The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team players have finally been paid off for the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying series as well as for the 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup qualifying round. A source confirmed that, on Friday, players started receiving payment for outstanding match fees from outings against …
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 »B&B Ep 16: Hutson Charles on Defence Force’s golden era, Hart’s sacking, and November 19th
Hutson ‘Baba’ Charles, a former Trinidad and Tobago international football stand-out and Concacaf Club Championship winner, talks to Burdie and Barney about his rise from youth goalkeeper to Strike Squad midfield star, conquering Concacaf with the Defence Force, why he almost quit coaching after Stephen Hart’s dismissal, and November 19th. …
Read More »‘What does Hadad know about coaching?!’ George and Elie praise Eve but slam appointment ‘process’
Unified Football Coaches of Trinidad and Tobago (UFCTT) interim president Jefferson George and former Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) technical committee member Ken Elie both suggested that Angus Eve is the right coach to lead the Soca Warriors. However, both expressed misgivings about the manner in which Eve was …
Read More »TTFA skips tendering process and hands Eve senior and U-20 portfolios; coach identifies recruits for both teams
Interim Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve was rewarded with a two-year contract today, which should see him lead the Soca Warriors through the 2022-23 Concacaf Nations League competition. His new contract expires on 31 March 2023. Fifa-appointed normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad made the …
Read More »Molino suffers third ACL injury, misses rest of MLS season and Nations League start
Ace Trinidad and Tobago attacking midfielder Kevin Molino is set to miss another year through injury, after going down clutching his right knee in training for United States Major League Soccer (MLS) team Columbus Crew on Tuesday. Club officials confirmed today that Molino ‘will undergo anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction …
Read More »‘Blatant disrespect!’ Players lift lid on G/Cup feud, which almost saw T&T withdraw before Mexico game
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team came within a whisker of elimination from the 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup tournament before the competition even started in earnest. But the wily opponent that nearly chopped down the Soca Warriors, according to the players themselves, was not French Guiana or Montserrat …
Read More »Soca Warriors remain 103rd in world and 11th in Concacaf, for sixth straight cycle
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team remain 103rd in the world and 11th in Concacaf for the sixth straight cycle, according to the latest Fifa ranking today. The Fifa ranking is based on results in full international matches, while a weighting system designates different marks depending on if …
Read More »Cummings: I’m hungrier than ever! ‘Ball Pest’ discusses his health, the Soca Warriors and the Pro League’s problem
“[…] Years ago, there were three rounds [in the Pro League] plus a cup and a Reserve League. Now it is two rounds with eight or nine teams and no cup, with no Reserve League. “[…] The younger players are not getting to play enough football anymore. Judah Garcia played …
Read More »B&B Ep 14: Shaka Hislop on Tokyo Olympics, European club football, and athletes vs social media
Ex-England Premier League and Trinidad and Tobago World Cup goalkeeper and ESPN analyst Shaka Hislop talks to Burdie and Barney about his takeaways from the Tokyo Olympics, the Soca Warriors (and the Caribbean) at the Concacaf Gold Cup, the Harry Kane transfer saga, Barcelona FC’s fire-sale and athletes versus the …
Read More »Eve and Soca Warriors technical staff still unpaid, TTFA regains HoF and sets AGM date
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team interim head coach Angus Eve and his technical staff are among over a dozen Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) employees still awaiting outstanding salaries from the local football body. Eve was hired as Soca Warriors head coach by the Fifa-appointed normalisation committee …
Read More »B&B Ep 13: Ato Boldon and Hayden Martin discuss Gold Cup and Tokyo Olympics
KNVB licensed coaching instructor Hayden Martin gives his view on Soca Warriors’ performance at the 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup, while four-time Olympic medalist, coach and commentator Ato Boldon tells Burdie and Barney what Trinidad and Tobago can expect at the Tokyo Olympics: More from Wired868 B&B Ep 22: Michael Holding: …
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