The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team closed off their preparation for next week’s Concacaf Nations League assignments with a creditable goalless draw against Jamaica in Kingston tonight. The Reggae Boyz had most of the ball but, again, rarely threatened while the Soca Warriors often looked the more dangerous …
Read More »Eve selects Auvray, Jomal, and Weston for Jamaica trip, but Civic withhold players from T&T duty
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve selected a 24-man squad today comprised of local top-flight players and primarily lower league or unattached overseas-based players. The Soca Warriors will play two friendlies away to Jamaica on 11 and 14 March respectively. As the games fall outside …
Read More »Moore, Hackshaw and Powder in T&T 21-man squad to face Bolivia, Muckette misses cut
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve selected 12 players and two reserves from his 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup squad in his travelling party, as the Soca Warriors prepare to resume international action away to Bolivia on Friday 21 January. The Warriors leave tomorrow for the …
Read More »Barney’s bible: Fixing T&T football—standard curriculum, ‘shadow teams’ and new SSFL age group
Leave the egos at the door and instead bring bags and bags of patience. Fixing our football will require much more time than it took to drive it down to its current position. For too long, we have attempted to hold conversations in which each leader tried to look like …
Read More »Eve: TTFA killing dreams of young players; DJW and co jet off to Japan and France
Club Sando and Naparima College head coach Angus Eve has vowed to take over two dozen young footballers to see Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, Shamfa Cudjoe, in a last ditch effort to save their dream of participating in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualifying series. Yesterday, Trinidad and Tobago …
Read More »TTFA axes Men’s Olympic Team; Camara appears to contradict FIFA on Home of Football
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) general secretary Camara David has confirmed that the local football body will not participate in the Tokyo 2020 Men’s Olympic qualifying series. David, via a press statement, said the football body’s decision was due to ‘financial difficulties’ and because the Olympic Games was a ‘difficult …
Read More »Naps hold off Pres Lions in fiery Big Four finale, as police called to separate warring staff
Presentation College (San Fernando) football team paramedic Natalie Charles did her part to try to cool down Naparima College yesterday evening in the final game of the 2016 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) season. But it was as futile as everything else the “Pres Lions” tried in the Big Four final …
Read More »Lee, Benny, Pappy, Riley, Yohannes… Wired868 selects its 2016 SSFL All Stars
The 2016 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) season draws to a close this evening as Presentation College (San Fernando) and Naparima College square off from 4.15pm at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva for the last available national title—the Big Four trophy! Shiva Boys Hindu College have already secured the …
Read More »Payback is a… Pres squeeze past Shiva Boys on penalties in South final after thrilling draw
“Ain’t nobody, ain’t nobody better than Pres!” This was the chant that the lively rhythm section of Presentation College (San Fernando) echoed after their 2-1 penalty shootout victory over Shiva Boys Hindu College in front of 4,000 spectators at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella yesterday. But boy did ‘Pres’ …
Read More »Lee-thal Naparima strike again, as Pres lose ground in top of the table SSFL clash
“We play good defence and we break,” Naparima College coach Angus Eve told Wired868. “I am [like Manchester United coach] Jose Mourinho [in that sense]. I love Jose Mourinho.” Presumably, Eve was referencing the young dynamic Mourinho who tamed the England Premier League with stubborn defence, incisive counter attacks and …
Read More »Shiva Boys stun Presentation, San Juan tie Naps, as SSFL kicks off in Siparia
New season, change of venue, fresh sponsor… And, unfortunately for the defending champions, there was little continuity for Naparima College either. The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) has only had one champion since it launched the Premier Division, two seasons ago. But Naparima will have to chase the pack this …
Read More »Hudson helps T&T tie St Lucia, Warriors top group with scanty performance
An injection of energy by winger Jarred Dass again proved to be difference for the Trinidad and Tobago National Under-20 Team last night, as they rebounded from a goal down to hold St Lucia 1-1 in Caribbean Cup qualifying action at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. Dass, who came …
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