Local Football

Terminix La Horquetta Rangers FC’s official start to their Ascension Invitational season against Matura ReUnited on Saturday at the La Horquetta Recreational Ground was well worth the wait for the eastern community. For the team’s players, bench, backroom staff, owners and fans alike, it may have been an evening where …

Terminix La Horquetta Rangers (LHR) made their belated debut in the Ascension Invitational Tournament one to remember last night as they utterly demolished Matura Re-United 10-2 at the opening of the renovated Phase 2 La Horquetta Ground. “We wanted to score ten—it wasn’t by guess,” LHR head coach Dave Quamina …

The much-vaunted T-League, a FIFA-approved and TTFA-run football league involving Trinidad and Tobago’s two top domestic competitions, appears to be on the verge of collapse before a ball is kicked, with leaked correspondence suggesting an about-turn by Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams. Today, Commission chairman Lindsay …

Defence Force held another football pitch under siege in Division One of the Ascension Invitational League, emerging 5-1 victors over a hapless QPCC at St Mary’s College grounds on Sunday. “Today was easy,” Hutson ‘Barber’ Charles, Defence Force assistant coach, chuckled after the match. “I don’t think QPCC offered us …

And they’re off! After consecutive defeats to Guaya United and San Juan Jabloteh, Police FC finally opened their account in the Ascension Invitational Tournament, thumping Matura ReUnited by a 6-nil margin at the Police Academy in St James Saturday evening. Both teams entered yesterday’s encounter winless. And it did not …

Morvant Caledonia AIA maintained their perfect record early in the Ascension Invitational Tournament as they defeated rivals San Juan Jabloteh by a 2-1 margin in Bourg Mulatresse yesterday. Coach Jerry Moe’s Caledonia outfit have now racked up three straight wins in the Ascension top flight and are second only to …

Only goal difference separates Ascension Invitational Tournament leaders and Pro League juggernauts Defence Force and TTSL bigwigs, Guaya United, at present. But would it be the same story by Sunday night? The Army/Coast Guard combination go head to head with Guaya’s ‘Green Army’ from 3pm at the Larry Gomes Stadium …

“That f***ing Abu Bakr!” shouted exasperated Club Sando FC head coach Angus Eve on Sunday evening. It was high praise indeed. By the final whistle at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium Training Field in Marabella, Morvant Caledonia AIA had secured their second triumph from as many matches in the Ascension Invitational …

There was no doubting the superiority of Defence Force FC yesterday evening at the Larry Gomes Stadium, as they cruised to a 3-0 win over Prison Service FC in their Ascension Invitational Tournament second day fixture. It was a comprehensive victory by any standard, ‘chrome’ to the EA Sports FIFA …

“It was an easy game,” said Cunupia FC coach Michael De Four, as he mused over his outfit’s 5-2 thrashing of FC Santa Rosa in Ascension Invitational action last night. “[…] We didn’t get much from the game in terms of learning as a team because they didn’t offer us …

“I would like to state that there is no poaching taking place from Mr David John-Williams or W Connection. Or at least I can say clearly that for Josiah Wilson there has been no persuasion by people to leave one team for the other. Youths grow and progress and, as …

Trinidad and Tobago Boys’ National Under-15 Team head coach Stuart Charles-Fevrier has announced his 20-man squad for this week’s TTFA Youth Invitational Tournament. The Boys National Under-15s, who are captained by Trendsetter Hawks midfielder Jaheim Marshall, will play Panama, Venezuela and Mexico on 17, 19 and 21 July respectively while …