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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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U15 does train?.
The present corrupted TTFA Administration should just step down and new elections needs to be held so that the real folks who really have our players, the beautiful game, and our sweet country at heart run the football. Them really good yes.
This remember me of when we played US and get 11, I first big game.. But 22, that’s Embarrassing.. SMH.
If you want to look at it that way, they are both embarrassing.
I know it is..
Nah Orrelia. I feel there is a difference yes. 3-0 is well beaten. 5-0 is outclassed. 8-0 is a rout. 10-0 means you are in two different stratospheres…
But everything over 15-0 means you are not prepared to wear national colours yet.
3 and 5 are decent numbers. 10 and above mismatched.
Really nice experience. .I still think about the keeper pick up the ball in the net 22 times
3-0 outa zone is ah experience ah man walkin in high heels is ah experience dat my friend was rape….???
..Politics..
http://www.looptt.com/content/ttfa-host-u-15-girls-tournament-april-30
So that means the team hadn’t even started by then.
That’s right, Lasana. They sent those girls out like lambs to the slaughter.
Smh. Can’t say I’m surprised.
This is a new low water mark for Trinidad and Tobago football. I’ve always wondered about our national youth development. For years we’ve had the Republic Cup and that’s wonderful. However, one “national” tournament a year is insufficient. People may point to the Junior Pro league, but that just highlights individuals who are selected to play as juniors for pro league teams. What of all of the other talent that’s out there? Do the scouts follow the “grassroots” (as I would term them) tournaments in the various communities throughout Trinidad and Tobago? Another issue is the quality of the grounds that our young children (and all other players) train and play on. You go to games on various pitches throughout the country and the children are playing on uneven surfaces with stones, clumps of nut grass, sand (we even experienced nails and screws down on Skinner Park and refused to have the children play there). I kid you not, those surfaces at the Disney ESPN Wide World of Sports are really top notch (we went there in July 2015). So much needs to be done here and until it is we’ll just be depending on players with pure talent to continue to take us forward, or anywhere at all in football.
he is a qualified coach
I meant where has he coached before, what’s his record, previous national team experience, that kinda stuff…
he has coached all national women”s team at all ages for the past 15 to 17 yrs never coached abroad has been a member of ttfa staff for many yrs together with shabazz and corneal he had a decent record in the past but the last few tournaments he get cat in bag in terms of preparations
he goes into a war with a toy gun when everybody have missiles and heavy artlllery
I think Marlon is one of the very few coaches who does this with the interest of football at heart and not the money…well obviously not the money becoz he’s owed salaries from since Women Soca Warriors were like eleven years old… Yes Marlon was one of the first coaches to work with those girls… And has not been paid to date.
good guy with a good heart but they taking advantage of him yrs now
And as I said many times and I am going to say it again, the problem isn’t our Coaches and players the problem with our football is the corrupted TTFA and the madness will just continue in our sweet country. Them really good yes.
Exactly. We are quick to put blame on the guys who are actually volunteering to jump into the fire with the aim of mentoring the youth to prepare them with limited time ,support and rescources.
And i totally agree with him. Every player there never played at that level before. Who’s fault is that? Should the coach be the one to get games for the team? We put very little emphasis on our youth teams. Girls teams. Worse yet. None at all. Im certain we just competed because we had to. These things are never a priority unless we would face sanctions later on. Kudos to a true patriot who continues to give his time and dedication
And Jamal Wiggins you are so right… We competed because we would be sanctioned as a country if we didn’t…
How does coach Charles’ resume read?
..Embarrassment should not be described as a good experience. The TTFA is to be blamed for this humiliation and not for the first time. Friendly opponents should be chosen better and with developmental goals in mind. There is nothing these girls could learn from such a pounding and it makes a ridiculous laughing stock. My good friend Marlon should not try to sell us this nonsense..
He has to have been misquoted …how the hell he could say this was a good learning experience ?
In preparation for some time he said? I recall trials for this team about 4 months ago over on St Joseph Convent grounds. Am I wrong? How many games have they played together since then? How many training sessions? The USA has a fantastic youth system. I’m really sorry to hear of this result but to be competitive against the USA at that level the girls needed to play LOADS more football
This is an example of the type of people the public accepts as national coaches.don’t be surprise the next revelation is coming.what then.
you 4 get the nature of the US beast they wanna be the best in the world at everything so dominance and humiliation is tools which they teach and manifest all the time
22-0 ,that’s the story in 2016
The US wicked to score that many goals…after 6 or 7 they should have just kept the ball. The humiliation of others should not be the objective of any national team youth coach…
Didn’t think of that but you’re right. It almost goes against the spirit of the game here
..What? My team’s objective is to score goals and to win. Goals there to score? Score them. Trini accepted the match and the consequences..
