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Stern John’s final swing of the boot last night and the trademark bulge of the net sent WASA FC players into frenzy as they streamed towards the veteran 38-year-old striker at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. The last time a John item created such a stir was on 12 …

East Mucurapo Secondary, who was recently relegated from the SSFL Premier Division competition after finishing second from bottom, producing a stunning result via kicks from the penalty spot yesterday to beat St Mary’s College to the North Intercol title. There were no goals in the contest at the Hasely Crawford …

Strike Squad coach Everald “Gally” Cummings talks to Earl Best in the first of a two-part interview about the Road to Italy and an explosive fall-out with TTFA general secretary Jack Warner PART I: “The sun,” Michael Maurice said about his failure to stop Paul Caligiuri’s long-range left-footed shot on …

November 20, 1989 was the morning after the evening before. Having recaptured the pre-match euphoria, Ashford Jackman now reminds us of what it felt like that day when, cock-sure that we were bound for Italy, we all woke up to find that we were all dressed up with nowhere to …

Recapturing the euphoric mood of the moment, Ashford Jackman previews the final game of the 1990 World Cup qualifiers in which, to take T&T to the Finals in Italy, Everald “Gally” Cummings’ confident Strike Squad needed simply not to lose. Controversy. Adversity. Achievement. The clear signposts along the road travelled …

Football lives. For “Soca Warrior” fans hung over by last night’s Caribbean Cup final defeat to Jamaica, the Coca Cola Intercol East Zone final was the perfect remedy as San Juan North Secondary held off Trinity College East 3-2 to clinch a pulsating affair at the Larry Gomes Stadium in …

The Caribbean Cup trophy, yet again, will not return to Trinidad and Tobago. And the Jamaica national football team captain, Rodolph Austin, took delight in sending the “Soca Warriors” home empty handed after a 4-3 penalty shoot-out final win in Montego Bay last night. “When you go Trinidad, they turn …

Trinidad and Tobago national football team captain Kenwyne Jones confirmed that the “Soca Warriors” will do everything in their power to be crowned Caribbean champions tonight when they face host Jamaica from 9 pm (TT time) in the 2014 regional final in Montego Bay. However, Jones described the situation between …

Trinidad and Tobago national football team manager William Wallace and captain Kenwyne Jones have confirmed that the “Soca Warriors” will take to the field this evening to fight for the regional title against Jamaica in the 2014 Caribbean Cup final. The Warriors and Jamaica will square off from 9 pm …

Performance poet Roger Bonair-Agard who, as a teenager in the 1980’s, took football to be life, “saw” the November 19 match through a haze sitting in a Flatbush bar and recently sat down in a New York apartment to recreate the entire event for Wired868 in the first installment of our …

Twenty five years ago the entire country joined the “Strike Squad” on the Road to Italy in its quest to achieve World Cup glory with a brand of soccer, inspired by myself as coach, coined “Kaisosoca”, which captured the spirit and the rhythm of the people and its indigenous music …

“With God nothing is impossible.” That’s the motto of Jamari Warrick of St Benedict’s College, La Romain.  Seventeen year old Warrick of Enid Village, Rio Claro says his favourite colour is red, which is an expression of his warmth, and outgoing and affectionate personality. Warrick shares his daily commute to …