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While the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association tries to secure friendly matches for the national senior team, head coach Dwight Yorke will be checking on the status of players overseas, both those already inside the team set-up and those who may be eligible to represent the country.

In the face of concerns about the country’s talent pool in football, national coach Dwight Yorke has expressed confidence that his players can take us to the World Cup in 2026, which will be staged in the Concacaf region by the United States, Mexico and Canada.

SOCA Warriors head coach Dwight Yorke encouraged the national players to keep their spot by being professional, as club footballers are waiting to take it.

Matches against Saudi Arabia and Qatar have been lined up as the first real tests for new national football coach Dwight Yorke and his staff ahead of the preliminary round of the CONCACAF Gold Cup and also the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers next year.

After the fanfare, fireworks and unchallenged regurgitation of syrupy public relations tripe, you think there is any prospect of a balanced assessment of Trinidad and Tobago’s 2026 World Cup qualifying chances under Dwight Yorke and Russell Latapy before the team actually plays a proper football game?

Senior Men’s Team Head Coach Dwight Yorke closed his first training camp on Monday at the Larry Gomes Stadium with a match against local outfit Defence Force. The match ended with a 1-0 result in favour of the national team through a Kaheim Thomas free kick in the final third of the encounter.

The FC Cincinnati Academy today announced the hiring of former FC Cincinnati defender Justin Hoyte as an assistant coach for the U13 and U14 teams. Hoyte rejoins the FC Cincinnati organization after playing for the Orange and Blue for three seasons.

San Antonio FC has re-signed defender Shannon Gomez for the 2025 season, pending league and federation approval. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Veteran TT women's striker Kennya "YaYa" Cordner has signed a deal with Beylerbeyi SK in the Turkish Women’s Super League.

Howard University of Washington, D.C. celebrated the achievements of two of its soccer teams (1974 and 1975) on the weekend of November 1st-3rd.  FC Santa Rosa President, Keith Look Loy, was a member of both teams (nicknamed the Bisons), and attended several commemorative events held over the weekend, accompanied by his wife, Cathy Ann Look Loy.

Trinidadian Paul Decle has been appointed Technical Director of football in the Virgin Islands. His appointment was first announced by the BVI Football Association (BVIFA) at the launch of the 14th BDO Schools Football League on October 30, 2024, at A. O. Shirley Recreation Grounds.

Three years after returning for his fourth stint as Head Coach of the Golden Jaguars, Jamaal Shabazz has parted ways with the Guyana Football Federation’s flagship national programme.

A second-half free-kick from national youth player Caden Trestrail shot Fatima College to the Secondary Schools Football League's (SSFL) national under-16 title at Fatima grounds in Mucurapo on December 2.

FORMER Soca Warriors coach Angus Eve has returned to his former local outfit Club Sando, saying his goal is to develop young footballers as his love for country will keep him involved in the local game.

NIGEL De Souza, 1976 FC Phoenix coach, has said the departure of key players ahead of the 2024/25 Trinidad and Tobago Premier Football League (TTPFL) season will do little to hinder their ambitions as they aim for a top-three finish in only their second season of top-flight football.

Pleasantville Secondary and St Joseph’s Convent Port of Spain booked their spots in the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Girls Coca-Cola Intercol final after securing contrasting victories in their respective semifinals on December 1.

At 14, Form 3 Pleasantville Secondary student Nikita Gosine is already making waves on the football circuit. A speedy forward who possesses game awareness beyond her years, Gosine was instrumental in Pleasantville's run to the Secondary Schools Football League's (SSFL) Coca-Cola girl's national intercol title in 2023 – scoring a brace against Miracle Ministries Pentecostal High School in the final at the Hasely Crawford Stadium.

Gateway Athletics International has issued a statement alluding to the innocence of its managing director Shem Alexander after he was arrested in Jamaica for allegedly trafficking guns and ammunition from the US to Trinidad and Tobago.

Trinidad and Tobago Under-15s thumped Guatemala 3-0 on August 11 to finish third in the Concacaf Girls' Championship League B at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo.

Trinidad and Tobago's under-15 girls' football team narrowly missed out on a spot in the League B final of the Concacaf Girls' Under-15 Championships, when they fell to a 1-0 loss to the Dominican Republic in a tense semifinal at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo on August 9.

The Trinidad and Tobago national Under-15 girls footballers have won their group and will today meet the Dominican Republic in today’s League B semi-final stage of the 2024 CONCACAF Girls Under-15 Championship being held here.

Trinidad and Tobago's girls’ under-15 football teams got their first wins in League B of the 2024 Concacaf Girls’ Under-15 Championships on August 6 when they got respective 1-0 victories over St Kitts and Nevis and Curacao at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Mucurapo.

NEAT passing and possession were not enough to give Trinidad and Tobago a victory against Antigua and Barbuda in their opening match of the Concacaf Under-15 Girls Championships at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo on August 5.

There was no room for talented young striker Nikita Gosine in Marlon Charles’ 18-man team to contest the coming Concacaf Under-15 Championships to be held here in T&T from August 5–11.

Premier League Table

Rank Teams Played Points
1 AC Port-of-Spain 20 44
2 Police FC 20 42
3 Defence Force 20 40
4 Club Sando 20 35
5 La Horquetta Rangers 20 28
6 1976 FC Phoenix 20 27
7 Morvant Caledonia United 20 24
8 Point Fortin Civic FC 20 23
9 Prison Service FC 20 22
10 Eagles FC 20 20
11 Central FC 20 2

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Tuesday, 04 December 2007

Coach Wim Rijsbergen is suspended and relieved from all duties of National Coach for a period of six-months pursuant to a decision of the Disciplinary Committee of the TTFF. This is the result of a physical altercation that Rijsbergen had with Technical Director Lincoln Phillips.

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Trinidad and Tobago men`s beach soccer team were defeated 2-0 win  to four-time champions Mexico in the quarter-final of the Concacaf Beach Soccer Championships held at Malcolm Park, Bahamas on Friday night.

Trinidad and Tobago's men's futsal team fell to a humiliating 11-1 loss in their final group game at the 2024 Concacaf Futsal Championship in Managua, Nicaragua on April 15, as they were hammered by Dominican Republic to crash out of the group stage.