San Juan Jabloteh and Point Fortin Civic had difficulty rebounding from their exertions in last Friday’s Toyota Classic as they settled for a loss and draw in their respective Pro League games last evening. Jabloteh, the 2014 Toyota Classic champions, were brought back down to earth with a 4-1 loss …
Read More »Warriors short staffed as Russell ruled out U-17 tournament
The Trinidad and Tobago national under-17 team is almost certain to be without the services of assistant coach and Defence Force Staff Sargeant Ross Russell for the first rung of its Chile 2015 Under-17 World Cup qualifying campaign next week. Russell remains hospitalized at the West Shore Medical Hospital in …
Read More »D/Force and T&T U-17 coach, Russell, recovers from suspected mild stroke
Trinidad and Tobago national under-17 and Defence Force coach Ross Russell is believed to have suffered a mild stroke at his Diego Martin home yesterday and is awaiting word from doctors today after spending the night at the West Shore Medical Hospital in Port of Spain. National youth team manager …
Read More »Warrior crisis: Coaches, players and staff unpaid; youth teams inactive
The Trinidad and Tobago national football team displayed its battling abilities over the last week with gutsy performances in defeats to World Cup-bound teams, Argentina and Iran. But, closer to home, local football remains in near crisis mode with half of the national teams inactive while the Trinidad and Tobago …
Read More »Million dollar race: Central maintains dogged Connection pursuit
Pro League leader DIRECTV W Connection and second placed Central FC eased away from the chasing pack last night with emphatic wins over Police FC and Caledonia AIA respectively at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. Surinamese teenager Dimitrie Apai scored his first hattrick in a Connection shirt as the …
Read More »Civic Coop; Connection stumbles again while D/Force downs Stars
At approximately 9.47 pm last night, Sean Cooper whipped off his shirt in the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva and sprinted towards hundreds of prancing supporters in the covered stands. His teammates and coach caught up with him just before he reached the stairs and lifted him off his feet with …
Read More »Caledonia whips Haitians; D/Force loses in CFU tourney
Trinidad and Tobago Pro League outfit Caledonia AIA shook off its miserable domestic form and the recent departures of several key players to whip host team Association Sportive de Mirebalais 3-0 in its 2014 Caribbean Club Championship Group 2 opener yesterday in Haiti. The “Eastern Stallions”, who recently exported versatile …
Read More »Soca Warriors and D/Force winger Kevon Carter dies of heart attack
Trinidad and Tobago national football team player and Defence Force Football Club vice-captain Kevon Carter died this morning of a suspected heart attack at the Seventh Day Adventist Community Hospital in Cocorite. Carter, who has two daughters aged 10 and three, turned 30 on 11 November 2013. Defence Force coach …
Read More »Tobago love: Winchester leads Central to First Citizens Cup
It was about 20 minutes after the final whistle but Central FC striker Rundell Winchester was in no hurry to leave the Hasely Crawford Stadium and the scene of his most impressive triumph to date. The 19-year-old Tobagonian set up Central’s equalising goal and then scored a superb winner as …
Read More »Defence Force meets Central FC in Cup final tonight
A traditional powerhouse and a spunky underdog will face each other for the First Citizens Cup crown at the Hasely Crawford Stadium tonight as the first domestic football final of the 2013/14 season kicks off from 8 pm in Port of Spain. Defence Force has managed four major titles in …
Read More »England’s Walsall faces Pro League All-Stars today
England League One outfit, Walsall FC, will face a Pro League All-Star XI from 6 pm today at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva in the second match of its Trinidad and Tobago tour, which is being hosted by Pro League club, Central FC. Walsall landed in Tobago last Wednesday and …
Read More »Kids play: Teenagers star in exciting Pro League finale
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 …
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