The Trinidad and Tobago National Under-20 Team, which has not kicked a ball in over a month, must topple the United States to have any chance at qualifying for the Poland 2019 FIFA Under-20 World Cup. The young Soca Warriors, who were not among Concacaf’s six seeded under-20 teams, were …
Read More »SSFL promises no Shiva repeat, reveals GPS MOU; uncertainty over T&T U-20 players
Kickoff of the 2018 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division season is just a few hours away, and the League’s administration is hopeful that certain constitutional changes will thwart off-the-field issues this term. SSFL president William Wallace said the League is confident that there will be no repeats of …
Read More »CPL 18: A 6 for a 9? How Amazon Warriors left DJ Bravo’s TKR no more margin for error
The time to be in front, every athlete knows, is at the end. And if, come Sunday evening, Trinbago Knight Riders are not at the front of the race for the 2018 CPL title, their fans will probably feel justified in pointing fingers at their skipper, Dwayne Bravo. “Bravo the …
Read More »SSFL 18: East and Tobago take aim; Wired868 talks to Trinity East, St Augustine, Bishop’s and Valencia
In Wired868’s final chat with Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) coaches before the 2018 season gets underway, the attention shifts to the East Zone and the lone Tobago representative. And like their counterparts in the north, they hope to remove the southern schools’ firm grip on the Premier Division trophy. …
Read More »Board split over DJW and Quan Chan’s attempt to appoint women’s coach without meeting
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s (TTFA) board of directors is split down the middle over the body’s attempt to appoint Shawn Cooper as head coach of the Women’s National Senior Team without a board meeting. At present, there are 12 active board members—inclusive of TTFA president and board chairman …
Read More »Guyana’s Warriors triumph again; TKR face Eliminator on Friday after dramatic loss in Providence
For the third time in the last four Caribbean Premier League (CPL) seasons, the Trinbago Knight Riders will be forced to take the long way to the finals after tonight’s dramatic loss to the Guyana Amazon Warriors at Providence Stadium in Georgetown forced them into a do-or-die eliminator contest on …
Read More »CPL 18: Did Lara put ‘goatmouth’ on TKR or were Bravo’s men playing dead to ketch Amazon cobo alive?
One day fuh police, the old people tell us, and one day fuh tief. With Trinbago Knight Riders now carded to take on—for the third time in the space of a week—the Guyana Amazon Warriors in tomorrow’s first qualifier in Providence, what I think interests the fans is whose way …
Read More »DJW and Corneal still at loggerheads, TTFA hits snag in bid to appoint Cooper as women’s coach
Twenty six days before their opening 2018 Concacaf Championship fixture against Panama in North Carolina, USA, the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team are still without a head coach. And there is still little sign of warming relations between Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams and …
Read More »CPL 18: Hetmyer and Rutherford pull off stunning comeback, as TKR lose in Guyana
The Trinbago Knight Riders finished their regular season campaign on a losing note tonight, as they lost by six wickets to the Guyana Amazon Warriors in Georgetown. The Warriors elected to field after winning the toss, and might have felt reasonably pleased with that decision, as the Knight Riders posted …
Read More »TTSL Cup: Parkites blitz RSSR, Cunupia edge Police FC, PVDMU’s fairytale run continues
Petit Valley/Diego Martin United’s fairytale Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) League Cup run continued today, as they edged San Fernando Giants on kicks from the penalty mark to advance to the semifinal round. PVDMU are second from bottom in the TTSL standings with one win from 12 matches but …
Read More »TTSL 18: The King’s touch; super subs steal show in Velodrome, as Rosa KO Prisons
FC Santa Rosa advanced to the semifinal round of the Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) knockout competition last night with a clinical 3-nil win against Prisons FC at the Arima Velodrome. Prisons went all the way to the TTSL Cup Final last year, where they ultimately succumbed to 2017 …
Read More »SSFL 2018: And still the champions… South zone aims to flex again alongside strong central cast
Hark now hear the commentators sing, glory to a new SSFL king? Not if the southern teams have anything to say about it. A king in the north, east or Tobago for that matter has not reigned in the SSFL since St Anthony’s College stormed to the title in 2011. …
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