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The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Under-15 Team lost by an astounding 22-0 margin to the United States today in the opening day of the 2016 CONCACAF Under-15 competition in Orlando, Florida.
The score was a record for the CONCACAF tournament and a massive humbling for Trinidad and Tobago, as the two island republic finished third in the same competition, two years ago.
(Courtesy SPH-SYOGOC/Eddie Chen)
However, Trinidad and Tobago Under-15 coach Marlon Charles described the hiding as a “great experience for the young girls” and insisted that they remain in good spirits.
“We lost very badly today but it was a great experience for the young girls,” Charles told TTFA Media. “It was a very difficult game for them in all areas. Our players looked scared in the early stages of the match and speed of play was the main component which affected our team.
“But the learning process has begun for these players in this tournament. The players, in spite of the loss, are in good spirits which is important for the remainder of the tournament as they understand that the game is about exposure and playing.”
The Trinidad and Tobago starting team was: Aaliyah Alexander (GK), Tianna Daniel (DF), Roshun Williams (DF), Kady Adams (DF), Chrissy Mitchell (MD), Natifah Hackshaw (MD), Aaliyah Prince (FW), Tyanna Williams (FW), Maria-Frances Serrant (MD), Annika Daniel (MD) and Afiyah Cornwall (FW and captain).
Campbell helped steer Trinidad and Tobago to third spot.
(Courtesy CONCACAF)
In today’s other group encounters, Mexico defeated Haiti 2-0 while in other matches, Costa Rica beat Jamaica 2-1, Puerto Rico defeated St Lucia 4-1 and Canada beat Venezuela 6-0.
T&T will face Dominican Republic in their second match on Wednesday from 11am.
Stats Summary: USA / TRI
Shots: 36 / 0
Shots on Goal: 29 / 0
Saves: 0 / 9
Corner Kicks: 15 / 0
Fouls: 2 / 4
Offside: 8 / 1
(What they said before the tournament)
Head coach Marlon Charles:
Chile won 1-0.
(Courtesy SPH-SYOGOC/Seyu Tzyy Wei)
“We started off with 65 players and now we are down to 18 and I must give credit to every player who took part in the preparations… This is going to be a whole new experience for the players, not just on the football field but in so many situations…
“At this level what you will find is players who are still learning and playing for the first time so while the United States will have more resources than us, I don’t want to say that they will be superior or for us to fear them.
“We want our players to enjoy every bit of the experience. We are not putting any pressure on them… But at the same time we will be using it as a learning experience and one which we as coaches can evaluate for the future.
“The preparation was good. The TTFA did what it could to ensure we had the opportunity to prepare well and we tried to maximise the time that we had leading up to the tournament.”
TTFA President David John-Williams:
“We’ve had the Under 15 Girls team in preparation for some time and I know they have been hard at work. This is a wonderful opportunity for the young players in our women’s program to get such an experience at this early stage at the CONCACAF level and we are very pleased to have them heading off to Orlando and we’d like to wish them well in the tournament.”
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Eh?????
Last time I heard a score like that it was St. Margaret’s Boys Primary school beating Belmont Orphanage in a Primary School league match plenty years ago.
a goal every 4.09 minutes.
Indeed a math lesson
The match was 70 minutes long as it is under-15. Get that calculator out again! Lol
A netball score
Whaaaaatttttttttttt !
D man say a great experience yes… *scandalous laughter*
Clueless
The coach wicked for saying that it was great experience. Rubbish
Have they never played football before? Yikes…not condemning the girls…just wow…trying to understand their state of unpreparedness…
I am speechless. That team cannot be ready for international football.
indeed…it’s a speechless kind of outcome…seriously…. *sigh* the question is why are they not ready?
Did you see the match Lasana?
wait what
what possibly can be great about that
Exactly…Well said Dion..
Embarrassing would be an understatement.. Hope they can bounce back!!
They sure they got that score right? All yuh sure is not a 2-2 draw?
Wow
Great experience for the young girls. A diplomatic response could be the most frustrating thing.
Maybe he meant the Hotel they staying in ?
Not 22 , that’s a typo . They mean 2 , ent?
I would like t see the game and what tactics was used by this coach when the score was 10-0. Ridiculous every woman jack would have been playing in the defence and I am not a football coach
Marlon Charles must be fired
Again?after that statement he should be….
“It was a great experience…” according to coach Charles. 22-0! Wonder what’s next?
22-0?
Oh geeze! I thinking this is table tennis or something. 22 goals?????
I eh know what to say
I think all the previous comments sufficiently felt with the matter
Do you all remember what Hood told the senior women before their game against the US
They need to fire him just for that dotish statement
22-0 is an experience. As to its potential positive outcomes. …thats debatable
I would fire him 22×100. What a moron. ???
Don’t fool anybody 22 -0 is big. More training and passion.
Change the coach instantly.
Is ah “wetman” coach dem?
????
“great experience”???? Does this Coach understand the psychology of sports? the damage that has been done to these young ladies? We continue to go send teams, in particular youth girls’ teams, that are completely under prepared. Upon return from these tournaments, games, where is the Managers’ Reports, the Coaches Reports, what is being done with these reports? Why are these Coaches continuously given the charge of these teams? Better than this………
Forget psychology of sport just plain psychology.
When you don’t know what to say you stay quiet. This is too embarrassing. The last time we had scores like that was 15 years ago. We have gone backwards in all form of the game….
Rajiv Persad Amir Khan Vinood Maharaj Naresh Rampersad Aaron Nicholas Cooper Rishi Shripat… Man ssy a great experience we
Wtf daiz a 22 i seeing dey
Is that a typo?
Brian on the ball..please sir lets get together and stop this mockery of our talent
No wonder they lost 22-0, they have a FUKIN MADMAN as the coach, great experience my ass
whaaaat?
I’m confused. Was this rugby sevens or football (soccer)?
Um,great experience? Your failure at coaching was a great experience? FOH!
Absolute rubbish
Great experience my ass
I agree Shurland Gibbs
if that’s the actual statement of the coach, he needs to be replaced forthwith
Exactly send him back NOW.
What about a performance can be a great experience
No more national team funding for any NSO that does not have a comprehensive youth development program. None!
It is the same score line over and over for years with no improvement because we spend nothing on development. Do we have any girls youth leagues? What do we expect then?
Years ago,I knew a School that got 21-nil in a League match.That school is now the one to beat.Use defeat as motivation.
You referring to Belmont Orphanage or Moulton Hall Primary school who St. Margaret’s Boys E.C. Primary used to beat perennially?
Their confidence would be shatterd
I’m sure those girls so embarrassed they probably don’t even wanna see a football anytime soon
Embarrassed! you say? I would love to see that video of the game because I would imagine that our girls probably stopped trying after goal # 6. Iz 22-0 say, innuh!
Exactly so for the coach to say a good experience mean he need to have his head examine. As a freshette during ragging they say you have 1 Braun cell. Clearly this coach has no brain cell.
And if someone tries to bring in international players and coaches the status quo will be angry. Why should we continue to allow our country to be embarrassed in front of the entire world?
Cue Sparrow We Like It So.
Smh
And we have ppl such as Terry Fenwick not even attached to a pro league team
Who appoint these ppl for those coaching jobs
Losing 2-0 would have been a great experience and would have taught them everything the coach would have us believe they learned from the 22-0 drubbing and more – and their self-belief might still have been intact.
We shall see how they fare in the subsequent matches but as things stand, who can be optimistic about the next few results? The coach, perhaps?