Local Football

North East Stars booked its second Cup final against DIRECTV W Connection within a month at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya tonight. Unsurprisingly, penalties were involved. Despite being a player short for the final eight minutes, the Sangre Grande-based team was perfect from the penalty spot as coach Angus Eve’s …

Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA will join DIRECTV W Connection in the group stage of the 2013/14 CONCACAF Champions League after holding Jamaica’s Portmore United to a 2-2 draw in the second leg of a CONCACAF playoff yesterday evening at the Ato Bolton Stadium, Couva. Yesterday’s result meant that Caledonia …

Neal and Massy Caledonia AIA secured a scrappy 1-0 victory over Jamaican unit Portmore United in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League play-off yesterday evening at the Hasely Crawford Stadium. Tall, talented Trinidad and Tobago international striker Jamal Gay scored the lone goal with a header in the …

Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA defender Aubrey David had an eventful 2012, which saw him represent Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana at national senior level. The versatile Guyana born full back learned his trade in Trinidad where he played in two World Youth Cups for Trinidad and Tobago before being …

DIRECTV W Connection continued their close season mastery over Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA last night with a 3-1 Digicel Pro Bowl triumph at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva, despite the absence of star midfielder Joevin Jones. The “Savonetta Boys”, who failed to defeat Caledonia in three regular season …

Trinidad and Tobago Pro League outfit Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA will host Jamaica’s Portmore for both legs of a decisive CONCACAF Club Championship playoff fixture on May 20 and 22. The winner will join DIRECTV W Connection and Haitian club, Valencia, who have already advanced from the Caribbean Football Union …

Newly crowned domestic champions Defence Force signed off on the 2012/13 Digicel Pro League season last night with an emphatic 4-0 win over T&TEC FC at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya. Two goals in each half saw the army/coast guard combination ease past the table proppers in a lopsided fixture …

Defence Force clinched the Digicel Pro League title with a game to spare last night but the army/coast guard combination had to share the spotlight with some teenaged upstarts at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. Defence Force was trounced 4-0 by DIRECTV W Connection in the penultimate fixture of …

“We had a real good week,” said DIRECTV W Connection coach Stuart Charles-Fevrier. “We qualified for the (CONCACAF) Champions League, which was top of our list. This is about our 30th trophy in the 13 years we have been in existence… “I was happy for the players because they worked very …

Trinidad and Tobago Pro League clubs DIRECTV W Connection and Neal & Massy Caledonia will take different routes to the CONCACAF Champions League group stage but they can both get there. Yesterday evening, a goalless draw between W Connection and Antigua Barracuda at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva meant …

Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA was again flat and sluggish this evening in its second CONCACAF Champions League qualifier at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. Unlike Friday, though, the “Eastern Stallions” were not facing a team capable of exploiting their poor run of form. At the final whistle, Caledonia …

Another match and another masterpiece from DIRECTV W Connection star Joevin Jones as the “Savonetta Boys” strolled past defending Caribbean champions Neal & Massy Caledonia and virtually booked their place in the 2013/14 CONCACAF Champions League yesterday evening with a 4-0 dismantling of their Pro League rival. Connection owner David …