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The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team are through to the third and final Concacaf World Cup qualifying round, despite falling 2-1 to Costa Rica last night in a tense affair at the Estadio Nacional in San José. The month of June was always going to reveal much about …

The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team will play for third place in the Unity Cup invitational tournament on Saturday 31 May, after the Soca Warriors fell 3-2 to Jamaica today in a pulsating affair at the GTech Community Stadium in London. Coach Dwight Yorke’s team overturned a two-goal …

Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Dwight Yorke looks set to give 18-year-old flanker Rio Cardines his first senior international cap, as he included the Crystal Palace youth player in his 24-man squad for the Unity Cup invitational tournament. Cardines, who represented Trinidad and Tobago at Concacaf …

Versatile 18-year-old flanker Rio Cardines will aim to end Trinidad and Tobago’s decade-long absence from the England Premier League in the not-so-distant future, after the teenager agreed professional teams with Crystal Palace today. The Premier Division club confirmed that Cardines, who joined the Palace Under-16 team in 2022, is now …

Seventeen-year-old Fatima College student Michael Chaves was among 26 players selected to represent the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team in two friendlies against Jamaica on 1 and 3 March respectively. Chaves, who represented Trinidad and Tobago last night in their 3-0 Concacaf U-20 Qualifying series defeat to Canada, …

A shellshocked Trinidad and Tobago were eliminated from the Concacaf Under-20 Qualifying series at home tonight, after a 3-0 loss to Canada at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. Touted by technical director Anton Corneal as the most gifted collection of players in over a decade, the young …

Trinidad and Tobago head coach Brian Haynes says his team can beat Canada in Tuesday’s deciding Concacaf U-20 Championship Qualifier and he has a plan to get the three points The National Under-20 Team beat Dominica 5-0 yesterday—with a double from forward Larry Noel—while Canada eased past Saint Vincent and …

Trinidad and Tobago got their Peru 2025 Fifa Under-20 World Cup campaign off to a winning start last night, as substitute Michael Chaves sent over 3,000 patrons floating out of the Hasely Crawford Stadium with a last gasp winner over St Vincent and the Grenadines. That is the glass half-full …

The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-20 Team closed off their preparations for the Concacaf Under-20 Qualifying series today with a 3-0 friendly win over TTPFL Tier Two team QPCC at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar. The young Soca Warriors struck twice off corner kick routines through forward Tyrell …

Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-20 Team head coach Brian Haynes announced his 21-man squad for Concacaf Under-20 Championship qualifying action today, with 11 players graduating from the previous under-17 team. Midfielders Lindell Sween, Jeremiah Cateau, and Josiah Ochoa, flankers Derrel “Zoom Zoom” Garcia, Rio Cardines, and Malachi Webb, forwards …

The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-17 Team were eliminated from the Concacaf Under-17 Championship last night. But the relief of their conquerors, El Salvador, at the final whistle spoke volumes. It took 120 minutes and a shot in the dark from an unlikely saviour, El Salvadorian defender Michael Ventura, …

On Thursday evening, Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-17 Team head coach Shawn Cooper and another staff member suffered an attempted “break-in” at their hotel in Antigua City, Guatemala. “I saw someone trying to open my door,” Cooper told Wired868. “They showed me a key with my room number…” A …