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Sports => Football => Topic started by: vb on August 24, 2008, 05:23:01 AM
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Don't know if you guys saw this before. Took a quick look. Looks impressive.
http://1stfcsantarosa.com/LATEST_NEWS.htm
VB
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dat is my old club. best team in arima :D
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this the same club that used to play eddie hart league-Arimaman dis your club that we used to beat up consistently? :devil:
the site look decent man.
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this the same club that used to play eddie hart league-Arimaman dis your club that we used to beat up consistently? :devil:
the site look decent man.
LOL i never play in that league, only the eastern division. if i was there alyuh was not beating we :devil:
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this the same club that used to play eddie hart league-Arimaman dis your club that we used to beat up consistently? :devil:
the site look decent man.
Nah....dem men tief we name b/c we were very successful.... Wha ah go say?
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this the same club that used to play eddie hart league-Arimaman dis your club that we used to beat up consistently? :devil:
the site look decent man.
Nah....dem men tief we name b/c we were very successful.... Wha ah go say?
well nah can't remember them but seem like a nice thing they have going on
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After I leave trini in 1991, after Santa Rosa Ball Players dominate Eddie Hart league, all of a sudden, Santa Rosa FC show up.
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Nice website. How successfull is this organization. I remmember this being a Kieth Lok-Loy outfit. I thought they had a senior team that played in the eastern leauge, but I guess not. 20 years ago Arima velodrome used to lively with football. Memphis, etc.. They all gone thru. They have the stadium but no pro team. It is pity we can't move the stadium to Grande. But good luck to them. I hope the youths they training will be the nucleus for a senior team in the future. God Bless!!!!
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Nice website. How successfull is this organization. I remmember this being a Kieth Lok-Loy outfit. I thought they had a senior team that played in the eastern leauge, but I guess not. 20 years ago Arima velodrome used to lively with football. Memphis, etc.. They all gone thru. They have the stadium but no pro team. It is pity we can't move the stadium to Grande. But good luck to them. I hope the youths they training will be the nucleus for a senior team in the future. God Bless!!!!
they had a senior team but it never work out, they train in Arima senior comprehensive ground. talking about memphis , we had a game against them and d damn supporters start pelting stone because they was losing lol :-\
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After I leave trini in 1991, after Santa Rosa Ball Players dominate Eddie Hart league, all of a sudden, Santa Rosa FC show up.
Arima you play on de Santa Rosa under 19 champions team dat lost to Tringrove over 30 team in Eddie hart league ? You know de side wid Bennet and dem ? :devil: dat side had national youth players but bounce up ah old man side dat manners dem in front de grand stand ...
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After I leave trini in 1991, after Santa Rosa Ball Players dominate Eddie Hart league, all of a sudden, Santa Rosa FC show up.
Arima you play on de Santa Rosa under 19 champions team dat lost to Tringrove over 30 team in Eddie hart league ? You know de side wid Bennet and dem ? :devil: dat side had national youth players but bounce up ah old man side dat manners dem in front de grand stand ...
Wayyysa, yuh know how long i eh hear Bennet and dem name call, grew up watching Brent and Sheldon Bennet kick ball for Compre... They used to also kick ball with my big bros for a side called Samdoria in a community league in Santa Rosa too back in the late 80's/early 90's...
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After I leave trini in 1991, after Santa Rosa Ball Players dominate Eddie Hart league, all of a sudden, Santa Rosa FC show up.
Arima you play on de Santa Rosa under 19 champions team dat lost to Tringrove over 30 team in Eddie hart league ? You know de side wid Bennet and dem ? :devil: dat side had national youth players but bounce up ah old man side dat manners dem in front de grand stand ...
Wayyysa, yuh know how long i eh hear Bennet and dem name call, grew up watching Brent and Sheldon Bennet kick ball for Compre... They used to also kick ball with my big bros for a side called Samdoria in a community league in Santa Rosa too back in the late 80's/early 90's...
Yep, I am Brent. I eh know bout tringrove mannersing we nah. We U14 was playing U19 and beating people. When we all got to high school age, we used to dominate the senior division...of course Parliment was a pain in we behind..
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After I leave trini in 1991, after Santa Rosa Ball Players dominate Eddie Hart league, all of a sudden, Santa Rosa FC show up.
Arima you play on de Santa Rosa under 19 champions team dat lost to Tringrove over 30 team in Eddie hart league ? You know de side wid Bennet and dem ? :devil: dat side had national youth players but bounce up ah old man side dat manners dem in front de grand stand ...
Wayyysa, yuh know how long i eh hear Bennet and dem name call, grew up watching Brent and Sheldon Bennet kick ball for Compre... They used to also kick ball with my big bros for a side called Samdoria in a community league in Santa Rosa too back in the late 80's/early 90's...
Yep, I am Brent. I eh know bout tringrove mannersing we nah. We U14 was playing U19 and beating people. When we all got to high school age, we used to dominate the senior division...of course Parliment was a pain in we behind..
jai ain't go let we forget that story. champion of champions :beermug:
upstarts rule eddie hart leahgue. santa rosa had a good 1 year so only a 1 page file. Tringrove ok was decent.
