Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA pulled within four points of leading Digicel Pro League football club, Defence Force, with a 4-2 win over St Ann’s Rangers yesterday evening at the Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya. But the result was not nearly as straightforward as it might seem as Rangers twice …
Read More »Defence Force edges Connection; Glen tricks T&TEC
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 …
Read More »Meet the Pro League’s hot shots
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 …
Read More »Glen double sinks Connection
A freaky double strike from 2006 World Cup attacker Cornell Glen stunned DIRECTV W Connection last night as North East Stars downed the defending Pro League champions 2-0 at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. The result saw Stars close the gap with third placed Connection to just goal aggregate. …
Read More »T&T celebrates Gold Cup spot after Haitian help
Thirty-nine years ago, Haiti extinguished the football dreams of one of Trinidad and Tobago’s most gifted generations with a controversial 2-1 World Cup qualifying win in Port-au-Prince. Tonight, Haiti and Trinidad and Tobago players celebrated the same result as a nail-biting 1-0 win for the French-speaking Islanders over host nation …
Read More »Glen: I hope Warriors do well
World Cup 2006 ace Cornell Glen is disappointed to miss out on Trinidad and Tobago’s Caribbean Cup finals squad but wished the squad well on its mission and insisted that he remains available for national selection. The 32-year-old Glen leads the Digicel Pro League’s scorers this season with eight goals …
Read More »T&T selects final Caribbean Cup team
Trinidad and Tobago joint head coaches Hutson “Barber” Charles and Jamaal Shabazz selected their final squad for the 2012 Caribbean Cup finals today and, in the end, only two new faces managed to force themselves into the group. Speedy 24-year-old Slovakia-based right winger Lester Peltier and 22-year-old United States A’ …
Read More »Glen and Molino among seven new Caribbean Cup call-ups
North East Stars striker Cornell Glen is the only Digicel Pro League addition to Trinidad and Tobago’s Caribbean Cup finals training squad while six foreign-based players have also been included as the “Soca Warriors” campaign for their first CONCACAF Gold Cup berth in six years. At present, 27 footballers were …
Read More »Stars penalise Vale in Classic semis
North East Stars needed penalties to finally eliminate Super League outfit Stokely Vale at the Hasely Crawford Stadium this evening as the Pro League team prevailed 4-1 in a shoot out in the Toyota Classic Cup semifinal after a 1-1 stalemate in regulation time. Stars coach Angus Eve is now …
Read More »Calling Glen: W/Cup star on verge of international recall
North East Stars attacker Cornell Glen might be auditioning for a recall with the Trinidad and Tobago national football team from 7 pm tonight when he leads the Pro League outfit against plucky Super League team Stokely Vale in Toyota Classic Cup semifinal action at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port …
Read More »Defence Force holds Stars in six-goal thriller
By the closing minutes of last night’s Digicel Pro League fixture between Defence Force and North East Stars, the two football coaches were reduced to the role of helpless spectators at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. Defence Force coach Ross Russell jumped up and down while waving …
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