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Football camp for T&T U-20 women.
By: JoelL Bailey (Newsday).[/size]
Twenty three players were selected by national coach Jamaal Shabazz for a week-long camp, ahead of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Under-20 Women’s Final Round qualifiers here in Trinidad.
The camp will be held at Frederick Settlement, Caroni and runs from Sunday until the start of the CFU contest on November 13.
According to Shabazz, the technical staff will take a look at the 23 players during the course of next week, before narrowing the squad to 18 on November 11.
The players will test their readiness for the series when they oppose the national senior squad in a practice match from 4 pm on Sunday at the Larry Gomes Stadium, Arima.
Under the captaincy of Aveann Douglas, the Under-20 unit includes a number of experienced players, including the American-based trio of Katrina Meyer, fellow defender Kia Rigsby and striker Maylee Attin-Johnson.
Other senior players on the training squad are goalkeeper Gail-Ann Thomas, defenders Ayanna Russell, Christine Rose and Anastasia Prescott, playmaker Dernelle Mascall, winger Jamilia Mathlin and pint-sized forward Kennya Cordner.
Completing the team are goalkeepers Kamica Forbes and Tricia Lawrence, defenders Patrice Superville, Tamar Watson and Kenya Charles, midfielders Karen Forbes, Janine Francois and Stephanie Barrow, and strikers Janeil Nivet, Candice Edwards and the lanky Bianca Walker.
The CFU tournament, featuring Jamaica, Suriname and Haiti kicks off on November 13 with a double-header at the Larry Gomes Stadium, with Haiti opposing Suriname and TT meeting Jamaica. Two days later, Jamaica will face Suriname and the national team hosts Haiti while, on November 17, the Jamaicans square off against Haiti while the TT lasses meet Suriname.
The top three teams will advance to the CONCACAF Final Round Qualification in Mexico, following which three teams will progress to the 2006 FIFA Women’s Under-20 World Championships in Russia.
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Our women team could be so much better, than it is. But we do not support them as we should and as a result we allow anything to happen with the team. Just look at the coaching staff.
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i think if ttfa adverise the female football teams and let the public about the uncoming game by advertising on tv it would help.
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Where are the results from Sundays U20 matches?
That's one problem. No news coverage? or forum news info.
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Beaten Women U-20s look to rebound.
Kern De Freitas (Express).[/size]
The Trinidad and Tobago women's Under-20 team stumbled in their quest to qualify for the CONCACAF round of qualifying for the World Youth Championships when they were beaten 1-0 by Jamaica in Caribbean Football Union qualifying on Sunday night.
A lone item provided by Shanique Mitchell after a goalkeeping blunder by T&T's Trisha Lawrence, left the young female "Warriors" without a point in their first match of the series, at the Larry Gomes Stadium, in Arima. Haiti and Suriname are also involved.
In the first half, T&T could have gone ahead on several occasions, but the finishing lacked the aggression necessary to counteract the physical play of the Jamaicans.
The hosts kept the pressure up, backed by a vocal crowd at the Malabar Stadium, and had several near misses in the first half, the best of which came from T&T's US-based striker Maylee Attin-Johnson.
She was sent through by Anastasia Prescott on the left flank, but lost out on approaching goal in a one-on-one with Jamaican defender Yolanda Hamilton.
Attin-Johnson's striking partner, the diminutive, tricky Kennya Cordner also missed out on a great ball a few minutes later, as she was slow to react, allowing the Jamaican defence to clear.
The Jamaicans were consigned to shooting from outside the box for most of the half, as the back four of Prescott, Kia Rigsby, Ayana Russell and Katrina Meyer held the backline well on a wet and slippery surface.
Just before the interval, T&T skipper Aveann Douglas had a crack at goal, but her chip went awry.
The two teams started slow for after the break, with T&T settling first. But although they exhibited better passing skill than their counterparts, the Jamaicans made good use of their physical power and superior speed in defence.
They were given an opening in the 62nd, but Venicia Reid missed the far post with Lawrence committed to a dive.
In the 66th, Douglas headed a Dernell Mascall left-side corner into the side netting. From the ensuing Jamaican attack, the ball was played into space beyond the 18-metre area. Russell and Lawrence ran to intercept, but the latter's weak clearance dropped at the feet of Mitchell, who raced into the box and deposited in the far corner.
The goal gave the Jamaicans impetus to press forward, but they made little use of their speed. At the other end, T&T were desperate for the equaliser, but Attin-Johnson and company could not find the net when it counted.
In the earlier match of the double-header, Suriname also had a win over Haiti, Aisha Smit finding the net in the 48th and 68th minutes to seal a 2-1 victory over Haiti.
T&T next face the Haitians today in a double-header at the same venue from 7 p.m. Before that, the Jamaicans tackle Suriname in the first match, at 5 p.m.
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Trisha Lawrence; Katrina Meyer, Anastasia Prescott, Kia Rigsby (Jemilia Mathlin 58th), Ayanna Russell, Patrice Superville (Kermica Alexander 69th); Dernelle Mascall, Aveann Douglas (capt), Janine Francois (Karyn Forbes 53rd); Maylee Attin-Johnson, Kennya Cordner.
JAMAICA: Paula Jackson; Julie Fearon, Natanya Manyan, Stacy-Ann Johnson (capt), Yolanda Hamilton; Rochelle Bryan (Shereen Clarke 60th), Peta-Gaye Soman (Kenesha Reid 87th), Omolyn Davis (Shakira Duncan 73rd), Kimmia Parker; Venicia Reid, Shanique Mitchell.
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Awe dammit.. Hope dem Gyul Pick it up oui!
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U-20 women in Mexico finals.
By: Joel Bailey (Newsday).[/size]
Strikers Maylee Attin-Johnson and Kennya Cordner each scored twice to guide Trinidad and Tobago to a 4-0 trouncing of Suriname in the final match of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Women’s Under-20 series at the Larry Gomes Stadium, Arima on Thursday night.
Attin-Johnson found the back of the net in the 14th and 35th minutes while Cordner was on target in the 22nd and 59th minutes.
In another match Jamaica completed their unbeaten run in the round-robin competition with a narrow 1-0 victory over Haiti, courtesy of a 77th minute strike from Venicia Reid.
Reid was later adjudged the "Most Valuable Player" while Cordner got the "Golden Boot" as the top goalscorer with four goals. The hosts were also recipients of the Fair Play Award while the Best Goalkeeper accolade went to Jamaican Paula Jackson.
Haiti, who were beaten in their three matches, were the odd ones out as Jamaica, TT and Suriname all advanced to the CONCACAF Under-20 Final Round qualifiers in Mexico in January.
Those three teams will join two Central American teams including Panama, Canada, the United States and the Mexicans in the eight-team competition, with three teams progressing to the 2006 FIFA Women’s Under-20 World Championships in Russia.
Following Thursday’s match, national coach Jamaal Shabazz noted: "I think we improved with every game and we were able to have a lot of questions answered in terms of who would be ready to play at the next level.
"The good thing is that we tried all 20 players (who) got a chance to play at least 30 minutes," he added. "We know we have a lot of work to do for the CONCACAF leg of the tournament."
"Generally we need to raise the level of our game but I think we’re going to emphasise more defensive organisation because of the fact that, in the CONCACAF region, we’ll be meeting opponents who’ll be superior to us," said Shabazz.
And he will be getting back into action very soon as the squad prepare for the Final Round phase.
"The good thing is that (during) the Christmas vacation we will have the availability of the foreign-based players so we will get a chance to do some work," he stated. "We’ll rest for a week and we’ll get back into action," he said.
Under-20 Women’s Honour Roll:
Player of the tournament: Vernecia Reid (Jamaica)
Goalkeeper of the Tournament: Paula Jackson (Jamaica)
Golden Boot: Kennya Cordner 4 (T&T)
Fair Play Award: T&T
Final Concacaf Women’s Under-20 Qualification.
Teams P W D L F A Pts
Jamaica 3 3 0 0 4 1 9
T&T 3 2 1 0 7 2 6
Suriname 3 1 2 0 2 7 3
Haiti 3 0 3 0 2 9 0
Summarised CFU Under-20 Women’s scores:
13.11.2005:
Suriname ............................................2 vs
Haiti .......................................................1
Jamaica................................................1 vs
T&T...........................................................0
15.11.2005:
Jamaica...............................................2 vs
Suriname..............................................0
T&T.......................................................3 vs
Haiti........................................................1
17.11.2005:
Jamaica..............................................1 vs
Haiti..........................................................0
T&T....................................................4 vs
Suriname.................................................0
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Ah tell alllyuh de chick warrior guh hit gyul BLADE... Well done chikies
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well done lases......but next time dont let dem jamaician beat we..please.....
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Is our youth and women teams wearing the new adidas out fit as well ?
Anyone knows ?
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I must admit being new to the women's side of hte game, but I now learning the women have foreign based players too? a couple players going to school in Florida? can anyone enlighten?
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well done celebration fuh de girls at my house
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Well done lil sistahs!!! Mash dem up in Mexico
VIBES IT UP GYUL WARRIORS!!!!
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congrats to we girls and good luck in mexico i hope one day allure could beat that blasted american woman team i hate that team i always back any team playin against them to win
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congrats to we girls and good luck in mexico i hope one day allure could beat that blasted american woman team i hate that team i always back any team playin against them to win
:rotfl: yuh sound like meh pardnah in England who tell that Black man across dey does back any team who England playing :rotfl:
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CONCACAF unveil Group A rosters for Women’s U-20 Final Round.[/b]
CONCACAF unveiled today the respective Women’s Under-20 rosters from Canada, Panama Trinidad & Tobago and the host, Mexico for the 2006 CONCACAF Final Round Qualification at the Estadio Luis Pirata Fuentes in Veracruz, Mexico starting this week. COMPLETE SCHEDULE (http://www.concacaf.com/competitions/view_competition.asp?comNo=20)
Group B, which has El Salvador, Jamaica, Surinam and USA, will take place at the Estadio Rafael Murillo Vidal in Córdoba, Mexico.
Due to the evening arrivals tomorrow into Córdoba by El Salvador, Jamaica and USA, the Group B rosters will be announced sometime on Wednesday.
The winners and runners-up of each group will earn a place in the event’s semifinals at Veracruz’s Estadio Luis Pirata Fuentes on 25 January, with the winners of the semifinal games earning a place as CONCACAF representatives in FIFA’s U-20 Women’s World Championship.
CONCACAF’s third spot in the FIFA event will be determined by a third-place play-off game between the two losing semifinalists at the Estadio Luis Pirata Fuentes on 27 January, before the two finalists meet for the CONCACAF Women’s U-20 crown later in the day.
This is the first time that CONCACAF has staged a qualifying event for the Women’s U-20 World Championship. The other CONCACAF Women’s Youth Tournaments were at the U-19 level in Trinidad & Tobago and Canada in 2002 and 2004, respectively.
2006 CONCACAF WOMEN’S UNDER-20 FINAL ROUND QUALIFICATION
FINAL ROSTERS - GROUP A
CANADA
# – Name - Pos. - D.O.B. - Club
1 - Stephanie Labbe - GK - 10.10.1986 - Univ. of Connecticut/USA
2 - Katherine Radchuck - DF - 27.02.1986 - Univ. of Connecticut/USA
3 - Sophie Schmidt - MD - 28.06.1988 - Vancouver Whitecaps
4 - Caroline Vanderpool - DF - 15.07.1986 - Louisiana State Univ./USA
5 - Emily Zurrer - DF - 07.12.1987 - Vancouver Whitecaps
6 - Kaylen Kyle - MD - 06.10.1988 - NTC-P
7 - Jodi-Ann Robinson - AT - 17.04.1989 - Semiahmoo Spirit
8 - Véronique Maranda - MD - 18.08.1986 - Univ. of Tennessee/USA
9 - Selenia Iacchelli - MD - 05.06.1986 - Edmonton Aviators
10 - Amanda Cicchini - MD - 28.02.1987 - West Virginia Univ./USA
11 - Desiree Scott - MD - 31.07.1987 - NTC-P
12 - Robin Rushton - DF - 02.01.1987 - Toronto Lady Lynx
13 - Rheanne Sleiman - AT - 26.09.1989 - NTC-BC
14 - Aysha Jamani - AT - 28.06.1987 - Univ. of Nebraska/USA
15 - Kara Lang - AT - 22.10.1986 - Vancouver Whitecaps
16 - Paige Adams - AT - 06.02.1990 - Coquitlam City
17 - Molly Alexander - AT - 11.01.1986 - Washington State Univ./USA
18 - Eden Hingwing - DF - 11.06.1988 - NTC-BC
19 - Lisa Collison - AT - 02.09.1986 - Ohio State Univ./USA
20 - Erin McNulty - GK - 03.06.1989 - NTC-P
TD: Ian BRIDGE
MEXICO
# – Name - Pos. - D.O.B. - Club
1 - Anjuli Ladron de Guevara - GK - 07.10.1986 - Chivas
2 - Marisol Arevalo - DF - 08.06.1987 - Ventura College/USA
3 - Nancy Gutierrez - DF - 02.06.1987 - Cerritos College/USA
4 - Leticia Villalpando - MD - 08.01.1988 - Vista del Logo HS/USA
5 - Isabel Valdez - DF - 19.05.1986 - México FC
6 - Rebecca Juarez - MD - 13.12.1986 - Arsenal/USA
7 - Maria De Lourdes Gordillo - MD - 03.04.1986 - Andrea’s Soccer
8 - Christine Yvette Nieva - AT - 07.10.1986 - Arizona State Univ./USA
9 - Verónica Charlyn Corral - AT - 11.09.1991 - Andrea’s Soccer
10 - Monica Ocampo - AT - 04.01.1987 - Gaceles Univac
11 - Tania Paola Morales - MD - 22.12.1986 - Chivas
12 - Erika Vanegas - GK - 07.07.1988 - Guerreras
13 - Norma Mendez - MD - 10.03.1987 - Arsenal/USA
14 - Ana Lilia Gomez - MD - 24.07.1987 - Asturias
15 - Rebecca Mendoza - MD - 12.07.1987 - Univ. of Notre Dame/USA
16 - Areli Martinez - AT - 11.03.1988 - Selección Jalisco
17 - Janet Mendez - AT - 24.08.1988 - Arsenal/USA
18 - Nancy Gandarilla - AT - 30.01.1987 - Atlas
19 - Monique Cisneros - AT - 17.11.1989 - Maysair HS/USA
20 - Iliana Palma - AT - 11.05.1988 - Andrea’s Soccer
TD: Leonardo CUELLAR
PANAMA
# – Name - Pos. - D.O.B. - Club
1 - Laila Fuertes - GK - 22.10.1986 - ULACIT
2 - Kendra Chavarria - DF - 25.11.1989 - ULACIT
3 - Mayra De La Rosa - DF - 08.03.1986 - ULACIT
4 - Karol Solis - DF - 25.08.1986 - San Martin
5 - Yadira Pacheco - MD - 14.03.1989 - Navy Bay
6 - Belisa Belloso - DF - 25.06.1987 - Chorrera Sport
8 - Katherine Sanchez - MD - 12.08.1989 - San Martin
9 - Joan Rodriguez - AT - 19.03.1987 - San Martin
10 - Yaremis Jimenez - MD - 13.11.1987 - American
11 - Sumara Samuels - MD - 19.10.1988 - ULACIT
12 - Farissa Cordoba - GK - 30.06.1989 - Navy Bay
14 - Kessiah Wattley - MD - 23.03.1989 - San Martin
15 - Nicole Abrego - MD - 29.09.1986 - ULACIT
16 - Yaideth Espino - AT - 15.08.1987 - American
17 - Nayeli Machado - AT - 27.12.1987 - Navy Bay
18 - Verónica Asprilla - DF - 17.07.1987 - Las Aguilas
19 - Carmen Quintana - MD - 05.10.1989 - San Martin
TD: Noel DEVEAUX
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
# – Name - Pos. - D.O.B. - Club
1 - Kimika Forbes - GK - 28.08.1990 - Stokely Vale FC
2 - Ayana Russell - DF - 16.03.1988 - Joe Public FC
3 - Anastasia Prescott - DF - 27.06.1987 - no club
4 - Katrina Meyer - DF - 23.09.1986 - Joe Public FC
5 - Kia Rigsby - DF - 09.03.1986 - Florida International Univ./USA
6 - Jemilia Mathlin - DF - 07.06.1986 - Real Dimensions FC
7 - Dernelle Mascall - MD - 20.10.1988 - Petrotrin SC
8 - Patrice Superville - DF - 08.04.1997 - Real Dimensions FC
9 - Maylee Attin-Johnson - AT - 09.05.1988 - Cumberland Univ./USA
10 - Aveann Douglas - AT - 10.08.1986 - Joe Public FC
11 - Janine Francois - MD - 01.01.1989 - Real Dimensions FC
12 - Maria Mohammed - GK - 20.02.1987 - Univ. of Tampa/USA
13 - Bianca Walker - MD - 05.10.1988 - Real Dimensions FC
14 - Marissa Mohammed - MD - 20.02.1987 - Univ. of Tampa/USA
16 - Christine Rose - DF - 07.03.1987 - Real Dimensions FC
18 - Stephanie De Souza - MD - 15.12.1988 - Gulliver HS
19 - Kennya Cordner - AT - 11.11.1988 - St. Clair Coaching School
20 - Tamar Watson - MD - 30.12.1987 - Real Dimensions FC
21 - Julieann McDougall - GK - 18.10.1989 - St. Clair Coaching School
23 - Kermica Alexander - AT - 19.09.1986 - Memphis FC
TD: Jamaal SHABAZZ
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must make it out ah that group
go warriors
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Canada & Mexico secure berths to CONCACAF Women’s U-20 Semifinals.
Canada and the host Mexico secured their berths to the semifinals of the 2006 CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Final Round after defeating Panama and Trinidad & Tobago, respectively, in Group A at the Estadio Luis Pirata Fuentes in Veracruz on Friday. COMPLETE STANDINGS (http://www.concacaf.com/competitions/view_competition.asp?comNo=20)
Three goals by Jodi-Ann Robinson, two tallies from Aysha Jamani and another by Eden Hingwing led Canada (2-0-0, 6 Points) to a 6:0 victory over Panama (0-2-0, 0 Points). The victory extends the maple leafs’ perfect record in CONCACAF Women’s Youth Qualification games to 7-0-0.
In the other Group A encounter on Friday, Verónica Charlyn Corral and Tania Paola Morales each scored for Mexico (2-0-0, 6 Points) in the 2:0 win against Trinidad & Tobago (0-2-0, 0 Points).
