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The Trinidad and Tobago Boys’ National Under-15 Team lost their first outing of the 2025 Concacaf Under-15 Championship today, and it was a heavy one. The young Soca Warriors conceded three goals to Jamaica in each 35-minute half, as they were trounced 6-2 by their north Caribbean neighbours—in what has …

“[…] Safeguarding in youth sports does not simply mean preventing abuse; it encompasses a proactive commitment to avoid all unnecessary physical or emotional risks for children. “[…] By dividing travel into separate groups, often hours apart and involving exhausting overnight layovers, the TTFA created circumstances where proper adult supervision became …

“[…] This is not merely an issue of late bookings. It reflects a pattern of dysfunction and a laissez-faire—or as we say locally, vay ki vay—approach to administration by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA). “[…] This kind of uncertainty and improvisation has no place in the professional administration of sport, …

The Trinidad and Tobago Boys National Under-15 Team finally departed yesterday for the Concacaf Boys’ Under-15 Championship in Aruba—two days late and a player short. The young Soca Warriors were due in Aruba by Saturday 2 August while their first game was scheduled against Barbados at 9am on Monday 4 …

Trinidad and Tobago will get to Aruba two days late for the Concacaf Under-15 Championship. But, crucially, they will be in time for kick off in their opening Group E encounter against Barbados in League B. And perhaps the most important thing is they will get there at all. After …

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, …

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 …

“[…] Nobody could force Selwyn Melville; it is his intellectual property. The game is bigger than everybody, so let’s just move on, leave him alone and get another nickname—just like we moved on from ‘Strike Squad’. “[…] We have a World Cup to qualify for and this should not be an …

“[…] We have a national senior men’s soccer team funded by Fifa, the government (my tax dollars), and private donors that pays for radio announcers’ travel and lodging to cover their games on a radio station that broadcasts those games and sells advertising. “This scenario raises important questions about media independence, conflict of interest, and …

“[…] The Women Soca Warriors are going to get pummelled because we deliberately chose to ignore their programme. “It seems to me that we are a culture that likes to see women being humiliated. We will invest heavily in men’s sports, especially football, but will neglect our women and make …

“[…] Our Senior Women’s National team also have World Cup hopes—yet we are being neglected. We are near the middle of June are basically in July. Yet we have: no head coach; no friendlies; no local pool in training. “Is as if we don’t exist…” Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National …

A double from debutante Dante Sealy, a goal on return from Levi Garcia and another from veteran Kevin Molino, and a sell-out crowd at the Hasely Crawford Stadium. There was plenty to please Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president Kieron Edwards and, more importantly, football fans in red, white …