The last time that the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team won an international football match—the hapless Anguilla, then ranked 209th from Fifa’s 209 member associations, notwithstanding—Black Panther was in theatres, Super Blue and Machel’s Soca Kingdom was the road march tune and midfield bolt Michel Poon-Angeron’s primary ambition …
Read More »Levi punishes dozy Jaguars, as T&T start WCQ campaign with 3-0 win over Guyana
Fifteen months after his unveiling, Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Terry Fenwick can finally point to tangible progress under his watch as the Soca Warriors started their Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign tonight with a thumping 3-0 win over Guyana at the Estadio Panamericano in …
Read More »T&T player tests positive for Covid-19, second result will decide availability for Guyana game
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) revealed that one member of the Men’s National Senior Team tested positive for Covid-19 last night in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The player, who was not named, ‘was immediately isolated at the team’s hotel’ according to a TTFA release, which also claimed that …
Read More »Fast and furious! Guyana suggest they can live with T&T’s speed, as WCQ kick-off looms
Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana will reacquaint their burgeoning rivalry in strange territory and with new faces in the technical area, as both nations launch their Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying bids tomorrow from 7pm at the Estadio Panamericano, Santo Domingo. On paper, the Soca Warriors are favourites, but it …
Read More »Haitian robbery; David, ‘Gally’ and ‘Archie’ erupt in controversial ‘74 campaign
The following is the third instalment of a series on Trinidad and Tobago’s World Cup football adventures, adapted from articles published first in the Trinidad Express in 2006, and looks back at the controversial 1974 World Cup campaign: Port-au-Prince was as silent as a grave on 4 December 1973. On …
Read More »NFCTT disputes Hadad’s claim that coaches ‘paid up’; Corneal, Shabazz discuss Fenwick fracas
National Football Coaches of Trinidad and Tobago (NFCTT) interim president Jefferson George has denied Fifa-appointed normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad’s apparent claim that any coaches were paid off under his watch. Hadad’s comments were supposedly made in a press conference on 18 March and subsequently published in the Trinidad Newsday …
Read More »Soca Warriors scrap friendly due to Covid-19 concerns, Phillips reveals W/Cup dream
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team will not get the chance of a warm-up match before their opening Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifier against Guyana next Thursday in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) confirmed today that a scheduled outing against Dominican Republic …
Read More »TTOC to the rescue! Warriors waiver mean Fenwick has full squad to face P/Rico
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Terry Fenwick has been generally lukewarm about the administrative support provided by the TTFA’s office staff, but, this evening, he would be overjoyed by the intervention of the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC). A week before their Qatar 2022 World …
Read More »Fenwick and Fuentes: BFFs? How Hadad’s response to alleged altercation saved Englishman TT$5.4 million
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Terry Fenwick gave his press officer, Shaun Fuentes, a hug in the Piarco International Airport Departure Lounge this morning, as the Soca Warriors headed off to Santo Domingo and their opening Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifier against Guyana. At a glance, …
Read More »Injured Molino misses out, Fenwick names Judah, Boucaud and Primus in 26-man squad
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team will start their campaign without leading goalscorer Kevin Molino, after the ace midfielder was ruled out with a hamstring strain suffered on pre-season duty with new MLS employers, Columbus Crew. The Soca Warriors play Guyana on 25 March in the Dominican Republic …
Read More »TTFA claims Fenwick/Fuentes ‘exchange apologies’ after alleged altercation
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Terry Fenwick and press officer Shaun Fuentes appear to have kissed and made up, after a fiery incident this morning, during a press briefing at the Ato Boldon Stadium. Fenwick, who was preparing to start the briefing, appeared to become enraged …
Read More »Fenwick allegedly attacks press officer; TTFA opens probe into controversial English coach
“I told you I am not doing any fucking interview once he is here!” Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Terry Fenwick shouted at media officer Shaun Fuentes. Fenwick was getting ready to start a press briefing at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva and had two …
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