The 2006 CONCACAF Women’s U-20 Final Round continues on Saturday with Group B action at the Estadio Rafael Murillo Vidal in Córdoba as Jamaica (0-1-0, 0 Points) takes on El Salvador (1-0-0, 3 Points) at 12:00 and then Surinam (0-1-0, 0 Points) meets USA (1-0-0, 3 Points) at 14:30.
At the conclusion of the first round on 23 January, the winners and runners-up of each group will earn a place in the event’s semifinals at Veracruz’s Estadio Luis Pirata Fuentes on 25 January, with the winners of the semifinal games earning a place as CONCACAF representatives in FIFA’s U-20 Women’s World Championship.
CONCACAF’s third spot in the FIFA event will be determined by a third-place play-off game between the two losing semifinalists at the Estadio Luis Pirata Fuentes on 27 January, before the two finalists meet for the CONCACAF Women’s U-20 crown later in the day.
2006 CONCACAF WOMEN’S UNDER-20 FINAL ROUND
Group A: Veracruz, MEXICO; Estadio Luis Pirata Fuentes
20.01.2006: PANAMA – CANADA 0:6 (0:3) (A: 800)
Aysha JAMANI 8’, 49’; Jodi-Ann ROBINSON 18’, 62’, 68’; Eden HINGWING 28’
PAN: 1-Laila Fuertes – Kendra Chavarria, 3-Mayra De La Rosa, 5-Yadira Pacheco, 6-Belisa Belloso, 9-Joan Rodriguez, 10-Yaremis Jimenez (46: 16-Yaideth Espino), 11-Sumara Samuels, 15-Nicole Abrego-C (78: 14-Kesiah Wattley), Veronica Asprilla, Carmen Quintana. Booked: De La Rosa 14’, Pacheco 18’, Abrego 61’
TD: Noel DEVEAUX
CAN: 20-Erin McNulty – 3-Sophie Schmidt-C, 4-Caroline Vanderpool, 7-Jodi-Ann Robinso, 8-Veronique Maranda (59: 6-Kaylen Kyle), 10-Amanda Cicchini, 11-Desiree Scott, 14-Aysha Jamani, 16-Paige Adams, 18-Eden Hingwing (80: 5-Emily Zurrer), 19-Lisa Collison (67: 13-Rheanne Sleiman). Booked: none
TD: Ian BRIDGE
R: Dianne FERREIRA-JAMES (GUY)
MEXICO – TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 2:0 (2:0) (A: 4500)
Tania Paola MORALES 9’; Verónica Charlyn CORRAL 18’
MEX: 1-Anjuli Ladron De Guevara – 2-Marisol Arevalo (28: 15-Rebecca Mendoza), 3-Nancy Gutierrez, 4-Leticia Villalpando, 5-Isabel Valdez, 6-Rebecca Juarez, 7-Maria De Lourdes Gordillo-C, 8-Christine Yvette Nieva (59: 17-Janet Mendez), 9-Verónica Charlyn Corral, 10-Monica Ocampo, 11-Tania Paola Morales (70: 18-Nancy Gandarilla). Booked: Nieva 52’, Ocampo 67’
TD: Leonardo CUELLAR
TRI: 1-Kimika Forbes – 2-Ayana Russell, 3-Anastasia Prescott, 4-Katrina Meyer, 6-Jemilia Mathlin (85: 20-Tamar Watson), 7-Dernelle Mascall, 8-Patrice Superville (71: 23-Kermica Alexander), 9-Maylee Attin-Johnson-C, 10-Aveann Douglas, 14-Marissa Mohammed (52: 18-Stephanie De Souza), 19-Kennya Cordner. Booked: Prescott 42’, Cordner 86’
TD: Jamaal SHABAZZ
R: Sandra SERAFINI (USA)
22.01.2006: TRINIDAD & TOBAGO – PANAMA (12:00)
R: Sandra SERAFINI (USA)
MEXICO – CANADA (15:00)
R: Dianne FERREIRA-JAMES (GUY)
Group B: Córdoba, MEXICO; Estadio Rafael Murillo Vidal
21.01.2006: JAMAICA – EL SALVADOR (12:00)
R: Arlene TROYA (PAN)
SURINAM – USA (14:30)
R: Veronica BRITO BRITO (MEX)
23.01.2006: JAMAICA – SURINAM (12:00)
R: Veronica BRITO BRITO (MEX)
USA – EL SALVADOR (14:30)
R: Shane DESILVA (TRI)
GOALSCORERS
Verónica Charlyn CORRAL (MEX) - 5
Jodi-Ann ROBINSON (CAN) - 4
Aysha JAMANI (CAN) - 3
Patricia Gabriela CARONA (SLV) - 2
Lauren CHENEY (USA) - 2
Tania Paola MORALES (MEX) - 2
Christine NIEVA (MEX) - 2
Reanner SLEIMAN (CAN) - 2
Patricia Elizabeth CAMPOS (SLV) - 1
Lisa COLLISON (CAN) - 1
Christina DIMARTINO (USA) - 1
Aveann DOUGLAS (TRI) - 1 (1 pen)
Eden HINGWING (CAN) -1
Kaylen KYLE (CAN) - 1
Veronique MARANDA (CAN) - 1
Rebecca MENDEZ (MEX) - 1
Monica OCAMPO (MEX) - 1
Amy RODRIGUEZ (USA) - 1
Peta-Gaye SOMAN (JAM) - 1
Isabel VALDEZ (MEX) - 1
Source:
concacaf.com
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CONCacaf Teams are so predictable. We continue to give away early goals.
Oh well. I guess we will hear and be grateful that we only got 2 from Mexico. And that will be a plus to take away from this tournament.
Then we will do like the men's team and bring in the foreign base.
The more things change the more they remain the same. Trinidad has a monopoly on that saying.
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I for one am not grateful that we only got 2 from Mexico. I was hoping/looking for us to possibly win that game and now I'm expecting us to beat Panama and I will be rather disappointed if we don't.
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Trinidad & Tobago win last match 3-1 against Panama.
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good news ;D
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Trinidad & Tobago win last match 3-1 against Panama.
Yes good news indeed... well done ladies!!
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USA captures 2006 CONCACAF Women’s U-20s; Mexico gains final berth.
The USA captured their first CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Tournament Title after a 3:2 victory over Canada in the 2006 Final at the Estadio Luis Pirata Fuentes in Veracruz, Mexico on Friday. COMPLETE STANDINGS (http://www.concacaf.com/competitions/view_competition.asp?comNo=20)
With both teams already qualified to the 2006 FIFA Women’s U-20 World Championship in Russia, the stars & stripes took a 1:0 lead in the CONCACAF finale with a goal by Amy Rodriguez in the opening eight minutes, but Aysha Jamani tied it for the maple leafs in the 56th minute of the second half.
Jodi-Ann Robinson gave Canada the 2:1 advantage in the 60th minute-mark, but Jessica Rodstedt leveled the match for the USA 12 minutes later.
Lauren Cheney scored the game-winner for the stars & stripes in the 81st minute as it ended the maple leafs’ nine-game winning streak in CONCACAF Women’s Youth Qualification.
Earlier in the day, Mexico gained the final Confederation berth to the 2006 FIFA Women’s U-20 World Championship after defeating Jamaica 4:1 in the CONCACAF Tournament’s Third-Place game at the Estadio Luis Pirata Fuentes.
The tricolores opened the scoring in 19 minutes into the match with an own goal by the reggae girlz’ Christina Murray, but Venicia Reid tied it in the 33rd minute-mark.
Nancy Gandarilla gave Mexico a 2:1 lead two minutes into the second half and then Verónica Charlyn Corral scored in the 68th and 90th minutes, respectively, for the 4:1 final as it will be the tricolores second appearance in a FIFA Women’s Youth Tournament later this year in Russia.
2006 CONCACAF WOMEN’S UNDER-20 FINAL ROUND
Third Place
27.01.2006: Veracruz, MEXICO; Estadio Luis Pirata Fuentes (A: 1537)
MEXICO – JAMAICA 4:1 (1:1)
OG 19’; Nancy GANDARILLA 47’; Verónica Charlyn CORRAL 68’, 90’ – Venicia REID 33’
MEX: 1-Anjuli Ladron De Guevara – 2-Marisol Arevalo, 3-Nancy Gutierrez, 4-Leticia Villalpando, 5-Isabel Valdez, 6-Rebecca Juarez (83: 17-Janet Mendez), 7-Maria De Lourdes Gordillo-C, 8-Christine Yvette Nieva, 10-Monica Ocampo (46: 9-Verónica Charlyn Corral), 13-Norma Mendez (46: 15-Rebecca Mendoza), 18-Nancy Gandarilla. Booked: none
TD: Leonardo CUELLAR
JAM: 13-Paula Jackson – 4-Shanique Mitchell, 7-Venicia Reid-C, 8-Julie Fearon, 9-Peta-Gaye Soman (81: 3-Correne Walker), 10-Omolyn Davis (37: 17-Shereen Clarke), 11-Kimmia Parker, 12-Natalya Manyan, 16-Yolanda Hamilton, 19-Shakira Duncan (67: 5-Kenesha Reid), 20-Christine Murray. Booked: Parker 51’, Fearon 68’, K. Reid 90’
TD: Vin BLAINE
R: Dianne FERREIRA-JAMES (GUY)
Final
27.01.2006: Veracruz, MEXICO; Estadio Luis Pirata Fuentes (A: 1537)
CANADA – USA 2:3 (0:1)
Aysha JAMANI 56’; Jodi-Ann ROBINSON 60’ – Amy RODRIGUEZ 8’; Jessia RODSTEDT 72’; Lauren CHENEY 81’
CAN: 20-Erin McNulty – 3-Sophie Schmidt-C, 4-Caroline Vanderpool, 7-Jodi-Ann Robinson, 8-Veronique Maranda, 10-Amanda Cicchini, 11-Desiree Scott, 14-Aysha Jamani, 15-Kara Lang (45: 19-Lisa Collison), 16-Paige Adams (5-Emily Zurrer), 18-Eden Hingwing (81: 13-Rheanne Sleiman). Booked: Schmidt 26’
TD: Ian BRIDGE
USA: 18-Kelsey Davis – 2-Jordan Angelli, 4-Caroline Dew, 5-Nicole Kryzsik-C, 7-Amanda Poach, 8-Lauren Cheney, 11-Brittany Brock (59: 13-Christina DiMartino), 12-Amy Rodriguez (45: 14-Jessica Rodstedt), 15-Lindsey Beam, 16-Kelley O’Hara (89: 19-Meagan Holmes), 17-Sarah Wagenfuhr. Booked: Dew 35’, Beam 89’, Sent offs: Dew 41’
TD: Timonthy SCHULZ
R: Shane DESILVA (TRI)
GOALSCORERS
Verónica Charlyn CORRAL (MEX) - 8
Lauren CHENEY (USA) - 5
Jodi-Ann ROBINSON (CAN) - 5
Amy RODRIGUEZ (USA) - 4
Aysha JAMANI (CAN) - 4
Kimmia PARKER (JAM) -Â 4
Venicia REID (JAM) - 4
Maylee ATTIN-JOHNSON (TRI) - 3
Kenesha REID (JAM) - 3
Jessica RODSTEDT (USA) - 3
Brittany BROCK (USA) - 2
Patricia Elizabeth CAMPOS (SLV) - 2
Patricia Gabriela CARONA (SLV) - 2
Lisa COLLISON (CAN) - 2
Tania Paola MORALES (MEX) - 2
Christine NIEVA (MEX) - 2
Monica OCAMPO (MEX) - 2 (1 pen)
Sophie SCHMIDT (CAN) - 2
Reanner SLEIMAN (CAN) - 2
Omolyn DAVIS (JAM) - 1
Caroline DEW (USA) - 1
Christina DIMARTINO (USA) - 1
Aveann DOUGLAS (TRI) - 1 (1 pen)
Shakira DUNCAN (JAM) - 1
Nancy GANDARILLA (MEX) - 1
Eden HINGWING (CAN) -1
Selenia IACCHELLI (CAN) - 1
Kaylen KYLE (CAN) - 1
Kara LANG (CAN) - 1
Alexandra LONG (USA) - 1
Veronique MARANDA (CAN) - 1
Rebecca MENDEZ (MEX) - 1
Kelley O’HARA (USA) - 1
Amanda POACH (USA) - 1
Joan RODRIGUEZ (PAN) - 1
Peta-Gaye SOMAN (JAM) - 1
Isabel VALDEZ (MEX) - 1
Own Goals:
Roxane DJARSKI (SUR) -1
Christina MURRAY (JAM)-1
Source:
concacaf.com
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it is an all asian final between korea and china.korea beat brazil 1 nil and the chinese beat boo.s.a on penalties.
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2 surprising results in a sense but good for the women's game overall.
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2 surprising results in a sense but good for the women's game overall.
nah dem results ent so surprising. the rest of the world ketch up with them us women, some time ago, even on senior level, so doh talk about youth level.
China always been very strong and Korea been showing some real good stuff since.
Brazil reaching the semifinals is actually more surprising than the us not reaching the finals. Doh feel is because is brazil that mean they good in football. Mostly years now the brazilian women playing crap, they just tend to have one or two extremely gifted players who carry the whole team (like Marta in the olympics), but overall they tended to be weaker than the american, german/sweden and chinese (and now korean) counterparts
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T&T girls gear up for U20 football qualifiers.
By: Shaun Fuentes (TTFF).
Trinidad and Tobago’s National Under 20 Women’s team captain Alana Lum York believes that her team is progressing at the right pace ahead of their Caribbean Football Union leg of World Cup qualifying games set to kick off here next month.
The T&T team, coached by Izler Browne and managed by Ricarda Nelson returned home from Curacao on Monday after coming away victorious in a four-nation warm –up tournament hosted by the Netherlands Antilles.
The young girls defeated Aruba 1-0 with Candace Edwards scoring the lone item and then came from a goal down to get the better of Suriname 3-1 in the final on Sunday. Natana Thomas, Karyn Forbes and Moriah Shade were the ones on target in the closing fixture.
Lum York, a current Real Dimension member and past student/ player with 2005 Girls Intercol Champions Providence Girls, was not getting carried away by the back to back wins but added that the wins were a boost for her charges.
“It was maybe everyone’s first international except for a couple girls because the average age is 17. But we have been working hard for the past few months and it showed up in the tournament because we were able to run past those girls. Even in the final when we were down 1-0 early on but we showed good character to come back and win the game,” Lum York told TTFF Media.
She recalled the pre-match jitters for the players before their first international away from home.
“We were all very nervous but also anxious for the first game. The anthem as well as a significant moment. We have a wonderful coaching staff and they have worked really well with us. They are always behind us. I think we have done well so far but we still have work to do to get ourselves really up for the challenges ahead,” Lum York added.
Nelson, a past national player appeared excited about the future prospects for the team.
“Some of these girls can go straight into the senior team set up. We have one player in particular Avanell Isaacs who can start training with the senior team at this stage. She comes from Moruga and was with us before at a young age but didn’t make the first team. She disappeared from the scene for a while but she’s back again and she was a standout in Curacao.. We have some girls here who can definitely move on to the next level. We saw weaknesses and strengths to build on in those two matches. The girls all have a good attitude towards hard and a lot of heart so it’s just a matter of continuing the preparations towards the tournament in August and beyond.
T&T will host the CFU first round group at the Marvin Lee Stadium on August 5, 7 and 9 with US Virgin Islands/British Virgin Islands, Dominican Republic and Grenada contesting for the one place available in the CONCACA Final round. The one winner from that group along with two other CFU group winners will join Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua and United States in the CONCACAF Women’s U-20 Final Round, with venue and dates to be announced in due course, from which the top three nations will advance to the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, Chile in 2008.
T&T U20 Women’s Team:
Kenya Charles, Patrice Bideshi, Jerneil Nivet, Crystal Sobers, Avanell Isaac, Denisha O’Brien, Chrystal-Anne Taylor-Lewis, Annalis Cummings, Kelly-May Christopher, Natana James, Avalon White, Bianca Walker, Moriah Shade, Julienn McDougall, Karyn Forbes, Candace Edwards, Chanelle Young, Alana Lum York.
Staff
Ricarda Nelson (manager), Izler Browne (head coach), Corbin Cooper (assistant coach) and Dave Isaac (physio/trainer).
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How well are these girls going to be prepared. Lord alone knows!!!!
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As a student of history not very well
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If left up to Marlon and Izler without interference then they should be well prepared. I believe that it sooner more than later before our womenb's teams bring us similar glory like the warrior did.
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Let's go LADIES! Do yo thang! :D
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U-20 Women team ready for qualifiers.
T&T Guardian Reports.[/size]
Senior women’s team trio players Ayana Russell, Dernelle Mascall and Kennya Cordner head a six of six overseas-based players included in an 18-member team for the Caribbean Football Union Women’s Under-20 First Round Qualification Group A series.
Latifah Kelly, Janelle Cunningham and Ria Belgrave are the other overseas players in the team named by coach Marlon Charles yesterday to play in the tri-nation series against US Virgin Islands and Grenada at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya from Sunday until Thursday.
In Sunday’s first match, US Virgin Islands tackles Grenada from 5 pm while T&T tackles US Virgin Islands on Tuesday and Grenada, two days later.
The Dominican Republic was supposed to be the fourth team in Group, but have since withdrawn.
The US Virgin Islands advanced to the final round after crushing British Virgin Islands 12-0 and 19-0 for a 31-0 aggregate.
Group C to be played in Havana, Cuba from August 7 to 11 includes the host country, Barbados, Antigua & Barbuda and Anguilla.
The victors from A and C of the Caribbean First Round Groups will join Jamaica, Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua and USA in the Concacaf Women’s Under-20 Final Round where three nations will advance to the 2008 Fifa Under-20 Women’s World Cup
T&T Under-20 Women’s squad: - Kimika Forbes, Karen Forbes, Candace Edwards (Bellaforma Angels), Julieann Mc Dougall (St Clair Coaching School), Nikeisha Noel, (Petrotrin), Bianca Walker, Jerneil Nivet, Ria Belgraves, Janelle Cunningham (Real Dimension), Avanell Isaacs, Ariel du Quesnay, Anna-Lisa Cummings, Savitre Bachoo (Joe Public), Ayana Russell, Dernelle Mascall, Kennya Cordner, Latifa Kelly, Mariah Shade.
Stand-bys: - Shanelle Warrick (Jabloteh), Alana Lum York, Candace Seaton.
Technical staff: - Marlon Charles (coach), Izzler Brown (asst coach), Corbin Cooper (asst coach), Ricarda Nelson (manager), Steve Frederick (equipment officer), Dave Isaac (physiotherapist).
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Result from Sunday`s match ?
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US Virgin Isl - Grenada 3-2
T & T - Grenada tomorrow Tuesday.
