The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Under-17 Team start their Fifa 2025 U-17 Women’s World Cup campaign tomorrow against the US Virgin Islands from 8pm at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. The fixture is the second match of a Group B doubleheader, with Honduras and Belize meeting from 5pm …
Read More »Nikita Gosine quits T&T Women’s U-17 team; mother demands humane selection process from national coaches
Trinidad and Tobago will be a player short for the 2025 Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Qualifiers, which kicks off tomorrow in Trinidad—with Honduras, Belize and the United States Virgin Islands grouped together at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. All four nations announced 21-member squads to Concacaf roughly a week ago …
Read More »RBNYFL 25: Over 3,000 youths set to play, with more than a dozen new teams
The Republic Bank National Youth Football League (RBNYFL) has announced its participants for the 2025 season, with the number of competing clubs swollen from 124 teams in 2024 to a new high of 133 outfits. Tobago, whose number of participating teams rose from 13 to 22 clubs, is the only …
Read More »Arbitration Committee fingers Quan Kep; St Benedict’s lose third and final appeal
For the first time in the 10-year history of the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division, the champion school has been effectively stripped of its title. Today, the SSFL executive committee confirmed that its Arbitration Committee ruled against St Benedict’s College and upheld prior sanctions by the school body’s …
Read More »Soca Warriors travel to Jamaica for two February friendlies, as Yorke and McClaren square off
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team will play two friendlies away to Jamaica on 6 and 9 February, as part of both nations’ preparation for the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup Preliminary qualifying round in March. Trinidad and Tobago have a home-and-away match up against Cuba in the Gold …
Read More »“We feel harassed!” All NLCL youth tourneys halted pending meeting with TTFA executive
“[…] Sadly, after raising and investing over a million dollars and helping thousands of youngsters and after donating thousands of pounds of hamper items, the tournament committee feels highly frustrated, harassed and disrespected. “[…] As a result, the committee has decided to suspend all NLCL Community Cup tournaments for 2025, …
Read More »St Rose vs the Jordans: How NLCL tournament ran afoul of TTFA Safeguarding Dept
NLCL directors Brian Jordan and his wife Germaine Jordan officially announced the cancellation of the 2024/25 season of the NLCL Under-19 Community Cup, one of Trinidad and Tobago’s most prominent nationwide youth football competitions, on 30 December 2024. Their decision to pull the plug on the competition was preceded by …
Read More »“We had to borrow to buy children’s Christmas gifts!” TTPFL execs try to quell strike threat
“[…] School opens on Monday. I can’t go to Massy Stores and say: I’m a ‘professional footballer’ in the TTPFL; I’m taking these groceries to pack my son’s lunch kit for school—when we get pay on Friday the 10th, I’ll pay you! “[…] For Christmas, I had to borrow money …
Read More »TTFA cancels Mexico tourney for T&T U17s, as “gifted” squad prepare for W/Cup push
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-17 team will not have the benefit of an international tournament in Mexico, as part of their preparations for the Qatar 2025 Fifa Under-17 World Cup qualifying series. Coach Shawn Cooper’s troops spent much of December in camp at the Home of Football and …
Read More »SSFL 2024: The St Benedict’s case: three parties made different rulings on Garcia—and none followed the Constitution
Article 16 of the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Constitution explains the criteria for eligibility in its competitions. “Before students can be accepted by the League to be registered as players to represent any team playing in the League,” states the Constitution, “the following criteria must be fulfilled: “Students must …
Read More »Magic Martin fails to rescue T&T, as Jamaica U-20s claim Jewels title
The Jamaica Women’s National Under-20 team will have something worth declaring at Customs when they return to Kingston, as they downed the T&T Red Angels (effectively the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Under-17 team) 2-1 in the Jewels of the Caribbean Under-20 final this evening at the Ato Boldon Stadium …
Read More »Jamaica U20s edge T&T U17s in mock exam; T&T U20s maul Dominica
A second half goal by substitute Gillisha Gilbert guided the Jamaica Women’s National Under-20 Team to a 1-0 win over the T&T Red Angels (effectively the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Under-17 team) at the Larry Gomes Stadium today in the closing group stage match of the Jewels of the …
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