Tag Archives: Soca Warriors

“[…] I see John-Paul Rochford playing in between the lines like Judah Garcia, as an inverted winger. He shoots the ball well for a little fellah. I don’t think we shoot enough from outside.  “He is a tenacious player and has a great eye for a pass and a tremendous …

Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve will not have the services of giant central defender Leland Archer when the Soca Warriors face Bolivia in a friendly international from 5pm on Friday at the Estadio Olímpico Patria in Sucre. The Warriors landed in Bolivia this morning …

Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve selected 12 players and two reserves from his 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup squad in his travelling party, as the Soca Warriors prepare to resume international action away to Bolivia on Friday 21 January. The Warriors leave tomorrow for the …

The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team finally have a practice game, after five months and three international match windows of inactivity. The Soca Warriors travel to Bolivia to face the host nation from 5pm on 21 January at the Estadio Olimpico Patrio in Sucre. Bolivia have two friendlies …

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) today announced its Players of the Year for 2021, against a backdrop of little to no activity in the domestic game. Costa Rica-based central defender Aubrey David was adjudged the Men’s Player of the Year while Kennya ‘Yaya’ Cordner snared the Women’s prize. …

Former Trinidad and Tobago national youth team coach Shawn Cooper explains an often overlooked deficiency in local teams—the support staff!—and its impact on the Soca Warriors’ readiness at Concacaf level. Look out for Part Two of our interview with Cooper on Friday 3 December as he talks to the Burdie …

Think you know all about football? Wait until you’ve competed at Concacaf level! Presentation College (San Fernando) head coach Shawn Cooper explains the challenge in moving from Trinidad and Tobago’s domestic competitions to Concacaf tournaments: Look out for our full interview from Thursday 18 November as Cooper, the only coach …

“You think you got picked already?!” Presentation College (San Fernando) head coach Shawn Cooper recalls his wake-up call to the then 14-year-old Trinidad and Tobago whiz kid Levi Garcia and how the Shiva Boys Hindu College star responded to his setback. Look out for our full interview on Wednesday 17 …

HFX Wanderers goalkeeper coach and former Trinidad and Tobago international stand-out and three-time Gold Cup custodian Jan-Michael Williams lifts the lid on the impact of ex-TTFA president David John-Williams on the Soca Warriors, his controversial W Connection exit, premature international retirement, and THAT injury against Honduras which caused a split …

HFX Wanderers goalkeeper coach and former Trinidad and Tobago international stand-out and three-time Gold Cup custodian Jan-Michael Williams explains why his Soca Warriors career ended at age 32, although he played professionally in Honduras, Guatemala and Canada for another three years. Look out for part two of Williams’ interview on …

HFX Wanderers goalkeeper coach and ex-Trinidad and Tobago international stand-out and three-time Gold Cup custodian Jan-Michael Williams talks to Burdie and Barney about tough lessons at the 2001 U-17 World Cup, racism in Hungary, and the mental, physical and psychological preparation necessary to become a high level international footballer. Subscribe …

Former Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team assistant coach Hutson ‘Baba’ Charles confirmed that he was still a member of head coach Angus Eve’s technical staff up until 23 September, when the Soca Warriors resumed training at the Diego Martin Sporting Complex. It means that Eve’s decision to replace …