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 »St Benedict’s star, Pierre, could miss T&T’s U-17 WCQ; chooses school tour over national camp
Trinidad and Tobago look likely to be without the services of talented 16-year-old defender Adam ‘Toka’ Pierre for their 2025 Fifa Under-17 World Cup qualifying campaign. Pierre was a key figure for Trinidad and Tobago at the 2023 Concacaf Under-15 Championship. However, Wired868 understands that Pierre has not trained once …
Read More »Eve’s exit clause, Boyce’s mysterious appointment and a ‘ghost’ youth team
Outgoing Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve had another 17 months left on his contract with the Soca Warriors when he was sacked by the new Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) executive, led by president Kieron Edwards. However, crucially, there was a termination clause. …
Read More »Boyce, Benedict’s and ex-Central coach, gets T&T U-20 post—two years before tournament
St Benedict’s College coach Randolph ‘Balo’ Boyce has been selected as the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-20 Team head coach, in the second major appointment done by the Kieron Edwards-led Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA). He replaces Brian Haynes, who led the young Soca Warriors to a first …
Read More »New TTFA exec set to veto National U-17’s Florida tour plans for Jamaica outing
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) is poised to change the travel plans of its Men’s National Under-17 Team in what looks to be the first meaningful change of the new Kieron Edwards-led executive. The young Soca Warriors were due to depart today for a seven-day camp in Florida. …
Read More »New TTFA president will chair technical committee; Sancho tipped for role
New Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president Kieron “Bo” Edwards is set to be installed as technical and development committee chairman, as the new executive committee prepares to resuscitate the local football body’s standing committees. The technical and development committee, according to the TTFA constitution, advises the executive committee …
Read More »UFCTT: ‘There’s no transparent, standardised process for hiring of national football coaches!’
“[…] Despite a promise by Normalisation Committee member Nicholas Gomez, the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) remains without a functioning technical committee for close to two years and there is no transparent, standardised process for the hiring of coaches. “[…] We would like to remind Mr Robert Hadad and …
Read More »UFCTT slam NC’s ‘illogical’ appointment of Konstin as Women’s coach, demand technical committee
“[…] You will not go to a doctor to do a root canal or a dentist to do a heart surgery, why then hire a Futsal coach with no experience in 11 v 11 to coach your Senior Women’s Team? “[…] The growing concern for the UFCTT is the shortcomings …
Read More »Mars: Women’s staff appointments show why Hadad-led NC urgently needs standing committees!
Unified Football Coaches of Trinidad and Tobago (UFCTT) general secretary Rayshawn Mars has urged the Fifa-appointed normalisation committee to re-appoint technical and finance standing committees to better serve the local game, in the wake of the controversial recent selections to the Women’s National Senior Team technical staff. On Wednesday, the …
Read More »No excuses! Eve and NC discuss Gold Cup, the next full-time T&T coach, and why Fenwick was fired
“I know not everybody is going to be on my side—and they don’t have to be,” said new Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve, “but support the guys… We need to support the team. “Not every time you will get the result you want, but …
Read More »The Hadad era: has normalisation committee become a threat to T&T football?
“America won’t have [Christian] Pulisic, so it will be an easy game,” Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) acting general secretary Amiel Mohammed supposedly told a football insider, as he bragged about the Fifa-appointed normalisation committee’s coup in securing a friendly match against Concacaf giants, the United States. Mohammed could …
Read More »Over 75 applicants for T&T women’s head coach, as TTFA contemplates TT$3.4 million windfall
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) women’s director of football Jinelle James said the next Women Soca Warriors head coach should be someone with real passion for the job, as the local football body prepares to fill a key vacancy. The TTFA opened its door for prospective coaches on Monday. …
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