Agreed…. However most club coaches would try to avoid embarrassing the opponent in the US but clearly this wasn’t their objective lol
So therefore my second greatest team in the universe shouldn’t have scored 7 goals on my greatest team in the universe then in the World Cup eh, if I am the Coach eh, I wudda let my players score 30 goals just to let them know that if you fail to prepare, prepare to fail eh, Them really good yes.
Trinidad and Tobago used to give out some mighty cut tails too. Anthony Sherwood, I remember your national under-18 team spanking a couple teams well in the CFU tournament.
I would have loved to hear you tell Bertille St Clair: Coach, I think we have scored enough goals! Lol.
America did their job. Don’t play with your food.
It is up to T&T to clinch or at least put their guards up.
Lasana 7 and 8 different to 22 bro… And, in a CFU tournament, goal difference could be a factor so that different…however, at that young age group (U15) – embarrassing a team that is clearly out of their element is unsportsmanlike…now, those kids being sent there is a different story and sometimes coaches need to stand up and voice their objection to being sent into something that is clearly out of their realm. Marlon Charles has been at this a while now – he knows the difference between a team that is unprepared as opposed to a team that should not even be exposed to a team like the US. Maybe he should have been more adamant about protecting these youngsters who are clearly beginners…
I agree with you in terms of coaches not setting themselves and their teams up for embarrassment.
But to me it can be unsportsmanlike to ease up on a team. Once you put on your boots and you cross that line, then you deserve what you get.
For me, I’d prefer a team give me a total cut tail than they score 10 and then kept the ball for half hour with me chasing shadows.
That would be even more humiliating.
Lol..
buss the nets.
i collect 7 in a game from St Anthonys
these idiots at ttff just sit on their lazy asses have 1 set of irrelevant meetings talk a set of shit and then wanna send me to destroy myself and the moral of 23 young players to say they do me a favor sorry not me
John Williams and his “go local”, “recycle the old” coaches campaign. Let’s see where it gets us. 22-0 is unacceptable!
Only local because they dont have to pay….
Dion I would take the project. Someone has to help. Here’s the thing tactically you can avoid 22 in a game.
Not if the poor little girls literally froze
No freezing at that level.
Listen I coached a girls team that lost 9-1 to a team. And you were right they somewhat froze. But give up. I didn’t know the girls. When I figured out where people play to maximize their strengths. Same team we lost but now it was 4-3
At what level??? These girls played “nowhere” have been in training maximum eight weeks… What are you saying?
At the end of the day at 14/15 these girls have to be coached to think and all…they have to be toughened mentally these are not adults. Granted they are playing among their age group but a mentally, technically and tactically prepared group
that’s exactly my point I would never take a national team job cause they set you up 2 fail you never get the time or resources needed 2 prepare a team adequately so no way I taking a job where every game your always steps behind
America doesn’t spend years preparing. Their club system for girls this age is night and day to the rest of the world.
Exactly Jay Spency…the coach was appointed not even three months now…what he should have done was inform the federation that these girls are just not ready not just technically but mentally… They have NEVER played anywhere competitively before…what kind of warm up games has the team had? These are the questions ppl need to ask… Jimi Jorsling Dion Sosa you self….if u were following this team before u wud kno they weren’t prepared and if you weren’t then enquire.
I didn’t also know that the coach only started his career 3 mts ago ? My bad Bass !
Is that what u gathered from what I said? That he started his “career” three months ago? Then clearly there’s no point in even entering a discussion with you because you obviously have difficulty in reading and understanding simple English.
I can see you skipped this module at university ENG-120 .
Clearly its a requirement for the job u do
Comprehension was never your forte I see
ENG – 120 Is Fundamentals of English .
Bass Cleff I see you are an expert and I seldom treat with experts , why you may ask ? I will tell you why
No I’m not asking… I’m not even interested. Like I said trying to communicate at this level is befuddling. I’m out. I really don’t care why to be honest.
An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less until they know absolutely everything about nothing .
I think I know the coach well enough ,he live at St Ann’s so it was much easier to pick a team from area from the mental home we he reside , so do not blames him for his words or action it’s just the moon lol
I have to be dreaming ….. I expect to wake up anytime now ….
Trumpisms are spreading.
jason that is what all national teams call preparation
Wth…
Errrrr …..is there some other coach these girls can be exposed to???? Even if only to ensure that they don’t start a game against any team looking/being scared. Must have beem a great nightmare even if only from the perspective of being mentally scared. But hey I ain’t no coach.
