The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team warmed up for Tuesday’s decisive Concacaf W Championship qualifier against Guyana with a 13-0 mauling of the Turks and Caicos Islands this afternoon at the TCIFA National Academy in Providenciales. It was a feat made all the more remarkable by the fact …
Read More »Guyana women held by Nicaragua; T&T can top group with Turks & Caicos win
The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team’s chances of advancing to the 2022 Concacaf W Championship received a strong boost earlier this evening as Guyana were held goalless by Nicaragua in tonight’s qualifying fixture in Lenora. The result eliminates Nicaragua as a contender for the sole qualification spot at …
Read More »Early Bird: Ranking the best: Champions League or World Cup? Maradona, Messi or Pelé?
“World Cup isn’t relevant anymore,” a 30-year-old sports editor colleague told me a few years ago. “[Uefa] Champions League is the most important event in football; it’s what everybody wants to see—where all the top players are.” That’s Bobby, pronouncing, now that the Qatar 2022 groups have been more or …
Read More »Ex-Pro League star, Akeem Benjamin, shot dead after alleged ‘confrontation’ with police
Former Pro League stand-out Akeem ‘Battery’ Benjamin was one of two men shot dead today during an alleged confrontation with police officers at the out-of-commission Flavourite Ice Cream compound at Boundary Road in San Juan. The second deceased man remains unidentified while a TTPS release said North Eastern Division Task …
Read More »T&T start Nations League away to Nicaragua, Wired868 looks at Caribbean fixtures
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team will start their 2022-23 Concacaf Nations League campaign away to Nicaragua on Friday 3 June 2022 and finish it at home on Monday 27 March 2023. The tournament will take place in a round-robin format with each team playing its fellow group …
Read More »Eve suggests ‘very difficult’ Nations League group and ‘personal issues’ over non-selection of Rangers players
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve described Group C of the Concacaf Nations League second tier competition as ‘very difficult’, as he prepares to cross swords with Nicaragua, St Vincent and the Grenadines and The Bahamas respectively. The Nations League kicks off in June and …
Read More »Trinidad and Tobago draw The Bahamas, Nicaragua and ‘Vincy Heat’ in Concacaf Nations League
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team have been reunited with The Bahamas as both nations were tonight put together in Group C of the second tier of the 2022-23 Concacaf Nations League. The two League B nations are grouped with Nicaragua and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in …
Read More »Trinidad and Tobago slip two places in Fifa rankings, plus Wired868 looks at Eve’s 35-man pool
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team dropped two places to 103rd in the latest Fifa rankings released on 31 March 2022, while they remain 11th in the Concacaf region. The Soca Warriors are ranked as the fourth best nation in the Caribbean, behind Jamaica (64th), Curaçao (79th) and …
Read More »‘I don’t feel I’m out of any game as a coach’; T&T coach Prince Borde on leading Antigua and Barbuda women
“[…] I saw a video of a women’s league game [in Antigua and Barbuda] and it reminded me of the Secondary Schools Football League in Trinidad back in the day, when the fans lined up around the ropes…” Wired868 has spoken to Trinidad and Tobago coaches employed around the Caribbean …
Read More »TTFA moves Women’s W/Cup qualifier against Guyana to Tobago, Jones names 23-member squad
The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team will face Guyana at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet on 12 April in their potentially decisive Concacaf W Championship qualifying affair. The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) announced the venue today in a media statement on head coach Kenwyne Jones’ …
Read More »Last-gasp Levi goal helps Trinidad and Tobago hold Guyana and snatch exhibition title
“It was a welcome sight to see the crowd we had in the stadium,” said Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve. “It means we are making some kind of progress when people want to come see you play.” There was silverware too for the Soca …
Read More »Soldier vs Muslimeen: Eve fires back at Shabazz, as T&T call-up Alvin Jones and Waldrop
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve has made two changes to his squad before Tuesday night’s final Courts Caribbean Classic outing against Guyana at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. Soca Warriors right back Alvin Jones has been recalled to the squad, after …
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