Former Trinidad and Tobago co-head coaches Hutson “Barber” Charles and Jamaal Shabazz kept faith with the majority of its 2012 Caribbean Cup squad after selecting 18 players into their 35-man preliminary squad for next month’s CONCACAF Gold Cup tournament. Shabazz will not be with the team in the tournament, though, …
Read More »Shabazz explains Soca Warrior selections
The Oxford dictionary’s definition of schizophrenia is a “mental disorder marked by disconnection between thoughts, feelings and actions.” So forgive me for feeling a bit sorry for myself since I find the headline used by our Wired868’s founder and head honcho, Lasana Liburd, as a bit harsh. But, since I …
Read More »SportWired: Schizophrenic selections threaten Warriors’ progress
Nothing divides opinion like team selections. Should the coach go for experience or fresh enthusiasm? Loyalty or new blood? It is impossible to please everyone and there are pros and cons for almost every choice. And, no, I was not pleased with the 18-man squad selected by joint head coaches …
Read More »Defence Force closes in on League title after Caledonia draw
The Defence Force Football Club moved closer to its third Pro League title and the second under present coach Ross Russell as the Army/Coast Guard combination came away with a goalless draw tonight against second placed Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA at the Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya. In a …
Read More »Warriors send SOS for Marcano and Leon
The Trinidad and Tobago national football team has been granted special permission from the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) to add St Ann’s Rangers attacker Jason Marcano and DIRECTV W Connection midfielder Clyde Leon to its squad as the “Soca Warriors” chase their first Caribbean Cup title since 2001. Marcano and …
Read More »T&T selects final Caribbean Cup team
Trinidad and Tobago joint head coaches Hutson “Barber” Charles and Jamaal Shabazz selected their final squad for the 2012 Caribbean Cup finals today and, in the end, only two new faces managed to force themselves into the group. Speedy 24-year-old Slovakia-based right winger Lester Peltier and 22-year-old United States A’ …
Read More »W Connection fires back at national coaches
DirecTV W Connection owner David John Williams has defended his club’s transfer policy after criticism from Trinidad and Tobago national senior team and under-20 coaches Hutson “Barber” Charles and Ross Russell respectively. Charles and Russell, who are both soldiers and former national players, criticised Williams for supposedly disrupting team preparations …
Read More »Abandoned Warriors near Caribbean Cup semis with slender win
The Trinidad and Tobago national senior football team put its financial issues aside to virtually book a place in the Caribbean Cup semifinal phase yesterday with a slender 1-0 over host nation, St Kitts and Nevis, at Warner Park, Basseterre. A solitary Kevon Carter goal after a mazy run from …
Read More »Connection dedicates title to courageous captain
W. Connection coach Stuart Charles Fevrier paid special tribute to club captain Jan-Michael Williams as the “Savonetta Boys” executed a remarkable triumph by snatching the 2011/12 Digicel Pro League crown from under the nose of rivals, T&TEC, on the final day of the season. On Thursday, Caledonia AIA stunned T&TEC …
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