Trinidad and Tobago are through to the 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup group stage but it was the narrowest of margins which separated the Soca Warriors from their French Guiana opponents at the Drv Pnk Stadium in Fort Lauderdale this evening. There were 14 successful penalty kicks taken before Trinidad and …
Read More »Injury doubts over Aubrey and Hodge; Eve hopes T&T’s versatile attack see off French Guiana
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team interim head coach Angus Eve will wait for as long as possible before finalising his starting team to face French Guiana tomorrow, with defenders Aubrey David and Triston Hodge both doubtful due to injury. Trinidad and Tobago and French Guiana square off from …
Read More »‘Battle of the BOL-ers’: why Trinidad and Tobago and Montserrat wore training gear for Gold Cup playoff
Did you shell out US$90 (TT$605) for the new Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) BOL match day kit and wondered why you were out of sync with the Soca Warriors team last night? Well, it turns out that although Men’s National Senior Team interim head coach Angus Eve and …
Read More »That’s Moore like it, T&T! Eve’s Warriors hit Montserrat for six in opening Gold Cup playoff
Some lightning in Fort Lauderdale forced a 45 minute delay of Angus Eve’s first game in charge of the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team last night. But by midnight the flashes of brilliance at the Drv Pnk Stadium came mostly from the Soca Warriors, as the twin island …
Read More »Eve ready to unleash ‘Lobo’; discusses Griffith, Joevin, Warriors reboot… and Black Stalin
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team interim head coach Angus Eve looks set to turn to maverick 30-year-old forward Marcus ‘Lobo’ Joseph to fire the Soca Warriors into the Concacaf Gold Cup. Joseph, a two-time World Youth Cup player more than decade ago, was never used by Eve’s predecessor, …
Read More »Hadad says NC blanked Bad Wolf Sport, new pay structure suggested for coaches
Fifa-appointed normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad admitted to fielding a presentation from Ireland-based company, Bad Wolf Sports, but denied agreeing to any partnership with the company on behalf of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA). The query was one of three questions raised by Eastern Football Association of Trinidad …
Read More »Hadad’s unconstitutional ‘meeting’ raises more questions on NC’s occupation of the TTFA
Fifa-appointed normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad has come under fire again for repeat violations of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) Constitution, after his invitation to members for a meeting provoked more questions about his leadership. On Wednesday, TTFA acting general secretary Amiel Mohammed invited members to a ‘meeting’ …
Read More »Eve selects final Gold Cup squad: Molino, Molik and ‘Lobo’ are in; Levi and Bateau unavailable
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team interim head coach Angus Eve announced a 26-man squad for the 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup playoffs today, with Columbus Crew attacker Kevin Molino and La Brea forward Marcus ‘Lobo’ Joseph and 17-year-old Molik Jesse Khan listed among his troops. Notably absent were AEK …
Read More »‘I will be back!’ ‘Ball Pest’ Cummings on his football education, silencing Mexico, and his international exile
“I will be back on the pitch soon,” said Terminix La Horquetta Rangers playmaker and ex-Trinidad and Tobago international star Keron ‘Ball Pest’ Cummings. “So I hope Mr [Angus] Eve keeps a place open for me!” Cummings was not among the 60 players selected by Men’s National Senior Team interim …
Read More »The Truth about Griffith (Epilogue): Why CoP didn’t qualify for anonymity
The designation ‘anonymous source’ has become a talking point this week, in light of Wired868’s two-part series ‘The truth about Griffith’. So I think it might be useful to explain how someone becomes an unnamed source for Wired868. The three main questions asked in each and every case are: Is …
Read More »Eve names five TLH Rangers players in provisional Gold Cup squad, after ‘cordial’ talks
Former Trinidad and Tobago national youth team stand-outs Aikim Andrews and Isaiah Lee are among five Terminix La Horquetta Rangers players who could resume their international careers during the 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup. The thaw in relations between Rangers and the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team was one …
Read More »The truth about Griffith (Pt 2): How CoP disrupted Soca Warriors, and weaponised TTPS platform
Sometime during the course of Terry Fenwick’s tenure of Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach, the players began an informal game in which they would try to guess when the English coach planned to slip Gary Griffith III into the national squad. Usually, it was whenever silence …
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