Twenty-year-old Toronto FC central defender Luke Singh will take an extraordinary detour en route to representing the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team in a do-or-die Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifier against St Kitts and Nevis, after accepting an invitation to train with the Canada national team this week. …
Read More »No Bostock or Boucaud, but Fenwick picks Jomal, Julien, Singh, Orr and Griffith III in T&T 28-man squad
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Terry Fenwick made 10 changes to his squad from their last international match day window, as they head for crucial Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying contests against the Bahamas and St Kitts and Nevis on 5 and 8 June respectively. But …
Read More »Fifa dismisses Boucaud protests, veteran midfielder cleared to continue with Warriors
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team did not breach any rule by using player/agent Andre Boucaud as a late substitute in their 1-1 Word Cup qualifying draw against Puerto Rico on 28 March 2021. The Puerto Rico Football Federation (FPF) and Guyana Football Federation (GFF) filed protests to …
Read More »Woodley breaks drought, but El Salvador maul Trinidad and Tobago 9-2
Trinidad and Tobago’s all-time leading Beach Soccer goal scorer, Kevon ‘Showtime’ Woodley, finally opened his account today at the 2021 Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship while 21-year-old goalkeeper Jabari Gray saved a penalty kick. But those footnotes were ultimately scant consolation for the twin island republic, as they were mauled 9-2 …
Read More »CCJ judge, Winston Anderson, gets four-year CAS appointment
Justice Winston Anderson, a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) judge and chairman of the CCJ Academy for Law, will spend the next four years as a member of the Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), after his recent appointment to the international sport arbitration body. Anderson, a Jamaican national, …
Read More »Pending passports, tight budget, and inactive players: Fenwick’s WCQ challenge
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Terry Fenwick will have just four days to prepare his outfit for their next Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying fixture, after the Fifa-appointed normalisation committee rejected his request for an eight-day overseas camp. The Soca Warriors face the Bahamas in Nassau …
Read More »McDougall double steers T&T into Concacaf quarters, after 7-5 win over Turks
Trinidad and Tobago are into the 2021 Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship quarterfinal round, after finishing third in Group C today with a 7-5 win over Turks and Caicos at the Complejo Deportivo Fedefutbol, Alajuela, Costa Rica. Poacher Dominic McDougall, defender Shallun Bobb and goalkeeper Jabari Gray scored two goals each …
Read More »Hadad-led NC replies on coaches, debt repayment, and outstanding AGM; Wired868 marks response
On Saturday 1 May, representatives for roughly half of the membership of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) wrote a stinging 14-page rebuke of the operation of the Fifa-appointed normalisation committee. The missive was forwarded to Fifa Secretary General Fatma Samoura. “We look forward to a prompt response from …
Read More »Ambrose: West Indies’ glory days will come not back; why iconic pacer bowled a googly
Former West Indies pacer Curtly Ambrose was in the news last week. Speaking on the Talk Sports Live show in Antigua, he poured scorn on the notion of a possible return of WI cricket to its former glory. “Yes, we can be competitive and climb up the ICC rankings and …
Read More »T&T fall 5-2 to USA, need win over Turks and Caicos tomorrow to get to quarters
Three goals within the first period—and two within the first 10 minutes—paced the United States to a predictable 5-2 win over Trinidad and Tobago today, in the second Group C for both teams in the 2021 Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship at the Complejo Deportivo Fedefutbol, Alajuela, Costa Rica. The twin …
Read More »Hetmyer, Russell are back as CWI announces 18-man provisional squad with T20 World Cup in mind
Batsman Shimron Hetmyer, all-rounder Andre Russell and pacer Sheldon Cottrell were among five additions to the West Indies squad announced today for consecutive five-match T20 International outings against South Africa, Australia and Pakistan in the Caribbean, which will run from 26 June to 5 August. Pacer Oshane Thomas and spinner …
Read More »T&T fall 5-3 to Costa Rica in Beach Soccer opener, despite Augustine double
Trinidad and Tobago lost their opening game of the 2021 Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship 5-3 to hosts Costa Rica this evening, despite a double from captain Ryan Augustine. The twin island republic face two-time Concacaf champions the United States in Alajuela tomorrow and anything short of an unlikely win means …
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