“Why we have chosen to respond is because your failure to plan is [affecting] promising football (soccer) players from Trinidad and Tobago, who we would welcome playing in the USA. “[…] I will be blunt. Mr David John-Williams and the TTFA just flat out dropped the ball on the visa …
Read More »Goals like rain; T&T U-14 Boys whip Bonaire 11-1 in CFU competition
Trinidad and Tobago ran riot again in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Boys Under-14 National Under-14 this evening, as they whipped Bonaire 11-1 in their second outing of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Boys’ Under 14 Challenge Series. On Saturday evening, Abdul-Quddoos Hypolite scored twice as the young Soca Warriors …
Read More »Concacaf withdraws invitation to T&T U-15 Women; St Rose mum as “elite team” grounded
The efforts of the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Under-15 Team players over the past year and a half ended on an anticlimactic note today, as Concacaf withdrew its invitation for the young Women Soca Warriors to participate at the confederation’s 2018 Women’s Under-15 Championship in Florida. Trinidad and Tobago …
Read More »Kudos for Quddoos; T&T U-14s shake off administrative gaffes to drub Guyana 8-0
Diminutive attacking midfielder, Abdul-Quddoos Hypolite, had an international debut to remember yesterday evening, as he scored twice for Trinidad and Tobago in a resounding 8-0 win over Guyana in Group C of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Boys Under-14 Challenge Series in Curaçao. The fixture represented the first outing for …
Read More »TTFA’s elite issues: Women’s U15s set to forfeit Concacaf opener while Boys travel night before CFU game
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s (TTFA) elite youth teams were thrown into varying levels of disarray this week, as the Boys National Under-14 and Women’s National Under-15 Teams struggled to get to their respective competitions in Curaçao and the United States. On Friday night, the TTFA chartered a Liat …
Read More »Unpacking the 2018 World Cup: Hart, Walkes, Hislop and Sheppard talk France, trends and lessons from Russia
“Teams that couldn’t adjust defensively and show patience and discipline to withstand those spells [of possession from opponents] found themselves chasing the game. France were without question the best at this…” “There was […] a return to what we would consider ‘outdated’ centre forwards like Mario Mandzukic, Olivier Giroud and, …
Read More »Fevrier offers update on T&T U-15’s progress; Connection staff dominate TTFA boys elite programme
Trinidad and Tobago Elite Under-14 programme head coach Stuart Charles-Fevrier told the TTFA Media that he is pleased with the response of his players so far, as they continue their preparations at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. At present, Fevrier oversees the development of 40 players under the NLCB …
Read More »Corneal not surprised by early elimination; slams dependence on magic in successive youth tournaments
It would have come as no surprise to Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) Technical Director Anton Corneal that Trinidad and Tobago’s hopes of going to the Under-20 Women’s World Cup came crashing down yesterday evening. Having lost 2-3 to Haiti in their opening CONCACAF qualifier at the Ato Boldon Stadium …
Read More »Corneal: I’ve no apprehensions; returned TTFA Technical Director hopes to avoid internal clashes
Former Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) technical director Anton Corneal will re-assume the post he quit three years ago, as part of a settlement with the local football body of a seven-figure debt owed to the former national youth coach. His appointment means a portfolio change for current technical …
Read More »Browne’s bombshell: Forty-two probing financial questions to John-Williams-led TTFA
“[List the] number of accounts in the name of the TTFA and the list of those actively operated by the TTFA from December 2015 to date? Identify the accounts that have received monies from FIFA, UEFA, CONCACAF and CFU from December 2015 to date? Who are the signatories to the …
Read More »Shabazz offers TTFA National Elite Youth Program update but Eve and Taylor point to flaws
Nine. You can count as many as nine players who are currently in the national senior squad who began their careers at Under-13 level under the watchful eyes of former Trinidad and Tobago World Youth Cup coach, Anton Corneal. And if National Youth Football Coordinator Jamaal Shabazz has his way, Under-13 football …
Read More »Hyland pledges full support to Saintfiet era; Shabazz will run elite youth programme
Veteran Trinidad and Tobago international midfielder Khaleem Hyland vowed to continue to give 100 percent to the Russia 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign, as the Soca Warriors prepare for life under new coach Tom Saintfiet. Hyland, a combative box to box midfielder with 67 caps and four goals, told the …
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