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The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-17 Team look set to play two practice games away to Jamaica next month, as part of their preparation for their February Concacaf Championship in Guatemala. The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) has not yet confirmed the fixtures, although Wired868 understands they were …

Less than six hours after threatening to refer the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) to the Gianni Infantino-led Bureau of the Fifa Council for daring to call an election in keeping with its constitution, the world governing body had its response. Not for the first time, the TTFA’s members …

Fifa has threatened further action against the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) if members use their constitutional right to demand a local football election, which was promised by the world governing body in the first place. The latest missive was issued by Fifa Chief Member Associations officer Kenny Jean-Marie …

Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve is targeting friendly Caribbean opposition to give local-based players a chance to feature in March’s decisive Concacaf Nations League fixtures. The Soca Warriors, who are second in Group B in tier two of Concacaf, need a win away to …

Midway through its third season, the NLCL Community Cup tournament has announced its imminent expansion, with the under-19 competition now spreading to also include an under-15 division. NLCL managing director Brian Jordan said the new age bracket will kick off in “late March”, following the conclusion of the current U-19 …

The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-17 Team have four weeks left to prepare for their opening Concacaf Under-17 Championship match against Canada on 11 February in Guatemala City. As it turns out, an exhibition match against a Footy Fest All Star Team may no longer be part of those …

Veteran Footballers Foundation president Selby Browne has accused the Robert Hadad-led Normalisation Committee and its trustee, Maria Daniel, of misleading members of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA). And further, in a letter penned on Christmas Eve to acting TTFA general secretary Amiel Mohammed, Browne has now “demanded” that …

“[…] Robert Hadad has spent more than two and a half years plodding along whilst receiving a nice monthly sum from Fifa, for achieving what? “[…] By March 2023, he will have personally been paid about US$220,000 (TT$1.49m) and you can more than double that for his cronies—while creditors have …

“[…] It is sadly laughable that those who now demand democratic elections on 18 March have never demanded that Fifa or its Normalisation Committee respect TTFA democracy. “[…] They never engaged the broad membership in any discussion regarding a way forward for Trini football. Their ‘governance model’ doesn’t allow for …

Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-17 Team head coach Shawn Cooper has credited the work ethic and competitiveness of his pool of players, as they come to the end of a residential training camp at the TTFA Home of Football in Couva. The young Soca Warriors are preparing for next …

Somewhere between 2006 and 2010, as Trinidad and Tobago’s football stock fell on and off the field—and, as always, the decline in one was linked to happenings in the other—a group of influential members allegedly decided that change was necessary. Then Fifa vice-president and Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) …

Trinidad and Tobago will have six referees on Fifa’s international list of officials for 2023, after the Fifa Referees Committee accepted recommendations from the TTFA’s Referees Department. Crystal Sobers, Cecile Hinds and Kwinsi Williams were all accepted on Fifa’s referees list while Caleb Wales, Ainsley Rochard and Evelyn Douglas-Jacob got …