“[…] Triston Hodge, by nature, is not as attacking a full back as Keston Julien. In a situation where we need to win and a draw and a loss equate to the same thing, why are we taking off one of our more attacking threats? “From where I sat (admittedly …
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Eve: Negative Nicaragua employed “nasty, dirty tactics” and T&T fans didn’t help much
Playing on home soil in a must win affair, the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team managed a single shot on target over 90 minutes plus stoppage time against Nicaragua in Bacolet last night. At the final whistle, the two teams remained locked at one goal apiece—and, as a …
Read More »Dear Editor: Subjects, objects, predicates and Soca Warriors’ stuttering CNL finish
“[…] I am captivated by the sentence: ‘However, coach Angus Eve’s troops lacked the ingenuity to really carve open their limited guests and could not quite wrestle the ball off them with the required regularity.’ “Sir, that declaration transported me to a method of inquiry learned, in primary school, to …
Read More »Nicaragua hold T&T 1-1, as Soca Warriors fail to win Nations League promotion
Trinidad and Tobago will spend another year at least among Concacaf’s second tier football nations. Last night, the Soca Warriors needed a win over Nicaragua at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet to top Group C in the Nations League B. However, the home team never led and could not …
Read More »NYFL 2023: Underdogs Kamillionare silence Marley’s Evolution, Outar reigns supreme as Crown Trace edge Gasparillo
“Who are we?” “One, two, three, Kamillionare!” The youngsters from the Kamillionare FC team were in high spirits on Saturday at the Edinburgh 500 Recreation Grounds in Chaguanas, as they dug deep and hung on for a 1-nil win vs Evolution FC in the Central Zone of the Republic Cup …
Read More »Daly Bread: Answers required for accountability in DPP imbroglio
Persons in public life frequently exercise power without accountability. As President Paula-Mae Weekes was recently demitting office, we were reminded of the fate of the merit list for the appointment of a commissioner of police that was prepared by the Police Service Commission—but which was, in August 2021, diverted from …
Read More »Dr Shallow and Bassarath elected as CWI president and vice-president
Dr Kishore Shallow and Azim Bassarath have been elected to the posts of president and vice-president respectively, of Cricket West Indies (CWI). They will serve two-year terms. The election process was conducted as one of the key items on the agenda of the 24th Annual General Meeting of CWI, which …
Read More »Noble: Gazing in the mirror—will T&T move forward in faith, or face danse macabre?
All nations tell stories about themselves. These narratives tell us where we came from, who we are and where we want to go. Consequently, they change as the storytellers provide contesting viewpoints. The thread is twisted by grief, sentimentality, pride, or shame. Bare facts form only part of the saga …
Read More »Downer: Nicaragua goalie didn’t deserve red, but Moses was cheated of second goal
The game was just 17 minutes old when St Vincent and the Grenadines attacker Oalex Anderson darted behind the Nicaragua defence to run on to a lofted pass, in Concacaf Nations League B action in Managua on Friday night. Anderson, a US third division player with North Carolina FC, easily …
Read More »Vaneisa: Hauntings from the past—Gabriel García Márquez and reconciled childhood memories
The fantastic stories he told emerged from the cellar of his childhood—resurrected and polished till they exuded the patina of his mind. Gabriel García Márquez often said that what Westerners called magic realism was actually commonplace events in his native Colombia. Over and over he mined moments from those days …
Read More »Moses clears the way, as T&T thump the Bahamas 3-0—to set up Nicaragua showdown
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve is 90 minutes away from fulfilling his mandate, after a comprehensive 3-0 win over The Bahamas in Nassau. Defender Kareem Moses put the Soca Warriors ahead after just five minutes with a thumping shot and further items by captain …
Read More »Julien misses Bahamas clash due to visa issue; Eve counting on Warriors’ versatility
The Soca Warriors will be without buccaneering Europe-based left back Keston Julien tomorrow when they face The Bahamas from 4pm at the Thomas Robinson Stadium, Nassau, in a crucial Concacaf Nations League B encounter. Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve told the TTFA Media that …
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