Youth Football

The 2016 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) season draws to a close this evening as Presentation College (San Fernando) and Naparima College square off from 4.15pm at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva for the last available national title—the Big Four trophy! Shiva Boys Hindu College have already secured the …

It had been a decade since the boys from Bourg Mulatresse tasted National Intercol success. And, today, the Jerry Moe-coached team put in a stubborn defensive display to eke out a 1-0 victory against their more fancied opponents before a 3,000-strong crowd. The eastern schools really did prove to be …

There may be an edge to the boys’ 2016 National Intercol final this afternoon as Presentation College (San Fernando) and San Juan North Secondary clash from 3.30pm at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella against a backdrop of disciplinary action in the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) boardrooms. The match is …

“How many goals Lexi score again?” Penal Secondary coach Lionel Regis asked his staff, during the 2016 Girls South Zone Knockout finals at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium training ground in Marabella on Friday 2 December. Regis repeated the question several times during their contest against Fyzabad Anglican Secondary. And, each …

Naparima College will compete in the 2016 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Big Four tournament, after their successful protest against Presentation College’s use of midfielder Kori Cupid during the regular season. Cupid, a Trinidad and Tobago National Under-20 Team defender, played for the “Pres Lions” against Naparima as well as …

Presentation College (San Fernando) booked their ticket to the 2016 National Intercol Final with a 5-3 penalty shootout victory over Signal Hill Secondary at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella today. In regulation time, the two semifinalists could not be separated, as they both landed late blows in a tense …

Just feed the Boyce and he will score. San Juan North Secondary booked their spot in the 2016 National Intercol Final yesterday, as they thumped Trinity College Moka by a 4-1 margin at the Hasely Crawford Stadium. But getting to the Intercol final wasn’t as easy as the scoreline might …

If you are come up against Trinity College (Moka), pray that the game doesn’t go to penalties. The boys from Maraval showed nerves of steel yesterday as they clinched their second straight penalty shootout victory to lift the North Zone Intercol trophy before a 3,000-strong crowd at the Hasely Crawford …

Better late than never right? Well, the footballers from San Juan North Secondary will certainly tell you so, as they snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in their East Zone Intercol final against St Augustine Secondary yesterday afternoon at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar. The boys from Bourg …

In last week’s South Zone Intercol final, an SSFL midfield general scored a last-gasp “jaw-dropping” goal so audacious that for me it invited a comparison with the peerless Pelé. And this from a commentator who, in his most recent Wired868 offering, lamented the absence of genuine quality in the SSFL …

“Ain’t nobody, ain’t nobody better than Pres!” This was the chant that the lively rhythm section of Presentation College (San Fernando) echoed after their 2-1 penalty shootout victory over Shiva Boys Hindu College in front of 4,000 spectators at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella yesterday. But boy did ‘Pres’ …

“The community which I grow up in is just stagnant. Nobody ain’t doing anything to better themselves, they’re just selling drugs. I don’t want to be like that. I want to be better, I want to take myself to the top. And for me the top is playing for a …