The dawn of the new millennium produced a shocking Concacaf Gold Cup tournament in 2000 as, for the first and only time in 30 years, neither Mexico nor the United States appeared in the final. In the quarterfinal round, Canada shocked Mexico 2-1, South American guests Colombia edged USA on …
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Trinidad and Tobago’s most capped Men’s National Senior Team footballer, 1991 Fifa U-20 World Cup ace, and Naparima College stand-out coach Angus Eve on his apprenticeship under Ron La Forest, pointers from Russell Latapy, Dwight Yorke and David Nakhid, Bertille St Clair’s life lesson, developing Kevin Molino and Kerry Baptiste, …
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Former Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team defender, 2001 World Youth Cup player and National Beach Soccer player Makan Hislop explains how Tobagonians often get a raw deal when striving for international selection, while Barney chimes in from Taiwan with a contemptuous story and Burdie finds something that Makan …
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The following article was first published in the Trinidad Express on 27 October 2005 and written by Lasana Liburd: Otis Seaton was hired by Don Leo Beenhakker as the muscle. The Trinidad and Tobago national football team coach needed a player with the energy and courage to protect his back …
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Former Trinidad and Tobago national football coach Bertille St Clair describes his coaching legacy, Signal Hill, the making of Dwight Yorke and the three ‘A’s’ of developing talent. Subscribe for free to Burdie and Barney for our entire archive of interviews at Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, or TuneIn Radio, …
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Former Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Bertille St Clair remembers Tobago’s first professional football player and the young man who should have preceded him: Dwight Yorke and Wendell Moore respectively. Look out for St Clair’s full interview on the Burdie and Barney Show from Wednesday 24 …
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When, Covid-19 permitting, Stern John leads the Anguilla Men’s National Senior Team out for their opening Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying contest, he will join a growing number of Trinidad and Tobago coaches looking to make their mark elsewhere in the Caribbean—albeit at less recognisable football nations. Bertille St Clair …
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“Life in 2019 is way different to the 1980s. Back then we had one channel, TTT, and we were not getting all the Italian League and England Premier League and La Liga and so on, which is what they are comparing the young children to. So we didn’t get to …
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“At the end of the day, [Dennis Lawrence] does not have to put the ball behind the net and neither do I,” Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams told the Trinidad Guardian. “[Lawrence] is a professional and well-trained coach, who […] has coached at the highest level …
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The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s board of directors are due to meet on Wednesday and, almost certainly, the National Senior Team coach will be selected then. Maybe. The TTFA, as has been the norm under new president David John-Williams, remains as fiercely secretive as a cult with members petrified …
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Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team head coach Stephen Hart and his technical staff appear to be in limbo after the local football association’s technical committee met this afternoon to discuss the state of the Soca Warriors. The meeting was called on the request of technical director Muhammad Isa. And, according …
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Police FC head coach Richard Hood will steer the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team into the 2016 Olympic qualifiers next month into the United States. The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) confirmed today that Hood, who is a sergeant in the Guard and Emergency Branch, was a …
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