Global Football

Trinidad and Tobago lost their opening game of the 2021 Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship 5-3 to hosts Costa Rica this evening, despite a double from captain Ryan Augustine. The twin island republic face two-time Concacaf champions the United States in Alajuela tomorrow and anything short of an unlikely win means …

The following column, written by Lasana Liburd, was first published in the Trinidad Express Sport Magazine on 4 October 2007: His long spindly legs give him the look of a basketballer. His long mane is more the rave at dancehall concerts than in sporting arenas. He wears the number 10, …

The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team received their final 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup schedule today, as Concacaf president Victor Montagliani confirmed playoff fixture dates for the competition. The Soca Warriors will play Montserrat from 9.30pm on Friday 2 July at the Drv Pnk Stadium in Ft Lauderdale, which …

Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Beach Soccer Team head coach Ramiro Amarelle selected his final 12-man squad today for the 2021 Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship, which kicks off on 17 May in Alajuela, Costa Rica. Twelve participating nations are split into three groups with the two teams advancing to the …

Domestic sport in Trinidad and Tobago is on pause at present; and has been for much of the past 13 months, since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. Arima North Secondary football team technical director and former Trinidad and Tobago Boys’ National Under-15 Team and QPCC FC assistant coach Wayne …

The Fifa-appointed normalisation committee will settle outstanding payments for all technical staff members appointed by former Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace, inclusive of Soca Warriors head coach Terry Fenwick and his support staff. And it will also pay a training stipend to the Men’s National Senior …

Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Futsal Team head coach Constantine Konstin credited his outfit for an ‘amazing’ showing after their feisty clash with hosts Guatemala last night, which the twin island republic lost 4-3. The defeat meant the Soca Warriors were eliminated after just two matches, as they lost their …

“[…] Educators refer to ‘recency and frequency’ as part of the learning process, and when you look at our players, they all possess tremendous individual skill. It follows therefore that the more they play futsal, the more adept at it they will become.  “A national futsal league, not necessarily a …

Trinidad and Tobago were eliminated from the 2021 Concacaf Futsal Championship last night after two successive group stage defeats against the Dominican Republic (6-2) and Guatemala (4-3) respectively. But the Soca Warriors can claim to have left their mark in the confederation’s showcase tournament regardless, after an extraordinary goal from …

The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Futsal Team face an early end to their 2021 Fifa Futsal World Cup dreams as the Soca Warriors lost 6-2 to the Dominican Republic last night in Concacaf Championship action in Guatemala City, Guatemala. The Warriors face Guatemala tonight but are unlikely to find …

Normalisation committee chairman and de facto Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) boss Robert Hadad was a no-show yesterday as the Fifa-appointed body hosted officials from the National Football Coaches of Trinidad and Tobago (NFCTT), in a crucial virtual meeting. NFCTT interim president Jefferson George and executive member Angus Eve …

Leave the egos at the door and instead bring bags and bags of patience. Fixing our football will require much more time than it took to drive it down to its current position. For too long, we have attempted to hold conversations in which each leader tried to look like …