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All d best girls
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go girls...tnt tnt tnt
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Grenada going and get about 12. ;D
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Grenada going and get about 12. ;D
:wavetowel: :wavetowel: :wavetowel:
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Under-20 women hammer Grenada
Wednesday, August 8th 2007
Trinidad and Tobago's under-20 women's footballers set up a crucial final match against the US Virgin Islands after whipping Grenada 4-0 yesterday, in a CONCACAF qualifier at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya. (Full report in tomorrow's Express).
T&T scorers; Moriah Shade 9th, Dernelle Mascall 43-pen, Kennya Cordner 53rd, 56th.
The USVI beat Grenada 3-2 in their opening match on Sunday.
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Congrats ladies !
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Cuba, Trinidad & Tobago earn victories in Caribbean Qualification
8.8.07 - Cuba and Trinidad & Tobago earned victories in their respective group encounters of the Caribbean Women’s Under-20 First Round Qualification on Tuesday.
Two goals by Kennya Cordner and one each from Dernelle Mascall and Mariah Shade led the hosts, Trinidad & Tobago (1-0-0, 3 Points) to a 4:0 win over Grenada (0-2-0, 0 Points) in a Group A match at the Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya.
The Caribbean Qualification Group A concludes on Thursday (9 August) in Macoya with US Virgin Islands (1-0-0, 3 Points) taking on Trinidad & Tobago.
Elsewhere on Tuesday, Cuba (1-0-0, 3 Points) was competing in their first-ever women’s U-20 match as they topped visiting Barbados (0-1-0, 0 Points) 3:1 in Group C play at the Estadio Pedro Marrero in La Habana. Yezenia Gallardo scored all three goals for Cuba in the victory.
Group B action continues at the Estadio Pedro Marrero on Thursday with Barbados taking on Anguilla (0-0-0, 0 Points). The triangular concludes on Saturday (11 August) with Cuba hosting Anguilla.
The winners of Groups A and C will join Jamaica (Caribbean Group B winner) in the CONCACAF Women’s U-20 Final Round along with Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua and USA, with the venue and dates to be announced in due course, where three nations will advance to the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Chile 2008.
2008 CONCACAF WOMEN’S UNDER-20 QUALIFICATION
Caribbean Zone – First Round
Group A – Macoya, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO; Marvin Lee Stadium
07.08.2007: GRENADA – TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 0:4 (0:2)
Mariah SHADE 9’; Dernelle MASCALL 31’; Kennya CORDNER 53’, 59’
GRN: Kendalyn Mark (65: Connie John) – Alisha Celestine, Lindonna Rennie, Jody Daniel, Ruth Munro, Sharie Williams (54: Terri Sylvester), Rockel Hood, Kishanee Thomas, Sania Nicholas (29: Canisa James), Curleen Samuel, Renae Samuel. Booked: none
TD: Nat SIMPSON
TRI: Kimika Forbes – Ayanna Russell, Annalis Cummings, Latifa Kelly, Dernelle Mascall (59: Avenell Isaac), Savitre Bachoo, Mariah Shade, Bianca Walker (66: Karyn Forbes), Rhea Belgraves, Candace Edwards (39: Nikeisha Noel), Kennya Cordner. Booked: none
TD: Marlon CHARLES
R: Dianne JAMES-FERREIRA (GUY)
09.08.2007: TRINIDAD & TOBAGO – US VIRGIN ISLANDS (17:00)
Group C – La Habana, CUBA; Estadio Pedro Marrero
07.08.2007: CUBA – BARBADOS 3:1 (1:0) (A: 200)
Yezenia GALLARDO 1’, 50’, 71’ – Alyssa YARD 65’
CUB: Katherine Montesino – Yanis Leyois Bernal, Damaysa Valverde, Dairelyo Toledo, Yudislesxi Reyes (89: Rachel Pelaez), Yoanna Valdes, Yisel Rodriguez, Yaremi Karelin Fuentes (83: Misleidis Escalante), Yaimara Mena, Yezenia Gallardo. Booked: none
TD: Rufino SOTOLONGO
BRB: Kamillah Burke – Agliyah Alleyne, Kerry Bascombe, Sabrina Bell (27: Gabriela Lopez), Shonna Evelyn, Joelle Gibson (45: Soraya Toppin-Hebet), Tianna Hackett, Kyshona Knight, Kycia Knight (74: Shakira Powe), Shanice Stevenson, Alyssa Yard. Booked: none
TD: Edward SMITH
R: Shane DESILVA (TRI)
09.08.2007: BARBADOS – ANGUILLA (16:30)
11.08.2007: CUBA – ANGUILLA (16:30)
Photo - Cuba vs. Barbados, by Calixto N. Llanes
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CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Championship
concacaf.com
The 2008 CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship will take place at the Estadio Cuauhtémoc in Puebla, Mexico from 17-28 June.
The eight-team tournament will have two groups of four during the opening round from 17-22 June. The hosts, Mexico have been drawn into Group A along with Cuba, Trinidad & Tobago and the defending champion, USA, while Canada, Costa Rica, Jamaica and Nicaragua will compete in Group B.
The semifinals and finals will take place on 25 and 28 June, respectively, where three teams will qualify to the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Chile 2008.
This is the second time that CONCACAF is staging Women’s U-20 Championship with the other one also taking place in Mexico in 2006.
CONCACAF has previously hosted two Women’s Under-19 Tournaments in Trinidad & Tobago in 2002 and Canada in 2004.
SCOUTING THE TEAMS…
CANADA: Coached by Robert Birarda, Canada is one of the three North Zone teams that progressed directly into the Final Round of the CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship … The Maple Leafs won the CONCACAF title in 2004 and finished second in 2006 … Canada have qualified for all three of the FIFA Women’s Youth (U-19 and U-20) Championships achieving their highest finish ever in their women’s football history in claiming the runners-up spot at the tournament they hosted in 2002.
COSTA RICA: One of the two Central American teams participating, Costa Rica are making their first appearance at the CONCACAF Women’s Youth Final Round since 2004 … Under the direction of Juan Diego Quesada, the Ticas advanced to the 2008 CONCACAF Championship after eliminating Panama in a home-and-away series during the Central American Qualification … Costa Rica claimed their highest position at the CONCACAF Women’s Youth Tournament after finishing third in the U-19 Event in 2004.
CUBA: After not competing in the last three tournaments, Cuba are now making their debut at the 2008 CONCACAF Women’s U-20 Championship … The Leonas del Caribe advanced to the CONCACAF Final Round after hosting and winning the Caribbean First Round Group C by defeating Anguilla and Barbados … Rufino Sotolongo is in charge of the Cuban side.
JAMAICA: With Luciano Gama at the helm, Jamaica advanced to the Final Round of the CONCACAF Women’s U-20 Championship after claiming the Caribbean Group B First Round over Haiti and the hosts, Bahamas … The Reggae Girlz have competed in all four CONCACAF Women’s Youth Final Tournaments with their best performance finishing fourth in the 2006 Tournament.
MEXICO: They are hosting their second consecutive CONCACAF Women’s U-20 Championship … The Tricolores finished third in the 2006 Tournament held in Córdoba and Veracruz … Mexico are the first Spanish-speaking nation to have qualified for the FIFA Women’s World Cup (1999), U-19 World Championship (2002), Olympic Games (2004), U-20 Women’s World Cup (2006) … Andrea Rodebaugh is in charge of the Tricolores.
NICARAGUA: One of two Central American nations at the CONCACAF Women’s U-20 Championship … Led by Coach Edward Miguel Urroz, the Pinoleras advanced to the CONCACAF Final Round after eliminating Guatemala in a home-and-away series during the Central American Qualification … This is also the first time that any Nicaraguan squad competes in a CONCACAF Final Round since the Futsal team did in 2000.
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: They progressed to their fourth consecutive CONCACAF Women’s Youth Final Round … Under the direction of Marlon Charles, the Soca Princesses hosted and won the Caribbean Group A First Round over Grenada and US Virgin Islands for a place in the CONCACAF Women’s U-20 Championship.
USA: Coached by Tony Dicicco, the USA are one of the three North Zone teams that progressed directly into the Final Round of the CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship … After finishing second in the CONCACAF Tournament in 2004, the Stars & Stripes claimed the Confederation Title two years later … The USA have qualified for all the FIFA Women’s Youth Tournaments, taking the championship in 2002 and reaching the semifinals in 2004 and 2006.
2008 CONCACAF WOMEN’S UNDER-20 CHAMPIONSHIP
Puebla, MEXICO; Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Group A
18.06: TRINIDAD & TOBAGO – USA (13:00)
MEXICO – CUBA (15:30)
20.06: USA – CUBA (13:00)
MEXICO – TRINIDAD & TOBAGO (15:30)
22.06: CUBA – TRINIDAD & TOBAGO (12:00)
MEXICO – USA (14:30)
Group B
17.06: NICARAGUA – CANADA (13:00)
COSTA RICA – JAMAICA (15:30)
19.06: CANADA – JAMAICA (13:00)
COSTA RICA – NICARAGUA (15:30)
21.06: JAMAICA – NICARAGUA (12:00)
CANADA – COSTA RICA (14:30)
Semifinals*
25.06: A1 – B2 (13:00)
B1 – A2 (15:30)
*Order of matches subject to change
Final
28.06: THIRD PLACE (12:00)
CHAMPIONSHIP (14:30)
CONCACAF All-Time Women’s Youth (Under-19, U-20) Final Round Tournaments
Year – Venue (FIFA U-19, U-20 Women’s World Cup Qualifiers)
2002 – Trinidad & Tobago – (Canada^, Mexico, USA)
2004 – Canada – (Canada*, USA)
2006 – Mexico – (Canada, Mexico, USA*)
Note: From 2002-2004, CONCACAF staged Women’s Under-19 Tournaments. The event was changed to Women’s U-20 in 2006.
* Tournament Champion
^ FIFA Women’s U-19 World Cup Host
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CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Championship set for Mexico this week.
The 2008 CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship will take place at the Estadio Cuauhtémoc in Puebla, Mexico from 17-28 June. The eight-team tournament will have two groups of four during the opening round from 17-22 June. The hosts, Mexico have been drawn into Group A along with Cuba, Trinidad & Tobago and the defending champion, USA, while Canada, Costa Rica, Jamaica and Nicaragua will compete in Group B.
The semifinals and finals will take place on 25 and 28 June, respectively, where three teams will qualify to the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Chile 2008. This is the second time that CONCACAF is staging Women’s U-20 Championship with the other one also taking place in Mexico in 2006. CONCACAF has previously hosted two Women’s Under-19 Tournaments in Trinidad & Tobago in 2002 and Canada in 2004.
SCOUTING THE TEAMS…
CANADA:[/b] Coached by Robert Birarda, Canada is one of the three North Zone teams that progressed directly into the Final Round of the CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship … The Maple Leafs won the CONCACAF title in 2004 and finished second in 2006 … Canada have qualified for all three of the FIFA Women’s Youth (U-19 and U-20) Championships achieving their highest finish ever in their women’s football history in claiming the runners-up spot at the tournament they hosted in 2002.
COSTA RICA: One of the two Central American teams participating, Costa Rica are making their first appearance at the CONCACAF Women’s Youth Final Round since 2004 … Under the direction of Juan Diego Quesada, the Ticas advanced to the 2008 CONCACAF Championship after eliminating Panama in a home-and-away series during the Central American Qualification … Costa Rica claimed their highest position at the CONCACAF Women’s Youth Tournament after finishing third in the U-19 Event in 2004.
CUBA: After not competing in the last three tournaments, Cuba are now making their debut at the 2008 CONCACAF Women’s U-20 Championship … The Leonas del Caribe advanced to the CONCACAF Final Round after hosting and winning the Caribbean First Round Group C by defeating Anguilla and Barbados … Rufino Sotolongo is in charge of the Cuban side.
JAMAICA: With Luciano Gama at the helm, Jamaica advanced to the Final Round of the CONCACAF Women’s U-20 Championship after claiming the Caribbean Group B First Round over Haiti and the hosts, Bahamas … The Reggae Girlz have competed in all four CONCACAF Women’s Youth Final Tournaments with their best performance finishing fourth in the 2006 Tournament.
MEXICO: They are hosting their second consecutive CONCACAF Women’s U-20 Championship … The Tricolores finished third in the 2006 Tournament held in Córdoba and Veracruz … Mexico are the first Spanish-speaking nation to have qualified for the FIFA Women’s World Cup (1999), U-19 World Championship (2002), Olympic Games (2004), U-20 Women’s World Cup (2006) … Andrea Rodebaugh is in charge of the Tricolores.
NICARAGUA: One of two Central American nations at the CONCACAF Women’s U-20 Championship … Led by Coach Edward Miguel Urroz, the Pinoleras advanced to the CONCACAF Final Round after eliminating Guatemala in a home-and-away series during the Central American Qualification … This is also the first time that any Nicaraguan squad competes in a CONCACAF Final Round since the Futsal team did in 2000.
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: They progressed to their fourth consecutive CONCACAF Women’s Youth Final Round … Under the direction of Marlon Charles, the Soca Princesses hosted and won the Caribbean Group A First Round over Grenada and US Virgin Islands for a place in the CONCACAF Women’s U-20 Championship.
USA: Coached by Tony Dicicco, the USA are one of the three North Zone teams that progressed directly into the Final Round of the CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship … After finishing second in the CONCACAF Tournament in 2004, the Stars & Stripes claimed the Confederation Title two years later … The USA have qualified for all the FIFA Women’s Youth Tournaments, taking the championship in 2002 and reaching the semifinals in 2004 and 2006.
2008 CONCACAF WOMEN’S UNDER-20 CHAMPIONSHIP
Puebla, MEXICO; Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Group A[/b]
18.06: TRINIDAD & TOBAGO – USA (13:00)
MEXICO – CUBA (15:30)
20.06: USA – CUBA (13:00)
MEXICO – TRINIDAD & TOBAGO (15:30)
22.06: CUBA – TRINIDAD & TOBAGO (12:00)
MEXICO – USA (14:30)
Group B
17.06: NICARAGUA – CANADA (13:00)
COSTA RICA – JAMAICA (15:30)
19.06: CANADA – JAMAICA (13:00)
COSTA RICA – NICARAGUA (15:30)
21.06: JAMAICA – NICARAGUA (12:00)
CANADA – COSTA RICA (14:30)
Semifinals*
25.06: A1 – B2 (13:00)
B1 – A2 (15:30)
*Order of matches subject to change
Final
28.06: THIRD PLACE (12:00)
CHAMPIONSHIP (14:30)
CONCACAF All-Time Women’s Youth (Under-19, U-20) Final Round Tournaments
Year – Venue (FIFA U-19, U-20 Women’s World Cup Qualifiers) [/b]
2002 – Trinidad & Tobago – (Canada^, Mexico, USA)
2004 – Canada – (Canada*, USA)
2006 – Mexico – (Canada, Mexico, USA*)
Note: From 2002-2004, CONCACAF staged Women’s Under-19 Tournaments. The event was changed to Women’s U-20 in 2006.
* Tournament Champion
^ FIFA Women’s U-19 World Cup Host
Source
CONCACAF.COM
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Go Princess!!!
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more news:
CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying - US Soccer.com (http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_6881285.html)
Morgan Named to CONCACAF Under-20 US Women's Qualifying Team - CSTV.com (http://www.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/stories/061708aaj.html) (Go Bears!)
US young guns take aim - fifa.com (http://www.fifa.com/u20womenworldcup/news/newsid=803655.html)
anyway all US news - I don't think the T&T press knows about this yet. TTFF haven't put out a press release on it for them to copy.
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more news:
CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying - US Soccer.com (http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_6881285.html)
Morgan Named to CONCACAF Under-20 US Women's Qualifying Team - CSTV.com (http://www.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/stories/061708aaj.html) (Go Bears!)
US young guns take aim - fifa.com (http://www.fifa.com/u20womenworldcup/news/newsid=803655.html)
anyway all US news - I don't think the T&T press knows about this yet. TTFF haven't put out a press release on it for them to copy.
De TTFF press officer on vacation. He spending 2 weeks by Jack hotel at the COE in Tunapuna.
We women team will get murdered.... we did not even prepare properly for this tour, some small stretch cant help and yet Jack want to host de U-17 womens world cup, to what embarrass de host, again.. or to make $$$$$$$$.
Is the brainless taliban (Jamal Shabazz - Uncle Guyana) still our coach for the women team ? I doubt as Guyana men team have a WC game this Sunday..
Might be Marlon Charles... another dummy who fraid Jack...
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You should be able to see the game tomorrow at 1pm here. It may be broadcast before or after. Just look out for it.
http://www.concacaf.com/competitions/wUnder20/index.aspx
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You should be able to see the game tomorrow at 1pm here. It may be broadcast before or after. Just look out for it.
http://www.concacaf.com/competitions/wUnder20/index.aspx
Isn't it amazing that because they know they can't sell tv rights for minor stuff like this and futsal they post the whole game on the website for everyone to see, but with the senior team even if as they often do fail to sell the rights no one outside of town gets to see it.
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E-man shhhhhhhhh........they go hear yuh. :rotfl:
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NICARAGUA – CANADA 0:2 (0:1)
COSTA RICA – JAMAICA 3:1 (1:1)
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TNT - USA 0:4
USA TNT
4 Goals 0
9 Shots 0
6 Shots on Goal 0
11 Corner Kicks 0
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Aye,
Allyuh don't pong my pardner Marlon Charles. I am not a Jack fan but somebody has to do the job for the girls. He trying his best with absolutely limited resources. "TTFF don't have money". That is if allyuh want to believe that.
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Aye,
Allyuh don't pong my pardner Marlon Charles. I am not a Jack fan but somebody has to do the job for the girls. He trying his best with absolutely limited resources. "TTFF don't have money". That is if allyuh want to believe that.
Yuh mean dey eh have any money fuh de princesses and dem!
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USA-T&T
first half: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFYweYig1Q4
second half: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dNaTnHDyqU
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Our girls outmatch, but at least they trying. Go Princess!!!!
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So we lose the first game 4-0 at least it wasn't double digits or even high singles.
Anybody checking fuh de game against Mexico today?
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Mexico 3:0 T&T
I think we have a good chance at Cuba though, they've been losing even worse.
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Yep heard d score on tv6 news we get 3
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Mexico blanks T&T women 3-0 in qualifiers
Trinidad Guardian reports.
Host Mexico ended the World Cup dreams of the T&T’s Soca Pincesses with a 3-0 win in their second match in Group A of the 2008 Concacaf Women’s Under-20 Championship at the Estadio Cuauhtémoc in Puebla, Mexico, yesterday.
With the win, the Mexicans joined the defending champions, USA as qualifiers for the semi-final after the latter hammered Cuba 9-0 for its second straight win.
On Sunday, USA and Mexico will meet for top spot in the group while T&T will come up against Cuba in its final match.
