“What a game, eh!” exclaimed Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team coach Jamaal Shabazz, as he opened last night’s post-game media conference. “[It was] not one [that’s] good for the heart but sometimes you have to fight. “Sometimes you don’t like to fight but fighting sometimes is good for …
Read More »Tasha strikes late to deny St Kitts and Nevis; T&T need goal fest on Sunday after surprise draw
Trinidad and Tobago will have to wait until Sunday night to book their place in the next Caribbean qualifying round, after the hosts settled for a 1-1 draw tonight against St Kitts and Nevis at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. It might easily have been worse for the Women …
Read More »John-Williams calls AGM on Indian Arrival Day; TTFA president again picks red-letter day to face awkward questions
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams has scheduled the football body’s next AGM for Wednesday 30 May—which is Indian Arrival Day—as the National Sporting Organisation (NSO) makes a fifth attempt to have its 2016 financial statement approved. The football body’s membership has so far resisted John-Williams’ attempts …
Read More »John-Paul shines off the bench as T&T U-20s fight back to beat French Guiana to fifth
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-20 Team closed off their Guadeloupe Six-Nation Invitational tournament yesterday evening with a 3-1 win over French Guiana to avoid the dreaded wooden spoon. Midfielder John-Paul Rochford came off the bench to score twice and create T&T’s other goal for Shaqkeem Joseph, as the …
Read More »Shabazz: “I have a little smile;” T&T win again but Dominica take heart from border restrictions
“Suddenly, I have started to smile,” said Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team coach Jamaal Shabazz, with a wide grin. “I have not been smiling for a long time since I came back in women’s football. Fa-Inna maAAa alAAusri yusran [which is Arabic for ‘Verily, after the hardship comes the …
Read More »Women Warriors dominate Dominica but restricted to 3-0 World Cup qualifying win
The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team dominated proceedings at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva this evening but were forced to settle for a 3-0 win against a dogged Dominica outfit. Central defender Jenelle Cunningham opened the scoring after just five minutes with a rising strike into the …
Read More »T&T U-20s lose 2-1 to Martinique; will face French Guiana trying to avoid last place
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-20 Team lost their second successive outing of the Guadeloupe Six-Nation Invitational tournament yesterday, falling 1-2 to Martinique at Capesterre-Belle-Eau. The young Soca Warriors lost 0-2 to Costa Rica on Saturday and found themselves facing a similar deficit on Sunday, as the French islanders …
Read More »Unpaid bonuses, fraud accusations and wilful ignorance; the TTFA’s $12 million cases against Hart, Phillips and Futsal
When the Soca Warriors held Guatemala to a 2-2 World Cup qualifying draw at the Hasely Crawford Stadium on 2 September 2016, it not only meant a place in the Concacaf Hex but also a cash windfall of US$1.5 million or TT$10.4 million for the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association …
Read More »T&T U-20s fall 2-0 to Costa Rica in Guadeloupe; Latapy credits team’s “all-round performance”
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Read More »Shade beaver-trick and “Baby” thunderbolt do USVI in as T&T Women romp to 10-0 win
Four years ago, the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team started their Canada 2015 World Cup qualifying campaign with a 10-0 rout of St Kitts and Nevis at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port-of-Spain. The opponents and the venue were different this evening but the appetite for goals remained …
Read More »Video: Santa Rosa coach gets two-match ban for “unnecessary contact” in RBNYL U-16 match
FC Santa Rosa coach Terrence Sealy has been suspended from the Republic Bank National Youth League (RBNYL) for two matches. The competition’s three-man emergency committee found him guilty of encroachment and unnecessary contact during an East Zone Under-16 contest against Malabar Young Stars at Constantine Park, Macoya on 12 May …
Read More »Kiryat kid: Levi Garcia swaps Dutch Eredivisie for Israeli Premier League
Twenty-year-old Trinidad and Tobago winger Levi Garcia will spend his immediate future in north Israel, after agreeing to swap the Dutch Eredivisie for Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona FC. For Garcia, the surprise move ends a two and a half year spell in the Netherlands top flight …
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