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Women Warriors saddened by Waldrum’s sacking.
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Head coach of the women’s senior national football team Randy Waldrum was given his marching orders by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) Tuesday, and the decision has hit members of the “Women Warriors” particularly hard as the coach, who was a favourite among the team, parted ways with the squad.

Waldrum in his first stint with the team won the title in the first-ever Caribbean Cup, as well as taking them to the final qualification for the 2015 Women’s World Cup, culminating in a heart-breaking 1-0 defeat to Ecuador at the Hasely Crawford Stadium.

The Texan returned to the fold in December to oversee the two-match series against the US Women’s team in Hawaii, and San Antonio, but did not travel with the team that played in the International Women’s Tournament in Natal, Brazil.

A couple of the players have been vocal in social media regarding the sudden exit of the coach, including Lauryn Hutchinson who shared her appreciation for the out-going coach.

“I’ve never met a man that had the capability of getting female athletes to respond the way Randy Waldrum did,” she said on Facebook. “I’ve never met a man that knew how to instill amazing structure the way Ben Waldrum did. This son and father were able to step into this programme and change the face of Women Soca Warriors forever.”

In another reaction on Facebook, Ahkeela Mollon was more philosophical. “Sometimes the best thing to do is find reasoning in any tough situation you are faced with in life.” she said.

In a TTFA media release yesterday, it was confirmed that Richard Hood would take over the national team, while warm-up matches in Costa Rica on January 25 and 27 have also been confirmed. Hood coached franchise team Boom Champions Fuego to the Women’s Premier League (WPL) title last year.

The “Women Warriors” will soon resume training, as the final stage of the Olympic Women’s Qualifiers kick-off on February 11 in the USA, where the team will take on Guatemala, then Canada on February 14, and Guyana two days later.