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After I leave trini in 1991, after Santa Rosa Ball Players dominate Eddie Hart league, all of a sudden, Santa Rosa FC show up.
Arima you play on de Santa Rosa under 19 champions team dat lost to Tringrove over 30 team in Eddie hart league ? You know de side wid Bennet and dem ? :devil: dat side had national youth players but bounce up ah old man side dat manners dem in front de grand stand ...
Wayyysa, yuh know how long i eh hear Bennet and dem name call, grew up watching Brent and Sheldon Bennet kick ball for Compre... They used to also kick ball with my big bros for a side called Samdoria in a community league in Santa Rosa too back in the late 80's/early 90's...
Yep, I am Brent. I eh know bout tringrove mannersing we nah. We U14 was playing U19 and beating people. When we all got to high school age, we used to dominate the senior division...of course Parliment was a pain in we behind..
jai ain't go let we forget that story. champion of champions :beermug:
upstarts rule eddie hart leahgue. santa rosa had a good 1 year so only a 1 page file. Tringrove ok was decent.
Ha ha ha ..ah kyah badtalk upstarts since I played with them at under 19 ..one thing though Eddie hart used to bring een national players for every final so I eh know if yuh bring een keith Aqui and some ah dem malvern players and yuh win if yuh could claim Upstarts victory. Tringrove was always Tringrove, win , win or win ....
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Santa Rosa FC aspires for Super League spot
T&T Newsday
THE MANAGEMENT of 1st FC Santa Rosa is setting its sights on fielding a team in the 2012 National Super League.
To achieve this reality, the club has formed a men’s team which will participate in the Eastern Football Association (EFA) Second Division this season.
The team will be eyeing a spot in the EFA’s First Division in 2011, which will be a stepping stone towards their qualification for the 2012 Super League.
The club’s pre-season training will get going on February 22 and the Santa Rosa squad will be featuring in both the Under-14 and Under-16 Divisions of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) National Youth League.
Santa Rosa were the runners-up in the Under-15 category last year.
There have been a number of activities involving members of the club within the past few weeks, on and off the field of play.
On December 12, two of the club’s coaches Timothy Rochford and Anderson Veronique attended a Digicel-sponsored clinic for coaches of Under-15 players.
The clinic, which was conducted by coaches from English Premier League club Sunderland, was staged at the Queen’s Park Oval, Port-of-Spain.
Another development within the club was the appointment of veteran administrator Norris Ferguson as its Media and Public Relations Officer, effective December 2009.
Ferguson has been involved at the administration level of local football since 1989, having served as president of the Southern Football Association, an assistant general secretary in the TTFF, manager of W Connection FC, secretary of the Pro League as well as manager of the national men’s Under-20 team in the mid-1990s, under Keith Look Loy (who is the president of 1st FC Santa Rosa).
He currently works as a match commissioner in the Pro League and Super League, at the local level, and throughout the Western Hemisphere for CFU, Concacaf and FIFA matches.
Also at the management level, a pair of firms have come on board to assist the club this year.
BG TT (British Gas Trinidad and Tobago) has contributed to Santa Rosa’s 2010 community development effort in the districts of Arima and Biche, while the Trinidad and Tobago Mortgage Finance Company Limited (TTMF) will continue its partnership with the club, having jumped on board in 2008.
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FC Santa Rosa to go global
T&T Newsday
FC SANTA Rosa’s drive for recognition in local and international football took yet another positive step with a decision to share their information with the global football audience.
This is being done through popular football website (www.simplyfutebol.com) which conducts the promotion of Latin American football.
Such a promotion will allow the club to, not only highlight the positives of the club as well as that of local football, but will also create an avenue where players can earn trials and contracts with clubs in Latin America and eventually the wider football community internationally.
In a release, club president Keith Look Loy also revealed other key decisions taken by the Eastern club that will assist them in their aim for promotion to the country’s top flight football league, the TT Pro League.
In addition to the search for corporate partnership, the rising football club now known popularly as “The Cannons” has been strengthening their team for actual competition.
Only recently the club announced the recruitment of former midfielder Jevaughn Vance and Theon James to their roster for the 2010 football season. Vance is the 2009 Secondary Schools’ Football League’s Player of the Year and was also among a selected All Star team from the league.
The St Augustine Secondary School football captain also copped the award for the Best Midfielder which is being called the Russell Latapy Trophy and the Player of the Year, which is known as the Dwight Yorke Trophy.
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theon aint tell me nutten bout dis...hard clout fuh dat..
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That site should be simplyfutbol.com without the e.
Here's the direct link
http://www.simplyfutbol.com/2010/04/fc-santa-rosa.html
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Santa Rosa pleads for artificial turf
T&T Newsday
THE ARIMA Borough Corporation has been asked by football club 1st FC Santa Rosa to install an artificial field at the Arima Municipal Stadium, as the club seeks entry into the 2011-2012 season of the Digicel Pro League.
