At just after 8 pm yesterday, on Tuesday December 2, Trinidad and Tobago goalkeeper Kimika Forbes lay face down inside her own penalty area and seemed to will the ground to swallow her whole. Up in the stands of the Hasely Crawford Stadium, the seats were emptying fast. In the …
Read More »Time to rewrite history: Women Warriors prepare to dance against Ecuador
“We will show you guys what we are made of and create history,” said Trinidad and Tobago national senior women’s team captain Maylee Attin-Johnson yesterday evening, “and everyone will be a part of something magical.” Attin-Johnson was preaching to the converted. Three weeks ago, there was concern and criticism as …
Read More »Kids’ ticket issues for Women’s W/Cup decider against Ecuador
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association, which has not done anything silly in about the last 48 hours, could not help itself. This evening, in a further effort to impress fans with their organisational prowess, the TTFA revealed that children under-12 must have “kids tickets” to get into the Hasely …
Read More »T&T 22-woman squad enter Hyatt camp for Ecuador decider
Trinidad and Tobago national women’s senior team coach Randy Waldrum selected a 22-woman squad to face Ecuador on December 2 in the decisive FIFA Women’s World Cup Play Off second leg in Port of Spain. The “Women Soca Warriors” drew the first leg 0-0 in Quito and need a win …
Read More »Tim Kee allegedly deceived TTFA executive about Warriors’ debt
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president Raymond Tim Kee, according to a letter leaked to Wired868, apparently tried to deceive his own executive committee about the financial health of the football body and its debts to players and staff. On 10 November 2014, Tim Kee, in a letter to …
Read More »W/Warriors captain knocks ticket prices; but urges fans to support team
Trinidad and Tobago national senior women’s team captain Maylee Attin-Johnson has publicly criticised ticket prices for the upcoming FIFA Play Off second leg against Ecuador from 6 pm on December 2 at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. Trinidad and Tobago and Ecuador played to a goalless draw …
Read More »TTFA explains record women’s ticket prices for historic W/Cup contest
Football fans must pay a record admission fee for a local women’s match to be part of history on 2 December 2014 when the Trinidad and Tobago senior national women’s football team faces Ecuador in the second and final leg of a Canada 2015 Women’s World Cup Play Off from …
Read More »T&T women hold Ecuador; Warriors make point at altitude
Wired868 covers the FIFA 2015 World Cup Play Off first leg from in Quito, Ecuador: At one of the highest football stadiums in the world, the Trinidad and Tobago national senior women’s team demonstrated the height of its ambition today with a goalless draw in the first of a two-legged …
Read More »Reach for the sky: Women Warriors must punish dismissive Ecuador
Wired868 is in Quito for the Trinidad and Tobago women’s FIFA Play Off first leg match away to Ecuador: If Ecuador is gripped by women’s football fever, the country certainly has not shown it yet. Tomorrow afternoon from 2 pm in Quito (3 pm TT time), Ecuador and Trinidad and Tobago will …
Read More »It’s not over: T&T women eye Ecuador after ET loss to Mexico
The Trinidad and Tobago women’s national senior team’s next international match will be 2,782 metres above sea level in Quito, Ecuador on 8 November 2014 at a venue once deemed medically unsafe for players by world governing body, FIFA. But what else would we expect? A 15 minute flight to …
Read More »C/Rica edges T&T on penalties; Women Warriors face CONCACAF play off
The Trinidad and Tobago national senior team’s route to the Canada 2015 Women’s World Cup will be a little trickier now. It took 120 minutes and six penalty kicks to separate the “Women Soca Warriors” from an excellent Costa Rica outfit in the 2014 CONCACAF Women’s Championship semifinals this evening …
Read More »One for the road: T&T dusts off setbacks; on brink of Women’s W/Cup
One more win will do the trick. The Trinidad and Tobago national women’s senior team moved within 90 minutes of a place at the Canada 2015 Women’s World Cup tournament yesterday after another hard-fought triumph at the 2014 CONCACAF Championship. This time, Guatemala was the victim as the “Women Soca …
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