San Juan North schoolboy Brent Sam created one goal and scored one himself as San Juan Jabloteh advanced to the 2015 TTFA FA Trophy semifinals yesterday evening with a 3-2 win over Club Sando at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar. Jabloteh, who are three time winners of the FA competition, …
Read More »Sancho tackles TTFA: Tim Kee must use gate receipts to pay players
Sport Minister Brent Sancho has made his opening gambit in the Government’s new relationship with the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) by setting the football body an ultimatum in presenting its accounts for inspection as well as taking a more hands-on approach in State-funded international matches. The most immediate …
Read More »Look Loy: T&T football running on pipe dreams; but we can save it
“We no longer have the pool of players and that fountain of experience we had when we qualified for Germany in 2006,” said CONCACAF technical study group member and FC Santa Rosa coach Keith Look Loy. “(We had) men playing in the English leagues and Scotland Premier League and so …
Read More »Under the hood: Look Loy reviews T&T’s unsuccessful U-20 campaign
“They lost because of individual errors,” said CONCACAF technical study group member Keith Look Loy. “But, as a general statement, I cannot be satisfied with the statistical performance of the team. Seven goals in five games are not good enough… “Five against Aruba and none against Panama, none against Guatemala …
Read More »Prepare to fail; Wired868 reviews the U-20 Warriors’ W/Cup effort
It took 77 minutes, a two-man numerical advantage and a goalkeeping blunder to separate Trinidad and Tobago and Panama on Sunday in their CONCACAF Under-20 Championship clash in Montego Bay. Guess what the Panama team’s travel plans are now? And where the young “Soca Warriors” are heading? Last month, the …
Read More »TTFA sabotages young Warriors’ hopes of MLS trial… again!
For the second year running, there were no Trinidad and Tobago players included among a shortlist of the Caribbean’s top young players for the United States’ Major League Soccer (MLS) Caribbean Combine, which kicked off today in Bayamon, Puerto Rico and serves as a talent search for promising regional players. …
Read More »How to turn it around; coaches discuss the state of T&T’s football
Trinidad and Tobago has qualified for the CONCACAF level in every age group in the men’s and women’s game over the past two years. Does this mean the “Soca Warriors” are doing as well as ever in terms of player development and selection? Or are they underachieving and falling further …
Read More »King selects US-based quintet in T&T U-20 squad; Warriors await visas
There were four new inclusions but no major surprises today when Trinidad and Tobago national under-20 head coach Derek King named his 20-man to contest next month’s CONCACAF Championship in Jamaica. The top four teams at CONCACAF level will advance to the New Zealand 2015 FIFA Under-20 World Cup. The …
Read More »Gally’s farewell: Football icon rules himself out of future TTFA role
It is a shame that unscrupulous characters have continuously been allowed to stifle the progress of Trinidad and Tobago’s football for the financial gain of themselves and their cliques. Even though I have been victimized by these small-time tyrants for my integrity, strength of character and seriousness and having a …
Read More »U-20 campaign back on; Sportt Company funds young Warriors
The Trinidad and Tobago national under-20 football team will be financed to compete at next month’s CONCACAF Championship in Jamaica after all. Sportt Company acting CEO Adrian Raymond and Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) official William Wallace confirmed today that the government will fund the youth’s team travel and …
Read More »Sham! TTFA allegedly faked ‘congratulations’ from Women Warriors
The credibility of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) has taken another hit after an allegation that the beleagured football body sent invented quotes to media from national women’s team player Tasha St Louis, which congratulated the TTFA over its treatment of the national women footballers. Yesterday, a TTFA …
Read More »TTFA finally pays Women Warriors and offers $3,200 “gratuity”
The Trinidad and Tobago national senior women’s team football members were finally paid for their FIFA Play Off second leg outing as the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFA) got its cheque book for the “Women Soca Warriors.” Trinidad and Tobago captain Maylee Attin-Johnson and star attacker Kennya “Yaya” Cordner …
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