Former World Cup 2006 coach and present director of football Leo Beenhakker will not take up active duty with the “Soca Warriors” until all arrears to the Trinidad and Tobago national senior team’s coaching staff are paid. Sheldon Phillips, the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) general secretary, admitted yesterday …
Read More »Local football fans can support Akeem in T&T/New Zealand friendly
Trinidad and Tobago football fans will be able to donate towards the medical expenses of two-time former World Youth Cup defender Akeem Adams and support the “Soca Warriors” at the same time at the national senior football team’s upcoming friendly against New Zealand. The Warriors will face New Zealand on …
Read More »Warriors face UAE without Cyrus and Molino
The Trinidad and Tobago national football team will have to do without the services of 22-year-old DIRECTV W Connection defender Daneil Cyrus after the 2013 Gold Cup player missed his flight to Saudi Arabia. The “Soca Warriors” face the United Arab Emirates tomorrow in the opening game of the 2013 …
Read More »Hart uncomfortable as financial woes haunt Warriors
Trinidad and Tobago national football team coach Stephen Hart admitted that there is an elephant in the squad’s dressing room. Nine months into 2013, the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s (TTFA) technical staff still has not received a salary. And, two months after the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the “Soca Warriors” …
Read More »TTFA denies Sport Minister’s accusations but vows to avoid war
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) general secretary Sheldon Phillips has denied charges of incompetence and a host of allegations by Sport Minister Anil Roberts at a press conference yesterday. However, Phillips, who officially took up the football portfolio on 9 May 2013, was at pains to stress that the …
Read More »Late Sport Ministry payment KOs T&T U-15 footballers
Twenty-one year old Trinidad and Tobago track star Jehue Gordon lifted the mood of sport enthusiasts today with a golden run in the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia. The Trinidad and Tobago national under-15 football players might not have felt like celebrating, though. The young “Soca Warriors” today …
Read More »Soca Warriors kickstart future with Arab spring
The Trinidad and Tobago national football team will begin its new phase under head coach Stephen Hart in Saudi Arabia this September after agreeing to compete in a four-nation tournament with United Arab Emirates, New Zealand and host Saudi Arabia in Riyad. The “Soca Warriors” will face the UAE on …
Read More »Under new management: Warriors set for Gold Cup opener
The “Soca Warriors” have completed their 2013 Gold Cup preparations and head for New Jersey tomorrow where they will settle in before opening their campaign on Monday July 8 against New Jersey at the Red Bull Arena. The Trinidad and Tobago national football team, now headed by head coach Stephen …
Read More »TTFA: Beenhakker didn’t want to crowd Hart
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) general secretary Sheldon Phillips explained today that Leo Beenhakker opted to skip the national team’s present training camp in Trinidad so as to give new head coach Stephen Hart more exclusive time with his staff and players. The former 2006 World Cup coach was …
Read More »Hart’s here but Beenhakker absent and assistants in limbo
Former Canada national football team coach Stephen Hart was officially unveiled today as the new Trinidad and Tobago head coach at a media conference at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain and later held his first session with the “Soca Warriors” at the same venue. Hart, a 53-year-old …
Read More »Dear TTFA: David Nakhid’s scathing open letter on coaching changes
Former Trinidad and Tobago national football team captain and Caribbean MVP, David Nakhid, writes an open letter to TTFA/TTFF personnel past and present, Everald “Gally” Cummings, Anton Corneal, Raymond Tim Kee and Sheldon Phillip. Gentlemen, Full disclosure: There is only one member of the former TTFF regime whose hand …
Read More »Totalitarian Tim: TTFA president accused of snubbing exco
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president Raymond Tim Kee looks set for a collision course with his executive committee after two senior members suggested today that Tim Kee appears to be using the football body as a rubber stamp. Tim Kee, whose day job is as a sales executive …
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