Local Football

There has been suspicion in some quarters at the rate in which national institutions are being created in south and central Trinidad or moved out of the capital of Port of Spain. But it seems safe to assume that the DIRECTV W Connection football club will be happy to forego …

If the world does not end tonight, Central FC’s players are going to feel pretty silly when they wake up tomorrow and realise they have to live with the memory of this evening’s 5-2 Digicel Pro League mauling, which was inflicted by the in-form Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA. Caledonia …

Promising Stokely Vale striker Rundell Winchester is among five new signings for Digicel Pro League newcomer, Central FC, as the “Sharks” aim to beef up its squad for the second half of the season. Central is in fifth place in the Pro League at present with six points from four …

The Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force took advantage of a slow weekend of activity to move into first position in the Digicel Pro League yesterday evening with a 3-2 win over T&TEC FC at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain. Makeshift striker Michael Edwards, who is deputising for absent …

North East Stars owner Darryl Mahabir was in orbit on Friday night at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. Minutes earlier, the Sangre Grande-based football club had edged Defence Force 4-2 on penalties to clinch the 2012 Toyota Classic Cup crown. But Mahabir did not point towards the …

World Cup 2006 ace Cornell Glen is disappointed to miss out on Trinidad and Tobago’s Caribbean Cup finals squad but wished the squad well on its mission and insisted that he remains available for national selection. The 32-year-old Glen leads the Digicel Pro League’s scorers this season with eight goals …

New Trinidad and Tobago national football head coach Jamaal Shabazz has declared his intention to create a new selection policy for the “Soca Warriors” in a bid to bring more transparency to the senior squad and to better motivate Pro League players. Shabazz, who was appointed the joint head coach …

Question: What is the most successful component of Trinidad and Tobago’s football at present? Allow me to make it easier for you. The Trinidad and Tobago national men’s football team last won a Caribbean title eleven years ago in 2001 and has only played in one regional final since then. …

Stand-in Defence Force coach Marvin Gordon praised his men for an impressive performance last night as the army/coast guard combination trounced DIRECTV W Connection 3-0 at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain to advance to the Toyota Classic Cup final. The Defence Force team, which was beaten 2-1 by …

North East Stars needed penalties to finally eliminate Super League outfit Stokely Vale at the Hasely Crawford Stadium this evening as the Pro League team prevailed 4-1 in a shoot out in the Toyota Classic Cup semifinal after a 1-1 stalemate in regulation time. Stars coach Angus Eve is now …

North East Stars attacker Cornell Glen might be auditioning for a recall with the Trinidad and Tobago national football team from 7 pm tonight when he leads the Pro League outfit against plucky Super League team Stokely Vale in Toyota Classic Cup semifinal action at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port …

Super League outfit, Stokely Vale, produced the biggest shock of the season thus far with a 6-5 penalty kicks win over Caribbean Club champions and present Pro League leaders Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA in yesterday’s Toyota Classic Cup action. Stokely Vale never trailed during regulation time and was leading …