Trinidad and Tobago’s Russia 2018 World Cup charge started off with a baby step at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva last night as the “Soca Warriors” fell 1-0 to Panama in an international friendly affair. At the final whistle, Panama goalkeeper Jaime Penedo had not been stretched once. Trinidad …
Read More »Shape up! Hart challenges new Warrior recruits to lift standards
Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team coach Stephen Hart admitted to concern about the physical condition of his current squad and challenged his recruits to improve their conditioning to break into his CONCACAF Gold Cup and World Cup qualifying squads. Hart named 10 uncapped players for the Warriors’ friendly international …
Read More »Hart names three teenagers in Warriors squad to face Panama
Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team coach Stephen Hart named three teenagers and 18 Pro League players in his squad to face Panama in a friendly international match from 7 pm on Friday March 27 at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. It will be a baptism of fire for …
Read More »Warriors draw Mexico, Guatemala and Cuba for 2015 Gold Cup
The “Soca Warriors” were presented with an excellent opportunity to qualify for the knockout stage of the CONCACAF Gold Cup football tournament for the second successive edition today after the draw for the 2015 competition was made today in Philadelphia, USA. The Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team were drawn …
Read More »Sancho tackles TTFA: Tim Kee must use gate receipts to pay players
Sport Minister Brent Sancho has made his opening gambit in the Government’s new relationship with the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) by setting the football body an ultimatum in presenting its accounts for inspection as well as taking a more hands-on approach in State-funded international matches. The most immediate …
Read More »Hart’s Gold Cup blueprint: T&T coach reveals ingredients for success
Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team head coach Stephen Hart is anxious for more international games in 2015 to offset his players’ shortcomings due to a lack of playing time in intense conditions. The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) announced an international friendly against Panama on Friday March 27 …
Read More »Warriors secure Panama friendly; Hart looks to Pro League players
Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team head coach Stephen Hart has vowed to select a squad of mainly home-based players for an international friendly against rising CONCACAF force, Panama, in Port of Spain next month. Panama will face the “Soca Warriors” on Friday March 27 at the Hasely Crawford Stadium …
Read More »Look Loy: T&T football running on pipe dreams; but we can save it
“We no longer have the pool of players and that fountain of experience we had when we qualified for Germany in 2006,” said CONCACAF technical study group member and FC Santa Rosa coach Keith Look Loy. “(We had) men playing in the English leagues and Scotland Premier League and so …
Read More »Warriors start W/Cup campaign in Nov; T&T gets CONCACAF seed
The Trinidad and Tobago National Senior football team will start its 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign this November in effectively the semifinal stage of the CONCACAF series due to its FIFA ranking. The “Soca Warriors” are ranked joint fourth in CONCACAF at present and 55th in the world by FIFA …
Read More »Connection unbeaten in Suriname; but can ‘Project Suriname’ topple Warriors?
Defending Trinidad and Tobago Pro League champions, DIRECTV W Connection, returned from a Suriname tour unbeaten today after exhibition matches against a Suriname XI and Inter Moengotapoe on Boxing Day and December 27 respectively. Jerrel Britto scored against the Suriname XI team in a match that was tied at one …
Read More »Omertà (part eight): How Blatter keeps Power at FIFA
Chapter 8: Sepp buys votes with FIFA’s money JACK STEALS. He is a career thief and it has made him a multi-millionaire. To hide his stealing, he lies. He lies to his colleagues in football, he employs a bookkeeper in his homeland to pose as an auditor and lie for …
Read More »To Russia with love: Beenhakker targets 2018 World Cup
Former World Cup 2006 coach “Don” Leo Beenhakker returned to Trinidad and Tobago last night and is already encouraging local football fans to start looking ahead to the Russia 2018 World Cup as the national football team aims to maintain momentum after its 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup showing. The “Soca Warriors” …
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