Tag Archives: Canada football

The dawn of the new millennium produced a shocking Concacaf Gold Cup tournament in 2000 as, for the first and only time in 30 years, neither Mexico nor the United States appeared in the final. In the quarterfinal round, Canada shocked Mexico 2-1, South American guests Colombia edged USA on …

Maybe there was a time in his childhood that Josue Duverger, who was born and raised in Canada, dreamed of scoring a vital World Cup goal for his homeland. But probably not the way he did yesterday. The 21-year-old Duverger, who has represented the land of his ancestors, Haiti, for …

Twenty-year-old Toronto FC central defender Luke Singh will take an extraordinary detour en route to representing the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team in a do-or-die Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifier against St Kitts and Nevis, after accepting an invitation to train with the Canada national team this week. …

Minnesota United goalkeeper Dayne St Clair looks set to represent the Canada Men’s National Senior Team, rather than the Soca Warriors, for the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying series. St Clair was born in Pickering, Ontario but his father, Fabian St Clair, hails from Sangre Grande—so he could represent either …

Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Terry Fenwick threw down an early challenge to his players today, as the local football body announced Canada as the first international test of its flagship team. The Soca Warriors face Canada on 27 and 31 March at Westhills Stadium in …

The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team concluded their 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup preparations yesterday evening with a 2-0 loss to Canada in a closed doors friendly in Los Angeles. Canada captain Scott Arfield scored a goal in each half for the North American nation who are on a …

When Caribbean rivals Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti meet from 6.30pm today in a CONCACAF Under-20 Women’s encounter, there will be, coach Jamaal Shabazz promises, fireworks. Addressing the media at yesterday’s press briefing at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva, Shabazz compared the match-up to what happens in the classic …

When the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Under-20 first take the field from 6.30pm tomorrow at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva in the CONCACAF Under-20 tournament, it is their Haitian opponents who, coach Jamaal Shabazz says, will be the favourites to walk away victorious. “We don’t mind the underdog …

Coach Stephen Hart’s nationality was, curiously, listed as Canadian on the team sheets for Trinidad and Tobago’s 2018 World Cup qualifier against Costa Rica last Friday at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. Hart has lived in Canada for the past three decades, after he left Trinidad as …

“I remember the decision in the (2013) Gold Cup when we were going to play Honduras (for a place in the knockout round) and I made six changes,” Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team coach Stephen Hart told Wired868. “And Leo Beenhakker was completely against it. He said: ‘I would not …

In many fields of endeavour, a move from Canada to Trinidad and Tobago would be considered a demotion. But the business of football or soccer, as the North American nation refers to the sport, is not one of them. New Trinidad and Tobago national senior team head coach Stephen Hart …

Trinidad and Tobago national senior team football coach Stephen Hart responded to persons who doubted his local credentials, after more than three decades living in Canada, with a question of his own. “If a cat climbed in an oven and made kittens,” Hart asked, “would you call it bread?” DIRECTV …