Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) technical director Anton Corneal suggested that Soca Warriors fans have reason for optimism based on the improved quality of young players on the training ground. The National Men’s Under-20 and Under-17 Teams both started preparation in December, with their respective training pools decided upon …
Read More »Cooper: “We should be competitive in 2025”; T&T U-15s close with 3-0 win over Qatar
The Trinidad and Tobago Boys’ National Under-15 Team closed off their 2023 Concacaf Championship adventure yesterday with a 3-0 whipping of Qatar in the Dominican Republic. The game was one of several playoff fixtures between teams who failed to advance to the quarterfinal round. In Group A, Qatar lost all …
Read More »Cooper names T&T U-15 Team; boys face three Concacaf games in as many days
Trinidad and Tobago Boys’ National Under-15 Team head coach Shawn Cooper named an 18-man squad yesterday, which departs for the 2023 Concacaf Championship in the Dominican Republic on Friday morning. New England Revolution Academy central defender Sheridan McNish will captain the national youth team, which includes 2023 Republic Cup National …
Read More »Cooper, Latchoo get enhanced portfolios with T&T national youth teams
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-17 Team head coach Shawn Cooper will also serve as head coach of the Boys’ National Under-15 Team for next month’s Concacaf Boys U-15 Championship in Dominican Republic. The two-island republic are grouped with Costa Rica, Honduras and Puerto Rico for the upcoming competition, which …
Read More »“Outspoken and real”, “he kept us laughing”; Police FC and Caledonia remember Kemron Purcell
Police FC defender and community police officer Kemron Purcell died this morning in a vehicular accident, after his car slammed into the traffic light near the intersection of Mausica Road and the Churchill Roosevelt Highway in D’Abadie. Purcell, 33, was an unused substitute in Police’s 2-1 win over Central FC …
Read More »TTFA withdraws from Concacaf Girls U-15 tourney, Corneal wants youth teams prioritised
Trinidad and Tobago will not participate at the Concacaf Girls Under-15 Championship, which kicks off in Tampa, Florida on 31 July. The players and their parents received the bad news on Saturday by a member of the team’s staff. The Girls Team and the Boys National Under-14 Team have both been …
Read More »NLCL 2022: ‘Rodrygo’ Bubba helps Cantaro stage Real comeback but Malabar still into quarters
In the semifinals of this season’s UEFA Champions League (UCL), 13-time winners Real Madrid got a pair of stoppage-time goals from Brazilian substitute Rodrygo, contriving to earn an epic extra-time win against Manchester City and move on to this weekend’s finals. With no Rodrygos or Karim Benzemas around last night …
Read More »‘Smooth operator’, ’down to earth’, ‘loved to talk’, ‘a thinking footballer’: Remembering Clyde Leon
“[…] We were on a water break and he turned to me and said: ‘I’m not getting dropped from this team.’ I was wondering, who is this dude?” “[…] I remember at Jan-Michael Williams’ wedding reception when you’re thinking it was not an ideal situation for much talk—because of the …
Read More »Pro League All-Stars: Shabazz picks Densill, ‘Tiny’, Conrad, Radanfah and that combative ‘Wretch’
Hyron Best, a former St Augustine Secondary goalkeeper, was still an active player when he attended his first coaching course in Brazil in 1986, after his hometown club, then named Caledonia AIA, helped raise funds for the trip. More than three decades later, he has since taken on the name, …
Read More »Pro League All-Stars: King opts for Power, Baptiste and TTT—Trent, Tinto and Theobald
Derek King won his first Pro League title as head coach at just 29 years of age, which made him the youngest success story in Trinidad and Tobago’s domestic football history. King is one of only two coaches to win the Pro League title for two different clubs (Joe Public …
Read More »M’vt Caledonia hold Police on Streete’s debut, as Hood points to backroom issues
Police FC and Morvant Caledonia United lost more ground to Pro League leaders Defence Force FC on Friday night, as the third and fourth placed teams cancelled each other out in a 2-2 draw at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. The result means that Police (19 points) are seven …
Read More »Jordan sends Caledonia’s Caribbean contingent tops, as Shabazz invites Fenwick to scout fresh talent
Morvant Caledonia United remain unbeaten in the 2019/2020 Pro League season and now occupy pole position to boot, as they edged San Juan Jabloteh 1-0 last night at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. There were seven foreign nationals in Caledonia’s starting XI but the decisive blow was …
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