The Trinidad and Tobago National Under-20 football team entered the final stage of preparations for its New Zealand 2015 FIFA Under-20 World Cup this weekend when head coach Derek King welcomed his squad to their training camp in Miami Lakes, Fort Lauderdale. But there were four notable absentees. Team trainer …
Read More »How to turn it around; coaches discuss the state of T&T’s football
Trinidad and Tobago has qualified for the CONCACAF level in every age group in the men’s and women’s game over the past two years. Does this mean the “Soca Warriors” are doing as well as ever in terms of player development and selection? Or are they underachieving and falling further …
Read More »Sport in 2014: Women Warriors and disgraceful administrators
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) general secretary Sheldon Phillips is fingered for his supposed role in a $400,000 licensing fee scam and a fake interview with a women’s player, former national youth coach Terrence Marcelle is asked to quit after shocking advances to a Pleasantville schoolboy and the Women …
Read More »Still no visas for T&T U20s; further delay for pre-CONCACAF camp
The Trinidad and Tobago National Under-20 football team has been hailed as the country’s most talented youth outfit in this millennium. But this has not protected the young “Soca Warriors” from the managerial mishaps and issues that routinely blight national teams, particularly over the past three years. And, having aborted …
Read More »King selects US-based quintet in T&T U-20 squad; Warriors await visas
There were four new inclusions but no major surprises today when Trinidad and Tobago national under-20 head coach Derek King named his 20-man to contest next month’s CONCACAF Championship in Jamaica. The top four teams at CONCACAF level will advance to the New Zealand 2015 FIFA Under-20 World Cup. The …
Read More »Gally’s farewell: Football icon rules himself out of future TTFA role
It is a shame that unscrupulous characters have continuously been allowed to stifle the progress of Trinidad and Tobago’s football for the financial gain of themselves and their cliques. Even though I have been victimized by these small-time tyrants for my integrity, strength of character and seriousness and having a …
Read More »U-20 campaign back on; Sportt Company funds young Warriors
The Trinidad and Tobago national under-20 football team will be financed to compete at next month’s CONCACAF Championship in Jamaica after all. Sportt Company acting CEO Adrian Raymond and Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) official William Wallace confirmed today that the government will fund the youth’s team travel and …
Read More »Sham! TTFA allegedly faked ‘congratulations’ from Women Warriors
The credibility of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) has taken another hit after an allegation that the beleagured football body sent invented quotes to media from national women’s team player Tasha St Louis, which congratulated the TTFA over its treatment of the national women footballers. Yesterday, a TTFA …
Read More »TTFA finally pays Women Warriors and offers $3,200 “gratuity”
The Trinidad and Tobago national senior women’s team football members were finally paid for their FIFA Play Off second leg outing as the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFA) got its cheque book for the “Women Soca Warriors.” Trinidad and Tobago captain Maylee Attin-Johnson and star attacker Kennya “Yaya” Cordner …
Read More »W/Warriors promised cheques tomorrow; Kennya hurt by TTFA treatment
The “Women Soca Warriors” should finally collect their match fees and per diems tomorrow for their efforts in Trinidad and Tobago’s FIFA Play Off second leg clash against Ecuador on December 2. Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) general secretary Sheldon Phillips, according to a national women’s team member, has …
Read More »Soca Warrior men and women top FIFA’s Caribbean rankings
The Trinidad and Tobago national senior men and women teams have ended 2014 as FIFA’s top ranked Caribbean teams according to the latest ranking by the global football body. The “Women Soca Warriors” began the year unranked due to their prolonged absence from international competition but quickly made their mark …
Read More »Oil prices blamed for scrapped tour; Mexico and T&T U-20s left in lurch
The national under-20 football team was forced to scrap its December tour to Mexico due to the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s (TTFA) inability to raise the $780,000 needed to fund to trip. The teenaged “Soca Warriors”, who are the Caribbean Cup champions, are preparing for CONCACAF action in Jamaica …
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