Local Football

Eight years after the RSSR Football Academy was born on 27 March, 1999, Marvin “Mr King” Lewis sang “Borderline.” In a rendition which earned him second place at that year’s Young Kings Calypso competition, Lewis—son of the late “King Austin”—highlighted the walls being erected between neighbouring communities by the rampant …

Defending champions FC Santa Rosa lost their first game of the 2017 Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) One competition yesterday as they fell 2-0 to Defence Force FC at the Arima Velodrome. Santa Rosa were without their captain and leading scorer Keron Clarke, who travels to Ecuador this evening …

FC Santa Rosa captain Keron Clarke could be nearing a dream senior international debut for Trinidad and Tobago after being promised a new passport on Monday morning. The 31-year-old forward, who competes in the second tier Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) competition, was called up by Soca Warriors head …

Defending Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) champions FC Santa Rosa were brought back down to earth somewhat on the weekend. No, it wasn’t some 500-1 outsiders who shot them down but a high-flying airline that couldn’t quite manage to cater to the needs of thousands of passengers, including Keith …

Even if you had no idea who he was, Keron “Ball Pest” Cummings would have caught your eye on Saturday afternoon at the Diego Martin North Secondary School ground. With the Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) Two game seemingly headed for a goalless draw, the former Soca Warriors midfield …

Club Sando maintained their rich vein of form in the 2017 Pro League season with a third successive win—and their biggest scalp to boot—as they edged San Juan Jabloteh 2-1 in action at the Barataria Recreation Ground today. Jabloteh, the 2017 Caribbean Club Championship runners-up, opened the scoring through full …

The Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) will hold its first formal elections on 9 August at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Balmain, Couva with interim president and FC Santa Rosa coach Keith Look Loy likely to be challenged for the head job and a seat on the Trinidad and …

Teenaged forward Josh Toussaint scored the decisive goal for MIC-It St Ann’s Rangers tonight as the Pro League’s table proppers stunned defending champions Central FC 1-0 at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. It was Central’s first loss this season and their second straight weekend without a win, after the …

Defending Pro League champions Central FC slipped to four points behind joint leaders W Connection and North East Stars last night after a goalless draw against Morvant Caledonia United at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. The “Couva Sharks” have not conceded a single goal in four Pro League outings …

A pair of second-half penalties by bustling attacker Keron Clarke helped defending Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) champions FC Santa Rosa to a 3-0 win over WASA FC in top flight action in St Joseph yesterday. Rosa, who pounded out a thumping 7-0 victory over Club Sando Moruga at …

Trinidad and Tobago international midfielder Khaleem Hyland will spend his foreseeable professional career in Saudi Arabia, as the 28-year-old midfielder announced a two-year deal with top flight club, Al-Faisaly—who are believed to hold an option for an additional year. Hyland, a tigerish box-to-box midfielder with 71 international caps and four goals, …

San Juan Jabloteh are one win away from sweeping the three categories of the Flow Youth Pro League (FYPL) for the third straight season. However, with the decisive match carded for the San Juan North Secondary School compound in Bourg Mulatresse today, some people in the Jabloteh ranks feel as …