Pro League leaders and defending champions, Central FC, are continuing to question the omission of goalkeeper Jan-Michael Williams and Nathaniel “Spanish” Garcia from the Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team, after postponements meant both players are available for the rest of the year. Central controversially refused to release the duo, despite …
Read More »Central keep noses ahead; but Pro League rivals criticise their stance on T&T call-ups
Central FC are in a league of their own at the moment, in more ways than one. Last night, the Couva Sharks maintained their four-point gap at the top of the Pro League standings with a 2-0 win over second from bottom Morvant Caledonia United at the Ato Boldon Stadium. …
Read More »Cornell poised for shock return! But Jan and Nathaniel are out as Saintfiet stands firm
Former World Cup 2006 attacker Cornell Glen looks set to return to the international stage after a three-year absence from the Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team. The 36-year-old Glen, who now plays professionally in India for Ozone FC Bengaluru, last wore the red, white and black strip on 15 …
Read More »Saintfiet allegedly knocks Sancho’s third world mentality; Central block players from T&T training
Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team head coach Tom Saintfiet has accused Central FC managing director and ex-World Cup 2006 defender Brent Sancho of displaying a lesser mentality than developing nation, Bangladesh—his former employers—after the pair clashed over the release of players for national training, which began on Thursday 15 …
Read More »Little Drummer Boy: Nathaniel Garcia on his football family, the Soca Warriors… and those drums!
“My mom Judith and dad Carl are always encouraging us to succeed. They’re proud of all of us. People often meet them on the streets and say, ‘ah see yuh son game, good man’ and they have to ask ‘which one, or where’ because it’s all of us. “It’s a great …
Read More »Paul bags last minute Central winner against Connection; Police FC spank Ma Pau Stars
Two-time defending Pro League champions Central FC got their truncated 2016/17 league campaign off to the perfect start last night with a 2-1 victory over bitter Couva rivals DIRECTV W Connection at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. The “Couva Sharks”, who are also the current Caribbean Club …
Read More »Marcus Joseph salvages late draw for Warriors; T&T hold Grenada 2-2
Former two-time World Youth Cup attacker Marcus “Lobo” Joseph got his first senior international goal tonight but coach Stephen Hart might have had mixed feelings about the outing, as the Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team were held 2-2 away to Grenada. The “Soca Warriors” travelled with a largely home-based …
Read More »Central FC stretch Pro League lead; Oliver set for Jabloteh debut in Barataria
Defending champions, Bankers Insurance Central FC, took a significant stride towards retaining their TT Pro League crown last night, as they edged Defence Force 1-0 in a cagey affair at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. It has been eight years since a Pro League team successfully defended their title. …
Read More »The A to Z on AZ and T&T rising star Levi Garcia
On 20 November 2015, Levi Garcia’s 18th birthday, the former Shiva Boys Hindu College schoolboy will become the youngest Trinidad and Tobago player ever to sign for an top flight club in Europe when he moves to Netherland Eredivisie team, AZ Alkmaar—Dwight Yorke joined Aston Villa a month after he turned 18 in 1989. Garcia, who …
Read More »Nathaniel scores; but Paraguay eliminates U-23 Warriors with 5-1 spanking
The Trinidad and Tobago National Under-23 Men’s football team was effectively eliminated from the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games last night after ending on the wrong side of a 5-1 spanking from Paraguay at the Hamilton Pan American Soccer Stadium. The young “Soca Warriors”, who were crushed 4-0 by Uruguay in their …
Read More »CFU makes Suriname u-turn; T&T U23s must play with 11 men
More farce. The Trinidad and Tobago National Under-23 Team’s 2015 Olympic qualifying campaign was thrown into disarray again this evening when Caribbean Football Union officials informed the “Soca Warriors” that Suriname have been re-instated into the competition. And, just 24 hours after telling Trinidad and Tobago officials that their Caribbean …
Read More »U23s down to 11 players for qualifiers; but Suriname withdraws
The Trinidad and Tobago National Under-23 Team breathed a sigh of relief today as their Suriname counterparts withdrew from the Caribbean preliminary round of the 2016 Olympic qualifying campaign, which kicks off on Wednesday June 24 in Puerto Rico. The Caribbean Football Union (CFU) announced that Suriname, who were due to …
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