Reigning Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division champions, Naparima College, got their 2015 season off to a flying start this evening, as they gunned down newly promoted Queen’s Royal College 2-0 at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. The clash between the two old institutions was the …
Read More »‘Naps’ and QRC open SSFL with Wed double header in POS
Reigning Secondary School Football League (SSFL) champions Naparima College will make their first outing of the 2015 Premier Division schoolboy season on Wednesday September 8 as the season kicks off with a double header at the Hasely Crawford Stadium. ‘Naps’ face newly promoted Queen’s Royal College from 5.30 pm at …
Read More »Rep/Bank Cup: SKHY, Hawks, Rangers and S/Cruz survive as starlets shine
Trendsetter Hawks, SKHY FC, St Ann’s Rangers and Santa Cruz FA all survived the final day of North Zone action yesterday as the 2015 Republic Bank National Youth Cup veers toward the knockout round on Saturday August 22 at Constantine Park in Macoya, Tunapuna. It was a goal fest at …
Read More »Connection start C/League with six teenagers; Mekeil Williams joins exodus
DIRECTV W Connection travelled to Mexico yesterday with six teenagers and 14 players under the age of 23 as the “Savonetta Boys” start their 2015/16 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League campaign with a fresh-faced squad. Connection face reigning and five time Liga MX Champions, Santos Laguna, tomorrow from 10 pm at the …
Read More »TTFA election tentatively set for Nov; Wired868 examines new constitution
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) hopes to elect its first president under the new constitution by November 2015, after the vital new document was ratified by delegates for its membership on Sunday evening. Former West Indies Players Association (WIPA) CEO Dinanath Ramnarine, who also served on the Constitutional Reform …
Read More »Fundraiser for Europe-bound trialists; 18 T&T players try their luck
Former 2009 Under-20 World Cup players Leston Paul, Jean-Luc Rochford, Qian Grosvenor and Curtis Gonzales are among 18 Trinidad and Tobago players who will try to land professional deals in Europe later this month, through an initiative by local scout Dion Sosa. The players are due to leave for Turkey …
Read More »Najjar: The SSFL’s unassailable value; and the U-17s massive hurdle
Recent performances of Trinidad and Tobago’s national youth football teams prove categorically that changes are required to bring our better secondary school level players up to the demanding standards required for regional success. The time between being called for National Under-15, Under-17 and Under-20 pools and the actual tournaments is …
Read More »Shaka: Here’s why T&T football needs the SSFL
Before I get going in earnest let me start by admitting my own bias. I haven’t actually lived in Trinidad and Tobago for well over 25 years now. As much as I’ve tried to keep up with the local game, it’s been through the media and I fully appreciate that …
Read More »Look Loy: Schools football is hurting the Soca Warriors
“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 »Jabari and Ke’die take top honours; SSFL names All-Star teams
Naparima College playmaker Jabari Mitchell and St Augustine Secondary winger Ke’die Johnson took the top individual honours in the Secondary School Football League (SSFL) boys and girls categories today as the SSFL held its 2014 season prize giving ceremony at the Digicel IMAX building in St Clair, Port of Spain. …
Read More »Sam strikes for Jabloteh; but D/Force and Stars win
Eighteen-year-old San Juan North Secondary schoolboy Brent Sam got a goal on his first appearance for San Juan Jabloteh this season but it was not enough to save his team from a 2-1 Pro League loss to Defence Force at the Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya yesterday. The Army/Coast Guard …
Read More »TTFA sabotages young Warriors’ hopes of MLS trial… again!
For the second year running, there were no Trinidad and Tobago players included among a shortlist of the Caribbean’s top young players for the United States’ Major League Soccer (MLS) Caribbean Combine, which kicked off today in Bayamon, Puerto Rico and serves as a talent search for promising regional players. …
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