IT WAS reported that Bertille St Clair was fired as Trinidad and
Tobago's football coach on March 30, following the team's poor run of
form in the CONCACAF World Cup Final Round Qualifications. But, like
the American Terri Shiavo, St Clair's reign as coach was actually in a
comatose state long before his removal. In fact, St Clair's role as
coach really ended on November 20, 2004, following a three-hour long
"Meeting of the Minds" at the Dr Joao Havelange Centre of Excellence,
Macoya, Tunapuna. The meeting, which was hastily arranged by Trinidad
and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) special advisor Jack Austin
Warner, came three days after a 2-1 victory over St Vincent in a World
Cup qualifier at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo a match
described by many who saw it as one of the worst displays by a TT
football team.
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Former national captain Russell Latapy is set to return home to take up
duties with the Warriors under new head coach Leo Beenhakker early next
month.
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Leo Beenhakker will get an idea of the enormity of the problem facing
him today when he holds his first training session with the Trinidad
and Tobago national squad.
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Newly-appointed national football coach Leo Beenhakker says the job of getting T&T’s Warriors to the World Cup in Germany 2006 is a big one.
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DUTCHMAN Leo Beenhakker does not officially begin his contract as
Trinidad and Tobago national football coach until May 1 but he has
already began to make a significant impact. First, Beenhakker has
offered former national captain David Nakhid a role as a player rather
that as an assistant-coach and is also due to begin his programme
without the services of Scotland-based Russell Latapy, his other
assistant. He says that the seriousness of T&T's situation means
they cannot wait until the middle of June when Latapy is due to finish
his seasoning Scotland as player/coach with First Division Falkirk.
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FOOTBALL fans I'm sure are of the view that newly-appointed coach
Dutchman Leo Beenhakker has been contracted for the long term. This of
course is not to say that the Trinidad and Tobago national football
team will not qualify for next year's World Cup tournament in Germany,
because their chance is as good as any this time around. But surely
Government's intervention will be a key ingredient if they are to
qualify for a World Cup finals. If not for next year, then in the
future, and it calls for a significant amount of funding for the team.
Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation's (TTFF) special advisor Jack
Austin Warner, has made it clear he will pay the salaries of the
coaches which include assistants Russell Latapy an ex-national captain
and midfielder, and compatriot David Nakhid, among many others.
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Trinidad and Tobago coach Leo Beenhakker intends to travel throughout
the United Kingdom to meet with this country’s players based there and
their respective Club managers over the remainder of this month.
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Newly-appointed Trinidad and Tobago senior football coach Leo
Beenhakker is optimistic that the "Warriors" can for the first time
qualify for the World Cup finals, in Germany next year.
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