The year is 1999, one year after former Strike Squad baby Dwight Yorke makes a £12.6 million move from Aston Villa to Manchester United. The “Red Devils” complete a memorable treble. The year is now 1989, ten years before Yorke’s Manchester odyssey. The Trinidad and Tobago Senior team is preparing …
Read More »Pro League players speak up: “Panic has set in!;” “Football has become a hustle!”
Trinidad and Tobago Pro League players are uneasy, “starting to panic,” one of them told Wired868. He and a couple of his mates are of the view that the Pro League had its work cut out for him to ensure that the competition stays afloat in 2018. As things stand, …
Read More »God said it was time! Ex-Pro League CEO Skeene reflects on potential, broken promises and lack of vision for local game
He fought the good fight. Those five words sound like the opening for a eulogy but TT Pro League fans are hoping that the departure of outgoing CEO Dexter Skeene will not mean the death of the local professional league. On Friday, the 53-year-old former Trinidad and Tobago forward announced …
Read More »Pro League owners want Skeene to stay; Hospedales: No Pro League, no Hex
With its 2018 season already hanging in the balance, the Trinidad and Tobago Pro League is now without a CEO. Dexter Skeene, who has held the position for the last 14 years, tendered his resignation to the Board at yesterday meeting of the League and informed them that he proposes …
Read More »The legacy of “Spider-Man”: How ESPN got it wrong on Carter’s contribution to goalkeeping
“The way [David] De Gea reacted to Luis Muriel’s header was almost like Spider-Man,” the BT Sport presenter said at the halftime interval of Sevilla’s Champions League clash with Manchester United last Wednesday. The Spaniard was in fine form, making several impressive saves to deny a dangerous-looking host team and …
Read More »Hasely Crawford lights back for Commonwealth Games trials but concerns about Govt priorities
The lighting issues at the Hasely Crawford Stadium (HCS) country’s major stadium are expected to be resolved in time for the Carifta Games trials, scheduled to commence on 3 March. In fact, the country’s major stadium should be back to full functionality by the end of February. This is the …
Read More »“I feel cheated!” Stadium contractors wrangle over money woes while Smith mum
Just over a year after Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Darryl Smith opened the training track at the Hasely Crawford Stadium (HCS), both the local contractor and the foreign sub-contractor are still waiting, they say, for payment for the project. The outstanding sum is reported as being in the …
Read More »USA and Mexico advance to U-20 semis; but Jamaica give CONCACAF giants a scare
United States and Mexico both booked their places in the CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship semi-final stage this evening after wins over Jamaica (2-1) and Nicaragua (2-0) respectively but it was not as straightforward as they might have expected. The United States scored direct from a free kick by Sophia Smith …
Read More »Corneal not surprised by early elimination; slams dependence on magic in successive youth tournaments
It would have come as no surprise to Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) Technical Director Anton Corneal that Trinidad and Tobago’s hopes of going to the Under-20 Women’s World Cup came crashing down yesterday evening. Having lost 2-3 to Haiti in their opening CONCACAF qualifier at the Ato Boldon Stadium …
Read More »Shabazz: Haiti caught us by surprise; U-20 Women must recover quickly with Canada lurking
Trinidad and Tobago Under-20 Women’s coach Jamaal Shabazz anticipated that his team’s opening encounter in the CONCACAF Under-20 Women’s Championship against Haiti was going to be a “High Noon” affair—and it came to pass. The hosts played their role in a five goal thriller which saw them edged out 3-2 …
Read More »Showdown at the Ato Boldon Stadium; can T&T U-20 women outgun Haiti?
When Caribbean rivals Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti meet from 6.30pm today in a CONCACAF Under-20 Women’s encounter, there will be, coach Jamaal Shabazz promises, fireworks. Addressing the media at yesterday’s press briefing at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva, Shabazz compared the match-up to what happens in the classic …
Read More »U-20 Women: Shabazz claims “underdog” status at home; tips Prince to sizzle
When the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Under-20 first take the field from 6.30pm tomorrow at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva in the CONCACAF Under-20 tournament, it is their Haitian opponents who, coach Jamaal Shabazz says, will be the favourites to walk away victorious. “We don’t mind the underdog …
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