Local Football

Four unanswered goals by Terrell Rajoon, Malik Young, Josiah Bain and captain Ricardo Williams were enough to complete an unlikely coup for Gasparillo Youths yesterday evening, as they thumped Point Fortin Youth FA 4-0 to leap from second to bottom to third place in Group B. In the process, Gasparillo …

On 19 September 2021, Prison Service superintendent Lee Davis was elected as president of the Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) for a four-year term. Instead, Davis and his fellow board members lasted just 17 months. Last night, TTSL first vice-president Eddison Dean and board member Nicholas Gopaul tendered their …

W Connection FC secured top spot in Group B of the Next Level Consultant Ltd (NLCL) Under-19 Community Cup yesterday, as they emerged with a 3-1 win over Gasparillo Youths in some bumpy conditions at the Plaisance Park Recreation Ground in Claxton Bay. Connection suffered their first blemish of the …

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 …

The footballers from the Made in La Brea club had spectators talking about more than just the famed Pitch Lake yesterday, as they strolled to a comfortable 3-nil win over Moruga FC in Group B action of the NLCL Under-19 Community Cup at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella. With …

The following is written in my capacity as Arima North Secondary football representative and team manager and serves as a presentation for the SSFL General Council: The National Intercol is almost certainly the football tournament with the biggest name recognition in Trinidad and Tobago’s domestic game. It is synonymous with …

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 …

World Class Soccer Clinic custodian Josiah Morris took a step to his left, behind his defensive wall, in anticipation of another curling and dipping free kick by Soccer Made Simple (SMS) captain and left back Tyrell Inniss. But it was attacker Jaheim Faustin, one of two SMS players standing over …

As we enter the new year, let me extend already mountainous congratulations to the St Benedict’s College senior and under-14 football teams. Theirs was an outstanding season. As a past student not that many moons ago, it is beyond heart-warming to see the fruits of the rebuilding of a once mighty and …

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 …