The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Under-17 Team made their international debut on Thursday evening with a 3-1 loss to Panama at the Luis Ernesto Cascarita Tapia Stadium, which is the training field for the Estadio Rommel Fernandez in Panama City. Jessica Harragin gave the Women Soca Warriors a dream …
Read More »What next for T&T’s Elite U-15s? Fenwick, Grayson, La Forest and Look Loy have their say
After a disappointing debut at the recently concluded TTFA Youth International Invitational where the National Under-15 Team lost 5-4, 4-0 and 4-1 to Panama, Venezuela and Mexico respectively, TTFA board member and FC Santa Rosa owner, Keith Look Loy, is one of several voices laying the blame on head coach …
Read More »Warriors confirm St Vincent and the Grenadines friendly on 11 August
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team will return to action on Monday 11 August when they play St Vincent and the Grenadines in a friendly international at Kingstown. The fixture is Trinidad and Tobago’s first game since the June Gold Cup and should serve as preparation for the …
Read More »T&T fall to 101st in FIFA rankings, plus controversial clause that would have cost Lawrence his job
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team was ranked 101st in the world today by FIFA, as they continued to tumble down the charts. The Soca Warriors dropped nine places since their calamitous showing at the June Concacaf Gold Cup—in which they were beaten 6-0 by USA—while they have …
Read More »Play Ascension: Wired868 looks at upcoming fixtures and analyses last week’s action
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 …
Read More »Abu Bakr helps corner Caesar as Mv’t Caledonia snatch narrow win over Sando
“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 …
Read More »W/Cup addict comments: Lord’s luck—Pt 3: What care they for cricket who dare not tell England no?
Writing on the same WhatsApp chat as his erstwhile captain, Valentino Singh, former QRC opener Zafar Khan opts not to focus on the tiebreaker and the seemingly unfair outcome. He does not say so explicitly but it is clear that he agrees with Singh about how unsatisfactory the eventual outcome …
Read More »Lawrence: You ridiculed me before national community; Look Loy: Sorry; but your record ridicules you
Attorney for Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Dennis Lawrence: “Your comments have brought my client to disrepute and odium and have held up my client to ridicule among the people of Trinidad and Tobago and among his peers in the football community, both locally and internationally. …
Read More »Fevrier: The Mexico U-15s are pros; DJW: We invest far less than they do! TTFA explain poor results
“We were up against a very good Mexican team. These guys play 10 months of football, more than our senior players locally, they are professionals. Their schedule is the same as the senior men’s, their fixtures are the same, they play the game maturely.” This from T&T Under-15 head coach, …
Read More »T&T U-15s strike first but fall 4-1 to Mexico to finish TTFA tourney as table proppers
The Trinidad and Tobago Boys National Under-15 Team saved their best showing for last but it was not enough to earn a point or avoid another lopsided scoreline, as they fell 4-1 to Mexico tonight at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. The result meant the host team lost all …
Read More »Prisons fail to hold Jorsling, as Defence Force coast to 3-0 win
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 …
Read More »W/Cup addict comments: Lord’s luck—Pt 2; Media, players hit ICC from beyond the boundary
An excellent ESPNcricinfo piece with an Osman Saimuddin by-line headlined “What the luck! New Zealand and the randomness of life” has this to say: You can analyse events down to their minutest detail. This happened because he did this and he did that and next time he did this and …
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