Former 2009 Under-20 World Cup players Leston Paul, Jean-Luc Rochford, Qian Grosvenor and Curtis Gonzales are among 18 Trinidad and Tobago players who will try to land professional deals in Europe later this month, through an initiative by local scout Dion Sosa. The players are due to leave for Turkey …
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 »Star struck: Wired868 selects its Pro League players of the season
There were six trophies at stake in Trinidad and Tobago’s top flight this season but DIRECTV W Connection and Central FC were not into sharing. Connection grabbed four while Central pocketed the other two. Similarly, the two Couva-based clubs hogged much of the space in the second Wired868 All Star …
Read More »W for Winners: How Jones and Connection became Pro League champions
Wired868 looks back at the thrilling million dollar Digicel Pro League finale when DIRECTV W Connection and playmaker Joevin Jones crowned themselves as champions. DIRECTV W Connection attacker Hashim Arcia played a measured pass into the path of teammate and playmaker Joevin Jones as the latter figure darted in off …
Read More »Belgrave hattrick pulls Defence Force within point of Connection
Defending Digicel Pro League champion Defence Force is just three games away from the most unlikely title defence in Trinidad and Tobago’s professional era. In a rescheduled fixture this evening at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva, the “Teteron Boys” kept the pressure on current leader, DIRECTV W Connection, after …
Read More »Adams stars as Civic penalises Defence Force; Central clobbers Caledonia
Point Fortin Civic stand-in goalkeeper Akini Adams stole the spotlight last night as his club advanced to the semifinal of the 2014 Lucozade Sport Goal Shield competition after a 4-3 penalty shoot win over Defence Force at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. Just three days earlier, Defence Force roared …
Read More »One-on-one with Curtis Gonzales
Twenty-five-year-old Defence Force utility player and Trinidad and Tobago international defender Curtis “Boyo” Gonzales is busier than ever in 2014. His team has just finished duty in the Caribbean Club Championship, is trying to retain the Pro League title and has the Lucozade Sport Goal Shield and Digicel Pro Bowl …
Read More »Marcano nets again as Central downs Defence Force
Reigning Pro League champion team, Defence Force, was left with little doubt about the scale of its 2014 mission this evening as the army/ coast guard combination returned to active football duty with a 2-0 loss to Central FC at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. Coach Ross Russell’s men …
Read More »Meet the Warriors: TTFA submits 35-man preliminary squad
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 »Simply the best: Wired868’s Pro League All-Stars
The Trinidad and Tobago Pro League closes its 2012/13 season tonight when DIRECTV W Connection faces North East Stars in the Digicel Pro Bowl final from 8 pm at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain. Wired868 says “see you soon” to the young men who made it a pleasure to …
Read More »Meet the Pro League’s hot shots
In the second and final part of our two-part series, Wired868 looks at the Pro League players whose performances in the first half of the 2012/13 season have put them above their peers: (Starting XI) Cleon John (North East Stars/ Goalkeeper/ 31 years old): John has possibly been the Pro …
Read More »Pro League diamonds in the rough
In the first of a two-part series, Wired868 reviews the standout performers at the mid-term mark in 2012/13 Digicel Pro League. Here is a list of the League’s upcoming talent that are destined for bigger and better things. (Starting XI) Zane Coker (St Ann’s Rangers/ Goalkeeper/ 23 years old): Neal …
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