Tag Archives: Suriname football

Two goals and an assist from diminutive attacker Nathaniel “Natty” James was the difference between Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname at the Estadio Olimpico in San Pedro Sula this evening, as the former outfit cruised to a 3-0 win in their final Concacaf Under-20 Championship group stage match. As a …

The following is the third instalment of a series on Trinidad and Tobago’s World Cup football adventures, adapted from articles published first in the Trinidad Express in 2006, and looks back at the controversial 1974 World Cup campaign: Port-au-Prince was as silent as a grave on 4 December 1973. On …

As the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team prepare to kick off their Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying series, journalist Lasana Liburd recalls our first campaign with former national goalkeeper Lincoln ‘Tiger’ Phillips—in the first instalment of a series on T&T’s World Cup adventures, adapted from articles published first …

The Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team will get an early opportunity for revenge against Suriname, after the Dutch-speaking South American nation were announced as the first opponents for the Soca Warriors under new head coach Dennis Lawrence. The two Caribbean Football Union (CFU) representatives will meet on 10 March …

Two Suriname goals in the last five minutes of play provided a glimmer of hope to the host nation last night, as Haiti won 4-2 to keep Trinidad and Tobago’s 2017 Gold Cup chances alive. Crucially, the Haitian triumph was not by too wide a margin to make it unfeasible …

Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team coach Tom Saintfiet suggested he is not to blame for insinuations that defender Daneil Cyrus turned up smelling of alcohol at the team’s camp on New Year’s Day, despite his public comments on the matter. On Sunday evening, Saintfiet told reporters that: “Two of …

Three days and as many decisions. God knows the trauma that Trinidad and Tobago’s National Under-23 football players have endured over the past week. One thing now beyond dispute is that the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) has only made things worse. Today, the “Soca Warriors” were advised that their 2016 …

More farce. The Trinidad and Tobago National Under-23 Team’s 2015 Olympic qualifying campaign was thrown into disarray again this evening when Caribbean Football Union officials informed the “Soca Warriors” that Suriname have been re-instated into the competition. And, just 24 hours after telling Trinidad and Tobago officials that their Caribbean …

Trinidad and Tobago’s recent football upheavals started—or perhaps ended—at the hands of Caribbean colleagues, Guyana. But at least, Guyana had the good grace to give something back. More on that later. The “Soca Warriors” managed their first home victory under interim coach Hutson “Barber” Charles last night with a 3-0 …

Trinidad and Tobago national senior football team interim coach Hutson “Barber” Charles vowed that the “Soca Warriors” will set out to play the game of their lives against Suriname from 8 pm tonight at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, Tobago. After a 1-1 draw with St Vincent and the …

Cuban attacker Marcel Hernandez lit the flame at the 2012 Caribbean Cup qualifying tournament tonight with an outstanding performance in a resounding 5-0 win for the Spanish-speaking islanders against Suriname at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, Tobago. If communist Cuba espouses the importance of collectivism over individualism, Hernandez did …