Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team begin their 2020 Concacaf Women’s Olympic Qualifying Championship campaign on Monday 30 September. The fresh-faced squad—more than half of whom are newcomers at senior international level—will face Aruba at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. Head coach, Stephan De Four, said the team …
Read More »De Four names 18 overseas players in training squad for Olympic qualifiers; ‘Baby’ appointed skipper
Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team head coach Stephan De Four named 18 overseas-based players in his 29-member squad for a residential camp, as they prepare for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualifying series. The team will be led by Iceland-based midfielder Karyn ‘Baby’ Forbes and lists her sister and …
Read More »Women Soca Warriors start Olympic qualifying campaign against Aruba on 30 Sept
The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team will kick off their Tokyo 2020 Olympic campaign on Monday 30 September when they face Aruba from 5pm in the second game of a double header at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. St Kitts and Nevis and Dominican Republic open Group …
Read More »Women Warriors get Olympic qualifying schedule; T&T U-17s fall 4-1 to Panama
The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team were grouped today with Guyana, Aruba, Dominican Republic, St Kitts and Nevis and Antigua and Barbuda, as Concacaf revealed its first qualifying phase for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Only the group winner will advance to the Concacaf Championship while the confederation’s …
Read More »Home of Football is no excuse for lack of transparency! Shaka, Maylee and Kelvin blast DJW
“I also fully recognise that a lot of our problems have been a long time in the making. The dictatorial approach that got us in the problem in the first place is not what will get us out of it…” In the following Letter to the Editor, former Trinidad and …
Read More »Downer: John-Williams is unconstitutionally subverting the TTFA’s Board of Directors
“Colleagues, the Emergency Committee is NOT a standing Committee in the Constitution. It is only enacted when a real emergency situation arises which must be immediately decided upon. “Colleagues, what has happened here is, at least, a grave mistake, or at worst an attempt to unconstitutionally subvert the relevance and …
Read More »Camara denies Women’s coaching appointments; Board furious as De Four announces staff
Does the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) have a new national women’s coach? TTFA Board members and Women’s League of Football (WoLF) president Susan Joseph-Warrick are uncertain, TTFA general secretary Camara David says no and football president David John-Williams is saying nothing at all. But coach Stephan De Four …
Read More »Eve: TTFA killing dreams of young players; DJW and co jet off to Japan and France
Club Sando and Naparima College head coach Angus Eve has vowed to take over two dozen young footballers to see Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, Shamfa Cudjoe, in a last ditch effort to save their dream of participating in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualifying series. Yesterday, Trinidad and Tobago …
Read More »Bateau, Guerra out Gold Cup; TTFA considers withdrawing men and women’s Olympic Teams
The financially beleaguered Trinidad and Tobago Football Association is considering withdrawing both their male and female teams from the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games Qualifiers. The Men’s National Under-23 Team were drawn in Group B of the qualifying series alongside Cuba, US Virgin Islands and Barbados, which is due to …
Read More »TTFA board appoints Camara as general secretary in secret ballot; Stern named U-17 coach
Camara David, a UWI Sports Management part-time lecturer and former Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) general secretary, will assume the post of Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) general secretary for the next 12 months, after he was appointed by the TTFA board last night. David, who is just …
Read More »Noble: The difference between hope and wishful thinking; reasons for cheer in 2019
Vaclav Havel, the Polish leader, said: “Hope is a state of mind, not a state of the world… a dimension of the soul… not essentially dependent on some particular observation of the world or estimate of the situation… is not prognostication. “It is an orientation of the spirit, an orientation …
Read More »“Nobody wants to deal with the TTFA!” Baron concludes series with look at vanishing talent
“On the first game day of the Concacaf Championship, I didn’t even have a TTFA badge or number on my game jersey. If that doesn’t paint the picture of how disrespected I was as a National Team player, I don’t know what will. “I will never forget that moment, that …
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