Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team captain Kenwyne Jones will spend the rest of the 2015/16 season in the United Arab Emirates, after the 31-year-old forward sealed a loan move today from England Championship League club, Cardiff City, to Al Jazira in the Arabian Gulf League. Jones, who represented the …
Read More »Cummings undergoes successful surgery; Warrior out for 10 months
Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team playmaker Keron “Ball Pest” Cummings will be out of action for at least 10 months, after he underwent surgery this morning at the Port of Spain General Hospital. The operation was performed by Dr Marlon Mencia and hospital staff and observed by Orlando-based Trinidad …
Read More »TTFA and Soca Warriors declare truce; T&T will contest Copa play off
The Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team can finally turn their attention towards tackling Haiti in a 2016 Copa America play off on January 8, after accepting an offer for outstanding payment from the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA). The “Soca Warriors” insisted that they would not play until …
Read More »Copa cheer: Warriors and TTFA near match fees solution
Finally, some good news. After two days and roughly nine hours of negotiating, the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) and the National Senior Team are allegedly within touching distance of a solution, which might bring an end to their impasse over outstanding match fees. The “Soca Warriors” are owed …
Read More »TTFA names committee to defuse Warriors’ strike threat; but no payment date
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) has mandated a three-member committee to resolve a threat from the “Soca Warriors” to boycott their Copa America play off match against Haiti on 8 January 2016. However, crucially, there is still no date set to pay the Trinidad and Tobago National Senior …
Read More »TTFA vows to pay Warriors ‘as soon as practicable’; explains delay
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) promised to satisfy its debt to the men’s senior national players as “soon as it was practicable” but stopped short of giving a deadline for a resolution. The TTFA executive committee, which is now headed by president David John-Williams, held an emergency meeting …
Read More »Snap: Soca Warriors vs United States… in photos!
Wired868 revisits Trinidad and Tobago’s goalless 2018 World Cup qualifying draw with the United States through the lenses of Allan V Crane, Chevaughn Christopher and Allan Powder at the Hasely Crawford Stadium: “Soca Warriors” posse?! Check! Netflix and chill?! Boy, I’m getting ready to watch the “Warriors!” Lift off! Or something… …
Read More »The ghosts of November past: Best and Walcott review the T&T/USA WCQ
Wired868 columnist Earl Best and journalist Roneil Walcott evoke the ghosts of November past in five tableaux: (Tableau One) “Dem eh really understand, yuh know,” he said to me, his voice thick with emotion, “deh eh understand hommuch dat hurt.” I expected him to wipe away a tear but he …
Read More »Oops: ISIS admits error, TTFA says blame someone else
Two much-maligned corporations—murderous, terrorist group ISIS and unaudited, incompetent and dictatorial local governing body, the TTFA—oversaw some calamitous decision-making recently that might have an impact on the immediate future of their respective organisations. Can you guess which body had the good sense to express regret? “And so after having discovered …
Read More »TTFA: Blame National Security for spectator hell at T&T/USA WCQ
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) has stressed that it is the Ministry of National Security which should be held responsible for the issues faced by spectators yesterday evening before and during the Russia 2018 World Cup qualifier at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. The “Soca …
Read More »Hart: We let them off the hook; T&T and USA finish goalless
Deadlocked at 0-0 after 90 minutes of 2018 World Cup qualifying action, the Trinidad and Tobago and United States head coaches continued to fight for an advantage in the post-game press conference at the Hasely Crawford Stadium tonight. Trinidad and Tobago coach Stephen Hart felt his “Soca Warriors” should have …
Read More »Hart: Warriors need genuine support against US; mindful of dead ball threat
Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team coach Stephen Hart has asked spectators to push his team on to success, as the “Soca Warriors” face the United States from 7.36 pm tomorrow, on Tuesday November 17, in their first home fixture of the Russia 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign. The Warriors …
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