A national squad of thirty six players is currently in training gearing towards selection on a Trinidad and Tobago Under 16 team to compete at the Caribbean Football Union Under 16 championship in August at a venue to be determined.
U-17
To go or not to go pro
For large numbers of fifth formers who receive their CXC results, the choice usually lies between repeating the year or starting sixth form. For two of the country’s top young footballers another option presented itself: Go pro.
Players' parents slam Corneal
T&T U-17 coach defends competence Three parents of national Under-17 players, who participated in Trinidad and Tobago's unsuccessful showing at the CONCACAF qualifying tournament in Mexico last month, blasted coach Anton Corneal for turning their sons into "scapegoats" and criticised the motivational style of the technical staff, which included assistant coaches Michael McComie and Shawn Cooper.
TTFF Media Officer for U-17 World Cup
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation’s Media Officer, Shaun Fuentes has been selected to serve on the prestigious Media Department of the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Nigeria.
Fenwick questions Corneal's competence
'TTFF need better youth coaches'
Former England World Cup player and CLICO San Juan Jabloteh technical director, Terry Fenwick, has slammed Trinidad and Tobago national under-17 coach Anton Corneal for his team's performance at the recently-concluded CONCACAF tournament in Mexico and urged the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) to overhaul their youth coaching programme.
National teams to play in Youth Soccer Fest
THE TRINIDAD AND Tobago American Youth Soccer Organisation (TTAYSO) will host their second annual “Soca” Soccer Tournament scheduled for July 5-10 at the Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar from 4.30pm-9.30pm.
U-17 footballer rushed to hospital days after returning from Mexico
NATIONAL Under-17 footballer Dillon Kirton was yesterday rushed to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex in Mt Hope after he complained of experiencing influenza-like symptoms.
Morass of pettiness
U-17 players, staff get clean bill of health
The T&T Under-17 football team and technical staff have been given a clean bill of health from the Ministry of Health and were allowed to return to their families yesterday, after they were deemed free of the swine flu virus. The team was quarantined at the Dr Joao Havelange Centre of Excellence on Tuesday upon arrival from Mexico City where they competed in the Concacaf Under-17 Championship without any success.