The Trinidad and Tobago national football team was on the wrong side of another lopsided score line this afternoon in Bucharest as the “Soca Warriors” fell 4-0 to Romania in a friendly international. Schalke striker Ciprian Marica scored a hattrick for the European outfit while DIRECTV W Connection defender Daneil …
Read More »Depleted Warriors prepare for European internationals
The bulk of the Trinidad and Tobago national senior football team assembled in London today in preparation for international friendlies against Romania and Estonia on June 4 and 7 respectively. But national co-head coaches Hutson “Barber” Charles and Jamaal Shabazz will be without at least seven foreign-based players for the …
Read More »Connection penalises Stars to take Pro Bowl
DIRECTV W Connection continued its fine close to the 2012/13 season tonight as the “Savonetta Boys” edged North East Stars to the Digicel Pro Bowl crown at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. Just as in the Lucozade Sport Goal Shield final, Connection and Stars could not be …
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 »Jumbie Joevin: N/East singles out Connection star for Lucozade final
Twenty-one-year-old DIRECTV W Connection midfield star Joevin Jones is likely to be the centre of attention in the 2013 Lucozade Sport Goal Shield final as his semi-final heroics will earn him some undesirable attention when Connection faces North East Stars from 8 pm on Friday 3 May 2013 at the …
Read More »Peru guns down valiant Warriors
The Trinidad and Tobago national football team battled valiantly but could not keep out their hosts as Peru cruised to a 3-0 friendly international win at the Estadio Nacional in Lima. Peru still harbours hopes of playing at the 2014 World Cup and defeated Chile 1-0 in Lima on Saturday. …
Read More »Warriors’ progression continues with Peruvian lesson
“We will come to the point (where we would be) very disappointed with a result like that,” said joint Trinidad and Tobago national head coach Jamaal Shabazz, in the post-game press conference. “It’s not bad for now. But we have to be more ambitious as a people going forward (from …
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 …
Read More »Hector and Plaza return to Vietnam but Cyrus stays
Trinidad and Tobago national senior team footballers Hughtun Hector, 28, and Willis Plaza, 25, will spend 2013 in Vietnam after agreeing terms with V-League outfit Song Lam Nghe last week. However, 22-year-old national defender Daneil Cyrus will remain in Trinidad with local outfit, DIRECTV W Connection, for the remainder of …
Read More »Warriors must choose between Gold Cup and lucrative Vietnam offer
Trinidad and Tobago national football players Hughtun Hector, Daneil Cyrus and Willis Plaza have roughly one week to decide between their short-term financial futures and representing the country at the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The trio, who helped the “Soca Warriors” to second place at last month’s Caribbean Cup finals, …
Read More »Caledonia leads Pro League exodus for overseas trials
Seven Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA players are among more than a dozen Pro League footballers who will head through the Piarco Airport’s departure lounge in the coming days to seek their fortune abroad. Present Trinidad and Tobago internationals Densill Theobald and Ataullah Guerra left last night for trials in …
Read More »Warriors record highest FIFA place in three years
The Trinidad and Tobago national football team will end 2012 with its highest FIFA ranking in three years after moving up 11 places to 68th in the latest rankings from the global football body. The “Soca Warriors” is now ranked ninth in CONCACAF and third in the Caribbean behind Haiti …
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