In the club’s monthly notes, club owner and president Keith Look Loy pointed out that he advised Mayor Adrian Cabralis and his Council of the need for such a field, given the large number of matches played on the existing natural field.
Look Loy, a current FIFA official, is also keen on preparing an infrastructure development concept for the Velodrome, which will be presented to Cabralis and his Council.
The Santa Rosa club also has a page on global internet site Facebook. The page was created in March and it currently has a membership of 258.
As far as its player personnel is concerned, Jevaughn Vance, the 2009 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Most Valuable Player has rejoined the club after spending four years with Joe Public’s youth teams. He declined offers to represent Joe Public at the Pro League level, in order to help Santa Rosa seek a place in next season’s competition.
1st FC Santa Rosa is also attracting sponsorships, as Automotive Components Limited and VEMCO Limited have come on board.
Automotive Components Limited is a subsidiary of the Neal and Massy Group, and the Santa Rosa players will carry the logo of the Power Master brand on their shorts.
As part of VEMCO’s agreement, the Santa Rosa squads will sport Gatorade logos on their shirt, and they will also be provided Gatorade equipment.
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Everybody want a field and then they go cry for money to maintain it.
We need to utilize we resources better.
To much field and to much football seperated, we not big enough for that, it takes away from de community.
FC Santa Rosa and North East Stars should play at the Larry Gomes.
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Well Said Sam- Play Larry Gomes Stadium. The problem is maintenance and handouts.
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Everybody want a field and then they go cry for money to maintain it.
We need to utilize we resources better.
To much field and to much football seperated, we not big enough for that, it takes away from de community.
FC Santa Rosa and North East Stars should play at the Larry Gomes.
Dai's alright man, their MP go help dem out ;)
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Everybody want a field and then they go cry for money to maintain it.
We need to utilize we resources better.
To much field and to much football seperated, we not big enough for that, it takes away from de community.
FC Santa Rosa and North East Stars should play at the Larry Gomes.
Sam,
I politely disagree with you on this one. Because of the distance I feel Grande and Arima should play on seperate grounds in their respective communities. They are seperate. I agree with Keith that the Velodrome should have a turf field because of the wear and tear on the natural grass. Now I think Jabloteh and AIA should be playing in Aranguez. The communities are less that 5 miles apart. They are one contiguous community.
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They need to build a stadium strickly for fetes and leave the stadiums out of it.
On the topic, Deeks have a valid point.
I still cant understand how Police FC home field is Ato Boldon Stadium though.
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Santa Rosa serve plate of revenge to Levi-less Marabella
By Lasana Liburd (Wired868.com)
“Marabella is a good team,” said FC Santa Rosa coach Keith Look Loy. “They have good ball players and even a player with (Under-20) World Cup experience. They humiliated us 6-2 in the first game of the season, so we needed a win to get close to them and move up the table.
“And we needed a measure of salvation for the club to reverse that humiliation.”
Yesterday evening, Rashad Griffith was FC Santa Rosa’s redeemer at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, as the Arima-based team eked out a 1-0 win over Marabella Family Crisis Centre, who travelled without their star player, 17-year-old attacker Levi Garcia.
Garcia, who will officially join Dutch Eredivisie club, AZ Alkmaar, on his 18th birthday on November 20, pulled out of the match with a sore ankle, after he supposedly suffered some rough treatment against Police FC on the weekend.
Marabella coach Terrence Boissiere spoke of Garcia’s impending exit like a new era for the CNG National Super League Premiership Division club.
“I would say this is life without Levi Garcia,” said Boissiere, as his players licked their wounds. “I’m glad it happened now because we have to prepare for that, as he is leaving on the 20th. I think we got the chances today but we didn’t make use of them.”
Twenty-six year old ex-2009 Under-20 World Cup striker Juma Clarence probably missed the Garcia effect more than most and he might have nightmares about a wasted second half penalty kick.
Look Loy conceded that his job was a bit easier yesterday without Garcia, although he pointed out that Santa Rosa was missing the more extravagantly named “Zico.”
“Keston ‘Zico’ Henry was absent with an injury, so we didn’t have his creative juices in midfield and we had to rely on hard graft,” said Look Loy. “Levi is a tremendous player and one of their key players. Yes, it helped (that he was not there) but this is football and you still have to go out and find a way to win.”
With Look Loy screaming instructions from the sidelines, Santa Rosa set out to frustrate the Marabella outfit, which was in third position and eight points off the top of the standings at kick off.
“We knew how they played,” said Look Loy. “We knew we had to hassle them and not let them play and that is what contributed to our goal.”
There was no hint of danger when Marabella stopper Brandon Neptune ran on to a loose Santa Rosa pass in his own penalty area in the 40th minute. Neptune could have cleared but opted to screen the ball out of play instead.
And Griffith surprised him with his spunk and ambition, as he nipped in to win possession before rounding Marabella custodian Rondell Renwick to score.
As if one suicidal error was not enough, Marabella winger Kurlan Khan presented Santa Rosa with another gift in first half stoppage time, albeit a violent one.
