Local Football

North Zone action in the Republic Cup National Youth Football League (NYFL) took centre stage yesterday, with Under-15 and Under-20 games contested at the St Mary’s College Grounds and Queen’s Park Savannah (QPS) respectively. The aspiring under-15 footballers from clubs such as AC Port of Spain, Academia De Futbol Excelencia, …

Well, okay then. After just two matches, the only team in the TT Premier Football League 1 left with a 100 percent record is Terminix La Horquetta Rangers—largely because they haven’t actually played yet. Rangers got special permission to skip the opening two weeks of competition due to a pre-arranged …

A youthful W Connection FC team put last week’s subpar start to the inaugural Trindad and Tobago Premier Football League (TTPFL) 1 season behind them, as they got a well-earned 2-1 victory over Police FC at the St James Barracks yesterday evening. Connection, who looked like a bunch of misfits …

Guaya United business development manager Jameson Rigues was elected tonight as the new Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) president, by a slender vote of 10-9 over Eastern Football Association (EFATT) president Kieron Edwards. Rigues replaces Prison Services superintendent Lee Davis, who resigned on 23 January 2023—after a motion by …

They scored how many? Beatnix Sports Club were the first big winners of the 2023 Republic Cup National Youth Football League, as they thumped 12 unanswered goals past the beleaguered Elton John Youth Academy in East Zone Under-17 action at the Eddie Hart Savannah in Tacarigua on Saturday 11 March. …

East Zone action in the Under-20 division of the Republic Cup National Youth Football League (NYFL) got underway at the Eddie Hart Grounds in Tacarigua on Sunday, with entertaining, feisty football—albeit in dusty conditions brought on by a harsh dry season. Four NYFL Under-20 matches were played in Tacarigua this …

“[…] The fields that are being used offer little or no amenities for players, especially females, and supporters—not even water. Shame. “[…] We have players registered with one club appearing for another club, and indeed, I know of at least one professional player who has appeared in the East U20 …

Pass over the control, Army! Only a betting man could have predicted that Defence Force would be the first team to be chromed in the inaugural Trinidad and Tobago Premier Football league (TTPFL) 1 season. And yesterday, that’s exactly the fate suffered by the much-heralded Army/Coast Guard combination, as AC …

The Republic Cup National Youth Football League (NYFL) kicked off in the East and South Zones today. But the North, Tobago and Girls Divisions will have to wait for at least another week to join the fray, while Central Zone games should start on Sunday 12 March. Gateway Athletic managing …

The Republic Cup National Youth Football League will kick off its 2023 season this weekend, with over 70 clubs involved nationwide and more than 3,000 young players registered. At stake are trophies, medals and TT$31,500 in cash prizes for the top three teams in each of six categories. The 2023 …

Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve selected a 24-man squad today comprised of local top-flight players and primarily lower league or unattached overseas-based players. The Soca Warriors will play two friendlies away to Jamaica on 11 and 14 March respectively. As the games fall outside …

Trinidad and Tobago will remain under the direct grip of Fifa for at least another year, as the world governing body today unilaterally declared that it extended the mandate of its normalisation committee on the two-island republic. The decision, made by the Gianni Infantino-led Bureau of the Fifa Council, was …