Coach Wim Rijsbergen suspended !
By: Shaun Fuentes (TTFF).
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation wishes to advise that Mr Wilhelmus Rijsbergen has been suspended for a period of Six (6) months effective December 4 2007 to June 4 2008 and relieved from all duties of National Coach pursuant to the decision of the Disciplinary Committee of the TTFF dated December 5 2007.
Mr Anton Corneal, previously Assistant Coach of the T&T National Senior Team, will act as head coach until further notice. The Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation also wishes to announce the resignation of Assistant Coach Mr Jan Van Deinsen on medical grounds effective December 31, 2007.
This country's next assignment on the international stage will be a friendly international against Guadeloupe on February 6 at the Queen's Park Oval. T&T will also travel to face Jamaica at the National Stadium in Kingston on March 26,2008. T&T's first World Cup qualifier towards the 2010 Finals will be played in June 2008 against the winner of the Bermuda/Cayman Islands first round tie.