Tag Archives: Neil Benjamin

Twenty one year old Suriname and DIRECTV W Connection winger Stefano Rijssel was selected in the third round of the United States Major League Soccer (MLS) SuperDraft yesterday and will spend the next weeks in pre-season training with the Seattle Sounders. Rijssel caught the attention of the scouts at the …

Two draws in successive matches for DIRECTV W Connection turned out to be a blip after all. Yesterday evening, the current Pro League leaders returned to winning ways with a 2-1 win over Police FC at the Hasely Crawford Stadium to stretch its lead in the top flight to 9 …

In the last three matches that produced a winner between bitter Couva rivals DIRECTV W Connection and Central FC, the two teams were separated by just one goal. Last night, for the second time this season, that solitary strike came from the penalty spot. And, at the death, W Connection …

Club Sando’s 2013 Toyota Classic fairytale run ended last night at the final rung of the competition in the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva. And at the final whistle, DIRECTV W Connection players were celebrating a 2-0 win that did not flatter the Pro League team. Connection makes a habit of …

The Point Fortin Civic team took top flight football back to Mahaica Oval yesterday afternoon for the first time in over a decade but it was an emotional, bittersweet event as the host club was eliminated from the First Citizen Cup 6-5 on penalty kicks after a goalless 90 minutes. …

Do not count out the DIRECTV W Connection Football Club just yet. Trinidad and Tobago football fans left the Hasely Crawford Stadium in a sombre mood last night after watching Mexican outfit, Toluca, thrash Caledonia AIA 5-1. But Connection coach Stuart Charles-Fevrier promised a livelier affair tonight when the “Savonetta …

DIRECTV W Connection improved on its opening 3-1 CONCACAF Champions League loss away to Arabe Unido but it was still not enough for its first win of the 2013 campaign. At the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain last night, the “Savonetta Boys” left with mixed feelings after being held …

Eighteen year old attacker Neil Benjamin came off the substitutes’ bench to give DIRECTV W Connection something to cheer about with a late well taken goal at the Rommel Fernandez Stadium in Panama City last night. But it was largely a miserable outing for the Trinidad and Tobago Pro League team …

England League One club Walsall FC kept its nerve and enough gas in reserve to edge a combined Pro League XI 3-2 in an entertaining exhibition match at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva last night. The Walsall team, which finished ninth in League One last season, maintained its 100 percent …

The Trinidad and Tobago Pro League closes its 2012/13 season tonight when DIRECTV W Connection faces North East Stars in the Digicel Pro Bowl final from 8 pm at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain. Wired868 says “see you soon” to the young men who made it a pleasure to …

DIRECTV W Connection continued their close season mastery over Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA last night with a 3-1 Digicel Pro Bowl triumph at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva, despite the absence of star midfielder Joevin Jones. The “Savonetta Boys”, who failed to defeat Caledonia in three regular season …

Defence Force clinched the Digicel Pro League title with a game to spare last night but the army/coast guard combination had to share the spotlight with some teenaged upstarts at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. Defence Force was trounced 4-0 by DIRECTV W Connection in the penultimate fixture of …