The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team suffered their second defeat of the invitational King’s Cup tournament this morning, as they lost 2-1 to hosts Thailand in the third place playoff at the Chiang Mai Stadium. Tajikistan won the tournament via kicks from the penalty mark, after a regulation …
Read More »Eve, Powder, Hackshaw among 10 no-shows as T&T face Nicaragua with 19-member squad
On Tuesday morning, the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) announced 28 players who would represent the Men’s National Senior Team in the 2022/23 Concacaf Nations League. Of those 28, inexplicably, only 24 were booked to travel to Nicaragua for their opening game in Managua on Friday 3 June. Today, …
Read More »Soca Warriors paid only fraction of owed money, accuse Guardian newspaper of ‘fake news’
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team players are still owed match fees and bonuses for their Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying games in June, despite a promise by the Robert Hadad-led normalisation committee to clear the overdue debt last Friday. And the mood of the Soca Warriors was …
Read More »Eve selects final Gold Cup squad: Molino, Molik and ‘Lobo’ are in; Levi and Bateau unavailable
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team interim head coach Angus Eve announced a 26-man squad for the 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup playoffs today, with Columbus Crew attacker Kevin Molino and La Brea forward Marcus ‘Lobo’ Joseph and 17-year-old Molik Jesse Khan listed among his troops. Notably absent were AEK …
Read More »Joevin and Levi sit out practice before final WCQ, as farcical NC travel plans left players without boots
On the eve of the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team’s final World Cup qualifying outing against St Kitts and Nevis, six players were asked to train in sneakers on wet grass, after they were left without football boots—as a result of farcical travel plans arranged by the Fifa-appointed …
Read More »Bateau: Some players don’t value national shirt enough, but Warriors will play for pride against SKN
Trinidad and Tobago defender Sheldon Bateau, who was stand-in captain on Saturday when the Soca Warriors drew goalless with The Bahamas, said that the team’s weekend result and subsequent elimination from the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying series affected the older players more than the younger ones. The 30-year-old Bateau, …
Read More »Salaries are here, but some players are not; Fenwick selects 22-man squad for Bahamas clash
Would the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team treat tomorrow’s Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying fixture against The Bahamas as a warm-up for next Tuesday’s decisive top of the table clash with St Kitts and Nevis? Or will the Soca Warriors simply try to get the best possible result—and …
Read More »Unleashing Levi, tactical hiccups and that penalty; Wired868 talks to Joevin and Bateau
For footballers, returning to your club after an international match window is akin to slipping back into work after taking a casual day off. You try to draw as little attention to yourself as you can, and to look as fresh and focused on your employer’s immediate concerns as possible. …
Read More »Guyana coach says 3-0 flattered T&T, Muckette returns but doubts over Bateau and Powder
Guyana head coach has blamed early errors for the Golden Jaguars’ 3-0 World Cup qualifying loss to Trinidad and Tobago, rather than anything opposing coach Terry Fenwick cooked up. The Soca Warriors grabbed all three goals in the first half and could have had a fourth, as flanker Joevin Jones missed …
Read More »TTOC to the rescue! Warriors waiver mean Fenwick has full squad to face P/Rico
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Terry Fenwick has been generally lukewarm about the administrative support provided by the TTFA’s office staff, but, this evening, he would be overjoyed by the intervention of the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC). A week before their Qatar 2022 World …
Read More »Bateau, Levi ruled out of P/Rico qualifier, T&T blindsided by two-month-old travel restriction
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Terry Fenwick today admitted to another selection headache, worsened by his own administration, on the eve of the Soca Warriors’ departure for their opening two World Cup qualifiers against Guyana and Puerto Rico. Ace winger Levi Garcia, central defender Sheldon Bateau …
Read More »‘Who’s looking after players?!’ Hyland and Bateau on owed monies, Qatar 2022 and United TTFA/Fifa
Soca Warriors captain Khaleem Hyland and veteran defender Sheldon Bateau are urging stakeholders to remember the young men and women who play the game, as they pointed to the desperate financial state of many local-based players at present. Former Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams left office …
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