The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) formally declined an offer of financial assistance from Haiti today as TTFA president Raymond Tim Kee wrote his Haitian counterpart Dr Yves Jean-Bart to say thanks but no thanks. Haiti national women’s coach Shek Borkowski, a Polish native, said his players heard the …
Read More »TTFA releases Waldrum apology; but fails to offer one itself
Four days after the Trinidad and Tobago national women’s team flew to the United States for a pre-CONCACAF Championship training camp with just US$500, the team is still awaiting the promised funding from the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA). And the Ministry of Sport revealed that the TTFA’s request …
Read More »Help feed T&T women footballers: Chaos as Princesses reach Dallas
The Trinidad and Tobago national women’s football team captain Maylee Attin-Johnson was scrambling to join her teammates in the United States today after a visa delay meant she did not travel with the “Soca Princesses” when they left yesterday for a pre-World Cup qualifying camp in Dallas. At least, Attin-Johnson …
Read More »Warrior men, women and U-17s brace for competitive action
The Trinidad and Tobago national men’s, women’s and under-17 football teams will all see competitive action in the next month as the flurry of international action continues for the “Soca Warriors.” The national under-17 team leaves for Haiti on Wednesday to participate in the junior Caribbean Cup, which serves as …
Read More »King of queens: Arin inspires T&T to Caribbean Cup title
Trinidad and Tobago national team defender Arin King was supposed to join teammates Maylee Attin-Johnon and Tasha St Louis in the post-game press conference yesterday but never made it. It was, arguably, the only time King missed her cue on Tuesday night. In the inaugural Women’s Caribbean Cup’s tense final …
Read More »Soca vs Reggae: T&T women whip Martinique to meet Jamaica in final
“It means a lot to us (to be in the final),” said Trinidad and Tobago attacker Tasha St Louis yesterday. “A lot of us have been (involved in the women’s game) for a long time and the chance to win the trophy at home (before) going into the CONCACAF tournament …
Read More »Ya Ya’s back! Doctor clears Cordner for Martinique clash
Trinidad and Tobago attacker Kennya “Ya Ya” Cordner is set to make a sensational return to the “Soca Princesses” line-up tomorrow as the host nation prepares to book a date with regional rival, Jamaica, for the inaugural Women’s Caribbean Cup final. Cordner was cleared by the Southern Medical Clinic today …
Read More »Soca Princesses put Antigua in the Shade; Cordner faces MRI
Trinidad and Tobago and United Petrotrin winger Mariah Shade was an unlikely hero tonight as the “Soca Princesses” overcame a potentially awkward assignment to whip Antigua and Barbuda 3-0 at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. The result assured the Soca Princesses of their place at October’s CONCACAF …
Read More »T&T star, Cordner, ruled out Caribbean Cup match after heart scare
Trinidad and Tobago national senior women’s team star Kennya “YaYa” Cordner was ruled out of tonight’s Caribbean Cup clash against the Antigua and Barbuda and possibly the remainder of the competition after a heart scare yesterday. The 25-year-old Cordner, who plays professionally for Seattle Reign FC Reserve in the United …
Read More »Princesses go postal in Port of Spain; St Kitts routed 10-0
Trinidad and Tobago could lose its reputation as a tourism destination if the national senior women’s team keep this up. The “Soca Princesses” certainly did not give their St Kitts and Nevis guests much time to enjoy the scenery at the Hasely Crawford Stadium as the host team opened its …
Read More »Waldrum twist: T&T women start W/Cup push minus US coach
The Trinidad and Tobago national women’s team will start its Canada 2015 World Cup campaign on Wednesday night at the Hasely Crawford Stadium without its 52-year-old American head coach Randy Waldrum. Instead, Waldrum’s 33-year-old son, Ben Waldrum, will run the Trinidad and Tobago squad in his father’s place when the …
Read More »T&T women split in two continents for Caribbean Cup preparation
The Trinidad and Tobago national women team’s bizarre preparation for the 2014 Caribbean Cup tournament will continue for at least a few days more as the “Soca Princesses” continue training with its squad and staff split between two continents. Fourteen players and team manager Vernetta Flanders are in Houston where …
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