months into his tenure as Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president, David John-Williams has already turned his gaze towards higher office. The W Connection football club owner will run for the post of Caribbean Football Union (CFU) president on 23 July 2016. The election will be held …
Read More »DJW unplugged: An illegal TTFA election, tacit FIFA support and a CFU power grab
The world governing football body, FIFA, stands accused of complicity in the rise of an allegedly illegitimately elected football president from Trinidad and Tobago with overarching ambitions. FIFA handed former vice-president, Jack Warner, a life ban for attempting to rig its 2011 presidential elections. And the disgraced ex-football official is now fighting …
Read More »Pro League’s toughest fight: doubts over champs Central FC and N/East Stars
Trinidad and Tobago Pro League CEO Dexter Skeene admitted that the local top flight competition is facing the toughest fight of its 14 year existence, as uncertainty over government funding and the poor economic climate are among several factors overshadowing the 2016/17 season. Defending champions Central FC, who won successive …
Read More »Hudson helps T&T tie St Lucia, Warriors top group with scanty performance
An injection of energy by winger Jarred Dass again proved to be difference for the Trinidad and Tobago National Under-20 Team last night, as they rebounded from a goal down to hold St Lucia 1-1 in Caribbean Cup qualifying action at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. Dass, who came …
Read More »Five-star Dillon shines as T&T U-20s gobble up Turks and Caicos
Central FC and former Naparima College striker Nicholas Dillon bagged five goals last night as Trinidad and Tobago dismantled the Turks and Caicos 11-0 in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Under-20 Championships action at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. On Wednesday evening, the young Soca Warriors found great difficulty …
Read More »Dass scores one for mom as young Warriors squeeze past Guadeloupe
A 48th minute item by versatile midfielder Jarred Dass ensured that Trinidad and Tobago got off to a winning start in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Under-20 Championships at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva last night. Dass, who played an integral part in Naparima College’s all-conquering 2015 SSFL season, …
Read More »Just action, no long talk: T&T U-20s ready to do Caribbean football battle
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-20 team will begin their quest for supremacy in the Caribbean Union Cup (CFU) when they face Guadeloupe from 7:30 pm tomorrow at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. If the youngsters can follow the words of their coach Brian Williams local fans may be …
Read More »Kamla skeptical of intelligence memo; but mum on alleged Warner pact
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar broke her silence this morning to respond to questions arising from a leaked United States intelligence memo. The document alleged that the former prime minister was not only aware of corrupt activity by her former minister, Jack Warner, but also benefitted from it. For her response, Persad-Bissessar …
Read More »US intelligence memo suggests Kamla stage-managed Warner’s FIFA exit
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has refused to confirm or deny a leaked United States intelligence report which suggested that the then Prime Minister helped script Jack Warner’s resignation from FIFA and was far more aware of the football executive’s alleged criminal behaviour than previously admitted. According to the memo, Persad-Bissessar …
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