On Thursday in Group B, Canada and Costa Rica advanced to the semi-finals after eliminating Jamaica and Nicaragua, respectively
Chelsea Stewart notched two goals and Monica Lam-Feist the other for Canada in the 3-1 triumph against Jamaica, who got its goal from Shakira Duncan.
In the second encounter, Cristin Granados, Sharon Sancho Gonzalez and Wendy Acosta all scored for Costa Rica in a the 3-2 victory over Nicaragua. Julissa Del Carmen Acevedo and Maryury Valeska Perez netted for the losers. Canada and Costa Rica are currently tied for first-place in Group B with six points each, but the Maple Leafs have the slim edge over the Ticas on goal difference ahead of their meeting today while Jamaica and Nicaragua face off in the first match. The semi-finals will take place on Wednesday while the third-place match and final of the will take place on Sunday June 28.
The top three teams from the Concacaf Tournament will qualify to the Fifa Under-20 Women’s World Cup in Chile, later this year.
1st half video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6ZOLKc80hM
2nd half video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2u7lSlGiqg
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more news:
CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying - US Soccer.com (http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_6881285.html)
Morgan Named to CONCACAF Under-20 US Women's Qualifying Team - CSTV.com (http://www.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/stories/061708aaj.html) (Go Bears!)
US young guns take aim - fifa.com (http://www.fifa.com/u20womenworldcup/news/newsid=803655.html)
anyway all US news - I don't think the T&T press knows about this yet. TTFF haven't put out a press release on it for them to copy.
De TTFF press officer on vacation. He spending 2 weeks by Jack hotel at the COE in Tunapuna.
We women team will get murdered.... we did not even prepare properly for this tour, some small stretch cant help and yet Jack want to host de U-17 womens world cup, to what embarrass de host, again.. or to make $$$$$$$$.
Is the brainless taliban (Jamal Shabazz - Uncle Guyana) still our coach for the women team ? I doubt as Guyana men team have a WC game this Sunday..
Might be Marlon Charles... another dummy who fraid Jack...
Star Child, are you the former DJ? If so then ah can't cuss you - because meh younger brother say yuh cool, but to talk the way yuh talk bout Shabazz abd Charles as it relates to T&T women football ah have to say that yuh don't understand what's going on. These men backs are against the wall. They are fighting a never ending battle with the TTFF. T&T women's soccer as far as the TTFF is concerned is an after thought. These guys are fighting a losing battle and they know it, but they have made a comittment to T&T women football even when they know that the odds are against them.
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Cuba - T & T 0-4 after 60 mins
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1-4
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Yesterday: Ja 6 - 0 Nicaragua
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more news:
CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying - US Soccer.com (http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_6881285.html)
Morgan Named to CONCACAF Under-20 US Women's Qualifying Team - CSTV.com (http://www.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/stories/061708aaj.html) (Go Bears!)
US young guns take aim - fifa.com (http://www.fifa.com/u20womenworldcup/news/newsid=803655.html)
anyway all US news - I don't think the T&T press knows about this yet. TTFF haven't put out a press release on it for them to copy.
De TTFF press officer on vacation. He spending 2 weeks by Jack hotel at the COE in Tunapuna.
We women team will get murdered.... we did not even prepare properly for this tour, some small stretch cant help and yet Jack want to host de U-17 womens world cup, to what embarrass de host, again.. or to make $$$$$$$$.
Is the brainless taliban (Jamal Shabazz - Uncle Guyana) still our coach for the women team ? I doubt as Guyana men team have a WC game this Sunday..
Might be Marlon Charles... another dummy who fraid Jack...
Star Child, are you the former DJ? If so then ah can't cuss you - because meh younger brother say yuh cool, but to talk the way yuh talk bout Shabazz abd Charles as it relates to T&T women football ah have to say that yuh don't understand what's going on. These men backs are against the wall. They are fighting a never ending battle with the TTFF. T&T women's soccer as far as the TTFF is concerned is an after thought. These guys are fighting a losing battle and they know it, but they have made a comittment to T&T women football even when they know that the odds are against them.
:bs: talk. This has been the excuse for a long time. Forget the money part cause I agree they don't give them much money. These guys (especially Shabazz) make they bed. I won't go into all that but, stop with the talk that these guys are trying they best. Not so. They still pick players through favoritism.
On the senior women's team we may not see our best player fro a while cause she dare challenge Shabazz and they on the manner in which they handle players.
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Honeghan, Thomas spur Girlz to 2-0 win.
By Livingston Scott (Jamaica Observer).
Jamaica's Under-20 female footballers, through second-half goals from Semone Honeghan and Teashian Thomas, defeated Trinidad & Tobago 2-0 at Brancourt in Clarendon for their consecutive win over the twin-island republic in their three-match practice series on Friday.
Honeghan struck four minutes after the half-time break and Thomas netted nine minutes later to give the hosts a comfortable victory.
The teams will square off in the final game of the series at Drax Hall today, starting at 3:00 pm.
Coach Vin Blaine, who is preparing the team for its first-round CONCACAF World Cup Qualifiers later this month, said had they taken their chances in the first half it could have been a much easier match.
"We started out good but we did not capitalise on some easy chances we got and that could have turnd the game early. In the second half we came out more purposeful and got the two goals and the win, which is important to us," he said.
"... We're using these games to correct some of the things that we're doing wrong. I saw some things in this game... so we're going to work on them in training," he added.
The Young Girlz took a while to get into their stride but came close to scoring through Honeghan, Thomas and Nugene Nugent.
However, the Trinidadians almost made them pay for those misses when Karen Forbes' released Afiya Matthias with a floated ball over the defence, but goalkeeper Sashagay Spence was quick off her line to deny the midfielder.
Four minutes after the interval, the Jamaicans took the lead when Thomas got by a defender on the right and delivered a pin-point cross from Honeghan, who planted a firm header past Kimika Forbes in goal.
Honeghan, the topscorer in the recently-concluded Schoolgirl League, returned the favour to strike partner Thomas, in the 58th minute.
After leaving three defenders in her wake on the left to make her way inside the six-yard box, the speedy forward passed to Thomas who turned the opposing defence before firing a low shot past Forbes.
The visitors made a few threatening moves afterwards, but their finishing failed to trouble Spence in goal.
Thomas almost added another minutes before the end, but she could not direct Monique Pryce's cross on target from 12 yards.
Trinidadian coach Jamaal Shabazz said it was an improved performance by his team and the hosts should expect a tougher match today in St Ann.
"I think this was a much closer game than the last one we played. We had our chances to go ahead but we didn't score. I thought Jamaica scored two well-taken goals... but I thought our girls were always in the game, unlike the last match, and that's a big improvement for our team.
"So I think Jamaica must be worried because we seem to be closing in on them," he said.
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Is this our U17 or U20.How Shabazz there? I thought it was de Norwegian in charge.
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Honeghan, Thomas spur Girlz to 2-0 win.
"So I think Jamaica must be worried because we seem to be closing in on them," he said.
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Hmmmmmmmmm....Shabazz still around i though he was booted
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Honeghan, Thomas spur Girlz to 2-0 win.
"So I think Jamaica must be worried because we seem to be closing in on them," he said.
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You right to outline that Trini _2010, Shabazz is a dummy in true. We women team ranked over Jamaica and he making that statement.
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Honeghan, Thomas spur Girlz to 2-0 win.
"So I think Jamaica must be worried because we seem to be closing in on them," he said.
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You right to outline that Trini _2010, Shabazz is a dummy in true. We women team ranked over Jamaica and he making that statement.
I can't remember a T&T women's team trying to play catch up to JA. Jamal and them does be to hypocritical and convenient. We suppose to be resting real licks on them all the time.
All these years he coaching the women's team and can't get it right.
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Is this our U17 or U20.How Shabazz their? I thought it was de Norwegian in charge.
Even Pellerud is currently with the women under 17s in El Salvador. They lost 5-0 to El Salvador Under 20 women team on Wednesday and I think they play them again today...
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Is this our U17 or U20.How Shabazz their? I thought it was de Norwegian in charge.
Even Pellerud is currently with the women under 17s in El Salvador. They lost 5-0 to El Salvador Under 20 women team on Wednesday and I think they play them again today...
Does anyone know the score for today, TT U17 against El Salvador ? U20 or ? 17
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Is this our U17 or U20.How Shabazz there? I thought it was de Norwegian in charge.
U20 went to Jamaica and U17 went to Panama and El Salvador....the papers had it mixed up.
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Women’s Under-20 Team.
By: David Pascal (St. Lucia Star).
When it comes to preparing for the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) World Under-20 Group stage women’s football tournament which is being staged here next month, the St Lucia Football Association (SLFA) realize time is quickly running out.
With that in mind, the SLFA held a press conference on Thursday morning to provide an update on how plans are progressing with the three team tournament taking place September 23, 25 and 27 at George Odlum Stadium. The tournament has St Lucia, Trinidad & Tobago and United States Virgin Islands (USVI) playing each other, is one of the qualifying stages for the FIFA Under-20 World Cup being staged in 2010.
President of the SLFA, Patrick Mathurin, pointed out that St Lucia opted to host the tournament as a cheaper option, than participating in a home and away knockout tournament which was originally proposed by the CFU.
In giving way to the almighty buck, Mathurin said: “It is important to host the tournament as it would raise the profile of women’s football in St Lucia and expose our young women to a viable option for healthy living through sports.”
The estimated cost of St Lucia hosting the tournament is between EC$180,000 and EC$200,000. CFU will be paying the fees for all match officials and supply match balls which amounts to EC$20,000. Mathurin is counting on the St Lucian public coming out in large numbers to support the young women. The ticket cost for each game is $15, however there are season tickets available for all three games at the low cost of $25.00. There are also special rates for female teams currently playing in St Lucia’s National Women’s Tournament and there is also a special package for schools that have players on the Women’s Under 20 National Team.
St Lucia hopes to be more than just charitable hosts and so far have spent over EC$50,000 on team preparation. The Under-20 side is currently playing in the National Women’s Tournament, having won five games and drawing another.
While the competition against local teams does serve a purpose, ideally the Under-20 side would be better off having a few friendly games against opponents overseas. Mathurin indicated that a tour was being planned to Martinique and possibly another island but things did not turn out as planned.
During a question and answer session, Mathurin acknowledged that the SLFA is late in preparation when it comes to the world qualifier. He pointed out that one of their targets is schools and when they reopen in September the SLFA will step up the publicity.
Date of Games:
September 23, St Lucia vs USVI
September 25, Trinidad & Tobago vs USVI
September 27, St Lucia vs Trinidad & Tobago.
All games take place at the George Odlum Stadium at 4pm.
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St Lucia no longer hosting CFU Women’s Qualifier.
By: David Pascal (St. Lucia Star).
The St Lucia Football Association (SLFA) is no longer exploring the possibility of an alternative venue and date change for the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Under-20 Women’s Qualifier, which was scheduled for George Odlum Stadium later this month. That’s because a release on the CONCACAF signals newsletter indicated that the tournament involving St Lucia, United States Virgin Islands (USVI) and Trinidad and Tobago has been shifted.
The competition which was schedule to take place in St Lucia on September 23, 25, and 27 will now take place in the USVI and Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya, Trinidad from September 29 to October 7.
President of the SLFA, Patrick Mathurin, informed CONCACAF of the dilemma facing the SLFA. He proposed playing the games at another venue. Not as easy as it sounds, with various renovation works set to take place at various playing fields including Mindoo Phillip Park.
Mathurin pointed out that last week he received a letter from Sports St Lucia Inc, that Mindoo Phillip Park, which is in a deplorable state, would not be available. However, he pleaded with the authorities to allow the SLFA to use the venue even if it means pushing back the tournament by a week or two to ensure the work is done. Obviously his plea fell on deaf ears.
The change in venue leaves the cashed strapped SLFA in a rather precarious position. At a press conference on August 20, Mathurin pointed out that St Lucia opted to host the three team tournament, as a cheaper option than participating in a home and away knockout tournament which was originally proposed by the CFU.
He estimated the cost of St Lucia hosting the tournament to be somewhere between EC$180,000 to EC$200,000. Shifting the venue of this competition from St Lucia to USVI and Trinidad & Tobago will undoubtedly be a very costly venture for the SLFA. An added issue will be that players travelling to the USVI will need to have Visas.
Some feel St Lucia not hosting the tournament is a blessing in disguise. Let’s face it, with time running out, there was very little in the way of promotion for this important tournament. However, you have to feel sorry for the young ladies who trained hard and looked forward to playing on their home field.
The team is in a state of readiness, having completed a rather intense three day camp earlier this month at George Odlum Stadium. The SLFA President is pleased with their progress.
“We are very optimistic in terms of the preparation by the young ladies and pleasantly surprised by their progress,” said Mathurin. “We would very much like to win the group but we are not 100 percent sure of what the other teams are going to offer, but we are very optimistic and believe our ladies might just be able to pull through in the tournament.”
Wishful thinking indeed!
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Under-20 National Women’s Team victorious in first leg
St. Lucia Star
The St Lucia Under 20 National Women’s Football Team got off to a good start, by winning the first leg of a two leg Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Group B playoff.
On Sunday playing United States Virgin Islands on their home soil, St Lucia came away with a 3-1 victory. The second leg of the playoff takes place today (Tuesday) with the winner of the tie on arrogate for both legs, moving on to meet Trinidad & Tobago on their home field.
St Lucia was scheduled to host the three team competition at George Odlum Stadium on September 23, 25 and 27, however, the recent fire at St Jude Hospital led to the change in venue. George Odlum Stadium could not be used to stage the competition because it is being used as a temporary emergency facility.
In other news, Jamaica completed their Group A CFU Women’s Under-20 World Cup Qualifier, by embarrassing Dominica 11-1 at Windsor Park on Sunday. Jamaica who now advance to the next stage, had previously defeated Turks and Caicos 5-0 while Dominica and Turks and Caicos drew 1-1.
Today's result was 5:1 in favor of St. Lucia, so they are on their way to play T&T on Oct 5 and 7 at the MLS.
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At Marvin Lee Stadium
Oct 5: 'away' game 5 p.m.
Oct 7: home game 5 p.m.
CFU final is in November in T&T. Winner will join
Jamaica, Cuba and Barbados
If they advance CONCACAF finals are:
20-31 January 2010 Guatemala
8 teams final competition :
- Guatemala, USA, Mexico, Canada.
- 3 countries from the Caribbean Zone 15 November 2009.
- 1 country from the Central America 15 November 2009.
If they advance from there:
Women's U-20 world cup is in Germany, 13 Jul-1 Aug
U-17 girls get chance to show off
By: Shari John (Trinidad Guardian)
T&T Under-20 women will play St Lucia in the first leg of a Caribbean Football Union playoff at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, from 5 pm today. Both legs will be played in T&T, with the second scheduled for Wednesday at the same venue. St Lucia forfeited the right to host their home game because of the lack of a facility. The winner will join Jamaica, Cuba and Barbados at the CFU Finals carded for November in T&T.
Jamaica, Barbados and Cuba sealed their spots earlier in qualifying competitions in their respective territories. Several Under-17 players have been included in the T&T squad. Among them are Victoria Swift, Camille Borneo, Rehana Omardeen and Kayla Taylor who, according to team coach, Marlon Charles, are in great form. The squad had its last training session yesterday at the Marvin Lee Stadium.
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is this for the Digecel????????
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is this for the Digecel????????
Women's U-20 CONCACAF championship
http://concacaf.com/viewCompetition.aspx?id=248
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St Lucia 1 - Kwanzaa Robest 79th vs TT 11 - Natasha St Louis 16th, 20th, 27th, 53rd, 67th, 72nd; Mariah Shade 12th, 48th, 50th; Kayla Taylor 6th; Karyn Forbes 30th.
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No Noooooooooo, thats not right 11 - 1....
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So wait...why we NOW hearing bout dis?
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So wait...why we NOW hearing bout dis?
Better late than never :-[
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So wait...why we NOW hearing bout dis?
Better late than never :-[
Maybe you missed this thread
Women U-20 tourney in St. Lucia (http://www.socawarriors.net/forum/index.php?topic=45667.0)
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St Lucia 1 - Kwanzaa Robest 79th vs TT 11 - Natasha St Louis 16th, 20th, 27th, 53rd, 67th, 72nd; Mariah Shade 12th, 48th, 50th; Kayla Taylor 6th; Karyn Forbes 30th.
wow
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And then we run into Canada, USA and sometime Mexico and the game over.
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T&T women crush St Lucia
T&T Express
Natasha St Louis notched six goals to fire Trinidad and Tobago's Under-20 team to an emphatic 11-1 crushing of St Lucia in their first leg encounter of the Caribbean Football Union Women's Qualifiers on Monday night.
Captain Mariah Shade added a hat-trick while Kayla Taylor and Karyn Forbes also found the net to virtually assure T&T of advancing to the final round of qualifiers in Trinidad next month against Jamaica, Cuba and St Kitts and Nevis.
St Lucia struggled to come to grips with the quality of their opponents as T&T exploited their weaknesses to completely dominate the encounter at Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya.
The rout began as early as the sixth minute when Taylor, well known for her clever footwork, found the back of the net to put T&T ahead.
Shade then doubled her team's lead six minutes later, before St Louis added two more in the 16th and 20th minutes.
Taylor squandered a chance after being set up by midfielder Rehana Omardeen's fine diagonal pass but her parried shot landed at the feet of St Louis who pounced to complete her hat-trick in the 27th minute.
A minute later, Karyn Forbes easily penetrated a poorly constructed St Lucian wall to score T&T's sixth goal with a well-taken strike from just outside the 18-yard box. Leading 6-0 at the break, Shade continued her team's domination in the 47th minute from a well executed corner taken by Taylor and completed her hat-trick two minutes later as St Lucia's defence again went to pieces.
Taylor weaved her way back into the action when she found herself free in the 53rd minute to make a fine run on goal before nudging the ball to St Louis who tapped the ball in for her fourth.
St Louis scored again in the 67th and again in the 72nd to make it 11-0 and finish with six goals to her name.
St Lucia finally mustered up a shot on goal in the 77th which was brilliantly saved by Linfah Jones but Kwanzaa Robest scored just moments later to get her side on the scoresheet.
The teams clash again today in the second leg fixture at the same venue from 5 p.m. -CMC
TT demolish St Lucia in U-20 Women’s qualifier
By: Joel Bailey (T&T Newsday)
TRINIDAD AND Tobago crushed St Lucia 11-1 at the Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya on Monday afternoon, in the first match of a 2010 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup play-off series, in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Preliminary Round Group “B” series.
Natasha St Louis netted six goals, while captain and fellow striker Mariah Shade chipped in with three. Midfielders Kayla Taylor and Karyn Forbes added one each for the hosts while Kwanzaa Robest pulled one back for the St Lucians.
