‘A team of financial and legal business leaders with impeccable integrity’ tasked with ‘an incredibly complex operation’. That is how the Fifa-appointed normalisation committee, chaired by Robert Hadad, referred to itself tonight, in a public statement ostensibly meant to provide an update on the finances of the Trinidad and Tobago …
Read More »Salaries are here, but some players are not; Fenwick selects 22-man squad for Bahamas clash
Would the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team treat tomorrow’s Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying fixture against The Bahamas as a warm-up for next Tuesday’s decisive top of the table clash with St Kitts and Nevis? Or will the Soca Warriors simply try to get the best possible result—and …
Read More »BOL launches US$90 Soca Warriors kit with ‘fight back’ theme, TTFA mum on fine-print
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) and fledgling Miami-based sport apparel company, BOL, unveiled its new kit for the Soca Warriors this morning, which the Men’s National Senior Team will wear tomorrow for their World Cup qualifying assignment against The Bahamas in Nassau. BOL, which also sponsors Montserrat, said …
Read More »Hope, Seales included in West Indies 17-man provisional Test squad to face S/Africa
Star limited overs batsman Shai Hope was included in a 17-man provisional West Indies squad today to face South Africa in the Betway Test Series from 10 June in the Caribbean. Hope is one of five potential inclusions to the West Indies Test squad that played two draws from as …
Read More »Warriors coaches and players still awaiting promised money from NC; P/Rico rout Bahamas
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team technical staff must wait a bit longer to receive their first pay cheques for 2021, after the Robert Hadad-led Fifa-appointed normalisation committee again failed to live up to its word. On Friday 7 May, the normalisation committee assured Unified Football Coaches of …
Read More »UFCTT disappointed as Hood and Mascall take T&T coaching jobs without tender, James apologises for error
The Unified Football Coaches of Trinidad and Tobago (UFCTT) is considering the future of two representatives from its interim eight member committee, second vice-president Dernelle Mascall and floor member Richard Hood, in the wake of their appointments on the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team coaching staff. The Trinidad …
Read More »A tale of two countries: Singh agrees to train with Canada, before he joins Soca Warriors
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 …
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