The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) has suspended all national team training sessions for the next two weeks while Concacaf also halted all competitions scheduled for the next 30 days, as regional football responds to the threat of the Corona virus. Yesterday, the twin island republic had its first …
Read More »Hood: We’re not Brazil but we’re doing our best; and we’ll give everything against Mexico
Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Under-20 Team head coach Richard Hood has urged football fans to appreciate the improvement and effort shown by his outfit and avoid saddling the players with unfair expectations. The young Women Soca Warriors edged Puerto Rico 5-4 on kicks from the penalty spot on Sunday …
Read More »Keshwar is unlikely hero as T&T edge P/Rico on penalties to advance to Concacaf quarters
Nineteen year old Trinidad and Tobago goalkeeper K’lil Keshwar, a St Francis College student in the United States, made the save of her blossoming career so far, as the young Women Soca Warriors edged Puerto Rico 5-4 in penalties in Concacaf Under-20 Championship action in the Dominican Republic. Keshwar’s low …
Read More »TTFA reveals Avec Sport kit deal; plus Wallace on Nike ‘interference’ and $50 million debt
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace has promised to erase the local football body’s TT$50 million debt within three years, as he announced a kit deal with England-based supplier Avec Sport this morning. The TTFA and Avec Sport stated that the partnership is for four years with …
Read More »TTFA accounts frozen while Fifa stalls on paying subvention, Wallace insists better days coming
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace has insisted that the current administration can competently manage the local game, even as he admitted that the TTFA’s accounts were frozen by a creditor while Fifa is hesitant to pay its annual subvention to the local football body. Last Thursday, …
Read More »Selby’s ship comes in; ex-TTFA Board member acquires W/Cup TV rights
The abysmal performances of the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team under the David John-Williams-led football body saw the Soca Warriors demoted from the Concacaf Nations League top tier and miss out on the Hex for the 2022 World Cup qualifying series. However, former Trinidad and Tobago Football Association …
Read More »TTFA bungle keeps Pro League teams out of Concacaf again, disqualification ‘hidden’ from clubs
Interim Pro League chairman Brent Sancho said he was ‘thoroughly disappointed’ that local top flight clubs will miss out on Concacaf competition for the second year running, after the David John-Williams-led Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) failed to fix ‘a simple error’. Worse, the information was relayed by Concacaf …
Read More »Griffith: CONCACAF dream-killers destroying spirit of World Cup with new qualifying format
“This format is killing the aspirations of small nations. World Cup football is more than just football, but also about allowing millions of citizens from 29 other countries to simply try, hope and believe. “This baseless and biased format intends to destroy just that…” The following Letter to the Editor …
Read More »Lawrence: ‘Every game is a final now’; new Qatar qualifying format spells trouble for T&T
Trinidad and Tobago’s hopes of qualifying directly for the Qatar 2022 World Cup can be over before it has begun, courtesy of Concacaf’s new qualifying format which allows a significant shortcut to teams based on FIFA rankings. Concacaf announced today that it will select its six football nations for the …
Read More »FIFA debt relief plan, monthly financial reports, Messi… Phillips’ blueprint for T&T football success
“If such a move can be accommodated, there would be no more potent injection to jolt T&T football than to leave CONCACAF in order to join CONMEBOL… “Regular competition against clubs and national teams from Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, and Uruguay seem daunting but two things would occur: one, our football …
Read More »FIFA/Concacaf delegation meets TTFA Board as concerns grow; but are they here to help football? Or DJW?
A joint high-powered delegation from FIFA and Concacaf met the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s Board in a secret meeting today, as, for the first time, the world governing body betrayed their concern over the instability of the local game under President David John-Williams. The million dollar question, though, is: …
Read More »Bank ordered to hand TTFA’s money to Futsal Team; DJW-led body spent close to $4 million in three months
This afternoon, First Citizens Bank held on to the token sum of TT$300 from the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s (TTFA) eight accounts at the financial institution—for banking and maintenance fees. The local football body’s remaining money, TT$270,871.33, is now property of 15 former National Futsal players and their five …
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