The Trinidad and Tobago National Under-17 football team got a rough lesson in their opening warm-up match yesterday evening as they fell 4-0 to hosts, Panama, in Panama City. The young “Soca Warriors” are preparing for the CONCACAF leg of their Chile 2015 FIFA Under-17 World Cup campaign, which has …
Read More »New-look T&T U-17s get pre-W/Cup camp in Panama
The Trinidad and Tobago National Men’s Under-17 football team will head to Panama tomorrow for a 10-day training camp, which has been funded by the Ministry of Sport. The excursion serves as preparation for the 2015 Under-17 CONCACAF Championship in San Pedro Sula, Honduras which will decide the four qualifiers …
Read More »T&T U-17 coach disappointed despite progress; aims to improve squad
Trinidad and Tobago national under-17 coach Shawn Cooper expressed disappointment about his squad qualifying for the CONCACAF stage as the best third place team after being eliminated in the group stage of the Caribbean tournament in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The young “Soca Warriors” lost 2-0 to St Lucia in their group …
Read More »“Pappy” catches the eye as Shiva Boys edge Presentation
The extracurricular activities of 16-year-old Shiva Boys Hindu College Form Five student Levi Garcia has become a national talking point in recent days. Trinidad and Tobago national head team coach Stephen Hart, national under-20 coach Derek King, Central FC managing director and World Cup 2006 defender Brent Sancho and Shiva …
Read More »U-17 Warriors start with 2-0 win over Grenada
The Trinidad and Tobago national under-17 football team opened its Chile 2015 World Youth Cup qualifying campaign with a handy 2-0 win over Grenada yesterday evening at the Beausejour Stadium in St Lucia. Defender Tekay Hoyce put the young “Soca Warriors” ahead after just four minutes before striker Dereem Daniel …
Read More »U-17 Warriors aim to hurdle obstacles on W/Cup journey
The Trinidad and Tobago national under-17 football team was brimming with confidence today, despite the shortcomings of the squad’s preparation, as the young “Soca Warriors” set off for the first qualifying phase of its Chile 2015 Under-17 World Cup. “We’re going there with every intention of topping the group and …
Read More »Warriors short staffed as Russell ruled out U-17 tournament
The Trinidad and Tobago national under-17 team is almost certain to be without the services of assistant coach and Defence Force Staff Sargeant Ross Russell for the first rung of its Chile 2015 Under-17 World Cup qualifying campaign next week. Russell remains hospitalized at the West Shore Medical Hospital in …
Read More »Warrior crisis: Coaches, players and staff unpaid; youth teams inactive
The Trinidad and Tobago national football team displayed its battling abilities over the last week with gutsy performances in defeats to World Cup-bound teams, Argentina and Iran. But, closer to home, local football remains in near crisis mode with half of the national teams inactive while the Trinidad and Tobago …
Read More »Ex-TTFA coach ponders youth football return despite ‘sexting’ schoolboy scandal
Terrence Marcelle, a former Pleasantville Secondary and Trinidad and Tobago national youth team football coach, has a passion for developing youths and the qualifications to place him in the top echelons of local coaches in that field. However, Marcelle’s past indiscretion with a schoolboy is threatening to derail his effort …
Read More »T&T U-17s stun Costa Rica to lift W/Cup hopes
Two brilliant strikes from Andre Fortune and Brent Sam kept Trinidad and Tobago’s 2013 United Arab Emirates FIFA Under-17 World Cup dreams alive last night as the young “Soca Warriors” whipped Costa Rica 2-0 in CONCACAF qualifying action at the Estadio Agustín Muquita Sánchez in La Chorrera, Panama. It was the …
Read More »T&T U-17s face do-or-die against Costa Rica
The Trinidad and Tobago national under-17 football team must get a victory tomorrow night in its second and final group match against Costa Rica or face an early end to its United Arab Emirates 2013 FIFA Under-17 World Cup dreams. Trinidad and Tobago and Costa Rica square off from 9 …
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