The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Futsal Team face an early end to their 2021 Fifa Futsal World Cup dreams as the Soca Warriors lost 6-2 to the Dominican Republic last night in Concacaf Championship action in Guatemala City, Guatemala. The Warriors face Guatemala tonight but are unlikely to find …
Read More »Plaza, Benny, ‘Ball Pest’ in new-look T&T Futsal team, as Decle targets W/Cup spot
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team forward Willis Plaza will spend the next month focused on winning a plane ticket to Lithuania, rather than Qatar, after he was selected in the 14-man National Futsal Team to compete in the May Concacaf Futsal Championship in Guatemala City. The Futsal Team, …
Read More »Quintero has operation; Connection vow to welcome back striker after lengthy impasse
DIRECTV W Connection forward and former Trinidad and Tobago national youth team player Dwight Quintero finally underwent surgery on his right ankle yesterday, after a near two-month stand off between the player, his relatives and attorney and a Connection contingent that included Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president and …
Read More »Quintero v Connection: the email trail in legal dispute that featured TTFA president
On 5 February 2016, three days after former Trinidad and Tobago national youth team striker Dwight Quintero hobbled out of a W Connection training session following a rough tackle, he received official news of the damage. Dr Sergiy Adonin, a specialist orthopaedic surgeon from the Fracture & Orthopaedic Clinic in St …
Read More »TTFA president embroiled in Connection dispute; blamed for endangering Quintero’s career
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams has allegedly broken his campaign promise to stakeholders of the local game and opened up his office to disrepute, after a string of emails suggest that he continues to conduct business at local Pro League club, DIRECTV W Connection, despite a …
Read More »Guerra penalises Connection; Couva rivals fail to close gap on “Army”
DIRECTV W Connection and defending TT Pro League champions Bankers Insurance Central FC failed to make much ground on 2015/16 Pro League leaders Defence Force yesterday, as the second and third-placed teams finished the “Couva Clásico” in a 1-1 draw at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. Defence Force coach …
Read More »From zero to hero; Connection’s Archibald sets up Toyota final with D/Force
Defence Force and DIREC TV W Connection advanced to next Sunday’s 2015 Toyota Classic Challenge final after defeating defending champions San Juan Jabloteh and Bankers Central FC in their respective semifinals at the Hasely Crawford stadium yesterday. Coach Marvin Gordon’s Army/Coast Guard combination got the better of Jabloteh by a …
Read More »Central, W Connection set up Toyota Classic KO meeting with wins tonight
The usual suspects, Bankers Insurance Central FC and DIRECTV W Connection, have booked their places in next Sunday’s 2015 Toyota Classic semifinal round at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. Only one of the two Couva-based teams will appear in the Classic final, though, as the rivals will …
Read More »Santos edges Connection; Pro League outfit misses out on Mexican scalp
“Before, when we were playing against a Mexican team, we were happy to lose 1-0,” said DIRECTV W Connection coach Stuart Charles-Fevrier. “Now, we are very angry…” Connection bowed out of the CONCACAF Champions League competition last night. Beaten but not disgraced after a 1-0 defeat to former Mexico champions, …
Read More »Sosa: Turkey-based trialists are doing well; I’d do the same thing again
“I would not have done anything differently (if I had to do it again),” Trinidad and Tobago football scout and unregistered agent Dion Sosa told Wired868. “I made a decision (to leave some players behind) based on the resources that I had in London. “I felt it was the best …
Read More »T&T football trialists comfortable in Turkey after London scare
Former Caledonia AIA and El Dorado West Secondary student Keon Russell got to Turkey yesterday to complete a contingent, led by local scout Dion Sosa, who left Trinidad on Wednesday to attend football trials in Europe. Six players were forced to spend an unscheduled night in London due to a …
Read More »Stranded T&T footballers: We still don’t know what happened
The road to fame and fortune for Trinidad and Tobago footballers Jean-Luc Rochford, Dwight Quintero and Keon Russell took an unexpected detour in London. The three players were part of a 10-member contingent, led by scout and unlicensed agent Dion Sosa, that left the Piarco International Airport on Wednesday for …
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