Former Soca Warriors coach Derek King is back with the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team, after he agreed to join head coach Angus Eve’s support staff as an assistant coach and data/match analyst. The TTFA revealed his appointment via a social media post tonight but did not offer …
Read More »Concacaf explains Nations League draw delay, offers clues to T&T’s potential opponents
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve and his potential Concacaf rivals will have to wait until 4 April to discover their groups for the 2022-23 Concacaf Nations League tournament. By then, there will be no Fifa international match window left for teams to rehearse by …
Read More »Eve: “We can only build from this”; Bolivia trample Trinidad and Tobago 5-0 at altitude
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve pointed to the high altitude and the quality of his opponents, Bolivia, as the Soca Warriors crashed to a 5-0 friendly defeat tonight in Sucre—the largest defeat of his tenure so far. Eve told Wired868 beforehand that the Warriors …
Read More »Jesse, John-Paul and Jamal take centre stage, as Eve discusses T&T’s Bolivia challenge
“[…] I see John-Paul Rochford playing in between the lines like Judah Garcia, as an inverted winger. He shoots the ball well for a little fellah. I don’t think we shoot enough from outside. “He is a tenacious player and has a great eye for a pass and a tremendous …
Read More »T&T without Archer for Bolivia friendly, hosts struck by eight positive coronavirus cases
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve will not have the services of giant central defender Leland Archer when the Soca Warriors face Bolivia in a friendly international from 5pm on Friday at the Estadio Olímpico Patria in Sucre. The Warriors landed in Bolivia this morning …
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 »Rusty T&T to face Bolivia on 21 Jan; Eve names Hudson, ‘Natty’, JP Rochford in training squad
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team finally have a practice game, after five months and three international match windows of inactivity. The Soca Warriors travel to Bolivia to face the host nation from 5pm on 21 January at the Estadio Olimpico Patrio in Sucre. Bolivia have two friendlies …
Read More »Aubrey, Cordner, Augustine and Marchan honoured, as TTFA recognises top players despite general inactivity
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) today announced its Players of the Year for 2021, against a backdrop of little to no activity in the domestic game. Costa Rica-based central defender Aubrey David was adjudged the Men’s Player of the Year while Kennya ‘Yaya’ Cordner snared the Women’s prize. …
Read More »B&B (Trailer): Shawn Cooper: How the Soca Warriors are often outmanoeuvred off the football field
Former Trinidad and Tobago national youth team coach Shawn Cooper explains an often overlooked deficiency in local teams—the support staff!—and its impact on the Soca Warriors’ readiness at Concacaf level. Look out for Part Two of our interview with Cooper on Friday 3 December as he talks to the Burdie …
Read More »B&B (Trailer): Shawn Cooper explains why Concacaf football is a whole other ball game
Think you know all about football? Wait until you’ve competed at Concacaf level! Presentation College (San Fernando) head coach Shawn Cooper explains the challenge in moving from Trinidad and Tobago’s domestic competitions to Concacaf tournaments: Look out for our full interview from Thursday 18 November as Cooper, the only coach …
Read More »B&B (Trailer): Shawn Cooper: I had to shake up Levi Garcia…
“You think you got picked already?!” Presentation College (San Fernando) head coach Shawn Cooper recalls his wake-up call to the then 14-year-old Trinidad and Tobago whiz kid Levi Garcia and how the Shiva Boys Hindu College star responded to his setback. Look out for our full interview on Wednesday 17 …
Read More »B&B Ep 19: Jan-Michael Williams (Pt 2): The ups and downs—Hart, DJW, W Connection, Central FC and ‘Tallest’
HFX Wanderers goalkeeper coach and former Trinidad and Tobago international stand-out and three-time Gold Cup custodian Jan-Michael Williams lifts the lid on the impact of ex-TTFA president David John-Williams on the Soca Warriors, his controversial W Connection exit, premature international retirement, and THAT injury against Honduras which caused a split …
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