Tag Archives: Pro League

For the second year running, there were no Trinidad and Tobago players included among a shortlist of the Caribbean’s top young players for the United States’ Major League Soccer (MLS) Caribbean Combine, which kicked off today in Bayamon, Puerto Rico and serves as a talent search for promising regional players. …

Trinidad and Tobago has qualified for the CONCACAF level in every age group in the men’s and women’s game over the past two years. Does this mean the “Soca Warriors” are doing as well as ever in terms of player development and selection? Or are they underachieving and falling further …

Are you unsure as to what, if anything, you are owed when a player you developed after the age of 12 turns professional? Wired868 publishes the FIFA by-law governing training compensation for players up until the age of 21, so you can figure it out yourself: Article 1: Objective 1.  A …

Defending Lucozade Sport Goal Shield champion club, DIRECTV W Connection, has declared its intention to retain its title as the knock out tournament prepares for kick off today. San Juan Jabloteh and St Ann’s Rangers meet in today’s qualifying round match from 4 pm at the Larry Gomes Stadium in …

The “Green Army” is readying its artillery. Guaya United coach Ron La Forest has vowed to attack DIRECTV W Connection with everything he has as the two outfits prepare to do battle again in a potentially thrilling TTFA FA Trophy quarterfinal contest on Wednesday December 4 from 3.30 pm in …

Trinidad and Tobago national senior football team coach Stephen Hart summarised the behaviour of DIRECTV W Connection players Joevin Jones and Daneil Cyrus in one word: irresponsible. However, Hart is counting on the “Soca Warriors” to learn from their mistakes and move on. Connection fined Jones and Cyrus one month’s …

Trinidad and Tobago senior team coach Stephen Hart has urged local football fans and patriots to show their support for the “Soca Warriors” as the national football team prepares for its first home match under his guidance and just the second for the year. The Warriors are expected to announce …

A trio of lion cubs drew a record crowd at the Emperor Valley Zoo in Port of Spain on Sunday as an estimated 10,000 persons came out to see Mufasa, Scar and Kovu, who flew to Trinidad last week from Texas, US. The crowd created a massive traffic pile-up as …

Whatever may be the Pro League’s perceived flaws, neither a poor work ethic nor a lack of transparency is ever included among them. League CEO Dexter Skeene is aided by an enthusiastic young staff knitted together by Corporate Secretary Julia Baptiste—whom he describes as a phenomenal person and asset—and press …

Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA is left with a desperate sprint to the finish to advance from its CONCACAF Club Championship group after a goalless draw against CD Marathón tonight at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. The Caledonia team, which lost its opening group match 3-1 away to Seattle …

Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA will hope for a timely resumption of eating habits this week as the Trinidad and Tobago Pro League club aims to follow Eid ul-Fitr with a football feast on Wednesday night. The “Eastern Stallions” host Honduran outfit, CD Marathón, from 8 pm at the Ato …

Friday’s final of the Lucozade Sport Goal Shield at the Hasely Crawford Stadium was not, in my opinion, a typical Caledonia AIA versus Defence Force game. The venue was familiar, the coaches were familiar, the teams were familiar but it was difficult in my view to recognize the tactics employed …