Tag Archives: Soca Warriors

Minnesota United goalkeeper Dayne St Clair looks set to represent the Canada Men’s National Senior Team, rather than the Soca Warriors, for the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying series. St Clair was born in Pickering, Ontario but his father, Fabian St Clair, hails from Sangre Grande—so he could represent either …

The following article, written by Lasana Liburd, was first published in the Trinidad Express on 15 February 2007: For arguably the first time since Brazilian football legend, Pelé, put on a New York Cosmos shirt, the United States has turned its attention towards its own domestic league—after news that England …

There was some relief for Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) technical staff, office staff and coaches this afternoon, as salaries finally hit their bank accounts.  Not everyone was satisfied and there appeared to be some discrepancies by the Fifa-appointed normalisation committee. However, coaches and players who spoke to Wired868 …

Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Terry Fenwick came in for congratulations from some supporters but raised eyebrows among the local football fraternity, after pointing to results in lopsided exhibition matches as signs of progress by his squad. The Soca Warriors are yet to play their first …

The following column was written by then Trinidad Express journalist Lasana Liburd on 6 June 2005: If Angus Eve stacked stationery or cut out newspaper clippings at CCN for a living, he would be afforded a proper send-off on the day that he, or the company, decided his talents belonged …

The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team will kick off their Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign on home soil on 25 March against Guyana, as Concacaf confirmed the schedule for its opening round of matches today. The Warriors are drawn in Group F of a preliminary Concacaf bracket …

In the maiden Canada Premier League (CPL) season in 2019, Trinidad and Tobago coach Stephen Hart finished bottom of the table with his HFX Wanderers outfit. The turnaround in 2020 could not be much more profound, as the Wanderers roared to second place, with what the CPL media described as …

Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Terry Fenwick looks set to benefit from increased powers, as the Soca Warriors start preparation for their Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign in earnest under the supervision of Fifa-appointed normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad. The Warriors are drawn in Group …

This article written by Lasana Liburd was first published in the Trinidad Express and offers a peek into the Soca Warriors’ dressing room on an unforgettable Wednesday night in Bahrain on 16 November 2005:  “We going Ger-many! We going Ger-many!” Trinidad and Tobago goalkeeper Shaka Hislop was in full cry …

The following article, written by Lasana Liburd, was first published in the Trinidad Express on 23 October 2003: Sometimes it is too easy to forget who are the real power-brokers in football. Not the talented and sometimes extravagantly paid players whose careers last as long as a St Ann’s taxi …

The following article, written by Lasana Liburd, was first published in the Trinidad Express on 29 January 2004: Gracious and good humoured to the end, the Scarborough Football Club must have seemed the happiest losers in recent English FA Cup history as they bowed out 1-0 to Premiership aristocrats, Chelsea, at …

“[…] The Fifa suspension is not to disband any national team or prevent them from training but to prevent them from participating in Fifa-sanctioned tournaments or Fifa-approved international friendly matches. “Any manager should know this, and it is of even greater concern if he did but still made these uncalled-for …