Khan had already outpaced Rosa midfielder Kashif Clarke and smartly cut across Clarke’s running path to make it impossible for the latter player to win the ball by fair means.
And then, inexplicably, Khan flung an elbow back into the throat of the chasing Clarke. Referee Rashby McPhee showed no hesitation as he flashed the red card.
“Whenever you are away from home and you have people in the stands shouting and coming down on the referee and even the (opposing) bench,” said Boissiere, “they put the referee under pressure. I don’t think it was that colour card.”
“It was absolutely a red card,” said Look Loy. “He threw an elbow and hit him in the throat and stopped his breathing for a second or two.”
Marabella might have lost another player for a similar infringement in the second half, as captain Ghmyo Harper struck Rosa midfielder Jean-Paul Aqui-Blanc with a forearm.
But, in this case, Harper was trying to untangle himself from Aqui-Blanc and McPhee decided a yellow card was enough.
It was McPhee who tied himself in knots, 13 minutes into the second half, as he awarded Marabella a dubious penalty kick.
Harper crossed from the right flank and Rosa custodian Kitwana Manning carelessly dropped the ball before rushing to retrieve it. Somehow, Marabella attacker Dwayne Edwards ended up on the floor inside the Rosa penalty box and McPhee ruled foul play.
Clarence stepped up to take the penalty kick but failed to even hit the target.
“We rode our luck today,” said Look Loy. “Although I don’t think it should have been a penalty in the first place.”
Boissiere felt that the mental demands of leading the NSL team were weighing on a player who was once a regular for Pro League superpower, W Connection, played professionally in Turkey, has two Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team caps and scored against Italy in the Egypt 2009 Under-20 World Cup.
“I think he was under tremendous pressure because no one is really coming up to scratch in terms of scoring goals,” said Boissiere.
Look Loy suggested a flesh and blood reason for Clarence’s quiet showing.
“Alfie (James) did a brilliant job on Clarence,” Look Loy beamed about his central defender, “and kept him out of the game.”
Against the run of play, Rosa had two chances to stretch their lead.
In the 78th minute, Rosa substitute Nicholas Armstrong, who replaced the injured Griffith, got to the byline and picked out an unmarked Gary Bart on the edge of the opposing six yard box. But Bart hit wide.
Then there was another horrible misjudgement from Neptune as he was caught in possession by Aqui-Blanc on the half-line and sprinted back to tackle the Rosa player from behind inside the penalty box. McPhee waved play on.
But, generally, the 10 men from Marabella bossed the game.
“Jovan, organise the team!” Look Loy shouted from the sidelines, at captain and central defender Jovan Rochford.
Rosa defended en masse and generally kept Marabella from their 18-yard box. But only just.
After Clarence’s miss, Harper abandoned his right back role and became an auxiliary attacker. He too got a golden opportunity, midway in the second half, but watched on incredulously as his low shot deflected off Manning’s trailing leg and went out for a corner kick.
“All of you, understand the state of the game!” Look Loy shouted at his troops, as the seconds ticked away.
But it could have been all in vain, as Clarence got behind a free kick from 22 yards out in second half stoppage time.
This time, Clarence’s shot hit the inside of the post and bounced back across the Rosa goal mouth and away to safety. The Marabella striker looked as though he had just swallowed a cup of spoilt milk.
“We had five clear cut chances and a missed penalty,” said Boissiere, “and the only chance Santa Rosa got, they put it away. So it is a lesson for us going forward.
“But we are quietly confident that we will win the league… We know exactly what we need to do now.
“This loss may take us down to sixth or seventh place (in the standings) but that is not the end of the world.”
In fact, Marabella dropped to fifth place with Santa Rosa just one point behind in sixth.
“We needed that win,” said Look Loy. “So we will take it how we get it.”
It came with a side order of revenge.
(Teams)
FC Santa Rosa (4-2-3-1): 22.Kitwana Manning (GK); 24.Jesse Reyes, 13.Jovan Rochford (captain), 5.Alfie James, 3.Kerron Reid; 8.Shaka Pilgrim, 11.Durwin Ross; 19.Gary Bart (9.Desmond Baptiste 90), 6.Kashif Clarke, 21.Jean-Paul Aqui-Blanc; 7.Rashad Griffith (12.Nicholas Armstrong 49).
Unused substitutes: 30.Darren Shah (GK), 17.Kearn Noel, 18.Shaquille Antoine, 23.Claudius Howard, 27.Kedan Crosby.
Coach: Keith Look Loy
Marabella Family Crisis Centre (4-2-3-1): 23.Rondell Renwick (GK); 19.Ghmyo Harper (captain), 5.Brandon Neptune, 4.Emmanuel Adams, 7.Dwayne Edwards; 10.Kevin Moodie (20.Anderson Morrison 54), 49.Yohance Alexander; 70.Renefor Martin (17.Akida Boissiere 50), 15.Linsie Sherwood (77.Arvid Applewhite 80), 33.Kurlan Khan [Red card]; 9.Juma Clarence.
