“Suddenly, I have started to smile,” said Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team coach Jamaal Shabazz, with a wide grin. “I have not been smiling for a long time since I came back in women’s football. Fa-Inna maAAa alAAusri yusran [which is Arabic for ‘Verily, after the hardship comes the …
Read More »Shade beaver-trick and “Baby” thunderbolt do USVI in as T&T Women romp to 10-0 win
Four years ago, the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team started their Canada 2015 World Cup qualifying campaign with a 10-0 rout of St Kitts and Nevis at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port-of-Spain. The opponents and the venue were different this evening but the appetite for goals remained …
Read More »Experimental W/Warriors team capitalises on Guyanese blunders for third straight win
The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team closed their CFU Challenge Series adventure this evening with a 3-1 win over Guyana at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. The result saw the Women Soca Warriors secure their third straight win with 18 goals scored and two conceded against the …
Read More »Young Prince tricks Grenada; T&T romp to 8-1 win after Shabazz’s halftime blow-out
Seventeen-year-old starlet Aaliyah Prince reached a personal milestone tonight with her first international hat-trick for the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team, who thumped Grenada 8-1 at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. But it was an indication of how wide the gap between the two football nations are …
Read More »Women Warriors rout hapless Suriname 7-0; Shabazz says T&T were “overly cautious”
The CFU Challenge Series looked more like a cakewalk for the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team tonight as they strolled to a 7-0 route of a hapless Suriname team at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. It was the Women Soca Warriors’ first win in two years and …
Read More »Shabazz: We’re not where we were in 2014; Women Warriors start W/Cup campaign in May
Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team head coach Jamaal Shabazz has again tried to tone down expectations of the Women Soca Warriors as they prepare to kick off their France 2019 World Cup campaign. The qualifying series begins on 5 May when Trinidad and Tobago host Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts/Nevis …
Read More »Shabazz: Arjoon ready for senior football; St Louis experiment pays dividends in Panama tie
The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team ended their two-match exhibition series against Panama with a 1-1 draw at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella on Saturday, after again conceding a late goal. The result continued an odd sequence for coach Jamaal Shabazz, whose Under-20 and Senior teams have …
Read More »Shabazz: “I could see rust falling off [team];” hails St Louis but wants more urgency after Panama loss
For a team which is set to begin its 2019 World Cup qualifying campaign in two months, last night’s friendly match against Panama was almost exactly what the doctor ordered. So says Trinidad and Tobago Senior Women’s team head coach Jamaal Shabazz whose side has had to endure a year …
Read More »A little too late! Pro League blanks T&T National U-17s; half-measure in the works
A little too late! That, according to TT Pro League acting CEO Julia Baptiste, is the reason why the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s Under-17 Team has not had its application to play in the Under-18 Division of the ongoing Youth Pro League (YPL) approved. The application simply came a little …
Read More »Pro League owners: We will survive! Owners deny Cabinet rescue report but bullish about chances
“Despite the departure [of chairman Sam Phillip and CEO Dexter Skeene], the Pro League Board remains committed to the survival of professional football.” The following is a release from the Pro League Media on the durability of the top-flight competition. Despite a Trinidad Guardian report yesterday about an impending TT$6 …
Read More »Pro League owners want Skeene to stay; Hospedales: No Pro League, no Hex
With its 2018 season already hanging in the balance, the Trinidad and Tobago Pro League is now without a CEO. Dexter Skeene, who has held the position for the last 14 years, tendered his resignation to the Board at yesterday meeting of the League and informed them that he proposes …
Read More »T&T U-17s to play as Caledonia Utd? Officials back off as coaches, clubs and parents protest “bullying”
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s National Youth Programme came under fire again on Wednesday after National Under-17 staff members yesterday urged players to sign forms to represent Morvant Caledonia United in the Under-18 Division of the Youth Pro League (YPL). The signings generally took place without the teenagers having …
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