Seventeen-year-old former St Augustine Secondary stand-out Shannon Gomez will captain the Trinidad and Tobago national under-20 team on Friday as the young “Soca Warriors” kick off their 2014 Under-20 Caribbean Championship campaign against Suriname from 7.15 pm in the second game of a Hasely Crawford Stadium double header in Port of …
Read More »Ford focus: Nelson St starlet promises to lift T&T U-20s in Caribbean Cup
Seventeen-year-old Trinidad and Tobago defender Maurice Ford hopes to see his Nelson Street friends at the Hasely Crawford Stadium on Friday evening when the national under-20 team kicks off its Caribbean Under-20 Championship campaign against Curacao from 7.15 pm. The CFU competition is the first step on the road to …
Read More »U-20s shine as makeshift Warriors hold Guadeloupe
Sixteen-year-old Central FC attacker Levi Garcia had a senior debut to remember today as a makeshift Trinidad and Tobago national football team outfit held Guadeloupe 1-1 at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet. The outing would not go down as an official international cap since Guadeloupe is not a FIFA …
Read More »Jan-Michael summoned to strengthen U-20s for Guadeloupe friendly
2012 Caribbean Cup captain and Central FC goalkeeper Jan-Michael Williams will be one of five over-aged players in action with the Trinidad and Tobago national under-20 squad from 4 pm on Saturday when the teenaged “Soca Warriors” faces the Guadeloupe senior team in a friendly match at the Dwight Yorke …
Read More »Hart problems: TTFA scraps Warriors men’s camp; women’s trip in balance
Trinidad and Tobago national football team head coach Stephen Hart admitted that the “Soca Warriors” will struggle to keep up with its rivals if the present financial woes continue. Last month, Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president Raymond Tim Kee and general secretary Sheldon Phillips promised camps for the …
Read More »Warriors confirm Colombia friendly; Hart should have top players
The Trinidad and Tobago national football team should be near to full strength in June when the “Soca Warriors” expect a rigorous test from 2014 World Cup-bound teams Colombia, Argentina and Iran in friendly fixtures. The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) confirmed today that it will face Colombia on …
Read More »Heart-to-Hart: T&T coach discusses Gold Cup and immediate goals
In many fields of endeavour, a move from Canada to Trinidad and Tobago would be considered a demotion. But the business of football or soccer, as the North American nation refers to the sport, is not one of them. New Trinidad and Tobago national senior team head coach Stephen Hart …
Read More »Hart’s here but Beenhakker absent and assistants in limbo
Former Canada national football team coach Stephen Hart was officially unveiled today as the new Trinidad and Tobago head coach at a media conference at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain and later held his first session with the “Soca Warriors” at the same venue. Hart, a 53-year-old …
Read More »Dear TTFA: David Nakhid’s scathing open letter on coaching changes
Former Trinidad and Tobago national football team captain and Caribbean MVP, David Nakhid, writes an open letter to TTFA/TTFF personnel past and present, Everald “Gally” Cummings, Anton Corneal, Raymond Tim Kee and Sheldon Phillip. Gentlemen, Full disclosure: There is only one member of the former TTFF regime whose hand …
Read More »Hart transplant: TTFA hires ex-Canada coach… locals still unpaid
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) appears set to announce another new face on its technical staff on the eve of the July 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Wired868 understands that former Canada national football team coach Stephen Hart has accepted a two-year offer from TTFA president Raymond Tim Kee …
Read More »The Tim-kerman: TTFA president explains Beenhakker move
Italian coach Claudio Ranieri’s penchant for chopping and changing his first team at Chelsea, even when his squad was on a successful run, earned him the sobriquet of “The Tinkerman.” Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president Raymond Tim Kee, who took the helm of the local football body last …
Read More »Warriors’ Been-hakkered: Excitement and uncertainty as Dutchman nears return
Former 2006 World Cup coach Leo Beenhakker seems even closer to a reunion with the Trinidad and Tobago national football team after the “Soca Warriors” were informed today that they might be under new management for next month’s CONCACAF Gold Cup tournament. National co-head coaches Hutson “Barber” Charles and Jamaal …
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