Trinidad and Tobago national women’s team attacker Kennya “YaYa” Cordner and men’s national senior team goalkeeper Jan-Michael Williams and coach Stephen Hart were all named on shortlist for CONCACAF individual awards for 2014. Cordner, who helped the “Women Soca Warriors” to within touching distance of the Canada 2015 Women’s World …
Read More »Central clobbers Jabloteh; Point guns down Rangers
Central FC handed San Juan Jabloteh its first league defeat of the season on Tuesday evening; and it was a resounding one. Doubles from 2009 Under-20 World Cup players Qian Grosvenor and Sean De Silva paced the “Couva Sharks” to a 4-0 win over Jabloteh at the Hasely Crawford Stadium …
Read More »One on one with Point Fortin’s Andre Ettienne
Andre Ettienne is currently on a journey to the highest point of professional football and, like everything else, this trip is not short of challenges. This 24-year-old Point Fortin Civic FC defender claimed that multiple injuries in the past set back his ambitions but he insisted that his dream of reaching …
Read More »Tekay that! Mucurapo East edges Benedict’s to Intercol title
For the second time this week, a trip to the Hasely Crawford Stadium ended in despair for the majority of the patrons at the Port of Spain venue. This was arguably small beer as opposed to the 2015 Women’s World Cup that slipped away from the “Women Soca Warriors” on …
Read More »Hoyce strikes from the sidelines to lead Mucurapo to Intercol glory
Trinidad and Tobago national under-17 defender Tekay Hoyce came off the bench this evening to give Mucurapo East Secondary its third National Intercol title with a 1-0 win over St Benedict’s College in the 2014 final at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. It was Mucurapo’s first title since …
Read More »School’s out! Wired868 highlights its favourite SSFL stars
The 2014 Secondary Schools Football League season reaches its climax this evening with a new champion set to be crowned as Mucurapo East Secondary faces St Benedict’s College in the Coca Cola National Intercol boys’ final from 5 pm at the Hasely Crawford Stadium. (The Coca Cola National Intercol girls …
Read More »One on one with Police FC’s striker Jameel Perry
“Nothing happens before its time” seems to be the mantra for 27 year old Special Reserve police officer and Police FC striker, Jameel Perry. Having overcome adversity at an early age and being compelled to work from as early as 15 years, today Perry has a strong understanding that everything has …
Read More »In support of Maylee: T&T must compensate athletes for national service
After the call for employment from Trinidad and Tobago national senior women’s team football captain, Maylee Attin-Johnson, I had to comment; because it’s an area that I have always felt was a grave injustice to national athletes. It is safe to say that many national athletes from different sporting disciplines …
Read More »Genoa face FIFA sanctions over million dollar W Connection debt
Italian Serie A club, Genoa FC, could face disciplinary action after failing to meet a FIFA deadline with regards to a defaulted payment due to Trinidad and Tobago Pro League champion club, DIRECTV W Connection, over St Lucia international midfielder Zaine Pierre. Pierre, who is now 21, joined Genoa in …
Read More »Joevin Jones joins Chicago Fire on three-year deal
Trinidad and Tobago national football team utility player and DIRECTV W Connection star Joevin Jones has agreed a three-year deal with United States Major League Soccer (MLS) team Chicago Fire and will move to North America for pre-season in January. It means that the “Soca Warrior” will cut short his …
Read More »One-on-one with St Augustine Secondary’s Joshua Marshall
Serious is the keyword used to describe 16-year-old St Augustine Secondary captain and center back, Joshua Marshall. That one word describes how Marshall portrays himself whether it is on the field or off the field. At first glance, you would not want to mess with the unsmiling schoolboy; but, after …
Read More »Canada dry: Ecuador heartbreak as W/Warriors concede W/Cup race
At just after 8 pm yesterday, on Tuesday December 2, Trinidad and Tobago goalkeeper Kimika Forbes lay face down inside her own penalty area and seemed to will the ground to swallow her whole. Up in the stands of the Hasely Crawford Stadium, the seats were emptying fast. In the …
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