The “Soca Warriors” are set to rejig their June plans after 2014 World Cup-bound South American nation, Colombia, revealed that it will not fulfil its contract to face the Trinidad and Tobago national football team in a friendly international on June 1. Last Wednesday, the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association …
Read More »Jewel of Crown Trace: Chaguanas coach wins FIFA award for social work
On Wednesday, the ever-controversial Chaguanas West MP Jack Warner dominated the news again after word that CONCACAF had blocked the ex-FIFA vice-president leader from leasing, selling or mortgaging the João Havelange Centre of Excellence in Macoya. But Warner was not the only Chaguanas native to hear from FIFA on that …
Read More »Stars floor Central with million dollar punch; Rangers stun Caledonia
Nine straight wins and 15 consecutive unbeaten games; but that might count for nothing now for Central FC. The “Couva Sharks” were contenders for the Pro League’s million dollar first prize at kick off last night. Now, even their chance of a top two finish and a place in next …
Read More »El Clásico Couva: Connection and Central meet in Lucozade final
Local football is bracing itself for another monumental clash as defending champion DIRECTV W Connection, and bitter Couva rival, Central FC, both booked their places in the 2014 Lucozade Sport Goal Shield final at the Ato Boldon Stadium on 25 April 2014. Cue: excited looks by knowledgeable football fans, narrowed …
Read More »Million dollar race: Central maintains dogged Connection pursuit
Pro League leader DIRECTV W Connection and second placed Central FC eased away from the chasing pack last night with emphatic wins over Police FC and Caledonia AIA respectively at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. Surinamese teenager Dimitrie Apai scored his first hattrick in a Connection shirt as the …
Read More »Keron K.O.s Police; Connection and Stars advance to Lucozade semis
Keron “Ballpest” Cummings opened his North East Stars account yesterday with a spanking double at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva as the Sangre Grande-based club advanced to the Lucozade Sport Goal Shield semifinal with a 2-1 win over Police FC. Cummings scored with a powerful strike in the second …
Read More »Adams stars as Civic penalises Defence Force; Central clobbers Caledonia
Point Fortin Civic stand-in goalkeeper Akini Adams stole the spotlight last night as his club advanced to the semifinal of the 2014 Lucozade Sport Goal Shield competition after a 4-3 penalty shoot win over Defence Force at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. Just three days earlier, Defence Force roared …
Read More »Jabloteh cruises past Rangers in Lucozade Sport opener
Two well taken goals by Jean-Luc Rochford and Micah Lewis paced San Juan Jabloteh to a comfortable 2-0 win over St Ann’s Rangers this afternoon in a Lucozade Sport Goal Shield qualifier at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar. Jabloteh will now face defending Shield champion club, DIRECTV W Connection, …
Read More »The empire strikes back; Defence Force nears CFU place
Defence Force substitute Balondemu Julius scored his most important goal of the season on Tuesday night as the reigning Pro League champion club, Defence Force, roared back from two goals down to edge Point Fortin Civic 3-2 at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. The result pushed the “Teteron Boys” …
Read More »Corneal quits Warriors; TTFA confirms technical director’s exit
Local football received another shock yesterday when Anton Corneal, the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) technical director, quit his post amidst unpaid debts and a perceived lack of respect from within the association. Corneal, who accepted a four-year contract to arrest the decline in the local game in 2012, …
Read More »Civic Coop; Connection stumbles again while D/Force downs Stars
At approximately 9.47 pm last night, Sean Cooper whipped off his shirt in the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva and sprinted towards hundreds of prancing supporters in the covered stands. His teammates and coach caught up with him just before he reached the stairs and lifted him off his feet with …
Read More »Ex-TTFA coach ponders youth football return despite ‘sexting’ schoolboy scandal
Terrence Marcelle, a former Pleasantville Secondary and Trinidad and Tobago national youth team football coach, has a passion for developing youths and the qualifications to place him in the top echelons of local coaches in that field. However, Marcelle’s past indiscretion with a schoolboy is threatening to derail his effort …
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