In the blink of an eye, the score was 3-0 with Taylor (sixth minute), Shade (12th) and St Louis (16th) on target, while St Louis completed her hat-trick with close range shots, past goalkeeper Cindy St Ange, in the 20th and 27th minutes.
Forbes rifled home a 30-metre right-footed freekick, to the left of a stranded St Ange, in the 30th before Shade also registered her treble, tapping home, from inside the six-yard box, in the 48th and 50th minutes.
St Louis got her fourth in the 53rd, finishing off a counter-attacking move involving midfielder Afiyah Matthias and Taylor and, after a goalkeeper switch by the visitors, St Louis punished Rickel Mentor with a low blast from the edge of the penalty box (67th) and a fine finish (72nd) to the near post after a wonderful diagonal ball from Forbes.
In the 79th, Robest spared total humiliation for the St Lucians with a fantastic strike, from the right flank, drilling her shot past goalie Linfah Jones (a 35th minute replacement for the injured Kimika Forbes).
The “return” leg will also take place at the Macoya venue today at 5 pm.
The aggregate winner will advance to the CFU Finals, here in Trinidad and Tobago, alongside Group “A” winners Jamaica, Group “C” table- toppers Cuba and the victorious team in Group “D” St Kitts/Nevis.
The CFU Final Round qualifiers will be staged from November 18-22, with the top three teams progressing to the CONCACAF Finals in Guatemala from January 16-28. After the CONCACAF Finals, the top three teams will be booking their spots to the 2010 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup in Germany.
Teams – TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: Kimika Forbes (Linfah Jones 35th); Tiana Bateau, Khadisha Debesette, Rehana Omardeen, Cassey McKenzie; Karyn Forbes, Khadidra Debesette (Kedisha Castillo 62nd), Kayla Taylor, Afiyah Matthias (Victoria Swift 62nd); Mariah Shade (capt), Natasha St Louis. ST LUCIA: Cindy St Ange (Rickel Mentor 59th); Melaine Ishmel, Allisha Emmanuel, Myla McLean, Megesh Savery; Ellaisa Marquis, Merlina Auguste, Zanique Celestin, Hydie Sandiford (Zamarla Joseph 51st); Joanne Alphonse, Kwanzaa Robest.
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And then we run into Canada, USA and sometime Mexico and the game over.
So in the end it does not really matter that we clobbered St Lucia 11 - 1 if we cyah compete on level terms with the BIG girls in CONCACAF women's football!
Lets hope when we meet Canada, USA and Mexico that we can give them a serious run for their money and pull off a win or two for a change!
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TT demolish St Lucia in U-20 Women’s qualifier.
By Joel Bailey (T&T Newsday).
Trinidad and Tobago crushed St Lucia 11-1 at the Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya on Monday afternoon, in the first match of a 2010 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup play-off series, in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Preliminary Round Group “B” series.
Natasha St Louis netted six goals, while captain and fellow striker Mariah Shade chipped in with three. Midfielders Kayla Taylor and Karyn Forbes added one each for the hosts while Kwanzaa Robest pulled one back for the St Lucians.
In the blink of an eye, the score was 3-0 with Taylor (sixth minute), Shade (12th) and St Louis (16th) on target, while St Louis completed her hat-trick with close range shots, past goalkeeper Cindy St Ange, in the 20th and 27th minutes.
Forbes rifled home a 30-metre right-footed freekick, to the left of a stranded St Ange, in the 30th before Shade also registered her treble, tapping home, from inside the six-yard box, in the 48th and 50th minutes.
St Louis got her fourth in the 53rd, finishing off a counter-attacking move involving midfielder Afiyah Matthias and Taylor and, after a goalkeeper switch by the visitors, St Louis punished Rickel Mentor with a low blast from the edge of the penalty box (67th) and a fine finish (72nd) to the near post after a wonderful diagonal ball from Forbes.
In the 79th, Robest spared total humiliation for the St Lucians with a fantastic strike, from the right flank, drilling her shot past goalie Linfah Jones (a 35th minute replacement for the injured Kimika Forbes).
The “return” leg will also take place at the Macoya venue today at 5 pm.
The aggregate winner will advance to the CFU Finals, here in Trinidad and Tobago, alongside Group “A” winners Jamaica, Group “C” table- toppers Cuba and the victorious team in Group “D” St Kitts/Nevis.
The CFU Final Round qualifiers will be staged from November 18-22, with the top three teams progressing to the CONCACAF Finals in Guatemala from January 16-28. After the CONCACAF Finals, the top three teams will be booking their spots to the 2010 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup in Germany.
Teams
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: Kimika Forbes (Linfah Jones 35th); Tiana Bateau, Khadisha Debesette, Rehana Omardeen, Cassey McKenzie; Karyn Forbes, Khadidra Debesette (Kedisha Castillo 62nd), Kayla Taylor, Afiyah Matthias (Victoria Swift 62nd); Mariah Shade (capt), Natasha St Louis.
ST LUCIA: Cindy St Ange (Rickel Mentor 59th); Melaine Ishmel, Allisha Emmanuel, Myla McLean, Megesh Savery; Ellaisa Marquis, Merlina Auguste, Zanique Celestin, Hydie Sandiford (Zamarla Joseph 51st); Joanne Alphonse, Kwanzaa Robest.
(http://www.newsday.co.tt/galeria/2009-10-07-32-a_.jpg)
NATASHA ST LOUIS
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Gess now my lil girl go be in dat.
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And then we run into Canada, USA and sometime Mexico and the game over.
jack ass comment.
We play to out best and let the chips fall where they may!
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if was table tennis, St Lucia woulda get chrome''''
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St Lucia 0 vs Trinidad and Tobago 5 - Mariah Shade 45th and 54th; Natasha St Louis 57th; Kayla Taylor 65th and Falina Jack 83rd.
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And then we run into Canada, USA and sometime Mexico and the game over.
jack ass comment.
We play to out best and let the chips fall where they may!
If that's the way you does think then good.
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U-20 girls beaten but not disgraced
By Shari John (T&T Guardian)
T&T U-20 Soca Princesses suffered a tough 4-0 defeat to a men’s U-15 squad yesterday, at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, in a practice match organized to aid both teams with preparations for their respective upcoming tournaments. The U-20 women are currently preparing for the Concacaf Final Round Tournament from January 19-30 in Guatemala, where they will vie for a spot in the Fifa U-20 Women’s World Cup in August, while the U-15 men are in the process of selecting a final team for the Youth Olympics in Singapore, also in August of this year. The U-15 men, coached by Shawn Cooper, had an obvious edge in terms of athleticism and speed but the Soca Princesses, who have adopted a more aggressive style of play, competed well, where attacking was concerned and were in no way intimidated by the strength of their opponents, with the result being a very physical encounter.
Shaquille Henry, who managed to thread his way through the U-20 defence with substantial ease throughout the match, scored two of the U-15s goals, with Jamal Williams netting one and Camille Borneo scoring an own goal after a failed attempt at clearance. The U-20s were forced to play without their skipper Mariah Shade, who is nursing a hamstring injury, and Kayla Taylor, who has been ill for the past three days. The match was played in three parts of 30-minutes in order to allow all of the U-15s time on the pitch. Speaking after the match, U-20 coach, Jamaal Shabazz explained that a victory for his team, was not necessarily the score at the end of the game, but seeing his team implement what it has been learning in practice.
“It was always going to be a tough exercise but we saw bits and pieces of what we have been doing in training, said Shabazz. “It’s always tough playing against boys but it’s just the kind of work out we need to assess the work we’ve done and we are satisfied that the team is playing a lot more compact, but we still have a lot of work to do in terms of transition, when we win the ball.” As it relates to his first match against Mexico in the Concacaf Final just three weeks away, Shabazz said that while his team is a long way from being prepared, he believes that three weeks is enough time to get them there. “Mexico has never been a team to demoralize us, although they are a couple steps up the ladder, it’s more of us getting fit and having the right attitude and putting together a game plan.” The team broke from camp yesterday and will regroup tomorrow until Wednesday, before leaving for Costa Rica at a date to be announced.
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shawn cooper new under 15 coach wish him the best of luck !!!
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Should 14 year old boys be stronger and fitter than 18 year old girls with both being involved in sports?
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Should 14 year old boys be stronger and fitter than 18 year old girls with both being involved in sports?
Does it matter ?? if de coach says is not de result he looking at ? As far as I could remember dat is this coach defining statement with every national women's team he has coached for the last 20 years ...is not de score dat matters folks !!! all yuh eh get de message ..doh study de score !
" it is strange ..de more we change ..rearrange ...everything remains de same
as we move to the next century
1990 ..please make ah liar of me !! " dat was Rudder 20 years ago !! what's new ?
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Should 14 year old boys be stronger and fitter than 18 year old girls with both being involved in sports?
Does it matter ?? if de coach says is not de result he looking at ? As far as I could remember dat is this coach defining statement with every national women's team he has coached for the last 20 years ...is not de score dat matters folks !!! all yuh eh get de message ..doh study de score !
" it is strange ..de more we change ..rearrange ...everything remains de same
as we move to the next century
1990 ..please make ah liar of me !! " dat was Rudder 20 years ago !! what's new ?
Well I did not want to come out and say this, cause men will say we negative. Especially when the reporter say that one youth man was ahving his way with the defense and the coach said the girls did what they were practicing. So What are they practicing?
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I suggest Shabazz play de next warm up games without goalposts ...since de score doh matter just as long as dey doing what he wants ...losing ??
kyah figure out dem fellas nah ! is only in TTFF football dem fellas could find wuk yes .. if was in any other place results would matter ...but den again de man say dey following de plan ...and dat plan more dan 20 years in de making ...
bring ah chinese coach yes ! Dem fellas does get results :devil:
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Just found out that there is an American born to Trini parents, played on the US U-14 or 15 who showed interest in playing for T&T. Jamal Shabazz told the person contacting them on behalf of the player that since she played for the US she cannot play for us. That is the people we have in charge.
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I don't rate Shabazz as a coach .... the question about under 15 boys and under 18 girls is a good one ........ I guess what I'm thinking is if this under u 15 team played one of our competitors what would the result be then? I do seem to recall this under 20 team being beaten by their under 17 counterparts ..... but if he says it was just to guage ...I guess we'll have to take his word ....looking forward to the rematch to see the improvements
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As far as the comparison goes with respect to U-15 boys and U-18 girls, in some cases it would be relative. For the longest time our full women's national team played against U-18 boys team since they would have struggled against a U-20 team. Over the past 10 years the gap has been closed a bit. I just returned from an ODP U-13 Girls mini camp and we played against a Boys U-13 academy team and they got trounced. They struggled against our girls and lost every game against them. The boys were out-played and based on my overall assessment, their technical abilities were superior to that of the boys. I think its a good thing that in the face of lack of competition they are finding quality boys teams for the girls. i understand the concept of not worrying about the results. However, they have to compete to win the game. There can be valuable lessons learned from these games as well and each of us are aware of this.
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My main concern is promoting that its ok to lose to a team regardless of what team it is ..... realistically everytime you step onto a pitch it is to compete and win ...... these girls have to be trained mentally to go out there to compete and to win if you fall short a draw is ok but a loss is never acceptable because that is not what you're training for ..you're training to win ...accepting mediocrity is never acceptable winning and competing is a trained habit ....... TT coaches miss this .... they feel its just running drills ...its a mixture of drills to coax a certain behavior or reaction in various situations.
I remember one time Jan Steadman had Benedicts play Trintoc a practice match with Faustin , Philbert Jones, JB and all them boy ...and he tell them to rough us up ..... after the first half they kick the shit out of us and had we bubbling .... halftime we walk in cool man tell theyself is Trintoc we suppose to lose ......talk bout cuss ....he say you step onto a field to win it doh matter if is brazil ........ Jan fav word is allyuh is a bunch a dead prick .... he say if we lose this game he goh make we run home from Trintoc all the way back to la romaine lol and believe me Jan was crazy enough that we woulda do it lol.
Man scared ...tissic ...... fear turn to madness ...... man lorse they mind and pull an all out assault on Trintoc ... when one man get beat ah next man flying in and we taking it to them too ..... Webb hold on to Trintoc and start to abuse man ...... we end up losing 3-0 but that second half was crazy and that was the reaction he was looking for ......... TT national teams need that kinda impact men and women!
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The Tobago Womens team that won the WOLF competition this year, played against our U14 team just before the WOLF started and we beat them 2 - nil. Some of the players on that Tobago team are on the National U 20 team and some of the players were older.
By right I believe that U 15 boys should beat them anytime, let alone another National team in training.
And just to add, we were the last team that they played in a series of warm up matches before the competition started.....so they were a good way into their preparations.
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USA, England, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, France and Italy, U15 boys will Beat there U 20 girls team Always.
If not, coaches might lost the wok... What make trini U15 boys any different?
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As far as the comparison goes with respect to U-15 boys and U-18 girls, in some cases it would be relative. For the longest time our full women's national team played against U-18 boys team since they would have struggled against a U-20 team. Over the past 10 years the gap has been closed a bit. I just returned from an ODP U-13 Girls mini camp and we played against a Boys U-13 academy team and they got trounced. They struggled against our girls and lost every game against them. The boys were out-played and based on my overall assessment, their technical abilities were superior to that of the boys. I think its a good thing that in the face of lack of competition they are finding quality boys teams for the girls. i understand the concept of not worrying about the results. However, they have to compete to win the game. There can be valuable lessons learned from these games as well and each of us are aware of this.
I agree with yuh with respect to the U-15 boys and U18 girls, especially when yuh talking about national team.
On the other hand with respect to the U13 girls ODP team.
What academy U13 boys team did those girls play. Those girls definately did not playa top U13 boys team/ academy. I have seen team like Fc ohio, PDA, Baltimore bays, triangle FC, and Century united, U12/13 boys play and from what i have seen no U13 girls team can compete with either of these team. I am quite sure that there are better U13 boys teams than what i mention above. Them girls play some "shithounds". Not like yuh say de game was close, you said there were out played and that the girls were more techinical. Trust me i have seen some ballers at 12 and 13 years old.
Not to put a knock on the ODP girls, because i myself coach girls also. However if you put ODP girls against a top academy team in the same age group there is no way girls will out play them. That's why i am saying yuh play ah shyt squard.
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As far as the comparison goes with respect to U-15 boys and U-18 girls, in some cases it would be relative. For the longest time our full women's national team played against U-18 boys team since they would have struggled against a U-20 team. Over the past 10 years the gap has been closed a bit. I just returned from an ODP U-13 Girls mini camp and we played against a Boys U-13 academy team and they got trounced. They struggled against our girls and lost every game against them. The boys were out-played and based on my overall assessment, their technical abilities were superior to that of the boys. I think its a good thing that in the face of lack of competition they are finding quality boys teams for the girls. i understand the concept of not worrying about the results. However, they have to compete to win the game. There can be valuable lessons learned from these games as well and each of us are aware of this.
I agree with yuh with respect to the U-15 boys and U18 girls, especially when yuh talking about national team.
On the other hand with respect to the U13 girls ODP team.
What academy U13 boys team did those girls play. Those girls definately did not playa top U13 boys team/ academy. I have seen team like Fc ohio, PDA, Baltimore bays, triangle FC, and Century united, U12/13 boys play and from what i have seen no U13 girls team can compete with either of these team. I am quite sure that there are better U13 boys teams than what i mention above. Them girls play some "shithounds". Not like yuh say de game was close, you said there were out played and that the girls were more techinical. Trust me i have seen some ballers at 12 and 13 years old.
Not to put a knock on the ODP girls, because i myself coach girls also. However if you put ODP girls against a top academy team in the same age group there is no way girls will out play them. That's why i am saying yuh play ah shyt squard.
My ODP 97 boys played the 97 last summer and the girls were more physical and got settled into the game much quicker than the boys. It took the boys about the third period before they knew what hit them. The girls were matching them physically and technically.
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People you all are putting way too much stock into the fact that the boys beat the girls. It is expected. The boys are bigger faster and definitley stronger , so the test was to simulate the competition. The objective was avchieved.Many of you are also stating that the U17's beat the U20's recently (girls). Many of the better U17 girls are the bench depth for the U20's when the competition is CFU and or local friendlies. As we forget the U20 sqaud is comprised mainly of foreign based players (USA & Canada) most of which have only just arrived after Jan 2nd. So as much as we all saw a loss or two (it was expected and was not surprsing). Give the girls three or four more days together as many need to get acclimated to the heat as well as jet lag and then lets see a game versus the U17 girls national team and or the U15 boys and I will bet dollars to donuts the results will be much more different. Big picture folks !!!!! Big picture !
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People you all are putting way too much stock into the fact that the boys beat the girls. It is expected. The boys are bigger faster and definitley stronger , so the test was to simulate the competition. The objective was avchieved.Many of you are also stating that the U17's beat the U20's recently (girls). Many of the better U17 girls are the bench depth for the U20's when the competition is CFU and or local friendlies. As we forget the U20 sqaud is comprised mainly of foreign based players (USA & Canada) most of which have only just arrived after Jan 2nd. So as much as we all saw a loss or two (it was expected and was not surprsing). Give the girls three or four more days together as many need to get acclimated to the heat as well as jet lag and then lets see a game versus the U17 girls national team and or the U15 boys and I will bet dollars to donuts the results will be much more different. Big picture folks !!!!! Big picture !
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What big picture? What has Jamal Shabazz and Marlon Charles done or won with the Women's program since they have it? Is the same thing all the time, beat up Barbados and Grenada, then what?
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This is the first time that the have had structure of a director of football at the helm in that of Even Pellerud. You have to let the past go & judge what occurs for the future. Shabazz and Charles are responsible for the U20's however it could've easily been another coaching staff. The program is going through a change in structure as well as philosophy and even the type of game that we will see on the pitch will be different. As Pellerud's style is different than what we have in the past. Every team from 17 to senior will be playing the same style and the tactic's and technical knowledge will all be the same. Big Picture my friend. Big Picture.
It's not about the immediate results it's about the overall big picture. There is only two teams that matter. The MNT & WNT. The grooming of players from within U23 -20 & 17 is a start to take the program to where it needs to be and that is be competitive at all levels. This will take time folks so try and be patient.
Cheers 19
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As far as the comparison goes with respect to U-15 boys and U-18 girls, in some cases it would be relative. For the longest time our full women's national team played against U-18 boys team since they would have struggled against a U-20 team. Over the past 10 years the gap has been closed a bit. I just returned from an ODP U-13 Girls mini camp and we played against a Boys U-13 academy team and they got trounced. They struggled against our girls and lost every game against them. The boys were out-played and based on my overall assessment, their technical abilities were superior to that of the boys. I think its a good thing that in the face of lack of competition they are finding quality boys teams for the girls. i understand the concept of not worrying about the results. However, they have to compete to win the game. There can be valuable lessons learned from these games as well and each of us are aware of this.
