“The players are more aware of the importance of (the 2016 Copa America Play Off loss to Haiti),” Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team coach Stephen Hart told the TTFA Media, “because when the coach tries to bring down the importance and tell them, they can be like: ‘Yeh yeh …
Read More »Hart exam: T&T coach talks philosophy, squad selection and the 2018 W/Cup
“I think football is about creating a balance,” Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team head coach Stephen Hart told Wired868. “The first thing you need to know is how you are going to recover the ball. If you cannot recover the ball, then you are in trouble. “And when you …
Read More »Hart exam: T&T coach talks Gold Cup, fitness, ice baths and peanut punch
“If you know deep down in your heart that you are not properly prepared, you will never be able to play good football,” Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team head coach Stephen Hart told Wired868. “You will always have an excuse or you will be thinking ‘I am not sure …
Read More »Plaza grabs Warriors winner in closed doors contest with Haiti
Trinidad and Tobago forward Willis Plaza snapped a seven-game scoring drought today as the “Soca Warriors” edged Haiti 1-0 in a closed doors training match at the Central Broward Regional Complex in Fort Lauderdale. Plaza’s item, which came after just five minutes, will not affect his international goal tally, though. …
Read More »Cautiously optimistic: Hart talks Hyland, Molino and T&T’s G/Cup chances
In the first of a two part series, Trinidad and Tobago head coach Stephen Hart discusses his team’s Gold Cup chances, the Khaleem Hyland gamble, Kenwyne Jones’ tactical adjustments and the extent of Kevin Molino’s absence to the Warriors: Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team head coach Stephen Hart declared …
Read More »Jamaica penalises Warriors; T&T second in Caribbean Cup
The Caribbean Cup trophy, yet again, will not return to Trinidad and Tobago. And the Jamaica national football team captain, Rodolph Austin, took delight in sending the “Soca Warriors” home empty handed after a 4-3 penalty shoot-out final win in Montego Bay last night. “When you go Trinidad, they turn …
Read More »Warriors unpaid for six months; but vow to lift Caribbean Cup
The “Soca Warriors” are four days away from the 2014 Caribbean Cup finals in Jamaica after successive group stage wins over Curaçao and French Guiana. But Wired868 can confirm that it is six months since the national senior team players were last paid a match fee and eight months since …
Read More »Warriors book Gold Cup place with 4-2 win over French Guiana
The Trinidad and Tobago national senior men’s football team booked its place in the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup after just two Caribbean Cup group matches in Jamaica. But it was anything but an easy ride. The “Soca Warriors” struggled to hold on to a three-goal lead this evening against French …
Read More »Molino grabs winner as Warriors edge Curaçao 3-2
The Trinidad and Tobago national senior football needed a second half winner from United States-based attacking midfielder Kevin Molino this evening to edge Curaçao 3-2 in its opening 2014 Caribbean Cup finals assignment at Montego Bay, Jamaica. Senior team coach Stephen Hart predicted a tough assignment this evening due to …
Read More »‘Almost perfect’ Warriors edge Antigua and target Caribbean title
The first noticeable slip from a Trinidad and Tobago footballer at the Ato Boldon Stadium last night came about half hour after the final whistle as the media playfully grilled midfielder Hughtun Hector about life in Vietnam where he represents champion club, Hanoi T&T. “I try to learn a few words …
Read More »Six-shooters: Molino trebles Dominican Rep as Warriors record easy win
After a week punctuated with contract wrangling, infighting, strike threats and Twitter tantrums, depending on whether your focus is the West Indies cricket team, the national under-20 boys and the senior women footballers, it was nice to have something to savour for a change. At kick off, that mirth might …
Read More »Kenwyne heads Warriors roster; Hart keeps shallow player pool
Twenty-nine-year-old Cardiff City forward Kenwyne Jones will make his regional debut for Trinidad and Tobago next month when he leads the “Soca Warriors” into the Caribbean Cup qualifying series in Couva. Trinidad and Tobago opens its Caribbean Cup tournament against the Dominican Republic from 8.15 pm on Wednesday October 8 …
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