Predictably, the United States Department of Justice’s latest X-rated exposé of FIFA—picture football administrators and television executives sneaking into deserted boardrooms to aggressively screw football fans and players—was effusive in its awe of the world governing body’s answer to John Holmes, former FIFA VP, CONCACAF president and Trinidad and Tobago …
Read More »CFU endorses Nakhid for FIFA presidency; aims to recover Warner money
Caribbean Football Union (CFU) president Gordon Derrick has endorsed former Trinidad and Tobago football captain David Nakhid’s bid for the role of FIFA president, as the most unlikely presidential campaign gathered considerable traction. Nakhid, who never worked within FIFA before or held an administrative portfolio outside of his Lebanon-based David …
Read More »Nakhid: If FIFA wants reform; then reject Platini and vote for me
Former Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team captain David Nakhid announced today that he will contest the post of FIFA president at the upcoming elections on 26 February 2016. Controversial president Sepp Blatter has vowed to step aside to make way for a new leader at the helm of the …
Read More »And Suriname is out… Again! T&T U23s play opener on Saturday
The Caribbean Football Union (CFU) officially announced last night that Suriname is out of the 2016 Olympic Games qualifying series. Again. And for the last time. Hopefully. For the fourth time in three days, the CFU’s Group Four has undergone a fixture change. And, for the second time, Suriname has …
Read More »Game off: CFU circus continues as T&T U23’s opener now postponed
Three days and as many decisions. God knows the trauma that Trinidad and Tobago’s National Under-23 football players have endured over the past week. One thing now beyond dispute is that the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) has only made things worse. Today, the “Soca Warriors” were advised that their 2016 …
Read More »U23s down to 11 players for qualifiers; but Suriname withdraws
The Trinidad and Tobago National Under-23 Team breathed a sigh of relief today as their Suriname counterparts withdrew from the Caribbean preliminary round of the 2016 Olympic qualifying campaign, which kicks off on Wednesday June 24 in Puerto Rico. The Caribbean Football Union (CFU) announced that Suriname, who were due to …
Read More »CFU changes fixtures; Central, Connection could contest Caribbean final
Trinidad and Tobago Pro League clubs Central FC and DIRECTV W Connection could now face each other in the 2015 Caribbean Club Championship final after the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) decided, without consultation, to alter the fixtures for its competition. The initial CFU fixtures pitted Group One winners, Central FC, …
Read More »TTFA sabotages young Warriors’ hopes of MLS trial… again!
For the second year running, there were no Trinidad and Tobago players included among a shortlist of the Caribbean’s top young players for the United States’ Major League Soccer (MLS) Caribbean Combine, which kicked off today in Bayamon, Puerto Rico and serves as a talent search for promising regional players. …
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 »Williams, Shaka on CONCACAF team to launch Caribbean pro league
DIRECTV W Connection chairman David John Williams and former 2006 World Cup player Shaka Hislop were today officially unveiled as members of a CONCACAF task force mandated to do a feasibility study on the potential of a Caribbean professional football league. The committee is considered the final step before the …
Read More »TTFA bungle denies local starlets of MLS opportunity
Trinidad and Tobago’s top football talent under the age of 23 were denied the chance to showcase their talents before United States Major League Soccer (MLS) scouts due to an administrative bungle by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA). Twenty-four young men from 16 different Caribbean nations will meet …
Read More »W Connection and Caledonia kick off downsized CFU competition
Defending Caribbean Football Union (CFU) club champions Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA and three-time winners DIRECTV W Connection will kick off Group I of the 2013 Caribbean tournament when the two Digicel Pro League clubs face each other from 6 pm today at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. This …
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