Roughly two dozen Haitian teenagers made history for the French-speaking islanders this evening at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva when Haiti booked their first-ever berth at a FIFA Women’s World Cup after a 1-0 triumph over Canada. It will be only the Caribbean nation’s second appearance in a FIFA …
Read More »USA hold off Mexico to top group; set up CONCACAF semifinal date with Haiti
The United States and Mexico booked their final dance partners today as the CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship enters its business end on Friday at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. USA, who won the last four successive CONCACAF Under-20 tournaments and five of the Confederation’s seven competitions at this level, …
Read More »We’re here to win! USA open account against Nicaragua; Mexico spank dismal Jamaica
Defending the title they have won in the competition’s last four editions, USA got off to a winning start in the 2018 edition of the CONCACAF Under-20 Women’s Championship. On a cool Friday evening at the Ato Boldon Stadium, they defeated Nicaragua 2-0. On the second evening of tournament action …
Read More »Women Warriors bow out in CONCACAF semis after 5-0 loss to USA
The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team’s Rio 2016 Olympic chase ended, predictably, at the CONCACAF semifinal stage last night, as they were crushed 5-0 by hosts and FIFA World Cup champions, the United States, at the BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston. The result meant that CONCACAF’s two women’s …
Read More »Five-star Women Warriors spank Guyana; T&T book semifinal date with USA
The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team inflicted a historic 5-1 whipping on neighbours, Guyana, last night to advance to the CONCACAF 2016 Olympic qualifying series semifinal round on Friday. It was Trinidad and Tobago’s joint largest margin of victory in a CONCACAF women’s tournament, after a 6-2 win against …
Read More »No USSF loan: TTFA accepted just US$12,500 for US victory tour games
Former Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) general secretary Sheldon Phillips agreed to send the “Women Soca Warriors” to play two matches against the 2015 FIFA World Cup champions for less than the cost of airfare, according to documents leaked to Wired868. The TTFA has remained in perilous financial straits …
Read More »US women hit T&T for six; W/Warriors pondered strike before gala friendly
The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team suffered another heavy defeat last night, as they went down 6-0 to the United States at an exhibition match in San Antonio. The result was hot on the heels of an 11-0 hammering from Brazil for a largely second string Trinidad and …
Read More »USA Victory Tour farce: Women Warriors v USA cancelled due to unfit surface
Today’s opening fixture of the “USA Victory Tour”, which pitted the host national and World Cup champions against the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team, has been cancelled after the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) deemed the artificial playing surface at the Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii was deemed unfit …
Read More »USA routs T&T; but Princesses can book W/Cup spot on Sunday
First, the good news: the present Trinidad and Tobago national under-20 women’s team is just 90 minutes away from becoming the first local team to ever qualify for a FIFA women’s competition. The “Soca Princesses” meet Costa Rica from 5 pm on Sunday at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex in …
Read More »T&T U-20 women bow to Mexico; Princesses meet USA next
The Trinidad and Tobago national under-20 women’s football team had lost all five previous outings against Mexico at CONCACAF level. This evening, in the Cayman Islands, the Spanish-speaking North American nation extended its run over the two island Caribbean republic to six successive victories. At the final whistle, Mexico emerged …
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