Verified creditors of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), including former coaches and technical directors like Stephen Hart, Anton Corneal, Dennis Lawrence and Kendall Walkes, must wait for another three weeks to find out if their deal with the local football body will stand. Today, the Port of Spain …
Read More »“A privilege and a challenge!” TTFA confirms Cooper appointment AFTER his first session
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) confirmed its appointment of Shawn Cooper as Men’s National Under-17 Team head coach today. The announcement came after Cooper had already overseen his first session on the job. Imagine Manchester City announcing that they signed Erling Haaland after his debut for the “Citizens”. …
Read More »Cooper “earmarked” for T&T U-17 job; national coaches now require certificate of good character
Presentation College (San Fernando) and QPCC head coach Shawn Cooper looks poised to return as Trinidad and Tobago National Under-17 Team head coach, as the local football body aims to rejoin the international youth arena in February 2023. The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), run by a Fifa-appointed normalisation …
Read More »“I completed what was possible [in] time I was here”; Corneal discusses third spell as TTFA TD
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) is in the market for its third technical director within this calendar year, after incumbent Anton Corneal confirmed that he will vacate the post on 31 August. Corneal replaced Dion La Foucade as TTFA technical director on 1 February. It was his third …
Read More »T&T national U-14 boys miss CFU tourney, as N/C fails to raise the funding
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) technical director Anton Corneal called for the prioritising of the local football body’s development programmes after a second national youth team was forced to forfeit an international tournament in the space of two weeks. Last month, the TTFA withdrew its Girls National Under-15 Team …
Read More »Eve hails “fantastic opportunity” as Soca Warriors accept invitation for Thailand’s King’s Cup
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team will participate in the 2022 edition of the King’s Cup, after accepting an invitation from the Thailand Football Association earlier this week. The four nation invitational tournament comprises two match days on 22 and 25 September and also features Malaysia and Tajikistan. …
Read More »Johnson: Shining the Caribbean’s “diamond players” (Webinar coaching series)
“[…] In Europe and England, an under-8 right the way through to under-23 player [is developed by] a system [that] is sometimes very prescriptive in terms of: “you must be over there”, “don’t come off the touchline”, “you can only play two-touch”. “[…] Within the Caribbean… you can be as …
Read More »Corneal: Here’s what it takes to get a team to a World Cup (Webinar Coaching Series)
“[…] I’m excited to be here and I hope that this will open the eyes to a lot of people with questions that normally would be asked when people are hanging out: How do you get a team to a World Cup? What does it take? “[…] The [nucleus of …
Read More »TTFA withdraws from Concacaf Girls U-15 tourney, Corneal wants youth teams prioritised
Trinidad and Tobago will not participate at the Concacaf Girls Under-15 Championship, which kicks off in Tampa, Florida on 31 July. The players and their parents received the bad news on Saturday by a member of the team’s staff. The Girls Team and the Boys National Under-14 Team have both been …
Read More »“It is a lie!” Cornwall responds to Kenwyne criticism, while four ex-T&T coaches address claim of “indiscipline”
“Everything he said in the media is a lie!” Natalie Griffith, the mother of 20-year-old Trinidad and Tobago football star Afiyah Cornwall, was emphatic in her condemnation of recent comments by current Women’s National Senior Team head coach Kenwyne Jones. Cornwall, unsurprisingly, was of the same opinion as her mother. …
Read More »Cudjoe bemoans late TTFA request as T&T U-15 Girls and U-14 Boys pray for Govt bailout
Minister of Sport Shamfa Cudjoe and Sports Company of Trinidad and Tobago (SporTT) chairman Douglas Camacho said it will be difficult to accommodate a request by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) for funding for the Girls National Under-15 and Boys National Under-14 football teams. However, the government is …
Read More »Dear Editor: Our World Cup dreams are just delusions; we aren’t prepared to qualify
“[…] We changed coaches regularly and settled on a largely inexperienced group who were learning by trial and error… Yet we were under the delusion that we would qualify. “We struggled in the preliminary qualifiers, failing to even beat Guyana. That didn’t even seem to wake us up one bit…” …
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