First ‘Soca Soccer’ series Sunday
T&T Newsday
Saturday, March 31 2007
TRINIDAD and Tobago American Youth Soccer Organisation (T&TAYSO) and the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) together with the Ministry of Sport will stage their first open regional football tournament entitled “Soca Soccer.”
The action is scheduled to begin on April 1 and continues until April 5 at the Arima Municipal Stadium, Arima.
Exhibition games for the under-six to under-10 age groups and under-12, under-15 and under-19 age groups will open the tournament.
All games are scheduled to run from 5 pm to 9 pm each night.
Teams expected to compete are the national under-15 and under-19 women’s football teams, St Augustine Senior Comprehensive football team, Providence Girls’ football team, Holy Cross, Hillview and Memphis FC.
The AYSO programme was first introduced to Trinidad by TTFF adviser Jack Austin Warner in 2002. The organisation is affiliated to FIFA, CONCACAF, and the US Soccer Federation. The T&TAYSO is a volunteer organisation run by locals and governed by elected board members, and caters for youth development through the game of football, with interaction between parents and children with the motto “Everyone Plays!
Prizes consist of medals, trophies and sporting gear for participating teams while there will be special gate prizes and halftime events for children in the stands.