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Another weekend, another win for the Defence Force. It was a close shave but, at the final whistle, Defence Force was celebrating again as the army/coast guard combination edged defending champions, DIRECTV W Connection, 2-1 last night at the Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya. It was the tenth successive unbeaten …

FIFA has distanced itself from the legal battle between the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) and 13 members of the 2006 World Cup squad and, in a letter dated 6 February 2013, instead advised the respective parties to seek out the relevant bodies for adjudication. The World Cup 2006 …

I respect the readers, contributors, commentators and bloggers on Wired868, so I am throwing out a topic for discussion which can provoke a lot of thought among the national senior team’s coaching staff. I have not approached the job of joint national team coach with any fear of being fired …

A lens-eye view of the Trinidad and Tobago national football team’s friendly international contest against Peru at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva on Wednesday 6 February 2013. Peru defeated Trinidad and Tobago 2-0 with goals from captain and Bayern Munich star Claudio Pizarro and midfielder Rinaldo Cruzado. You can read …

Despite criticism from some persons, I want to assure the public that Caledonia AIA and, ultimately, Trinidad and Tobago will benefit from Caledonia’s long term plan in sending players to Finland and Kazakhstan. How is this possible, you may ask? Well, firstly the one Trinidad and Tobago player and two …

A release this week confirmed that several of the Pro League’s most talented footballers have signed deals with teams in various corners of the European continent. I say various corners, as most of them are not exactly the European hotbeds of football. But who will benefit from these overseas moves? …

“We will come to the point (where we would be) very disappointed with a result like that,” said joint Trinidad and Tobago national head coach Jamaal Shabazz, in the post-game press conference. “It’s not bad for now. But we have to be more ambitious as a people going forward (from …

The Trinidad and Tobago senior national football team hopes to see tangible evidence of the nation it is representing tonight when the “Soca Warriors” tackle Peru from 8 pm in a friendly international at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva. In July, Trinidad and Tobago will compete at the CONCACAF Gold …

Twenty-five-year-old former Trinidad and Tobago national under-20 captain Radanfah Abu Bakr and 28-year-old Guyana international left wing back Walter Moore can make their competitive debuts in the Kazakhstan Premier League in early March after agreeing terms with newly promoted team FC Vostok. The move is expected to be the first …

In the second and final part of our two-part series, Wired868 looks at the Pro League players whose performances in the first half of the 2012/13 season have put them above their peers: (Starting XI) Cleon John (North East Stars/ Goalkeeper/ 31 years old): John has possibly been the Pro …

Defending champions DIRECTV W Connection predictably returned to winning ways tonight with a 2-1 win over T&TEC FC in the second game of a Digicel Pro League double header at the Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya. The result pulled Connection to within four points of second placed Neal & Massy …

Digicel Pro League leaders Defence Force stretched its unbeaten run to nine successive matches tonight but the “Teteron Boys” did not have it all their own way as they were held 1-1 by Central FC at the Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya. Two goals within the first eight minutes from …