Futsal

CLAYTON MORRIS, the coach of the Trinidad and Tobago national futsal team, is pushing for the establishment of a National Futsal Football League as a means of lifting the level of the sport in the country. Morris was speaking following his team’s participation last week at the 2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship at the Domo Polideportivo in Guatemala City, Guatemala, where Caribbean champions T&T failed to grab one of the three qualifying places for the World Futsal Championship.

AS PART of their preparations for the Concacaf Futsal Final Round Qualifiers, the Clayton Morris-coached T&T men’s Futsal (five-a-side) football team will come up against Tobago Select at Scarborough Secondary School from 6 pm tonight.

Cuba defeated Trinidad & Tobago by a score of 9:2 in a Group A encounter at the 2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship. In the other encounter, Guatemala came back from a three goal deficit to earn a 3:3 tie against Mexico.

CONCACAF on Monday, announced the groups and schedule for the 2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship which will include Trinidad and Tobago at the Domo Polideportivo in Guatemala City, Guatemala from 3-8 June.

Guatemala topped Trinidad & Tobago by a score of 5:0 in a Group A encounter at the 2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship at the Domo Polideportivo in Guatemala City on Tuesday evening.

Host T&T defeated Haiti 6-3 in the final of the Caribbean Futsal Qualifying Tournament to the Concacaf Qualifiers at the Canedo Hall, Dr Joao Havelange, Centre of Excellence, yesterday.

CLAYTON MORRIS, coach of the national Futsal (five-a-side football) was left fuming after United Petrotrin’s goalkeeper, Perry Martin was forced to withdraw from the 12-man squad for the Concacaf Futsal Final Round Qualifiers.

TRINIDAD AND Tobago and Haiti set up a meeting in the final of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Futsal tournament when they recorded comfortable wins on Saturday to end as the respective group winners.