Bankers Insurance Central FC playmaker Ataulla Guerra will get another chance to stake his claim to Trinidad and Tobago’s “number 10” role, after the elegant midfielder was recalled by coach Stephen Hart for his 23-man squad to face Haiti in the 2016 Copa America play off on 8 January 2016 …
Read More »Queen’s Park claim Championship crown; Parkites stun Prisons to pinch promotion
Prisons FC only needed a draw to secure the CNG National Super League (NSL) Championship crown last night and automatic promotion to next season’s Premiership Division. Instead, the “Wardens” were given the slip by Queen’s Park Cricket Club (QPCC) FC at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, as the “Parkites” leapfrogged Prisons …
Read More »Copa cheer: Warriors and TTFA near match fees solution
Finally, some good news. After two days and roughly nine hours of negotiating, the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) and the National Senior Team are allegedly within touching distance of a solution, which might bring an end to their impasse over outstanding match fees. The “Soca Warriors” are owed …
Read More »Creece left T&T women for Malabar coaching camp; admits US alcohol charge
“Women Soca Warriors” coach Anthony Creece returned to Trinidad yesterday to run a series of screening sessions for young male and female players at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar this weekend. Creece’s departure from Brazil left the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team without any of its three coaches, …
Read More »Police take command after Christon double; Connection down Jabloteh
Police FC moved atop the Pro League standings yesterday evening, after a double strike from Christon Thomas secured a 2-0 win for the “Lawmen” over Club Sando at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. And only fellow servicemen, Defence Force FC, or North East Stars can overtake them for the …
Read More »Central sack Russell; Sancho fires coach after North East Stars loss
Former Defence Force coach and two-time Pro League champion, Ross Russell, lasted just under five months as head coach at Central FC. Wired868 understands Russell, a former Trinidad and Tobago stand-out goalkeeper and national youth team coach, was fired within an hour of last night’s 1-0 Pro League defeat to …
Read More »TTFA names committee to defuse Warriors’ strike threat; but no payment date
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) has mandated a three-member committee to resolve a threat from the “Soca Warriors” to boycott their Copa America play off match against Haiti on 8 January 2016. However, crucially, there is still no date set to pay the Trinidad and Tobago National Senior …
Read More »Troublemakers or trailblazers: Do athletes deserve to voice an opinion on sport?
Ask a PTSC bus driver whether: more maintenance work is needed on buses, which routes are unprofitable, are the roads good, or are his working hours bad? Nine out of ten times, he or she would have an opinion worth sharing. And we would be glad to hear it. But …
Read More »Jomal nets hattrick as Connection clobber Rangers; Civic stops Sando
It took less than 30 minutes for DIRECTV W Connection to brush aside a woeful St Ann’s Rangers outfit in Couva this evening, as the “Savonetta Boys” cruised to a 5-0 triumph which took them to within one point of the Pro League’s summit. In today’s other fixture in Couva, …
Read More »TTFA vows to pay Warriors ‘as soon as practicable’; explains delay
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) promised to satisfy its debt to the men’s senior national players as “soon as it was practicable” but stopped short of giving a deadline for a resolution. The TTFA executive committee, which is now headed by president David John-Williams, held an emergency meeting …
Read More »Waldrums and Kimika out: Shorthanded T&T squad head to Brazil
Another day, another blow for Trinidad and Tobago’s football. The “Women Soca Warriors” left San Antonio this morning for Brazil where they will join a makeshift Trinidad and Tobago squad to compete in the Natal Female International Tournament. But they travelled shorthanded. Head coach Randy Waldrum and his assistant coach …
Read More »No USSF loan: TTFA accepted just US$12,500 for US victory tour games
Former Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) general secretary Sheldon Phillips agreed to send the “Women Soca Warriors” to play two matches against the 2015 FIFA World Cup champions for less than the cost of airfare, according to documents leaked to Wired868. The TTFA has remained in perilous financial straits …
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