I agree with yuh with respect to the U-15 boys and U18 girls, especially when yuh talking about national team.
On the other hand with respect to the U13 girls ODP team.
What academy U13 boys team did those girls play. Those girls definately did not playa top U13 boys team/ academy. I have seen team like Fc ohio, PDA, Baltimore bays, triangle FC, and Century united, U12/13 boys play and from what i have seen no U13 girls team can compete with either of these team. I am quite sure that there are better U13 boys teams than what i mention above. Them girls playYou must be coaching ODP in Maine, Idaho, Iowa, wyoming or west virgina... i could tell you that no girls ODP ent bea
I agree with yuh with respect to the U-15 boys and U18 girls, especially when yuh talking about national team.
some "shithounds". Not like yuh say de game was close, you said there were out played and that the girls were more techinical. Trust me i have seen some ballers at 12 and 13 years old.
Not to put a knock on the ODP girls, because i myself coach girls also. However if you put ODP girls against a top academy team in the same age group there is no way girls will out play them. That's why i am saying yuh play ah shyt squard.
My ODP 97 boys played the 97 last summer and the girls were more physical and got settled into the game much quicker than the boys. It took the boys about the third period before they knew what hit them. The girls were matching them physically and technically.
You must be coaching ODP in Maine, Idaho, Iowa, wyoming or west virgina... Way all dem small men workin on farm and ent have time to improve the skills. i could tell you that no girls ODP team ent beating no boys ODP team from NY, PA, CA, MD, as a matter of fact most of the other states. Unless is ah 1st string girls team playing some 5th string 97 boys team.
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When I was U15 we used to play games versus the womens national team at the time.
We beat them usually around 3-1 or so.
The games were competitive but they were not fast enough.
This was in the late 80's early 90's they had one good player , Dalia Desilva and she was the only one who would get a goal now and then.
and we were just a community club team.
I would expect a u15 boys national team to beat a u20 girl national team
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As far as the comparison goes with respect to U-15 boys and U-18 girls, in some cases it would be relative. For the longest time our full women's national team played against U-18 boys team since they would have struggled against a U-20 team. Over the past 10 years the gap has been closed a bit. I just returned from an ODP U-13 Girls mini camp and we played against a Boys U-13 academy team and they got trounced. They struggled against our girls and lost every game against them. The boys were out-played and based on my overall assessment, their technical abilities were superior to that of the boys. I think its a good thing that in the face of lack of competition they are finding quality boys teams for the girls. i understand the concept of not worrying about the results. However, they have to compete to win the game. There can be valuable lessons learned from these games as well and each of us are aware of this.
I agree with yuh with respect to the U-15 boys and U18 girls, especially when yuh talking about national team.
On the other hand with respect to the U13 girls ODP team.
What academy U13 boys team did those girls play. Those girls definately did not playa top U13 boys team/ academy. I have seen team like Fc ohio, PDA, Baltimore bays, triangle FC, and Century united, U12/13 boys play and from what i have seen no U13 girls team can compete with either of these team. I am quite sure that there are better U13 boys teams than what i mention above. Them girls playYou must be coaching ODP in Maine, Idaho, Iowa, wyoming or west virgina... i could tell you that no girls ODP ent bea
I agree with yuh with respect to the U-15 boys and U18 girls, especially when yuh talking about national team.
some "shithounds". Not like yuh say de game was close, you said there were out played and that the girls were more techinical. Trust me i have seen some ballers at 12 and 13 years old.
Not to put a knock on the ODP girls, because i myself coach girls also. However if you put ODP girls against a top academy team in the same age group there is no way girls will out play them. That's why i am saying yuh play ah shyt squard.
My ODP 97 boys played the 97 last summer and the girls were more physical and got settled into the game much quicker than the boys. It took the boys about the third period before they knew what hit them. The girls were matching them physically and technically.
You must be coaching ODP in Maine, Idaho, Iowa, wyoming or west virgina... Way all dem small men workin on farm and ent have time to improve the skills. i could tell you that no girls ODP team ent beating no boys ODP team from NY, PA, CA, MD, as a matter of fact most of the other states. Unless is ah 1st string girls team playing some 5th string 97 boys team.
Eldo slow down a bit. Look at the age group I put up and then think about what yuh saying.
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This is the first time that the have had structure of a director of football at the helm in that of Even Pellerud. You have to let the past go & judge what occurs for the future. Shabazz and Charles are responsible for the U20's however it could've easily been another coaching staff. The program is going through a change in structure as well as philosophy and even the type of game that we will see on the pitch will be different. As Pellerud's style is different than what we have in the past. Every team from 17 to senior will be playing the same style and the tactic's and technical knowledge will all be the same. Big Picture my friend. Big Picture.
It's not about the immediate results it's about the overall big picture. There is only two teams that matter. The MNT & WNT. The grooming of players from within U23 -20 & 17 is a start to take the program to where it needs to be and that is be competitive at all levels. This will take time folks so try and be patient.
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If is a change they going through why not thank Shabazz and Marlon for their services and let them go? They never won anything in women footbal.l Not even club I think Jamal win anything and he had Calidonia womens team with decent players. Actually, they have been more of a distraction - negative even.
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Elan for a guy that has over 5000 posts I would think that you see that big picture.
The womens program in the past did not have the structure that it has now nor the funding.
It takes money to make money so to speak.
The biggest issue is developing local grssroots talent and not having to rely as much on foreign based players.
Will the program ever get to a point to not have to use Foreign based players ? Probabaly not however the grassroots technical skill abilities as well ads tactical knowledge will improve greatly and quite quickly having a structured management team in place. Time will tell folks , so be patient !!
With TnT hosting the U17 Womens WC this year and coming close to making it to the last WC with very little time in it's training. The more structured and of course having a decent players pool will go along way to taking the womens national program to where it needs to go. Rome was not built in a day and it takes time. However you have to start somewhere. Calling for Shabazz's & Charle's heads are just counter productive and would set things back. They now have no excuses as the funding is there & the structure. So let them go and do there jobs & then we can measure the successes over time.
Cheers 19
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Elan for a guy that has over 5000 posts I would think that you see that big picture.
The womens program in the past did not have the structure that it has now nor the funding.
It takes money to make money so to speak.
The biggest issue is developing local grssroots talent and not having to rely as much on foreign based players.
Will the program ever get to a point to not have to use Foreign based players ? Probabaly not however the grassroots technical skill abilities as well ads tactical knowledge will improve greatly and quite quickly having a structured management team in place. Time will tell folks , so be patient !!
With TnT hosting the U17 Womens WC this year and coming close to making it to the last WC with very little time in it's training. The more structured and of course having a decent players pool will go along way to taking the womens national program to where it needs to go. Rome was not built in a day and it takes time. However you have to start somewhere. Calling for Shabazz's & Charle's heads are just counter productive and would set things back. They now have no excuses as the funding is there & the structure. So let them go and do there jobs & then we can measure the successes over time.
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I glad you have that positive idealogy. I around T&T women football to long, when they get people who could actually coach and work with players I may change my mind. Good luck.
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Elan for a guy that has over 5000 posts I would think that you see that big picture.
The womens program in the past did not have the structure that it has now nor the funding.
It takes money to make money so to speak.
The biggest issue is developing local grssroots talent and not having to rely as much on foreign based players.
Will the program ever get to a point to not have to use Foreign based players ? Probabaly not however the grassroots technical skill abilities as well ads tactical knowledge will improve greatly and quite quickly having a structured management team in place. Time will tell folks , so be patient !!
With TnT hosting the U17 Womens WC this year and coming close to making it to the last WC with very little time in it's training. The more structured and of course having a decent players pool will go along way to taking the womens national program to where it needs to go. Rome was not built in a day and it takes time. However you have to start somewhere. Calling for Shabazz's & Charle's heads are just counter productive and would set things back. They now have no excuses as the funding is there & the structure. So let them go and do there jobs & then we can measure the successes over time.
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Where were you for the last 20 years may I ask ? Do you think this talk is new ? Like you never hear Minshall talk ...de ,man could make you buy a stone he picked up on the way to see you . I hope if you ever meet Warner you sew down your pocket :beermug:
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Stick's and Stone's my friend , Stick's and Stones !!!!!!!!!
Stop living in the past and come into the 21st century.
Give the coaching staff some lienency as they have direction from their new director (Even Pellerud).
Just because Charles and Shabazz were involved before does not mean we are doomed to fail.
It's going to be tough however the resources and structure seem to be in place so lets sit back and try and give them a chance.
Cheers 19
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Stick's and Stone's my friend , Stick's and Stones !!!!!!!!!
Stop living in the past and come into the 21st century.
Give the coaching staff some lienency as they have direction from their new director (Even Pellerud).
Just because Charles and Shabazz were involved before does not mean we are doomed to fail.
It's going to be tough however the resources and structure seem to be in place so lets sit back and try and give them a chance.
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You keep saying step into the future, but yet you all keep using outdated coaches to step into the 21st century. It's like buying a mac book pro and yuh house have dial up. Just don't make any sense. What qualifications Shabazz and Marlon have that two of them running women football in T&T for so long?
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Elan are you any more qualified than what Shabazz and Charles are ?
Do any of you that are biatching have all of your licenses? Have you let it been known that you want to coach the Princesses ?
All of you are missing the point , the women's program has never had the support or structure than what it does now. So cut the two incumbents some slack and let them try and do there job's.
If the Princesses get smoked and show no discipline on the pitch as far as tactics and technical knowledge then hold the coaches accountable. You all forget these two have been doing the coaching on honorariums and volunteerism over the past number of years. They now have structured accountability from the TTFF whereby it was never there before. So give them some time under the new regime as only time will tell. Unless you have some effective solution for us please am open minded to hear them.
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agree with yuh with respect to the U-15 boys and U18 girls, especially when yuh talking about national team.
On the other hand with respect to the U13 girls ODP team.
What academy U13 boys team did those girls play. Those girls definately did not playa top U13 boys team/ academy. I have seen team like Fc ohio, PDA, Baltimore bays, triangle FC, and Century united, U12/13 boys play and from what i have seen no U13 girls team can compete with either of these team. I am quite sure that there are better U13 boys teams than what i mention above. Them girls play some "shithounds". Not like yuh say de game was close, you said there were out played and that the girls were more techinical. Trust me i have seen some ballers at 12 and 13 years old.
Not to put a knock on the ODP girls, because i myself coach girls also. However if you put ODP girls against a top academy team in the same age group there is no way girls will out play them. That's why i am saying yuh play ah shyt squard.
Eldo man I fully understand where you are headed with your comments. However, you are not sitting on the bench I am sitting so i will down play your ignorance. I can assure you that these players would have competed with those teams you speak of since I am familiar with all of them. /www.arsenalsoccernj.com/about.htm Arsenal soccer club is one of the top clubs on the east coast. If you were able to see these girls play you would understand. When you have a minute do some research on the level of play between different gendas at the u13 level. You will be surprised to find out how close they are generally in their overall abilities. In no way am I advocating that girls are generally better than boys at this age. However, from time to time you will have an elite girls teams that can do just that. Let me remind you that these girls are considered as 65 of the best players in the country. The boys team is one of the best in their state/region. I am sure that it would have been a different story had they played the region I ODP U13 boys team. But to act as though the only way this was possible was due to the boys not being good tells me that you are not adept when it comes to the women's game. I will forgive you. I have only been working with some of the very best female players for the past 20 years. Hopefully I might just have an idea of what I am talking about
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U-20 Women settle in Guatemala for World qualifiers
T&T Guardian
T&T’s Under-20 Soca Princesses arrived in Guatemala City yesterday ahead of the upcoming Concacaf Final Qualifying round towards the Fifa Under-20 Women’s World Cup in Germany later this year. The team, under coach Jamaal Shabazz checked in at the luxurious Hotel Tikal Futura and had welcomed news in the return of Canadian-born utility player Arin King from injury. She is back to full fitness and is likely to contest for a place the squad.
Assistant coach Marlon Charles commented on King’s return saying: “Arin is a special player and she opens up options for us to use her in midfield or defence this is very good news for the team.”T&T open their campaign against Mexico on Friday before coming up against Caribbean Football Union rivals Jamaica and USA and Shabazz feels the team should peak in time for the crucial qualifiers following their timely two warm-up games against Costa Rica which they drew 0-0 on Thursday and lost 2-1 on Friday.
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if we make the semis the games on FSC next week.
represent ladies!
tv schedules - http://msn.foxsports.com/foxsoccer/tvschedule/story/printableschedule
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Thanks for de link
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no prob man. i is print them schedule out weekly.
i is call them Weekend Planners though.
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GO T&T GO
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Women's U-20s to be streamed live at CONCACAF.com
CONCACAF.com
The CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Championship in Guatemala will be available via live streaming video at the confederation's Web site when the tournament begins Wednesday.
All 16 games can be watched at CONCACAF.com's video portal, CONCACAF TV, the first time a continental confederation has offered free comprehensive live coverage of a youth tournament online. Users will have to sign-up to view the games, but there is no charge for the one-time registration.
"Our internet coverage of this tournament represents a major milestone for CONCACAF and the football world," CONCACAF President Jack Warner. "We are now able to provide live streaming free-of-charge for this and other youth tournaments which previously lacked broadcast distribution."
The games also will be viewable on-demand shortly after their conclusion.
"We recognize the critical importance that technology will play in the future of football and are committed to developing innovative ways to deliver value to our membership and fans," confederation General Secretary Chuck Blazer said.
The eight-team championship in Guatemala City begins Wednesday with a doubleheader featuring defending champion Canada and Costa Rica, and Guatemala against Cuba.
The tournament will finish January 30 with the title and third-place games. Three teams will qualify for the Under-20 Women's World Cup in Germany in July.
Follow the U-20 championship by joining the CONCACAF Facebook group or follow it on Twitter for all the latest news.
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You have to go on and pre register your account in order to watch it live.
Suggest you do it soon and also try it out as you might have to update yourflash player as well.
The website will tell you whetehr you flash player is out of date.
The upgrade is free , it just takes time.
You can go to Concacaf TV and seean interview with Shabazz and Shade and see the Princesses training.
For those unaware there was a 6.0 magnitude earthqauke in the region today sout east of Guatemala City.
The team is fine.It was business as usual training today for the young Princesses.
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VIDEO: Up close with Mariah Shade and Jamaal Shabazz
http://www.concacaf.com/page/WUnder20s/VideosDetail/0,,12813~1936771,00.html
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You see the size ah them US
girls women to our women girls :o :o
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Thanks for the link, did anyone notice the size of the USA girls these women are clearly a few inches taller and 20 to 25 pounds heavier than their opponents. TT girls and Guatamala girls look like children next to these grown USA women. I am hoping for a Buster Douglas vs. Mike Tyson outcome. The Guatalmala women dont even have matching warm-ups I hope that is not an indication of the money this country was willing to put into their womens program preparing for this tournament. I feel unfortunatly the US team sees this tournament as no more than a warm- up before the World Cup. We need to put a scare in them.
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Thanks for the link, did anyone notice the size of the USA girls these women are clearly a few inches taller and 20 to 25 pounds heavier than their opponents. TT girls and Guatamala girls look like children next to these grown USA women. I am hoping for a Buster Douglas vs. Mike Tyson outcome. The Guatalmala women dont even have matching warm-ups I hope that is not an indication of the money this country was willing to put into their womens program preparing for this tournament. I feel unfortunatly the US team sees this tournament as no more than a warm- up before the World Cup. We need to put a scare in them.
Not being negative, but our captain of the U-20 just got done playing high school football, right? The captain of the USA U-20 team just finished her college season at a top college program. That's a huge difference.
The size of them US women legs who bouncing them off the ball. I hope we could keep the ball and make them cjase it for a while, cause that counter-attacking plan Jamal talking about eh sound to promising nah. We may have to be more possession oriented.
I hope the girls show some real skills.
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Unfortunately for the opposition we are not taking this tournament lightly. in the last CONCACAF qualifiers I was very impressed with the performance of Trini U-20 team against our girls. Even though we won the last U-20 Women's World Cup we officially found out we have fallen behind the Europeans and some Asians team when it comes to the technical and some intricate tactical components of the game. Our fitness level no longer separate us from the rest of top teams in the World. Having said that our CONCACAF neighbors with the exception of Canada are still behind us when it comes to our speed athleticism and fitness. I believe these components will shine through in Guatemala. For the first time in the history of our youth team we will depending on a front-line that is depending on three black sisters. Maya (who will be one of the fastest strikers in Guatemala), Sydney(lethal goal scorer) and Tiff(goal score with pace) would be too much for the opposition. The lost to Canada is still fresh in our minds and we intend to make things right in Guatemala. All in all i expect this event to be a good one and i wish all the competing teams all the best. We are fit, focused and ready for all opposition. This team has all the components necessary to get it done. This is one Canary that has no intentions of being eaten by any owls in Guatemala. It would be nice for us to win this event and for Trini to qualify.
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USA again gets to qualify for a world cup against a country 1 300th the size of them. I dont have a solution for changing what is a geographic problem. I am unclear how beating small islands with suspect economies is challenging for the US or Canada. I applaud how the TT coaches attempt to get their teams up for this game. I am hoping for the faith of David for the TT girls against their Goliath. The problem is under the current format two of the possible positions appear to be locked up with Canada and USA, Mexico is quickly becoming a country that will lock up a third position. The challenge will be continue to draw interest in these games when it appears that the other mostly minority islands are playing for no other reason than to try to give some legitmacy to a CONCACAF title to the eventual North American winner.
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USA again gets to qualify for a world cup against a country 1 300th the size of them. I dont have a solution for changing what is a geographic problem. I am unclear how beating small islands with suspect economies is challenging for the US or Canada. I applaud how the TT coaches attempt to get their teams up for this game. I am hoping for the faith of David for the TT girls against their Goliath. The problem is under the current format two of the possible positions appear to be locked up with Canada and USA, Mexico is quickly becoming a country that will lock up a third position. The challenge will be continue to draw interest in these games when it appears that the other mostly minority islands are playing for no other reason than to try to give some legitmacy to a CONCACAF title to the eventual North American winner.
The US cannot help their geographic location as much as we can do something about our size and population. This is where they have to qualify from, not their fault.
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if you read my post I said it is a geographic problem and did not blame the USA, I identified it as a "geographic problem". I still feel that this is not improving the game and how it is viewed in these islands. Many of the island nations including TT continues to operate with a step child mentality when it comes to COCNACAF soccer, as if they are asking to sit at the table with the natural children. As to the statement "this is where they qualify from" you say that as if there is no alternative to this requirement. I can assure you that America unlike almost any country in the world prides itself on leveling the playing filed. In fact the Constitution of the USA and it's congressional and legislative bodies are set up so that the Majority would never have complete power of the minority yet that appear to be satisfied with a completly one sided qualifying format.
