The final nail was hammered in the Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team’s coffin in Panama. To be brutally honest we were not good enough administratively, technically or tactically and we lacked the level of discipline required to qualify for a World Cup finals. This is not a new problem …
Read More »CPL 17: Celine Dion consolation for TKR as T&T lose twice in one night
“Every little thing’s gonna be alright,” Brenty M sang, quoting Bob Marley in an attempt to put the minds of the anxious Trinbago fans around us at rest. “But this is a big thing,” some wit behind us retorted, “so that eh happening tonight.” Under normal circumstances, the exchange might …
Read More »Look Loy: TTFA misinterpreting own constitution to frustrate TTSL gala All-Star affair
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) and Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) have adopted adversarial positions, thus far, on the latter’s staging of an All-Star match on 15 October 2017, which should involve celebrated retired football stars like Brazil’s Ronaldinho, Rivaldo and Cafu. The following are releases from …
Read More »Couva calamity: Unpaid players, uncaring TTFA, uneasy SPORTT and an unfulfilled World Cup dream
Proper management, irrespective of the industry in question, ought to be about the removal of excuses for poor performance. It is ensuring, for example, that a student has books, tutors and study time, the taxi driver has a well serviced vehicle and employees have a safe working environment and receive …
Read More »Dream over! T&T fall 2-1 to Honduras in scrappy affair before half-empty Couva stadium
Trinidad and Tobago still have a mathematical chance of getting to the Russia 2018 World Cup through the FIFA Play-off route but it seems naive to the point of unrealistic to expect it now. At home, the Soca Warriors just were not good enough and, in a bottom-of-the-table CONCACAF Hex clash, …
Read More »Look Loy steaming as TTFA still allegedly blocking TTSL showdown with Ronaldinho
“Why does FIFA need to approve Trinidad and Tobago players from a Trinidad and Tobago league?” The question comes from a bemused Trinidad and Tobago Super League President Keith Look Loy, who is convinced that the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) is employing delaying tactics to destroy his and …
Read More »Corneal: I’ve no apprehensions; returned TTFA Technical Director hopes to avoid internal clashes
Former Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) technical director Anton Corneal will re-assume the post he quit three years ago, as part of a settlement with the local football body of a seven-figure debt owed to the former national youth coach. His appointment means a portfolio change for current technical …
Read More »I can provide stability! Shabazz reopens door to Maylee, Mollon and Cordner; but wants to keep Caledonia job
New Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team and Under-20 Team head coach Jamaal Shabazz believes he is the right man to steady the ship as the Women Soca Warriors attempt to recover from the abrupt departure of Italian head coach Carolina Morace and her three assistants. Morace and assistant …
Read More »Carolina Morace is out, Jamaal Shabazz is in! TTFA appoints new women’s boss
Trinidad and Tobago National Youth Football Coordinator and Morvant Caledonia United head coach Jamaal Shabazz was today effectively appointed as technical director of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s (TTFA) women’s programme. Shabazz’s new portfolio appears to mirror that of outgoing Italian coach Carolina Morace as he will serve as …
Read More »Ciao Carolina! T&T women’s programme in jeopardy as Italian walks after three months without pay
The Italian renaissance of the Trinidad and Tobago National Women’s Team programme appears to be over—after just under six months—as the much vaunted head coach Carolina Morace officially informed the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) on Friday that she has had enough. Morace, a former Italy player and Canada …
Read More »DJW confirms Couva switch for Honduras WCQ, TTFA plots Emancipation Day friendly
The Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team will play their do-or-die World Cup qualifier against Honduras on 1 September at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva from 8pm. It will be the first time in eight years that the Soca Warriors play a World Cup qualifying home match outside of the …
Read More »So we is not coach too? TTFA’s coach selection process questioned after more Connection hirings
San Juan Jabloteh are one win away from sweeping the three categories of the Flow Youth Pro League (FYPL) for the third straight season. However, with the decisive match carded for the San Juan North Secondary School compound in Bourg Mulatresse today, some people in the Jabloteh ranks feel as …
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