Former Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana international senior team coach Jamaal Shabazz suggested today that the “Soca Warriors” might have outgrown their administrators and called on the “TTFA leadership” to either improve quickly or resign. The men’s senior team slipped five places to 54th spot in the latest FIFA international rankings …
Read More »Jabloteh tops Pro League; Connection whips Rangers
San Juan Jabloteh’s early season form continued yesterday evening at the Marvin Lee Stadium as the “San Juan Kings” moved to the top of the Digicel Pro League standings with a last gasp 1-0 win over North East Stars. Yohann Caleb scored an 87th minute winner for the Jabloteh team, which …
Read More »Connection opens Pro League account with Central draw
Defending Digicel Pro League champions DIRECTV W Connection collected its first point of the season in a rescheduled fixture last night but the “Savonetta Boys” remain winless after three competitive 2014/15 fixtures. Connection ran into Couva rival, Central FC, at the Ato Boldon Stadium yesterday but neither outfit did enough …
Read More »Connection stumbles again; Central keeps 100 percent record
Reigning Digicel Pro League champions, DIRECTV W Connection, made a losing start to its title defence yesterday evening as a Tyrone Charles lifted North East Stars to a 1-0 win over the “Savonetta Boys” at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. It was the second successive loss for Connection and, …
Read More »Mattis stars as Jabloteh eliminates Defence Force on penalties
National Security Minister and ex-Defence Force captain Gary Griffith provoked inter-island tension again this week with an undiplomatic reference to Jamaicans living illegally in Trinidad and Tobago. There might have been revenge of sorts at the Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya tonight as San Juan Jabloteh, with five Jamaicans in …
Read More »Training compensation: What FIFA says you’re owed for developing talent
Are you unsure as to what, if anything, you are owed when a player you developed after the age of 12 turns professional? Wired868 publishes the FIFA by-law governing training compensation for players up until the age of 21, so you can figure it out yourself: Article 1: Objective 1. A …
Read More »Schooled: National, club and school coaches weigh up the SSFL agenda
When Trinidad and Tobago lifted the 2014 Under-20 Caribbean Cup trophy on October 19, head coach Derek King requested just one thing from his players. It was a message he delivered during the competition as well. “As I told the players, if they can play at Pro League level it …
Read More »Hinkson doubles up as Stars down Point Fortin
Diminutive utility player Kennedy Hinkson opened his account for the 2014/15 Pro League season with a double today as North East Stars shot down Point Fortin Civic at the Mahaica Oval in Point Fortin. Point Fortin, who limped through the pre-season with the threat of financial bankruptcy, scored first through …
Read More »Jorsling and Baptiste lead the way in D/Force and Jabloteh wins
Veteran goal poachers Kerry Baptiste and Devorn Jorsling were both on the score sheet this evening as San Juan Jabloteh and Defence Force enjoyed narrow victories over St Ann’s Rangers and Police respectively at the Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya. The 32-year-old Baptiste, who is the Pro League’s all-time record …
Read More »D/Force edges Stars; Caledonia fights off Point Fortin
Defence Force and Caledonia AIA enjoyed winning starts to their 2014/15 Digicel Pro League campaigns yesterday afternoon with hard-fought victories over North East Stars and Point Fortin Civic respectively. An extra time Richard Roy penalty settled an otherwise barren affair at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar as Defence Force …
Read More »Oliver doubles up as Central reaches seventh heaven against Rangers
Thirty-nine-year-old Central FC veteran Marvin Oliver rolled back the years this evening with a double on the opening day of the 2013/14 Digicel Pro League season as the “Couva Sharks” romped to a 7-0 trouncing of St Ann’s Rangers at the Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya. The margin of victory …
Read More »Arcia shines as Connection beats Central to Charity Shield
Defending Pro League champions DIRECTV W Connection started the new season in the same way that it ended the old one; and that is picking up trophies. The Connection team sheet did not look as threatening without names like Joevin Jones, Stefano Rijssel, Neil Benjamin Jr, Daneil Cyrus and Alvin …
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