Unused substitutes: 1.Tevin Moore (GK), 13.Keston Grant, 18.Husani Thomas, 27.Akile Jeffery.
Coach: Terrence Boissiere
Referee: Rashby McPhee
Man of the Match: Ghmyo Harper (Marabella Family Crisis Centre)
Premiership Division - (Thursday October 15)
FC Santa Rosa 1 (Rashad Griffith 40), Marabella Family CC 0 at Marvin Lee Stadium;
Club Sando Moruga 1 (Trevon Mitchell 85), Matura ReUnited 2 (Kerin Vincent 12, 15) at Grand Chemin Recreation Ground;
Bethel United 1 (Teejay Cadiz 79), Guaya United 2 (Ryan Stewart 58, Jody Allsop 89) at Montgomery Recreation Ground;
Tobago FC Phoenix 5 (Simon Nedd 26, Andel Brown 38, Stefano Wright 50, Shelton Williams 62, OG 87), Stokely Vale 1 (Krishawn Joseph 18) at Canaan Recreation Ground;
Petrotrin Palo Seco 3 (Wilian Garcia 33, Sylvester Teesdale 45, 83), Siparia Spurs 3 (Daniel Diaz 4, Chris Collins 76, Andy London 84) at Palo Seco Velodrome;
Police FC v WASA FC: abandoned due to waterlogged conditions at St James Barracks.
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FC Santa Rosa wants to play in Arima.
T&T Guardian Reports.
Arima football club Sports & Games FC Santa Rosa wants to make the Arima Velodrome their home ground for this season and beyond.
The new National Super League champion in the Premier Division, yesterday submitted a proposal to Arima Mayor Lisa Morris-Julien that could see the “Big Cannons” as they are now affectionately called, playing in Arima for the first time since 2012.
Their request came as no surprise as the move was one of four main objectives the club had set out to achieve when it entered the ranks of top flight football in T&T.
At the club’s awards ceremony at the Arima North Secondary School last year, its president Keith Look Loy reminded a large gathering of players, parents, friends and well-wishers that improving its image in the community of Arima was a priority. The club also intends to expand their community programmes, as well as seek financial viability and sustainability.
In a release yesterday, Look Loy said their request to the council was to repair the field at the Velodrome while his club will assist in the development of youth football, at both the primary school and community levels.
“Specifically, the club has offered to begin a youth programme in Calvary with coaches Marlon Guerra and former men’s national senior team assistant coach Derek King in charge,” Look Loy said.
Since 2012, the club has used the Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya, Tunapuna, and the Youth Training Centre (YTC) on Golden Grove Road, Arouca, as their homes, as the Velodrome was not available. The club has since made tremendous strides in local football, including being promoted from the Eastern Football Association (EFA) tournament to the Championship Division of the Super League, to now winning the Premiership Division.
And Look Loy is now the driving force behind the establishment of a company called the T&T Super League (TTSL) that would allow super league clubs to run its own competition. They are awaiting approval from the parent T&T Football Association to decide on whether their organisation will be accepted as a member.
The TTSL has since been involved in sponsorship talks with various companies ahead of a June 11 schedule start and Santa Rosa wants to be at home when they attempt to defend their super league title.
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You would expect that it would be "easy" or a no-brainer to accommodate Santa Rosa's desire to play in the Arima big yard(no disrespect to Larry Gomes), but let's see what come of this.
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FC Santa Rosa appoint Derek King as new Head Coach
FC Santa Rosa Media
FC Santa Rosa President Keith Look Loy presented Arima born Derek King as the new Big Cannon head coach at a media conference this morning in the Arima Towh Hall,
Prior to the end of the 2017 Super League season Look Loy had advised the club and its supporters that he would step down at the end of the season. The Big Cannons finished second.
Derek is a former Trinidad and Tobago youth and senior international player. He has previously won the TT Pro League title as a coach with Joe Public FC, and with Northeast Stars FC in 2017. Derek was also assistant coach to Stephen Hart with the senior men's national team.
"The decision to bring Derek into the Rosa Nation is based, not only on technical considerations," says Look Loy, "it is also a marketing decision. Santa Rosa is an established Arima brand, but so too is Derek King. Each has supporters. The unity of the two brands is good for all parties concerned - Santa Rosa, Derek King, Arima football, and Arima as a whole. This is another step in strengthening our financial base and in establishing the club as the flagship club of Arima sport."
"I am a born Arimian. This is a good move for me." Derek told the media. "I am comfortable financially and I am at home. I played my football in Arima and I can coach in Arima for an Arima club. Santa Rosa has a nice family atmosphere and I feel welcomed by the club staff and management. This season the objective is to regain the title (won in 2016), and to compete with the TT Pro League clubs in the FA Cup." .
The 2018 TT Super League season kicks off on Sunday 10 June. As usual, FC Santa Rosa will play in the Arima Velodrome, with matches kicking off at 6.30PM on Friday or Saturday, depending on the match.
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King takes over at Santa Rosa FC.
T&T Guardian Reports.
