The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) Disciplinary Committee is expected to meet on April 7 to rule on a TTFA FA Trophy protest lodged by 2015 runners-up, DIRECTV W Connection. Connection lost on penalty kicks to North East Stars in the March 29 final at the Ato Boldon Stadium …
Read More »Stars penalise Connection in FA final; WCFC promise protest
After a two and a half year drought, North East Stars returned to winners’ row last night with a 5-4 penalty shootout triumph over defending champions, DIRECTV W Connection, in the 2015 TTFA FA Trophy final at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. There were roughly 1,000 fans at the …
Read More »Genoa face FIFA sanctions over million dollar W Connection debt
Italian Serie A club, Genoa FC, could face disciplinary action after failing to meet a FIFA deadline with regards to a defaulted payment due to Trinidad and Tobago Pro League champion club, DIRECTV W Connection, over St Lucia international midfielder Zaine Pierre. Pierre, who is now 21, joined Genoa in …
Read More »Joevin for HJK: Connection ace joins Europa-bound Finnish champs
DIRECTV W Connection midfield ace and, arguably, the Trinidad and Tobago Pro League’s most gifted player, Joevin Jones, is off to Finland for a six-month loan deal with top flight champion team, HJK FC. Jones, 23, is scheduled to leave for Helsinki tomorrow to meet his teammates for the first …
Read More »U-17 Warriors aim to hurdle obstacles on W/Cup journey
The Trinidad and Tobago national under-17 football team was brimming with confidence today, despite the shortcomings of the squad’s preparation, as the young “Soca Warriors” set off for the first qualifying phase of its Chile 2015 Under-17 World Cup. “We’re going there with every intention of topping the group and …
Read More »TTFA misses Latapy court payment; unpaid staff goes on rotation
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) continues to operate at the edge of financial ruin as, despite general secretary Sheldon Phillips’ sunny disposition, the local football body seems clueless about how to pay its bills while it allegedly dodges debtors. In January 2014, TTFA president Raymond Tim Kee agreed …
Read More »Cyrus pulls out Warriors tour: T&T defender returns to Vietnam
Once again, 23-year-old Trinidad and Tobago defender has withdrawn from international duty to pursue a professional career in Vietnam. This time, he won’t come back. Perhaps. As DIRECTV W Connection prepared to face Central FC in the 2014 Digicel Pro Bowl semifinals, Cyrus was on his way to the Piarco …
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 »Fevrier fires back: Connection and Central coaches clash as derby intensifies
There were over 2,000 patrons, an electric atmosphere and a gripping, quality match for neutrals and partisans alike as DIRECTV W Connection and Central FC locked horns in the Lucozade Sport Goal Shield final at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. That is the good face of the derby fixture …
Read More »Whistle and horn: Connection and Central square off in Goal Shield final
Several of the most talented Trinidad and Tobago-based footballers like Joevin Jones, Willis Plaza, Daneil Cyrus, Ataullah Guerra, Gerard Williams and Marvin Oliver will all be at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva on April 25. But expect match referee Neal Brizan to be the most important figure on the …
Read More »Williams, Shaka on CONCACAF team to launch Caribbean pro league
DIRECTV W Connection chairman David John Williams and former 2006 World Cup player Shaka Hislop were today officially unveiled as members of a CONCACAF task force mandated to do a feasibility study on the potential of a Caribbean professional football league. The committee is considered the final step before the …
Read More »Seattle drafts Connection’s Rijssel; déjà vu for young Warriors
Twenty one year old Suriname and DIRECTV W Connection winger Stefano Rijssel was selected in the third round of the United States Major League Soccer (MLS) SuperDraft yesterday and will spend the next weeks in pre-season training with the Seattle Sounders. Rijssel caught the attention of the scouts at the …
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