Trinidad and Tobago national football team captain Kenwyne Jones and goalkeeper Jan-Michael Williams were shortlisted for major CONCACAF honours yesterday when their names appeared on the ballot for the Confederation’s inaugural awards. Jones, who plays for England Premier League team Stoke City, is on a 10-man list for the CONCACAF …
Read More »Wired868 hails our Toyota Classic All-Stars
Present Pro League leaders DIRECTV W Connection and Super League leaders Club Sando will square off from 8 pm on Saturday November 30 at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva to contest the 2013 Toyota Classic crown. The winning team on the night pockets $50,000 while second place is worth …
Read More »TTFA FA Trophy gets $100,000 in prize money
Trinidad and Tobago’s oldest football competition, the FA Trophy, looks set to carry a financial prize again for the first time under new Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president Raymond Tim Kee. After an anxious wait for clubs who have already played in two rounds of competition, TTFA general …
Read More »Modeste Sando stuns D/Force; Joevin jams Guaya
It will be DIRECTV W Connection versus Club Sando in the 2013 Toyota Classic final next week as yesterday’s electric semi-final contest at Couva’s Ato Boldon Stadium pitched up an intriguing finale to one of local football’s most intriguing cup competitions. For the first time in the Classic’s history, a …
Read More »Happy holidays: Akeem could get a new heart by Christmas
Former two-time Trinidad and Tobago World Youth Cup defender Akeem Adams is praying for the opportunity to celebrate Christmas in his Budapest apartment with his mother, Ancilla Dick, and brother, Akini, and, of course, a new heart and prosthetic leg. The 22-year-old Adams, who is still hospitalised with an artificial, …
Read More »Good morning Vietnam: Cyrus swaps T&T for Hanoi T&T
DIRECTV W Connection star and 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup defender Daneil Cyrus will swap the Pro League for the V-League as the Trinidad and Tobago international has already left for Vietnam where he will play for defending champions, Hanoi T&T. Cyrus, who gave a fine performance against Jamaica in Trinidad …
Read More »Guerra tactics: Warriors spank Boyz to cap fine 2013
The Trinidad and Tobago national football team made a case for the resumption of corporal punishment last night as two second half strokes from Ataullah Guerra and Kenwyne Jones tamed the rambunctious Jamaican “Reggae Boyz” as the “Soca Warriors” cruised to a comfortable 2-0 friendly international win at the Hasely …
Read More »Ode to Chris and Carlos: The runaways who became Warriors
What would you gamble for love? What would you risk for your dream? As Chris Birchall put on red, white and black gear and faced the Trinidad and Tobago football public for the last time as an international footballer, his mind have might run on what it took to get …
Read More »Guaya turns Point Fortin green in Toyota Classic
“Spread, your, hands, and, let gooooo…” Men and women in green tops held their heads and various body parts yesterday evening and danced on the Mahaica Oval ground to Blaxx’s 2012 soca hit. And Guaya United, the Super League upstarts, had whipped Point Fortin Civic 2-0 at the latter club’s …
Read More »Defence Force and W Connection storm into Toyota Classic semis
There was an avalanche of goals in Couva last night as defending Pro League champions Defence Force and current League leaders DIRECTV W Connection both motored into the 2013 Toyota Classic semifinal stage with emphatic wins over Central FC and Malabar FC respectively. Malabar had recovered from a 3-1 deficit …
Read More »Magic Marchan: Sando penalises Caledonia to advance in Toyota Classic
Club Sando goalkeeper Andre Marchan was an unlikely hero last night with a decisive penalty save as the Super League club continued its fairytale run in the Toyota Classic competition with a shoot-out triumph over Pro League outfit and 2012 Caribbean Club champions, Caledonia AIA, after a 2-2 tie in …
Read More »Soca silences Reggae: Warriors clinch landmark win in Jamaica
On the last occasion that the “Soca Warriors” returned from Jamaica undefeated, after a 2-2 draw in March 2008, then Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) special advisor Jack Warner held a press conference to honour the achievement under then coach Francisco Maturana. Maybe present Warrior coach Stephen Hart might …
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