Derek king, the former North east Stars coach, is the new Santa Rosa FC coach. He was unveiled to the media at a press conference at the Arima Town hall yesterday, effectively taking over from the club's former coach Keith Loy who retired at the end of the last T&T Super League season.
King, a former national coach was signed to a one year deal, and yesterday he promised good attractive football in this year's T&T Super League, saying he fancies the styles of Brazil and Barcelona.
His main challenge will be satisfying a result - oriented Look Loy, who yesterday admitted that while he will not interfere in King performing his job, he will have demand on him getting good results.
King's job starts effectively tomorrow as he will attempt to guide the "Big Cannons" to the League One title for the second time in three years.
He promises to add a few players to his roster, some of which will be revealed next week, saying this club is among many Super League teams to be bombarded by interests from players in the T&T Pro League and other Super League teams.
King told the media as a young coach he is excited to work with Santa Rosa FC as he found it to be a family unit.
The club is set to celebrate its 26th anniversary later this year having finished runner- up to Hydrotech Guaya United last season. "I took up the job to win and it is what i am going to do," king said.
He will also play an integral role with the club's youth teams though that role has been taken up by Look Loy.
In spite of the club's desire for success, Look Loy said they will not pursue promotion to the T&T Pro League as he described it as a mine field.
As an Arima resident, King who also represented Arima North Secondary previously known as the "Dial Dynamos" comes into Santa Rosa FC as a perfect fit as the club continues to be the bed rock of the Arima community.
King takes over as FC Santa Rosa coach.
By Joel Bailey (Newsday).
DEREK KING, former assistant coach of the Trinidad and Tobago men’s football team, who led two clubs to TT Pro League glory – Joe Public (2009) and North East Stars (2017), have undertaken a new challenge as coach of TT Super League outfit FC Santa Rosa.
This news was announced at a media conference at the boardroom, Arima Town Hall, yesterday morning.
The team, also known as “Big Cannons”, has been coached by Keith Look Loy, its owner, president and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), who is also the president of the TT Super League.
Upon the conclusion of the 2017 season, which saw Santa Rosa finish second to Guaya United in League One, Look Loy stated his desire to pass on the coaching baton to a new face, instead of performing a dual role as club coach and organisation’s head.
King stepped down as North East Stars coach in February, after the Pro League kings implemented a wage structure which saw drastic cuts in salaries for players and members of the technical staff.
According to Look Loy, “I approached him. He said he was not only available but willing to do it. One thing led to another and so here we are.”
And King, the former Trinidad and Tobago central defender, pointed out, “When the opportunity arrived I took it with both hands. I believe we’ll compete, not only with the Super League teams but with the Pro (League) teams, in the FA (Cup).
Look Loy revealed that King was given a one-year contract and both will have special connections with the Eastern borough, having been born and bred in Arima.
FC Santa Rosa, who will be celebrating its 26th year of existence, will be using the Arima Velodrome, which has seen new lighting and soon, an upgraded field.
And the long-serving FC Santa Rosa boss stated, “This year we’re looking to play our matches on Friday nights and Saturday nights to maximise the appeal to the crowd and to maximise the gate receipts.
“FC Santa Rosa is one of the clubs in Trinidad and Tobago football that is not content to ask people for a handout or a favour. We want to generate our own income stream.”
King admitted that he is a fan of Barcelona and Brazil, and may want to use those styles of play with his team. However, Look Loy emphasised, “One of the challenges Derek will have is working with Keith Look Loy, who is a demanding fella. My ultimate demand is not about strategy or tactics, my ultimate demand is that the team must win.”
The 37-year-old King does not see a problem in moving a step down, from the Pro League to the Super League level.
“If you coach at the highest level it shouldn’t be a problem coaching in the Super League,” he acknowledged.
Look Loy made it emphatically clear that his club will not be entering the TT Pro League anytime soon, if at all.
“Not only Santa Rosa is receiving calls from Pro League players (but) other Super League clubs (are) being contacted, because they recognise that the Super League is a stable league,” he noted.
“If the powers-that-be, in Trinidad and Tobago football want to sit with the Super League and talk about how we can do better with the organisation of our elite football, specifically merging the clubs that belong to both leagues into a true united national elite competition, then we can begin that discussion immediately.”
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FC Santa Rosa president/owner/CEO Keith Look Loy (left) congraulates newly-appointed team coach Derek King during a media conference at the Arima Town Hall yesterday.
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I like.
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I like (Respect) much Look Loy's leadership. I thnk he's good for T&T Football. . .keeping DJW accountable.
Derek King is a proven Coach. . .Good choice
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King takes over as FC Santa Rosa coach
By Joel Bailey (T&T Newsday)
DEREK KING, former assistant coach of the Trinidad and Tobago men’s football team, who led two clubs to TT Pro League glory – Joe Public (2009) and North East Stars (2017), have undertaken a new challenge as coach of TT Super League outfit FC Santa Rosa.
This news was announced at a media conference at the boardroom, Arima Town Hall, yesterday morning.
