“When we have boys who should be fighting for a place in W Connection or Central’s first team at 17, 18 and 19 choosing to play schools football,” said CONCACAF technical study group member and FC Santa Rosa coach Keith Look Loy, “where they can do what they want and …
Read More »Carrington quits Civic; Point coach cites demotivated players
The Point Fortin Civic football club look likely to take to the field without Reynold Carrington for the first time in three years after the coach announced his shock resignation from the club this morning. Carrington told Wired868 that he informed the players of his decision after training this morning. …
Read More »Super League champs Club Sando join Pro League
Newly crowned 2014-2015 Super League champions, Club Sando, will join the TT Pro League in September for the 2015/15 domestic top flight season after the club convinced the competition’s shareholders about its financial stability and fan base. It means that, once there are no withdrawals, the Pro League will have …
Read More »Under the hood: Look Loy reviews T&T’s unsuccessful U-20 campaign
“They lost because of individual errors,” said CONCACAF technical study group member Keith Look Loy. “But, as a general statement, I cannot be satisfied with the statistical performance of the team. Seven goals in five games are not good enough… “Five against Aruba and none against Panama, none against Guatemala …
Read More »Stern, Whitley, Maylee and Mollon in Wired868’s Sunday line-up
Former 2006 World Cup hero and Premier League striker Stern John heads a cast of past and present national football stars who will descend on the UWI SPEC ground from 4 pm on February 1 as the third annual Wired868 Football Festival kicks off in St Augustine. The event brings …
Read More »Prepare to fail; Wired868 reviews the U-20 Warriors’ W/Cup effort
It took 77 minutes, a two-man numerical advantage and a goalkeeping blunder to separate Trinidad and Tobago and Panama on Sunday in their CONCACAF Under-20 Championship clash in Montego Bay. Guess what the Panama team’s travel plans are now? And where the young “Soca Warriors” are heading? Last month, the …
Read More »One on one with W Connection’s Hashim Arcia
Number 14 for W Connection, Hashim Arcia, was a tough number for Wired868 to contact, but with great persistence and bad weather, we were able to pull through. Stooping down next to the laptop, he cleverly spilled out answers to our questions. Arcia played with the Trinidad and Tobago National …
Read More »Omertà (part thirteen): How the FIFA crooks got away with it
In secret, they confess… Zug, September 21, 2009: FIFA President Sepp Blatter swallowed his pride and travelled in his chauffeured black Mercedes from his luxurious office high above Zurich to the austere lakeside office in Zug of the Chief Prosecutor, Christian Aebi. Blatter’s driver was probably wise enough not to …
Read More »Plaza pips Connection; Central wins Couva Clasico
Trinidad and Tobago striker Willis Plaza gave a timely reminder of his poaching instincts last night as Central FC edged defending Pro League champions, DIRECTV W Connection, 1-0 in the Couva Clasico at the Ato Boldon Stadium. The result sent the “Couva Sharks” six points clear of Connection at the …
Read More »AZ does it; Levi bound for Dutch top flight club
Seventeen-year-old Trinidad and Tobago international youth team winger Levi Garcia is set to become a “Cheese Farmer.” Netherlands football magazine Voetbal International announced today the Shiva Boys HC schoolboy Levi Garcia has agreed in principle to join Eredivisie outfit, AZ Alkmaar, after his 18th birthday in November. The impending move …
Read More »T&T U20s bow out after 1-0 W/Cup qualifying loss to the US
We thought it was over. It is now. The Trinidad and Tobago national under-20 team’s dream of advancing to the New Zealand 2015 FIFA Under-20 World Cup tournament was finally extinguished in Montego Bay tonight after a 1-0 loss to the United States in their final CONCACAF Under-20 Championship Group …
Read More »Back from the brink: T&T U20s can qualify with win over US
It turns out that it is handy to know the tournament rules after all. The Trinidad and Tobago National Under-20 football team camp was turned upside down today with the news that the young “Soca Warriors” can still salvage hopes of a berth at the New Zealand 2015 FIFA Under-20 …
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