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You see the size ah them US girls women to our women girls :o :o
I notice that too.There's a trend taking place in women's football that has nothing to do with female biology.Since the last three Women's World Cup,there has been a strategic shift from soley being Technically Superior to being Bulky Brawny Bruisers.In the last woman's world cup,the USA for instance was Fat, Amazonian and Slow.This strategy ,I believe,was adopted because Brazil was achieving parity with the USA technically.No more uses for the small framed Mia,Pratinha,Formiga Cecee but rather for the Amazonian.Evidently,these two team's foresight suggest the need for this new edge.Brazil chose a combination of skill and brawn as compared to Usa's all brawn.They were all FAT with the exception of the keeper.The Usa's U 20 team is being bulked along the same lines as the seniors, through nutrition and probably at the behest of the federation, to give them that extra edge. After all,this U 20 team will soon be their senior team.
MHO
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Since when does being FAT and SLOW give players an edge . Being physical in stature will always have its advantages especially if you already have technical and tactical superiority . This American u-20 team is imposing and quick ............slow ?......fat. ? ....... What planet are you on ? :rotfl: ???
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The U.S.A. does not have to level any playing field. We need to step up .Our men did it in 2006 against England and Sweden so why can't our women ? We need to spend more money on all of our female teams and hire GOOD coaches with a positive track record .Pellerud's focus is the u-17's .Since taking over from the locals , the team has trained 7 times per week, so much so that 5 of these players are on the u-20 team in Guatemala.Unfortunately , Pellerud has left perennial losers and underachievers Jamal Shabazz and Marlon Charles in charge of our u-20's and senior teams .Together they have not won 5 games at CONCACAF level in the more than 10 years that they have been in charge of our women . Losing is a HABIT FOR THESE " COACHES ". They see the U.S.A. and Mexico as OWLS and MONSTERS and T@T as a little canary waiting to be gobbled up .What could their pep talk possibly be...all yuh... jus doh get 10!!! ? Until these men are removed and new coaches are given the opportunity to take the women's game forward ( with pay ) we are doomed to failure . Pellerud has a decent track record but he coaches the u-17 only and it does not appear that he is brave enough to get rid of Jack's servants ( Shabazz and Marlon ). I wish the girls well .They will certainly be up against it . :'(
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First time ah this excited to see the Soca Princess play ..ah have a special feeling bout this team
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I wouldn't describe the US Women's team as fat and slow. I find those comments hilarious :rotfl: I can assure you that is not the case. You will find that out very soon. Guatemala will get a serious does of Tiff, Sydney and Maya who do not fit the fat bulky slow characteristics.
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Marlon and Shabazz got involved in women's football at a time when it was not popular and no one really had an interest in their game. However, the time has come to pump new blood and new ideas into the women's game back home. I fully understand the concepts about numbers and geography and all the other stuff. I also believe in focusing on the things you have control over. As a young and upcoming future potential power in CONCACAF Trini has a chance to focus on the controlables and do things the right way. Their is no short cuts to player development and developing a competitive edge. With so many short comings Trini has found a way to develop some very good female players over the years. In my 20 years being involved in the women's game i have not seen many players the likes of Maylee Johnson for example. One could only imagine where women's football can be if the right approaches were taken. As much as we have done well on the world stage, we have our issues here in the US. Some countries ( Koreans, Germans, Brazilians etc) have not only caught up but have surpass us in technical and tactical areas. To be the best you have to learn from the best. I am not sure what Marlon and Shabazz have been doing to steal ideas from the best countries in CONCACAF and implementing those things that relate to trini state of football. Trini has made some nice strides in the last few years. i need to look no further than the last time Trini played USA in the CONCACAF qualifiers. If not for a few technical and mental break downs they were in that game. I still look forward for the day when trini will rise to the occasion and be a serious contender in the CONCACAF region
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You wait and see what fat , slow girls do to this squad lol
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I think he was more referencing the Olympic team/WC team when Brazil dismatled the USA. The US looked big and sluggish.
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Point well taken. Marta did have her way with our team that day
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the USA for instance was Fat, Amazonian and Slow.
Please adjust your tv settings
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Concacaf t.v. not working for me ???
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Concacaf t.v. not working for me ???
Click on the game again. I getting it real clear even in full screen.
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Guat leading Cuba 2-0. Guat. players have good ball control move very well off the and into the free spaces. Cuba chasing ball most of the time.
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I know they are not up to the same skill level as the USA but the Costa Rica, Guatamala girls look like they understand the game. Even the cuban girls show moments of good skill and understanding. I am excited to see where these programs can be in a few years. Felt the canadian game could have easily been 1-0 for Costa Rica. Looking forward to TT hooked my laptop up to my HD big screen now if only i could speak spanish
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goallll
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TnT 1 Mex 0
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TNT 1 MEX 1
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Mex 2 TT1
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Our girls still have a long way to go. Despite that, keep on fighting Princesses!!!!!!!God Bless!!!!!!!
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T&T go under 2-1 to Mexico in U-20 Women's qualifier
By Shaun Fuentes (TTFF)
Trinidad and Tobago’s National Under 20 footballers suffered a narrow 2-1 defeat to Mexico in their opening Group B encounter of the Concacaf Final Round of qualification towards the 2010 FIFA Under 20 Women’s World Cup.
In the game played at the Estadio Cementos Progreso Ciudad de Guatemala, T&T started brightly and stunned their opponents by grabbing a first minute lead through Natasha St Louis.
She touched ahead what appeared to be an innocent ball out of midfield, then sprinted around Mexican central defender Alina Garciamendez and - with Garciamendez tugging on her left shoulder - finished from the middle of the penalty area on 51 seconds
But despite a courageous effort by the T&T team and its defence marshalled by Canadian-based player Arin King, the Mexicans prevailed, getting their equalizer on the stroke of half time when Charlyn Corall’s delivery from the left was headed into the corner of the net by Liliana Godoy past goalkeeper Kimika Forbes. The Mexicans then got their winner from Natalie Lagunas in the 80th minute when she collected a left side pass from Corall and made no mistake, hitting low into the right corner. Corall who has been playing for the Mexican Under 20 team since age 14, also hit the woodwork on two occasions.
T&T made a late effort to snatch an equalizer but it was not to be and they now look forward to facing the United States in their second match on Saturday.
T&T head coach Jamaal Shabazz was obviously disappointed with the result but not with his team’s effort.
“I think all the players are disappointed to have not come away with at least a point, especially after taking the lead so early and fighting so hard for long periods. We played to a plan and it worked for us but not for the entire game. I must give credit to the players for a really good effort against what was a more experienced Mexican team. Our heads may be down for a little but we will take a lot from this game and look ahead to the remainder of the tournament with a lot of interest and optimism,” Shabazz said.
The top three teams from the eight- nation tournament will advance to the Under 20 World Cup in Germany in July, 2010.
Mexico rallies to subdue T&T 2-1
CONCACAF.com
Charlyn Corrall set up both goals, including the winner in the 80th minute, to rally Mexico past Trinidad & Tobago 2-1 in the opening match for both at the CONCACAF Under-20 Women's Championship on Thursday.
Natasha St. Louis gave Trinidad a lead less than a minute after the opening kickoff, but Mexico controlled the match from that point. Corral hit the post twice before assisting on strikes by Liliana Godoy and Natali Lagunas to keep El Tri unbeaten in four meetings against the Soca Princeses.
St. Louis, who had eight goals in qualifying, put Trinidad ahead 51 seconds after the opening kickoff. She touched ahead what appeared to be an innocent ball out of midfield, then sprinted around Mexican central defender Alina Garciamendez and - with Garciamendez tugging on her left shoulder - finished from the middle of the penalty area.
It was only the second goal by the Soca Princesses against Mexico in the four matches at the Under-20s and first since 2002.
But it was all Mexico from then on. With the help of captain Lydia Rangel, Corral kept Trinidad pinned in its own half for nearly the rest of the game. The Soca Princesses rarely maintained any possession in the Mexican half and finally succumbed late.
Corral, who played with the Mexican U-20s when she was 14 and made her senior national team debut two years later, hit the crossbar from 25 meters with a free kick in the 15th minute, and hit a left-footed a shot from the top of the area seven minutes later.
After Godoy was denied a goal in the 32nd minute for offside, she outleapt teammate Sandra Mayor to get to Corral's bending left-footed free kick in the 45th to pull Mexico even.
Mexico resumed its domination in the second half, hitting the crossbar a third time when Garciamendez's header from a step off the goal line banged off the bar and back into the penalty area.
Corral, who is playing in her third U-20 championship, then created the winner, breaking down the left side of the area before laying a rolling ball across the area. Lagunas, who replaced Bianca Sierra in the 61st, one-timed the pass before a late-arriving Taylor Mims could react, and easily beat keeper Kimika Forbes from the middle of the penalty area.
(http://www.concacaf.com/javaImages/e3/1d/0,,12813~8265187,00.jpg)
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USA 1 v Jamaica 0 11'
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USA 2 v Jamaica 0 27' #19
Jamaica much, much, much more organized than us and they are still getting picked apart.
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USA 3 v Jamaica 0 35' #19
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We getting goal in we tail while Jack trying to become UNC chairman. Broadcast is live on power 102 fm.
I guess he's got several other interest at hand.
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USA 6 JA 0. Not looking good for us. TT and JA ain't show nothing. Really nothing. Oh well. It a long road to success.
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CLICK HERE (http://www.concacaf.com/page/WUnder20s/VideosDetail/0,,12813~1940303,00.html) for video highlights
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licks again. steups
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licks again. steups
2-1 loss against mexico and all u can say is licks again? Why do u even bother posting?
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There is no substitute for good preparation. Eight of the present players on the US roster played in the recent U-17 World Cup last year. These girls are playing high level competition on a constant basis.The majority of these players are coming off of their college seasons. I will take a different approach and won't discredit the Trini girls. As coaches we have to create the right environment for the players to be successful. At the end of the day they are trying to execute what is being asked them. If you have not been placed under pressure training its tough to deal with it during an international tournament. I am confident if the these trini girls are placed in the right environment they would be fine. Unfortunately it will be a tough go in the next few days against a US team that will be even better than they were against Jamaica. All the best moving forward. So MEP I HOPE YOU SAW THEM FAT AMAZONIAN SLOW US PLAYERS AGAINST JAMAICA ;)
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tough luck ladies
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We getting goal in we tail while Jack trying to become UNC chairman. Broadcast is live on power 102 fm.
I guess he's got several other interest at hand.
What does one have to do with the other?
Wasn't a foreign coach brought in last year.
Didn't this team go on a tour of CR before this tournament?
VB
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Same old- Same Old- We dont believe that we can beat USA & Mexico so Shabbaz in a defensive mode and hope that we can score on a counter attack. Nothing has changed- The Post saved us from the score being 5-0. Guess what we will be happy that we got 2 and score one.
Will someone tell me what has changed?
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Same old- Same Old- We dont believe that we can beat USA & Mexico so Shabbaz in a defensive mode and hope that we can score on a counter attack. Nothing has changed- The Post saved us from the score being 5-0. Guess what we will be happy that we got 2 and score one.
Will someone tell me what has changed?
What infrastructure do we have in place that would give us the opinion that we can compete with these teams? We are now putting a program in place. So u really think that we can hire a foreign coach and in one year be able to match these teams?
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Same old- Same Old- We dont believe that we can beat USA & Mexico so Shabbaz in a defensive mode and hope that we can score on a counter attack. Nothing has changed- The Post saved us from the score being 5-0. Guess what we will be happy that we got 2 and score one.
Will someone tell me what has changed?
What infrastructure do we have in place that would give us the opinion that we can compete with these teams? We are now putting a program in place. So u really think that we can hire a foreign coach and in one year be able to match these teams?
Is about 15 years now that we putting infrastructure in place.
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licks again. steups
2-1 loss against mexico and all u can say is licks again? Why do u even bother posting?
Andre apparently you did not see the game.
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Andre seeing that you know it all why don't you explain to all of us what it is that quantifies yourself to be an expert on this subject. What would you have done differently. Thanking you in advance for your expertise.
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another one. start yesterday. all the games live on espn3.com.
Group A: Germany, Colombia, France Costa Rica
Group B: Korea DPR, Sweden, New Zealand, Brazil
Group C: England, Nigeria, Japan, Mexico
Group D: USA, Ghana, Switzerland, Korea Republic
http://www.fifa.com/u20womensworldcup/index.html
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USA losing to Ghana 0:1 as we speak ;D
Other results:
Germany 4:2 Costa Rica
Colombia 1:1 France
Brazil 0:1 North Korea
Sweden 2:1 New Zealand
England 1:1 Nigeria
Mexico 3:3 Japan
Switzerland 0:4 South Korea
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usa ties score leroux scores
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USA losing to Ghana 0:1 as we speak ;D
Other results:
Germany 4:2 Costa Rica
Colombia 1:1 France
Brazil 0:1 North Korea
Sweden 2:1 New Zealand
England 1:1 Nigeria
Mexico 3:3 Japan
Switzerland 0:4 South Korea
Look like North Korea get revenge on Brazil
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North Korea on top of their group
scores from the last round
Germany 3:1 Colombia
Costa Rica 0:2 France
Brazil 1:1 Sweden
North Korea 2:1 New Zealand
England 0:1 Mexico
Nigeria 2:1 Japan
USA 5:0 Switzerland
Ghana 2:4 South Korea
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Check out the USA's first goal against Switzerland
It's a copy of England's discounted goal against Germany (but they counted it this time)
http://www.fifa.com/u20womensworldcup/highlights/video/video=1275252/index.html
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Groups
Group A Team MP W D L GF GA Pts
Germany 3 3 0 0 11 4 9
Colombia 3 1 1 1 5 4 4
France 3 1 1 1 4 5 4
Costa Rica 3 0 0 3 2 9 0
Group B Team MP W D L GF GA Pts
Sweden 3 2 1 0 6 4 7
Korea DPR 3 2 0 1 5 4 6
Brazil 3 1 1 1 5 3 4
New Zealand 3 0 0 3 3 8 0
Group C Team MP W D L GF GA Pts
Mexico 2 1 1 0 4 3 4
Nigeria 2 1 1 0 3 2 4
Japan 2 0 1 1 4 5 1
England 2 0 1 1 1 2 1
Group D Team MP W D L GF GA Pts
Korea Republic 2 2 0 0 8 2 6
USA 2 1 1 0 6 1 4
Ghana 2 0 1 1 3 5 1
Switzerland 2 0 0 2 0 9 0
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Group stage done. Last round of results were:
France 1:4 Germany
Costa Rica 0:3 Colombia
New Zealand 1:4 Brazil
North Korea 2:3 Sweden
Japan 3:1 England
Nigeria 1:1 Mexico
South Korea 0:1 USA
Ghana 2:0 Switzerland
Brazil is out, France is out, England is out with 1 point, Ghana is out
Quarterfinals are:
July 24
Germany vs North Korea
Sweden vs Colombia
July 25
Mexico vs South Korea
USA vs Nigeria
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this laroux girl is a boss. USA senior call up coming soon. she could play for canada too since she from BC.
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this laroux girl is a boss. USA senior call up coming soon. she could play for canada too since she from BC.
She missed her penalty
Quarter final results:
Germany 2:0 North Korea
Sweden 0:2 Colombia
Mexico 1:3 South Korea
USA 1:1 (2:4) Nigeria
Semis:
July 29th
Germany v South Korea
Colombia v Nigeria
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Alyuh didn't see them beatz that them Nigerian girls rest on them US player.
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i ws expecting a usa-germany final. now is germany trophy to lose.
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Germany run riot 5-1 vs SK
next is Nigeria vs Colombia, two unexpected teams to reach this far. excellent job. Pity they had to meet.
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she real wasn't payin attention boy ??? (http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/blog/sow_experts/post/South-Korean-woman-forgets-you-can-t-use-your-ha?urn=sow-259403)
http://www.youtube.com/v/SRGR5ccWWWs&
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LOL Real mud!! :rotfl:
I have to say though....this is the first time I ever wanted a 3 way with a ref and lino :drool:
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She din watch the ball or what ? The ricochet was bizarre but ah mean.
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How is that a penalty, though?
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How is that a penalty, though?
hand ball
edit case u ent realise, mih comment is also d article link
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How is that a penalty, though?
hand ball
edit case u ent realise, mih comment is also d article link
Ah get tie up wit de six yard box. I thought she was outside de area.
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germany win it all. i check the final. they play real nice ball with heart and no prima donnaism like so much pros.
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Congrats!!
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womannschaft
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i was very impressed with Nigeria though. Their presence in the final third was lacking though. If they had that portion of their game under lock they would have destroyed the Germans. They were the youngest team. So hopefully they can take this group to the next level. Some of them can play in another U20 World Cup. The German U20 national team that lost in 2008 was a much better team though. They now make up the U23 national Women's German national team. I am afraid Germany will be a force at the next Seniors Women's World Cup in Germany.
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U-20 Soca Princesses resume Concacaf quest.
By Nigel Simon (Guardian).
T&T’s Under-20 Soca Princesses will continue their quest for a spot at the Concacaf Championships when they meet Puerto Rico in the first match of a double-header at the Estadio Pedro Marrero Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba from 10 am today.
Three hours later, host Cuba will tackle Guyana in the other Group F match. The CFU Second Round Qualifying Tournament was due to kick off last night with Group E action.
In the opener at the Estadio Pan Americano San Cristobal, San Cristobal, Jamaica faced Haiti while Dominican Republic came up against Cayman Islands. At the end of the two round-robin groups, the top teams will each qualify for the Concacaf Under-20 Women’s Championship.
The local women’s squad led by Anique Walker and coached by Marlon Charles advanced to the second round of qualifiers after topping its Group B three-team first round round-robin involving Cayman Islands and host Suriname at the Dr Franklin Essed Stadium, Paramaribo last October.
First, the Soca Princesses edged Cayman Islands 1-0 before blasting Suriname 8-0. Cayman Islands has qualified as group runner-up after blanking Suriname 4-0. Puerto Rico was second to Haiti in Group C after losing to the latter 4-0 and beating St Kitts/Nevis, by a similar scoreline.
Haiti also trounced St Kitts/Nevis 4-0. Cuba was second to Jamaica in Group A after falling 2-0 in their decider. This after Jamaica trampled St Lucia 4-0 and the Cubans ran away with a 9-0 thrashing against the same opponents.
Guyana won Group D with victories over Anguilla (5-0), Dominican Republic (2-1) and Antigua & Barbuda (7-0). Dominican Republic defeated Anguilla (5-0) and Antigua & Barbuda (9-0) for second spot.
