A double from striker Terron Miller on Sunday afternoon assured Soccer Made Simple (SMS) of one of the three NLCL Under-19 Community Cup quarterfinal places available in Group A. They whipped Malabar Young Stars 3-1 at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. The final score-line was a reversal of the …
Read More »NLCL round-up: Malabar secure quarterfinal spot, Pt Fortin YA and Eagles keep hopes alive
Group A leaders Malabar Young Stars became the first team to book their place in the NLCL Under-19 Community Cup quarterfinal rounds yesterday evening, as they edged Trendsetter Hawks 3-2 at the UTT Campus in O’Meara. A double from Jorel ‘J-Boy’ Grant, who leads all scorers with 12 goals from …
Read More »NLCL 2022: Mama’s Gasparillo best Watson’s Cox FA to top Group B as Moruga lose 3 straight
Thirteen years on from a vehicular accident that changed the course of her life and her footballing career, former Trinidad and Tobago Senior Women’s footballer Tamar Watson is trying to make a difference from the technical area The 34-year-old Watson would have had many battles on and off the field. …
Read More »NLCL 2022: Malabar throw Shade at Cantaro Utd; Gasparillo Youths leapfrog Moruga FC
Malabar Young Stars ace forward Jorel ‘J-Boy’ Grant had an off evening yesterday at the George Boyce Recreation Ground on the Arima Old Road. Cantaro United playmaker Nathaniel ‘Bubba’ Perouse skipped the affair altogether in a literal sense. And with neither player in the thick of things, the top-of-the-table NLCL …
Read More »AC Port of Spain forfeits NLCL U-19 match due to ‘Covid outbreak’, other fixtures on schedule
AC Port of Spain football club today became the first known sports team to forfeit a domestic fixture owing to Covid-19, as the Pro League outfit withdrew their youth side from a NLCL Under-19 Community Cup clash with Soccer Made Simple (SMS) this afternoon. AC PoS, who are fifth in …
Read More »Off-colour goalie helps Point Fortin YA upset Moruga FC in NLCL match-up at Techier
What do you get when the top-of-the-table team meets the cellar-placed team in the Next Level Consultant Ltd (NLCL) Under-19 Community Cup? A 3-0 win, right? Right! Well, that was the margin in NLCL action last evening at the Techier Ground in Point Fortin where Point Fortin Youth Academy (PFYA) …
Read More »Dear Editor: Arima Municipal Police disrespected Malabar’s young footballers and the Borough
“[…] The evident disrespect of the Arima Municipal Police was one for the books last Thursday as they came with a mission to clearly obstruct young men with talent, living in communities with no respect for the police. “What do we expect after such incidents? […]” The following slightly edited …
Read More »Lights out at the Velodrome! Police intervention thwarts Malabar in NLCL U-19 clash with leaders, SMS
Malabar Young Stars were leading Soccer Made Simple 3-1 in the 83rd minute of their Next Level Consultant Ltd (NLCL) Under-19 Community Cup match at the Arima Velodrome when a police officer strolled on to the field and ordered referee Oswald Samuel to instantly blow off the game. Less than …
Read More »NLCL 22: Revival story as late Villafana penalty sees Trendsetter Hawks take flight against Malabar
Finally, the Trendsetter Hawks Under-19 Team made eyes with Lady Luck. After two close, hard-fought defeats, the Hawks got the rub of the green yesterday afternoon, edging Malabar Young Stars 2-1 in a come-from-behind triumph at the Eddie Hart Ground in Tacarigua. An 89th minute penalty by central defender Janari …
Read More »‘Bubba’, ‘Papa’ bring Santa Cruz joy as Cantaro Utd see off Trendsetter in 5-goal NLCL Community Cup thriller
Introducing ‘Bubba’ and ‘Papa’. The combination of nicknames might sound like the makings of a sitcom or a witty cartoon show. But last night in Cantaro Village in Santa Cruz, the two young men with those nicknames strained their last sinew to ensure that home team Cantaro United got a …
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