The Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team will go into crucial 2018 World Cup qualifying away fixtures against the United States and Costa Rica with just two recognised wingers, after coach Dennis Lawrence axed San Jose Earthquakes flanker Cordell Cato for indiscipline and released Levi Garcia, Jomal Williams and Akeem …
Read More »TTFA gives US$125k boost to cash-strapped Pro League and Super League competitions
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) continued its charm offensive to local stakeholders today with a US$125,000 (TT$837,000) boon to the local Pro League and Super League competitions to help with their administrative efforts for the upcoming season. The Pro League is the top tier of the domestic game …
Read More »T&T U-17 women’s coach quits, returns to Italy; Carolina continues with half her foreign staff
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams restarted the Women’s National Team programme with a bang on 1 February 2017, as he unveiled respected Italian coach Carolina Morace and her foreign aides, Nicola Williams, Elisabetta Bavagnoli and Manuela Tesse, as assistants. Morace, a former Canada head coach, was …
Read More »TTFA finds room for SSFL and referee bodies in new “home of football” at Ato Boldon Stadium
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) has adjusted its guest list at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva as the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) and Trinidad and Tobago Football Referees Association (TTFRA) will now also have lodging at the venue. The TTFA made the announcement today via a …
Read More »TTFA, Pro League, TTSL and WOLF move to Ato Boldon Stadium; O’Brien re-elected
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) will officially start operating out of the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva on 1 June 2017, as the first part of its relocation process during the construction of a National Training Centre in Couva. Land for the National Training Centre has been sourced …
Read More »Green light for TTSL as TTFA recognises new league; Look Loy seeking local sponsor
All systems are now go for the new Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL), which is carded to kick off on 11 June 2017. The highest hurdle standing in their way was cleared on Wednesday evening when they finally got the long awaited ratification by the Trinidad and Tobago Football …
Read More »Constitutional cage-fight? How standoff between DJW, Look Loy and Gosein could change TTFA
In one corner stands the Central Football Association (CFA) and its general secretary Clynt Taylor and president Shymdeo Gosine as well as the Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) and its interim president Keith Look Loy, who have a joint motion. In the other is the Trinidad and Tobago Football …
Read More »T&T U-15s fight back to win 3-1 on debut; but Republic Bank XI push them close
The Trinidad and Tobago National Under-15 squad made a winning debut at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Balmain, Couva yesterday evening, as they strode to an entertaining 3-1 win against a Republic Bank Invitational XI. But National Under-15 coach Russell Latapy’s charges were pushed close in front of hundreds of supporters on …
Read More »TTFA failing its clubs! Maple complain about cost of incompetence after refs’ no-show
Too bad that Pablo Aimar wasn’t a Maple FC player. Just 48 hours after Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams wined and dined FIFA president Gianni Infantino and staged a celebrity match that included Aimar, a former Argentina World Cup playmaker, and ex-Colombia international striker Juan Pablo …
Read More »Shabazz offers TTFA National Elite Youth Program update but Eve and Taylor point to flaws
Nine. You can count as many as nine players who are currently in the national senior squad who began their careers at Under-13 level under the watchful eyes of former Trinidad and Tobago World Youth Cup coach, Anton Corneal. And if National Youth Football Coordinator Jamaal Shabazz has his way, Under-13 football …
Read More »Parliament poops; Morace misses out as Angel, Aimar and Infantino shine in FIFA fete match
The Cabinet was reshuffled on Monday afternoon at the Ato Boldon Stadium but, as some commentators have been predicting all along, it made little difference. And the presence of National Security Minister Edmund Dillon might have been enough to stop a highly anticipated head-to-head between the national women’s coach and …
Read More »Racism? Infantino says FIFA didn’t care much before; offers odd show of current concern
On a warm, breezy afternoon in Couva, FIFA president Gianni Infantino—dressed in a tee-shirt, short pants and sneakers—was happy to give the impression that he did not take himself too seriously. But, as any good football coach will tell you, once you kick off in a less than professional manner, …
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