National Football

Predictably, Trinidad and Tobago coach Stephen Hart leaned towards experience in his 22-man squad for highly touted international friendlies against World Cup-bound nations, Argentina and Iran, in South America next month. Cardiff City forward Kenwyne Jones will captain the “Soca Warriors” for the tour and there are 10 foreign-based players …

The “Soca Warriors” are set to rejig their June plans after 2014 World Cup-bound South American nation, Colombia, revealed that it will not fulfil its contract to face the Trinidad and Tobago national football team in a friendly international on June 1. Last Wednesday, the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association …

The Trinidad and Tobago national football team should be near to full strength in June when the “Soca Warriors” expect a rigorous test from 2014 World Cup-bound teams Colombia, Argentina and Iran in friendly fixtures. The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) confirmed today that it will face Colombia on …

Arnold Corneal, brother of ex-technical director Anton Corneal, follows up on his criticism of the TTFA president and general secretary with a suggestion for how money earmarked for Leo Beenhakker might be best used: Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president Raymond Tim Kee and general secretary Sheldon Phillips have …

Arnold Corneal, brother of former technical director Anton Corneal, accuses the TTFA of a lack of respect to local coaches: We continue to manage the administrative function of local football in a manner that lends itself to continued scepticism and mistrust. In addition, the stories of local coaching practitioners who …

Local football received another shock yesterday when Anton Corneal, the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) technical director, quit his post amidst unpaid debts and a perceived lack of respect from within the association. Corneal, who accepted a four-year contract to arrest the decline in the local game in 2012, …

Terrence Marcelle, a former Pleasantville Secondary and Trinidad and Tobago national youth team football coach, has a passion for developing youths and the qualifications to place him in the top echelons of local coaches in that field. However, Marcelle’s past indiscretion with a schoolboy is threatening to derail his effort …

The 30-year-old Kevon Carter got his wings long before his untimely passing yesterday afternoon. The barrel-chested Trinidad and Tobago and Defence Force flanker never ran; he flew. With an economy of leg movement, Carter propelled himself to scary speeds. And, although a quiet and assuming figure off the ball, he …

Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) general secretary Sheldon Phillips claimed today that the local football body is just days away from the first major corporate sponsorship deal under current president Raymond Tim Kee. Phillips declined to name the mystery corporate partner but said the TTFA is excited about the …

Cardiff City forward Kenwyne Jones and Seattle Reign FC Reserve forward Kennya “Ya Ya” Cordner were selected by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) as the Men’s and Women’s Player of the Year respectively. As a result, Jones and Cordner will represent football at the upcoming First Citizens Sports …

He is out of the closet now. Fifteen months into his reign as Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president, Raymond Tim Kee, a salesman by trade, finally stepped out from behind the cover of clichés and friendly platitudes to give an insight into his true nature. TV6 presenter Joel …

Trinidad and Tobago national senior team coach Stephen Hart believes the “Soca Warriors” have more to gain than lose from international friendlies against Brazil 2014 World Cup-bound nations, Argentina and Iran, as he braces for a challenging trip to South America in June. The Warriors face Argentina in La Plata, …