The Trinidad and Tobago National Senior football team will start its 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign this November in effectively the semifinal stage of the CONCACAF series due to its FIFA ranking. The “Soca Warriors” are ranked joint fourth in CONCACAF at present and 55th in the world by FIFA …
Read More »Braithwaite moved to San F’do hospital; family asks for prayers
Former Trinidad and Tobago National Senior football team manager Richard Braithwaite’s medical condition was described as “serious” by relatives as the popular administrator continues to fight for his life at the San Fernando General Hospital, just over a week after he was admitted at the ICU in Port of Spain. Braithwaite’s …
Read More »Sam strikes for Jabloteh; but D/Force and Stars win
Eighteen-year-old San Juan North Secondary schoolboy Brent Sam got a goal on his first appearance for San Juan Jabloteh this season but it was not enough to save his team from a 2-1 Pro League loss to Defence Force at the Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya yesterday. The Army/Coast Guard …
Read More »T&T U20s lose second training match; King eyes positives
The Trinidad and Tobago National Under-20 team lost its second and final warm-up match yesterday before their departure for Jamaica on Wednesday January 7 to compete in the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship. The young “Soca Warriors” will open the tournament with a clash against hosts Jamaica in Kingston on January 9. …
Read More »Connection unbeaten in Suriname; but can ‘Project Suriname’ topple Warriors?
Defending Trinidad and Tobago Pro League champions, DIRECTV W Connection, returned from a Suriname tour unbeaten today after exhibition matches against a Suriname XI and Inter Moengotapoe on Boxing Day and December 27 respectively. Jerrel Britto scored against the Suriname XI team in a match that was tied at one …
Read More »TTFA finally pays Women Warriors and offers $3,200 “gratuity”
The Trinidad and Tobago national senior women’s team football members were finally paid for their FIFA Play Off second leg outing as the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFA) got its cheque book for the “Women Soca Warriors.” Trinidad and Tobago captain Maylee Attin-Johnson and star attacker Kennya “Yaya” Cordner …
Read More »Soca Warrior men and women top FIFA’s Caribbean rankings
The Trinidad and Tobago national senior men and women teams have ended 2014 as FIFA’s top ranked Caribbean teams according to the latest ranking by the global football body. The “Women Soca Warriors” began the year unranked due to their prolonged absence from international competition but quickly made their mark …
Read More »TTFA announces $1.6 million profit from Women’s Play Off match
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) has announced a profit of $1,629,077 from the December 2 FIFA 2015 Women’s World Cup Play Off contest between the “Women Soca Warriors” and Ecuador at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain. The TTFA set ticket prices at TT$200 (covered stands) and …
Read More »Women Warriors still unpaid; TTFA promises accounts for Dec 2 match
Two weeks since the Trinidad and Tobago national senior women’s team played to a nearly packed Hasely Crawford Stadium in the FIFA Play Off second leg match against Ecuador, the “Women’s Soca Warriors” are yet to receive match fees or per diems for their work. The Trinidad and Tobago Football …
Read More »Cordner, Jan-Michael and Hart on CONCACAF awards list
Trinidad and Tobago national women’s team attacker Kennya “YaYa” Cordner and men’s national senior team goalkeeper Jan-Michael Williams and coach Stephen Hart were all named on shortlist for CONCACAF individual awards for 2014. Cordner, who helped the “Women Soca Warriors” to within touching distance of the Canada 2015 Women’s World …
Read More »Central clobbers Jabloteh; Point guns down Rangers
Central FC handed San Juan Jabloteh its first league defeat of the season on Tuesday evening; and it was a resounding one. Doubles from 2009 Under-20 World Cup players Qian Grosvenor and Sean De Silva paced the “Couva Sharks” to a 4-0 win over Jabloteh at the Hasely Crawford Stadium …
Read More »Genoa face FIFA sanctions over million dollar W Connection debt
Italian Serie A club, Genoa FC, could face disciplinary action after failing to meet a FIFA deadline with regards to a defaulted payment due to Trinidad and Tobago Pro League champion club, DIRECTV W Connection, over St Lucia international midfielder Zaine Pierre. Pierre, who is now 21, joined Genoa in …
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