Global Football

Seventeen-year-old St Benedict’s College student Derrel “Zoom Zoom” Garcia is set to make his national senior international debut away to Jamaica next month, after being included in the Soca Warriors 24-man touring party by Men’s National Senior Team head coach Dwight Yorke. Trinidad and Tobago face Jamaica on 6 February …

“[…] I won’t go as far as to say they were being victimised, or maybe I should. “Either way, what I have recognised is that since that meeting to now, not much has changed…” The following is a press statement by Natalie Des Vignes-Gosine, former women’s national football team player …

Gateway Athletics founder and prominent Trinidad and Tobago youth football coordinator Shem Alexander faces up to 20 years in federal prison if convicted, after he was charged by the United States State Department with conspiracy to commit unlawful export smuggling and conspiracy to traffic firearms. The charges against the 35-year-old …

“[…] Leroy De Leon was not only a footballer of extraordinary skill and vision but also an ambassador for the sport, inspiring generations of players with his talent, determination, and love for the game. “As one of the most gifted players of his era, he brought pride to our nation, …

Sixteen-year-old Orielle Martin gave Trinidad and Tobago football fans another glimpse of her rare talent yesterday as the Women’s National Under-17 Team kicked off their Concacaf Women’s U-17 qualifying campaign with a 5-0 win over the United States Virgin Islands at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. Martin led her …

The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Under-17 Team start their Fifa 2025 U-17 Women’s World Cup campaign tomorrow against the US Virgin Islands from 8pm at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. The fixture is the second match of a Group B doubleheader, with Honduras and Belize meeting from 5pm …

Trinidad and Tobago will be a player short for the 2025 Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Qualifiers, which kicks off tomorrow in Trinidad—with Honduras, Belize and the United States Virgin Islands grouped together at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. All four nations announced 21-member squads to Concacaf roughly a week ago …

The Republic Bank National Youth Football League (RBNYFL) has announced its participants for the 2025 season, with the number of competing clubs swollen from 124 teams in 2024 to a new high of 133 outfits. Tobago, whose number of participating teams rose from 13 to 22 clubs, is the only …

For the first time in the 10-year history of the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division, the champion school has been effectively stripped of its title. Today, the SSFL executive committee confirmed that its Arbitration Committee ruled against St Benedict’s College and upheld prior sanctions by the school body’s …

The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team will play two friendlies away to Jamaica on 6 and 9 February, as part of both nations’ preparation for the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup Preliminary qualifying round in March. Trinidad and Tobago have a home-and-away match up against Cuba in the Gold …

“[…] Sadly, after raising and investing over a million dollars and helping thousands of youngsters and after donating thousands of pounds of hamper items, the tournament committee feels highly frustrated, harassed and disrespected. “[…] As a result, the committee has decided to suspend all NLCL Community Cup tournaments for 2025, …

NLCL directors Brian Jordan and his wife Germaine Jordan officially announced the cancellation of the 2024/25 season of the NLCL Under-19 Community Cup, one of Trinidad and Tobago’s most prominent nationwide youth football competitions, on 30 December 2024. Their decision to pull the plug on the competition was preceded by …