The team, also known as “Big Cannons”, has been coached by Keith Look Loy, its owner, president and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), who is also the president of the TT Super League.
Upon the conclusion of the 2017 season, which saw Santa Rosa finish second to Guaya United in League One, Look Loy stated his desire to pass on the coaching baton to a new face, instead of performing a dual role as club coach and organisation’s head.
King stepped down as North East Stars coach in February, after the Pro League kings implemented a wage structure which saw drastic cuts in salaries for players and members of the technical staff.
According to Look Loy, “I approached him. He said he was not only available but willing to do it. One thing led to another and so here we are.”
And King, the former Trinidad and Tobago central defender, pointed out, “When the opportunity arrived I took it with both hands. I believe we’ll compete, not only with the Super League teams but with the Pro (League) teams, in the FA (Cup).
Look Loy revealed that King was given a one-year contract and both will have special connections with the Eastern borough, having been born and bred in Arima.
FC Santa Rosa, who will be celebrating its 26th year of existence, will be using the Arima Velodrome, which has seen new lighting and soon, an upgraded field.
And the long-serving FC Santa Rosa boss stated, “This year we’re looking to play our matches on Friday nights and Saturday nights to maximise the appeal to the crowd and to maximise the gate receipts.
“FC Santa Rosa is one of the clubs in Trinidad and Tobago football that is not content to ask people for a handout or a favour. We want to generate our own income stream.”
King admitted that he is a fan of Barcelona and Brazil, and may want to use those styles of play with his team. However, Look Loy emphasised, “One of the challenges Derek will have is working with Keith Look Loy, who is a demanding fella. My ultimate demand is not about strategy or tactics, my ultimate demand is that the team must win.”
The 37-year-old King does not see a problem in moving a step down, from the Pro League to the Super League level.
“If you coach at the highest level it shouldn’t be a problem coaching in the Super League,” he acknowledged.
Look Loy made it emphatically clear that his club will not be entering the TT Pro League anytime soon, if at all.
“Not only Santa Rosa is receiving calls from Pro League players (but) other Super League clubs (are) being contacted, because they recognise that the Super League is a stable league,” he noted.
“If the powers-that-be, in Trinidad and Tobago football want to sit with the Super League and talk about how we can do better with the organisation of our elite football, specifically merging the clubs that belong to both leagues into a true united national elite competition, then we can begin that discussion immediately.”
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FC Santa Rosa's Kishun Seecharan and Akeem Garcia to go on trial with Mexico's Celaya FC
FC Santa Rosa Media
FC Santa Rosa is pleased to announce the extension of an invitation for trial by Celaya FC of Mexico to Big Cannons Kishun Seecharan and Akeem Garcia. Both players are twenty-two years old and have represented Trinidad and Tobago at Under-17 and Under-20 level.
Celaya FC plays in Liga Ascenso MX, the Mexican second division, and is based in Celaya, Guanajuato state, in central Mexico.
The players will travel to Mexico on 4 December, which means they will complete the Super League regular season on 2 December but will be absent for Santa Rosa's League Cup semi-final on 9 December.
Santa Rosa plays UTT on Saturday 3 November from 7.30PM in the Velodrome.
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David new Santa Rosa coach.
By Walter Alibey (Guardian).
Venezuelans to play for Big Cannons.
Former national defender, now turn coach Shurland David is the new coach of T&T Super League champions FC Santa Rosa.
He was unveiled to the media at a press conference at the Arima Town Hall yesterday on a one-year contract, officially replacing Derek King who led the team to the super league title for a second time in 2018, before moving on to HFX Wanderers FC in the Canadian Premier League.
David whose coaching career began as an assistant to Jerry Moe at Caledonia AIA and included stints at North East Stars as an assistant coach and head coach, WASA FC and a Maloney development team up to recent, said his intention is to maintain the winning culture which the Arima club has been known for over the years.
The 'Big Cannons' as they are affectionately called, won the title back in 2016 under Keith Look Loy as a coach, before Hydro-Tech Guaya United made a clean sweep a year later (2017). Look Loy, who also held the position of club president, relinquished his coaching duties to King last year, a decision that also reaped instant success.
In front, a small gathering David said "It is good to join the Santa Rosa family. They have a good track record, the attitude of the team, the culture of the team is marvellous, considering they came from the zone and when they reached into the super league, they were contenders. It's a nice task to follow after Keith as a coach winning, and after Derek, as a coach winning. So we want to maintain the winning attitude."
He noted "The culture the club has created over the past four years is one of a positive attitude, discipline-wise also. I just want to continue and improve what has been done and try to make it better. Last year Queen's Park came close so we have some work to do. We cannot afford to sit on our laurels and say we won last year and we will do it again."
David promised his team will be boosted by a number of new faces to their roster this year but told the media he could not reveal any names until the deals have been sealed and signed. But Look Loy, who was instrumental in bringing David to their fold, said they will be giving trials to two Venezuelan players as the Venezuelan community has become part of the national community and mainly the Arima community.
The players whom both have a lot of experience playing in the top tier Venezuelan League system are aged 18 and 21.
