“[…] The state of our bilateral investment relationship can be improved. The United States Government cannot mandate its companies to invest here, unlike others that can direct their state-owned enterprises to invest regardless of whether they make a profit or not. “Instead, US investors are attracted to countries where …
Read More »Julien, Ataulla named in T&T 20-man squad; “Lobo” misses out due to US visa issue
Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team coach Dennis Lawrence will offer teenaged Slovakia-based left back Keston Julien the chance to make his senior international debut next month, as the former national youth team player was named in his 20-man squad to face the United Arab Emirates in a friendly on …
Read More »Should DJW stay or go? Wired868 speaks to five TTFA stakeholders on controversial president
Is Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams still the right person to take the local sporting body forward? Or should John-Williams, as suggested by board member Keith Look Loy and former World Cup 2006 manager Bruce Aanensen, step aside for the good of the game? Wired868 asked …
Read More »We want good relationship! TTFA backtracks after DJW claimed US Chargé d’Affaires told “outright lie”
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) is attempting to step back from open conflict withe the US Embassy, after football president David John-Williams told the Newsday yesterday that Chargé d’Affaires Jim McIntyre told an “outright lie”—in his damning release about John-Williams’ integrity and capability. McIntyre said John-Williams tried to …
Read More »T&T football cannot endure any more! Look Loy calls on John-Williams and his VPs to resign
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams and his vice-presidents, Joanne Salazar and Ewing Davis, have done enough damage to the local game and should pack their bags and leave immediately. This was the verdict of TTFA board member and Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) president Keith …
Read More »US Embassy: TTFA president is misleading public; DJW’s “failure to plan is [hurting] promising players!”
“Why we have chosen to respond is because your failure to plan is [affecting] promising football (soccer) players from Trinidad and Tobago, who we would welcome playing in the USA. “[…] I will be blunt. Mr David John-Williams and the TTFA just flat out dropped the ball on the visa …
Read More »Concacaf withdraws invitation to T&T U-15 Women; St Rose mum as “elite team” grounded
The efforts of the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Under-15 Team players over the past year and a half ended on an anticlimactic note today, as Concacaf withdrew its invitation for the young Women Soca Warriors to participate at the confederation’s 2018 Women’s Under-15 Championship in Florida. Trinidad and Tobago …
Read More »TTFA’s elite issues: Women’s U15s set to forfeit Concacaf opener while Boys travel night before CFU game
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s (TTFA) elite youth teams were thrown into varying levels of disarray this week, as the Boys National Under-14 and Women’s National Under-15 Teams struggled to get to their respective competitions in Curaçao and the United States. On Friday night, the TTFA chartered a Liat …
Read More »US Embassy: Yorke stopped from entering USA by visa requirement that pre-dates Trump
Former Trinidad and Tobago 2006 World Cup captain and ex-Manchester United star Dwight Yorke appears to have been stopped from entering the United States by a visa requirement that was put in place during the term of former President Barack Obama. Yorke, who holds a British and Trinidad and Tobago …
Read More »Muhammad fingered for Warriors cock-ups; U23s rush to replace Corbin
Trinidad and Tobago National Under-23 Team manager David Muhammad has arguably run out of hiding space for a series of administrative cock-ups that might have cost his players their 2016 Olympic Games dreams and now threaten their 2015 Pan American Games aspirations as well. The final accreditation deadline for the …
Read More »U23s down to 11 players for qualifiers; but Suriname withdraws
The Trinidad and Tobago National Under-23 Team breathed a sigh of relief today as their Suriname counterparts withdrew from the Caribbean preliminary round of the 2016 Olympic qualifying campaign, which kicks off on Wednesday June 24 in Puerto Rico. The Caribbean Football Union (CFU) announced that Suriname, who were due to …
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