Did I just see that the team has been preparing for some time now? When the first screening only took place couple months ago? Forgive my confusion. Preparation takes years in youth football.
Come on people,2016 and we hoping the coach know what he’s doing.Results tell the story here.Thank you and bye.
I really don’t know much about this team or the coach so I prefer to give him the benefit of the doubt…if you know more, please do enlighten the rest…or at least me…I cannot judge what I do not know.
22:0…..
Who coaching him ? D Boxer aka Diarrhea Mouth ?
No !
It’s funny, Dylan Carter won his heat this morning, broke his personal best time swimming with the best in the world. He will probably be a force to be reckoned with in the near future. One could see a joy on his face when he looked back and saw his time. THAT is a great experience .
Carter Has Dominated Regionals, Was really happy to see him broke his PB…… This won’t be his Olympics Though, I expect Him to be a Serious Contender in the Next Olympics ?
Gr8 has a new meaning.
Dennis Allen you’re a genius lol
That is sadly the TT sporting mentality. National teams are not for development and experience. They’re for competition and winning. Who is going to be held accountable for this?
NO ONE.
I. Cannot…
22-0 and the Best Response Coach Could of Come Up with is “It was a Good Experience for the Girls”? :v :v :v
He should be Fired on this Response alone ????
Some people when they have power have no shame no shame
I don’t really have a problem with us losing because it isn’t a shock considering our lack of investment in youth football across the board (development of coaches, development of players , facilities , equipment , administration , preparation etc )
What I have a problem with is the approach to the game and the statement after conceding 22 goals . Don’t think anyone expected anything other than a loss but surely the preparation for this game is no joke park the bus and defensively organized . Did we go to “out knock” and “take on” USA ?
I remember Eve taking the T&T u23 team after that same crop qualified for U17 and U20 world cups and tried to “take on” and “out knock” Mexico and we conceded 7 goals and were played off the park . The lesser team has the right to defend . No shame in it and that’s our biggest problem down here thinking we technically good enough or prepared enough to open up and leave space on a pitch against these high class teams who will punish any inch you give them …
That’s the lesson here .. That should be the quote from the coach “Lesson learnt”
How many goals you have to concede before that lesson is learnt though?
Maybe Eve was in a situation where only the winner went through and he had no choice. But this is the first game of the tournament.
I don’t think any team in training supposed to lose 22-0. That’s not a football match.
That Mexico game was the first game in a concacaf final round group .. Eve should have played a smarter game to absorb and hit on the counter .
You’re probably right
I remember him saying we should take them on .. As if we could outplay Mexico outside of Trinidad . He then got conservative vs Panama and we equalized late through Winchester . Got both game plans wrong . Conservative vs Mexico and brave vs Panama should have been the approach .
what he know about preparation he too busy running 4 cfu presidency and money
And the coach say it was a great experience
He should loose his wuk just for that statement.
This is a national team?
A National Disgrace
The TTFA president said they had been in preparation “for some time.”
when i wake up after my son…he does be in the toilet…”for some time”…
The URP contractors who build all them shit drain usually say the same thing about their preparations .
Some time can mean anything….he could have easily said 2 4 or 6months…it could be anything only he knows…
When coaches say that about a team that has clearly regressed, watch out! 22/0 is not a great experience, it usually means greater fear of opponents.
On the other hand, we’re producing young people with a very tiny view of the big world out there and even if the coach is not totally responsible for reshaping their mindset, throwing the young ladies dangerously into the path of the oncoming bus while standing on the pavement is at best odd.
I feel this country need to start coming down very hard on coaches . Its like they feel all of us like to praise mediocrity ?
Apparently…is this a whole new team or something? I hope the coach knows what he is doing…I really really hope so.
You know how hard it is to lose 22-0 as a coach? You have to do everything wrong from pre season, team selection, training regime, team talk, tactics and substitutions. Marlon Charles deserves an award smh
It’s called a booby prize, Aaron, not an award.
He will continue to be the Coach….. No real repercussion of losing by 22 goals. Lasana Liburd, what is the record of Marlon Charles, I know he has been around for quite a while, but what are his successes?
LOL
when I was 14 we went 2 canada to play in a tournament and we lost our 1st game 10 nil and everyone cried we were so embarassed and felt like we let our coach country and ourselves down losing big is never a good experience
I woulda take 10 in this case boy
ENT!!!!! Dion…..
Sorry to say I am lost for words. First time ever. I wondering about the coach
Well yes…..we lost but it was a great experience of course it was…getting 22 not easy….
He had to say something to justify his salary .
Hahaha…yeah
Salary?
Lasana Liburd He doing it for free ? worst yet !
U know he’s getting paid???