Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president Kieron Edwards has promised that the National Under-15 team will get to Aruba to play in the Concacaf Boys’ Under-15 Championship, which kicks off on Saturday. Trinidad and Tobago are scheduled to face Barbados from 9am at Oranjestad on Monday 4 August. However, …
Read More »T&T U-15 Boys struggling for flights to Aruba, with Concacaf tourney kicking off this weekend
Less than 72 hours before the Concacaf Boys’ Under-15 Championship kicks off across Costa Rica, Aruba and Curaçao, the Trinidad and Tobago outfit remain in Trinidad without a departure date. The Concacaf Championship kicks off on Saturday while the Trinidad and Tobago National Boys’ Team open their campaign on Monday …
Read More »Mulraine: Screening sessions to select national youth teams is lazy, inefficient and outdated
“[…] Anyone who has gone through this process knows the folly of trying to select the ‘best’ 20 players out of 100s of young footballers who will turn up. Sometimes a gem has a bad day. Sometimes he is placed on a team with only strange faces and he hardly …
Read More »Dear Editor: TTFA miscommunication denied East U-15 boys of national shot
“[…] Two days ago, it came to my attention, via the TTFA Facebook page, that screening for U15 boys were to be conducted for Mayaro and the North Zone on 17 and 18 May. “This news piqued my interest and I began enquiring through the ‘grapevine’, on when the East …
Read More »T&T U-17 and ‘Pres’ coach Shawn Cooper banned from coaching minors; Corneal: This is unheard of!
Trinidad and Tobago Safeguarding manager Gary St Rose has banned Men’s National Under-17 team head coach Shawn Cooper from coaching minors in an unprecedented move within the national setup. On Saturday 15 March, St Rose issued a release on a TTFA letterhead that took aim at the veteran coach, who …
Read More »T&T U-14s fall just short in 4-3 CFU semifinal loss to French Guiana
Trinidad and Tobago will settle for a place in Sunday’s CFU Boys U-14 Series third place playoff, after a 4-3 loss to French Guiana at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet tonight denied the hosts a chance at the regional trophy. The young Soca Warriors never led and trailed 4-1 …
Read More »Rowe and Blackman strike as T&T U-14s bounce back with win over SKN
Trinidad and Tobago closed off their group stage campaign tonight with a 2-0 win over Saint Kitts and Nevis at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, as they advanced to the semifinal round of the CFU Boys U-14 Series tournament. The young Soca Warriors, who finished as Group A runners-up, …
Read More »T&T U-14s fall 2-0 to impressive Jamaica in top of the table clash
The Trinidad and Tobago Boys National Under-14 Team tasted defeat for the first time tonight and it would have been a humbling experience. The final score read 2-0 to Jamaica, but that did not tell the whole story. The young Soca Warriors were second best throughout at the Dwight Yorke …
Read More »Gibbes’ double delight as T&T U-14s thump SKN 5-0; Jamaica are next
Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica both tallied emphatic wins on the second match day of the CFU Boys Under-14 Series today, to set up a cracking group finale tomorrow at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, Tobago. Jamaica crushed Aruba 6-0 in the first game of a double header. Trinidad …
Read More »Adasa and Nanton score as T&T U-14s down Aruba 3-1 in CFU opener
Trinidad and Tobago opened their CFU U-14 Boys Series campaign on a winning note tonight, as they downed Aruba 3-1 in Group A action at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, Tobago. The host nation were on the front foot for most of the 70-minute contest and went ahead after …
Read More »Theobald names T&T Boys U-14 team; Tobago’s Ball Blasters and City FC claim nine picks
Trinidad and Tobago Boys National Under-14 coach Densill Theobald selected a 20-member squad today which will represent the two-island republic at the CFU U-14 Boys Series from 15 to 25 August. The Boys competition, like the Concacaf Girls Under-15 Championship League B, will be staged in Trinidad and Tobago. Theobald’s …
Read More »T&T Boys U14s and Girls U15s brace for August international tests
There will be maiden international tests for players and coaches alike when the Trinidad and Tobago Boys National Under-14 troops get going in the 2024 CFU Boys Under-14 Challenge Series next month on home soil. The young national team are led by former World Cup 2006 midfielder Densill Theobald, who …
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