The Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team will play their do-or-die World Cup qualifier against Honduras on 1 September at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva from 8pm. It will be the first time in eight years that the Soca Warriors play a World Cup qualifying home match outside of the …
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“[Wednesday] night was a massive defeat for the TTFA executive, which has provoked controversy for the last six months with its stance against the Central Football Association and the TTSL,” TTSL interim president Keith Look Loy told Wired868. “My take is it was a great victory for grassroots democracy in …
Read More »Longdenville, Haiti and the banker’s son: How FIFA’s Garcia report shatters the Jack Warner myth
FIFA’s investigative report into the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids—won by Russia and Qatar respectively—has shed new light into the machinations of former National Security Minister and Chaguanas West MP Jack Warner, who resigned from the global football body in disgrace, six years ago, and is fighting off an …
Read More »Should taxpayers continue to help Pro League? Shabazz, Hospedales, Harrison, Eve and Fakoory speak
New day, old problems. The Trinidad and Tobago Pro League kicked off as scheduled on 9 June 2017; but the problems are still there: little money, small crowds and general public disinterest. Or maybe things are worse than usual. Digicel have not renewed their title sponsorship while, for only the second …
Read More »TTFA confirm Sierra Leone talks for August friendly; African nation ranked 113 by FIFA
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams has confirmed that the local football body is in talks with African nation, Sierra Leone, for an international friendly between the two countries in late August. John-Williams’ statement came after Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) general secretary Chris Kamara claimed that …
Read More »Far from finished: T&T go down fighting in San José but Panama result offers hope
Trinidad and Tobago lost their third successive match in the CONCACAF Hex last night with a 2-1 defeat to Costa Rica in San José. And, at the final whistle, the Soca Warriors conceded further ground to their five opponents in the quest for the three and a half qualification spots available for …
Read More »D-Day in San José: Warriors must show mettle against Costa Rica or say adios to 2018 World Cup
If the boys in red, black and white strip are ready to do any and everything for the flag, then now is the time to show it. If the Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team do not leave Costa Rica with a point tonight, when they battle the host nation …
Read More »Pulisic punishes Soca Warriors; USA win 2-0 in Colorado as T&T stay bottom of Hex
The Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team players must feel sick at the sight of United States teenager Christian Pulisic. On their last visit to USA on 6 September 2016, Pulisic made his first competitive start for the “Stars and Stripes” and tormented the Soca Warriors backline in a 4-0 romp …
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Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams has insisted that National Senior Team players will be paid outstanding monies for their World Cup qualifying win over Panama at the pre-arranged time, despite grumbling in the team’s Denver camp today over the FA’s priorities. The edginess over finances has …
Read More »Cato axed for indiscipline, Levi out with injury: Lawrence names team to face USA, C/Rica
The Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team will go into crucial 2018 World Cup qualifying away fixtures against the United States and Costa Rica with just two recognised wingers, after coach Dennis Lawrence axed San Jose Earthquakes flanker Cordell Cato for indiscipline and released Levi Garcia, Jomal Williams and Akeem …
Read More »Hijabbing still?! Liburd looks at Baldeosingh, religion, the Guardian and the hijab
In the year of our Lord 2017, when we routinely hand money to indiscernible faces behind tinted windows—at places ranging from the gas station to a government office—spend thousands in online transactions with no personal interaction whatsoever or troubleshoot complex issues over the phone with people we will never meet; …
Read More »T&T U-17 women’s coach quits, returns to Italy; Carolina continues with half her foreign staff
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams restarted the Women’s National Team programme with a bang on 1 February 2017, as he unveiled respected Italian coach Carolina Morace and her foreign aides, Nicola Williams, Elisabetta Bavagnoli and Manuela Tesse, as assistants. Morace, a former Canada head coach, was …
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