The decision to give the opportunity to the Venezuelans is in line with his philosophy to refreshen the squad every year, ensuring new blood and new competition for spaces.
According to Look Loy "This season, following on the success last year and the fact that we sent two players to professionals contracts in Canada, this year we looking to bring in new players, particularly new younger players. We have a sizeable pool of experienced players from last year and we cannot win anything without experienced players, but we're also bringing in several young players from within and outside the club, who fall in the age range 17 to 20-21, with an eye to producing players to go abroad."
The super league faces an expected change in the structure this year, following a recommendation by FIFA/CONCACAF for a merged league.
Video - SPORT: David Takes Over As Santa Rosa Head Coach (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWxFjtfusZA)
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David quits as Santa Rosa coach.
By Walter Alibey (Guardian).
FC Santa Rosa has lost its coach, Shurland David, even before the 2019 season could have been started.
Guardian Media Sports learnt David, a former national defender decided to part ways with the club because of differences with club president Keith Look Loy.
And David confirmed yesterday that there were differences between him and Look Loy, in his method of coaching, so he decided to call it a day. David whose coaching career began as an assistant to Jerry Moe at Caledonia AIA and included stints at North East Stars as an assistant coach and head coach at WASA FC and a Maloney development team up to recent, did not want to say too much more.
He was appointed more than four months ago and unveiled to the public via the media. Then, David had said he intended to maintain the winning culture which the Arima club had been known for over the years. The team is now being coached by Look Loy. It is understood a search for a new coach is underway. Santa Rosa, known popularly as the 'Big Cannons' are in the fifth position on the Ascension Invitational League standing on four points from a win, loss and draw.
The Arima based Big Cannons will next face Club Sando FC today at the Mannie Ramjohn Training Field from 4 pm.
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Not surprised by this.
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Not surprised by this.
why ?
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Not surprised by this.
why ?
Because it's a situation in which a demanding coach, with success in that arena, has retired but is still actively assessing that standards are maintained and certain methodologies and best practices are applied. If you build a house, you'll zealously guard against it's deterioration. One has leeway to innovate or depart from what is advisable, only when the results favourably correlate to whatever is happening in practice. Other than that, its pack yuh bags.
Also, personality plays no small part in this mix.
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Not surprised by this.
why ?
Because it's a situation in which a demanding coach, with success in that arena, has retired but is still actively assessing that standards are maintained and certain methodologies and best practices are applied. If you build a house, you'll zealously guard against it's deterioration. One has leeway to innovate or depart from what is advisable, only when the results favourably correlate to whatever is happening in practice. Other than that, its pack yuh bags.
Also, personality plays no small part in this mix.
got it
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FC Santa Rosa pulls out of Ascension League
By Jonathan Ramnanansingh (T&T Newsday)
FC SANTA Rosa has pulled out of all local football competitions for the remainder of 2020 as a precautionary measure to protect club personnel and staff from contracting covid19.
The club has opted to forfeit its participation in the Ascension Invitational League and any other tournament within this duration. Additionally, a decision will be made in the coming weeks regarding the club’s football school which comprises over 100 children.
With the second annual Ascension Invitational still awaiting confirmation by the Ministry of Health for an August 14 kickoff, FC Santa Rosa will not be featured this time around.
Club president Keith Look Loy confirmed the club’s decision to stay away.
“We took that decision in principle several weeks ago and we were monitoring the situation. When we saw the rapid spike and increase in cases, our motto right now is life before football. We cannot, in good conscience, expose players, coaches and officials to these health risks. FC Santa Rosa is observing the situation and will be guided by further information from the Ministry of Health,” said Look Loy.
The TT Super League president also revealed that Matura FC, Erin FC and Queen’s Park have also chosen to omit themselves from the Ascension tourney due to similar circumstances.
With the competitive youth season also pushed back courtesy the novel virus, FC Santa Rosa currently awaits a decision by the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education on the resumption of school and extracurricular activities.
Depending on how the situation evolved, the club would only then know how to proceed with its school programme.
“We have a football school with well over 100 children. We’re going to keep looking at this and as much as we can stay in line with the government regarding the reopening of school. We remain vigilant and will make a decision on that as well. If you can’t control adults, you have no chance of controlling kids. The decision is we are not playing adult football and we’re going to finalise our decision on the football school in the coming weeks,” he added.
Look Loy also called on national sporting organisations to let good sense prevail before sending children back out to play sport. Due to coronavirus, the National Youth League was also cancelled in July.
“Every sporting organisation needs to make up its mind on how it wants to proceed with covid19. We are not telling people don’t play football but FC Santa Rosa has taken a public decision to not play. We can’t expose our people to this virus,” he said.
With schools still on vacation, club age group representative teams would have still been playing in the Youth League at this time. However, FC Santa Rosa remains committed to protecting their players, officials and staff and plans to resume domestic competition in 2021.
“The club hasn’t (kicked) a ball since March. If it is, this is what has to be done to safeguard our members, then so be it,” he concluded.