Charles’ squad is a relatively strong one which comprises a number of players who were part of the Under-17 team in last month’s CFU Under-17 qualifiers as well as the 2010 FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup played here in T&T.
The Under-17 players in the team include captain Anique Walker, Debesette twin-sisters, Khadidra and Khadisha, Abigail Jacob, Marlique Asson, Naomie Guerra, Shanisa Camejo and goalkeeper Linfah Jones.
Panama and Guatemala have already qualified from Central America along with automatic qualifiers Canada, Mexico and USA for the Concacaf Finals to be contested next year.
T&T Under-20 women’s squad
Goalkeepers: Keri Myers, Linfah Jones
Defenders: Khadisha Debesette, Afiyah Matthias, Tineisha Cobham, Abigail Jacob, Marlique Asson.
Midfielders: Khadidra Debesette, Patrice Campbell, Nia Walcott, Naomie Guerra, Shanisa Camejo, Merisha Parris.
Forwards: Anique Walker, Jo-Marie Lewis, Brianna Ryce, Shanice Pierre, Janelle Mc Gee
CFU U-20 Women’s
Second Round fixture
Group E:
Venue; Estadio Pan , San Cristobal, San Cristobal
Jan 8: Cayman Islands vs Jamaica, 1pm; Dom Republic vs Haiti, 3pm
Jan 10: Haiti vs Cayman Islands, 1pm; Dom Republic vs Jamaica, 3pm.
Group F:
Venue: Estadio Pedro Marrero, Ciudad de La Habana.
Jan 7: P/Rico vs T&T, 10am; Cuba vs Guyana, 3pm.
Jan 9: T&T vs Guyana 10am; P/Rico vs Cuba, 3pm.
Jan 11: Guyana vs P/Rico, 10am; T&T vs Cuba, 3pm.
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Tallman- What is the score- Game played Today.
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Tallman- What is the score- Game played Today.
Saw this result on a betting site....Puerto Rico 1 -T&T 0 :(
Hard luck princesses. Best of luck for the next game. :beermug:
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The result comes from a betting website :bs: Come on , in this day and age with all social media that is available & we get it 10 hours later on a betting web site :cursing: what an effn joke :frustrated: Twitter, my space facebook SW.NET , you mean to say nobody is in contact with the coaching staff? ::) Mr Fuentes where are you ???
Better not tell me it was a PK or a pass back or I will snap :cursing:
Not to take away from our hard working princesses however do we truly have our best playing? I mean the best availale regardless of where they are from. UK, Canada, USA etc etc... i know we are developing our local talent & must continue to do so however we also must have our best available in order to forge ahead. One would think we would've learned from our senior mistakes as not bring the best available to the Dominican last July. I am still sick to my stomach over that loss :puking:
Betting web site.....arggggghhhhhhh
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Just in from one of my NOF's (network of friends) ... Cuba beats Guyana five to one.. GFF got a red a 27th minute.. No other details on the match. So it is still wide open....
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There is absolutely no way we could lose to PR, never happen.
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U-20 women lose
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/U-20_women_lose_-136887243.html
Story Created: Jan 7, 2012 at 9:45 PM ECT
Story Updated: Jan 7, 2012 at 9:45 PM ECT
Trinidad and Tobago's Under-20 "Soca Princesses" feel at the first hurdle of second round World Cup qualifying, losing 1-0 yesterday to Puerto Rico in Cuba.
T&T were level at 0-0 at half-time, but both teams went down to ten players, Janelle McGee being the T&T player sent off.
The team was also affected by injuries to Abigail Jacob in the first half, and Khadidra Debesette, who pulled up in training and did not start.
T&T will next face the "Lady Jaguars" of Guyana in a virtal must-win affair tomorrow.. Yesterday evening, Guyana were due to face host Cuba.
Jamaica also lost!
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Oh Dear- There we go again- What a thing- New year same - ---
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Puerto Rico would have a good team don't be suprised
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U-20 women lose to Puerto Rico.
By Shaun Fuentes (TTFF).
Trinidad and Tobago's National Under 20 women's team lost 1-0 to Puerto Rico in their opening match of the Caribbean Football Union Qualifiers at the Pedro Marrero National Stadium in Cuba on Saturday morning.
The T&T team, coached by Marlon Charles, conceded a second half goal and will now attempt to rebound from the loss when they face Guyana tomorrow (11am, Monday).
T&T went into the game without midfielder Khadidra Debesette after she sustained an injury in Friday's training session.
And during the match, Abigail Jacob had to leave the field with a first half injury. To make matters worse, Janelle Mc Gee was shown a red card along with a Cuban player in the second half.
Charles later said his team did not play to their potential. "In the first half our team did not mark close enough and we were a bit disorganized,"Charles told TTFF Media. "
"Puerto Rico was more aggressive to the ball and won every ball they contested. In attack we were not connecting right and poor technique resulted in poor passing of the ball.
"In the second half our team put up a much better fight as we were more organized. But some of our players just did not rise to the challenge and give the fight we would have wanted. Now we must regroup and come again for the next match," Charles said.
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Hey why didnt dey call up "captain Schmidt"? Surely her bench warming skills at Stanford would have served her well....Or is de yankee completely out of the picture after using us to get her bench warming career jump started? :rotfl: :rotfl:
Anything less than a rout against Guyana, and dey dont deserve to go through.
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Recap
Goals Scored
Stephanie Colon (PUR) 80'
T&T: Keri Myers, Khadisha Debesette, Afiya Matthias, Tineisha Cobham, Abigail Jacobs (Shante Helwig 28'), Adeka Spence (Camille Borneo 86'), Patrice Campbell, Emma Abdul (Janelle McGee 69'), Kayla Taylor, Brianna Ryce, Shanice Pierre
Unused Subs: Shanisa Camijo, Falina Jack, Shanelle Henry, Shalette Alexander
Coach: Marlon Charles (TRI)
Puerto Rico: Sandra Rolon, Desiree Reyes, Delyaliz Ambert, Sofia Pena, Laura Suarez, Nicole Rodriguez (Amanda Dudley 77'), Diana Aponte (Atalia Ramirez 61'), Katherine Sisk, Karina Socarras (Natalia Gonzalez 90+8'), Stephanie Colon, Gabriella Garcia
Unused Subs: Miosoty Garcia, Michelle Torrech, Franchelies Cruz, Aissa Lopez
Coach: Jeaustin Campos (CRC)
Cautions
Diana Aponte (PUR) 57'
Expulsions
Janelle McGee (TRI) 74', Delyaliz Ambert (PUR) 74'
Referee: Sabina Charles-Kirton (St. Lucia)
Assistants: Milagros Leonardo (Dominican Republic), Nicole Euctache (Haiti)
Fourth official: Carline Reid-Willis (Cayman Islands)
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It would be great if we could still qualify ,but I am not holding my breath . The preparation of this group was poor .Many times there were only 7 or 8 players practising, if you can call it that . Any surprise then, that the team lacked organization , aggression or cohesiveness ( according to Coach Marlon ).The coach also complained about the girls' poor passing and poor technique.I have counted at least 7 starters in this game that were on the 2010 Under-17 World Cup squad,and 3 more on the bench . Pellerud may not be the most popular coach with his direct style of play, but at least he was able to mold the girls into a fighting unit that beat teams far better than Puerto Rico .The old regime of people like Marlon Charles , Izzler and company are a recipe for failure .
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We really have to look at the big picture and ask ourselves if we want women's footie to thrive. We are are not that far away (trust me) we are not however using the resources available to us.Why Is the bigger question? They need to be spread around in the right places at the right times. Not just assume that our local talent will get us through to the next level. As our studioass reanna fan eluded too why wasnt Miss Schmidt invited? Why wasnt Miss Simmons from Pickering Ontario Canada invited either (to name 2 not there).
Miss Mollen was not invited to July's CFU's and look who's going to Vancouver? The TFFF needs to use every resource available.If the team and thats a big if the TTFF mgmt hierarchy needs to be more resourceful in all aspects towards the womens program goes.
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Jamaica 2 vs. Caymans nil.
Nothing on Haiti vs DP ... Anyone have an update ??
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This Haitian U-20 team is very strong, they beat the Dominican U17 and U-20 men in practice games before the tournament started.
Their records up to this point in the tournament
They beat Puerto Rico 4-0 , St. Kitts 4-0, Dominican Republic 4-0, Jamaica 1-0 (beat Jamaica with 9 players on the field). Jamaica by all account has the best u-20 women team in the Caribbean playing with over 7 over sea players from the US and Canada and still lost to Haiti with two women down in the first half...
Look out for Haiti for the U-20 Concacaf final round, they have not conceded a goal yet in this tournament
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Its great for CFU soccer that more CFU teams are starting to improve. Jamaica is a good team however they are not the best U20 team in the tournament. Having seven over-seas players means nothing. No disrespect however all it means that the JFF is not doing enough to develop their local pools. If the JFF was serious then why was their not a month long camp for the U20's preceeding this tournament. As far as womens football in the CFU region Trinidad is still the country that the rest are aspiring to beat. The gap is shortening as it is from the big-girls in Concacaf. Time will tell. Congratulations to the Haitians as with two wins they are assured the top spot in that group regardless of their next result.
Trinidad however still has it's fate in it's own hands & ill need some goal differential as well. Anybody aware of todays results yet?
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It would be great if we could still qualify ,but I am not holding my breath . The preparation of this group was poor .Many times there were only 7 or 8 players practising, if you can call it that . Any surprise then, that the team lacked organization , aggression or cohesiveness ( according to Coach Marlon ).The coach also complained about the girls' poor passing and poor technique.I have counted at least 7 starters in this game that were on the 2010 Under-17 World Cup squad,and 3 more on the bench . Pellerud may not be the most popular coach with his direct style of play, but at least he was able to mold the girls into a fighting unit that beat teams far better than Puerto Rico .The old regime of people like Marlon Charles , Izzler and company are a recipe for failure .
The times Pellerud side beat better teams than Puerto rico who was playing? Who, if I remember correctly, dictated play and scored a goal with 3 assists during this world tour? The princess did. We cant judge the results now because Marlon does not have the best piece of what Pellerud was getting his results with. You saw what happen when he bench her doh during the cup eh?
Believe me....The understandings of the basics were always thin except with a select few of that squad.
In de end I wont blame Marlon for this too much. The talent he has to work with, outside of an obvious few(Walker,Abdul,McGee, and Helwig), are simply not good enough against sides who actually come to play team ball. My source from within said he actually told them to long ball it to walker as the only tactic :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
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The princesses won their game against Guyana today, 2-1. From initial reports it was a tough one.
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U-20 women beat Guyana.
T&T Express Reports.
Trinidad and Tobago's National Under 20 footballers secured their first win of the CFU final round of World Cup qualifiers with a hard fought 2-1 victory over Guyana at the Pedro Marrero National Stadium in Cuba on Monday.
After losing their opening to Puerto Rico, T&T bounced back with a better showing after playing much of the game a player short.
Goalkeeper Keri Myers was ejected in the first half but her replacement Shalette Alexander came on and produced a solid performance for the Marlon Charles-coached outfit.
Khadidra Debesette, coming off a knee injury, scored for T&T in the 56th minute when she tapped in from close range following a cross ball and then netted a double and the winner in the 85th minute from the penalty spot.
Charles was satisfied with the win but is now focusing on tomorrow's encounter with hosts Cuba.
"The team played with a lot of heart and determination today," Charles told TTF Media. " Their attitude to the game was great. They showed great team work and effort although playing with 10 players.
I think if we can produce again on Wednesday against Cuba then we can definitely top the group. We cannot take them for granted but I think the girls realize how important it is to go into that match and give their all if they are to advance in the tournament," Charles said.
T&T start team: Keri Myers (GK), Camille Borneo, Teneisha Cobham, Afiyah Matthias (Capt), Khadisha Debesette, Brianna Ryce, Khadidra Debesette, Kayla Taylor, Shante Helwig, Shanice Pierre, Adeka Spence.
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The princesses won their game against Guyana today, 2-1. From initial reports it was a tough one.
Michael-j from what initial reports? when you get information it would be appreciated that it be shared. Theres nothing to hide. Please enlighten us please. Charles is satisfied? Satisfied? What journalism slang is that ;D We now must beat Cuba in order to move to the next round. The bigger question is why two RED Cards in two consecutive games. The Princesses must be more composed on the pitch. I see Miss Walker did not start? Did she play? Is he hurt? Anyone in the know please enlighten us all. Good luck ladies versus Cuba as its all or nothing so make us all proud.
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Haiti beats Cayman Island 3-0
Cudos to my Haitian princesses , they won all their world cup qualifier matches and have out scored their opponents 16-0. They will move on to the final round as the winner of their group
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From the Ragae Boyz forum
Jamaica’s National Under 20 Women defeated the National Under 20 of Dominica Republic 4-0 to end up second in Group E of the last stage of the CFU Qualifiers.
The Jamaican team which arrives tomorrow Wednesday at 2:15pm will have to wait until that day to find out if they qualify on the basis of the best Runner-Up in Group E and F
Zone E final standings
Haiti 9 pts
Jamaica 6 pts
Cayman 1 pts.
Dom. Rep. 1 pts.
Cuba has +4 goals differencial. Jamaica needs to finish at least 3 goals clear of Dominican Republic and hope Cuba draw or lose to T&T.
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With Puerto Rico losing 0-1 to Guyana. Even with a win, draw or lose scenario between Cuba and T&T U20 Girlz in their last match Jamaica's Reggae Girlz have automatically been assured of the best second winner spot to advance to the 2012 U20 Girlz qualifiers next round.
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With Puerto Rico losing 0-1 to Guyana. Even with a win, draw or lose scenario between Cuba and T&T U20 Girlz in their last match Jamaica's Reggae Girlz have automatically been assured of the best second winner spot to advance to the 2012 U20 Girlz qualifiers next round.
No they don't , if two teams from two diffrent groups have the same points then it becomes a goal differential issue. Cuba already has six points do they not :o however if Cuba is to lose to TnT today then its goal diff. between Cuba & Jamaica.
So the fat lady has not quite sung yet ;D
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With Puerto Rico losing 0-1 to Guyana. Even with a win, draw or lose scenario between Cuba and T&T U20 Girlz in their last match Jamaica's Reggae Girlz have automatically been assured of the best second winner spot to advance to the 2012 U20 Girlz qualifiers next round.
No they don't , if two teams from two diffrent groups have the same points then it becomes a goal differential issue. Cuba already has six points do they not :o however if Cuba is to lose to TnT today then its goal diff. between Cuba & Jamaica.
So the fat lady has not quite sung yet ;D
Check again! Cuba has 4 points, not 6. They drew 1-1 with Puerto Rico.
http://www.futbol24.com/international/CONCACAF/Women-U20-Qualifiers/2011-2012/Caribbean-R2-Gr-E/
http://www.futbol24.com/international/CONCACAF/Women-U20-Qualifiers/2011-2012/Caribbean-R2-Gr-F/
So now the fat lady has started to sing an aria quite loudly. :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin:
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Those dam betting sites are never correct :cursing:
Good for the Reggae Gurlz if this is the case that Cuba & PR tied.
Anyone in the official know that confirm about that particular match.
CFU & Concacaf are not up to dam.... Go figure :rotfl:
Cheers 19
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If Trinidad loses to Cuba or tie Cuba, they out..they need to win period..in case of a tie, Soca princesses will finish with 4 points while Cuba will finish with 5 points..
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If Trinidad loses to Cuba or tie Cuba, they out..they need to win period..in case of a tie, Soca princesses will finish with 4 points while Cuba will finish with 5 points..
True, I did not know you all called the Haitian ladies, Princess. I thought they were called Les Compas Dameselles!
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Those dam betting sites are never correct :cursing:
Good for the Reggae Gurlz if this is the case that Cuba & PR tied.
Anyone in the official know that confirm about that particular match.
CFU & Concacaf are not up to dam.... Go figure :rotfl:
Cheers 19
Correct or not. Those standings seem pretty accurate to me. ;D
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Those dam betting sites are never correct :cursing:
Good for the Reggae Gurlz if this is the case that Cuba & PR tied.
Anyone in the official know that confirm about that particular match.
CFU & Concacaf are not up to dam.... Go figure :rotfl:
Cheers 19
Correct or not. Those standings seem pretty accurate to me. ;D
Well if they are on a betting site then they must be accurate ;D
To be frankly honest Trinidad & Jamaica are the two best CFU soccer powers and have been for years. The JFF has slipped a bit over the past 2 years however are still very strong. Looking forward to the enxt round already :applause:
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Those dam betting sites are never correct :cursing:
Good for the Reggae Gurlz if this is the case that Cuba & PR tied.
Anyone in the official know that confirm about that particular match.
CFU & Concacaf are not up to dam.... Go figure :rotfl:
Cheers 19
Correct or not. Those standings seem pretty accurate to me. ;D
If Trinidad loses to Cuba or tie Cuba, they out..they need to win period..in case of a tie, Soca princesses will finish with 4 points while Cuba will finish with 5 points..
True, I did not know you all called the Haitian ladies, Princess. I thought they were called Les Compas Dameselles!
Those dam betting sites are never correct :cursing:
Good for the Reggae Gurlz if this is the case that Cuba & PR tied.
Anyone in the official know that confirm about that particular match.
CFU & Concacaf are not up to dam.... Go figure :rotfl:
Cheers 19
Correct or not. Those standings seem pretty accurate to me. ;D
I just borrowed the name from your site..the Haitian are referred to as "Les Grenadiers" for men and "Les Grenadieres" for women which mean roughly in English " Grenade lancers" or "the Bomb makers"
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any scores?????!!!!!
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any scores?????!!!!!
Guyana 1 P. Rico 0 F/T.
Good news for T&T.
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:cursing: :cursing:9.55 and no news T&T Vs Cuba
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T&T U-20 women out qualifiers.
T&T Express Reports.
A 1-1 draw with hosts Cuba yesterday was not enough to put Trinidad and Tobago into the final round CONCACAF Under-20 Women's World Cup qualifying.
Trinidad and Tobago needed victory over the Cubans to fight for one of three spots available in the two groups of Caribbean qualifiers.
Janelle McGee put T&T ahead in the first half, but the equaliser put paid to T&T's chances of moving forward, as they finished second in the group with four points. The better second-place finishers of the two groups were Jamaica, who won their final encounter to finish with six points.
Earlier in the day, Guyana upset Puerto Rico 1-0, giving T&T the chance to top the group with victory over Cuba. But T&T could not secure full points, which ends a battling run by the young "Soca Princesses".
T&T lost their first encounter to Puerto Rico 1-0 after losing their goalkeeper to go down to ten players. They recovered with a 1-0 win over Guyana, but in their final match, a draw was not enough.
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Teams
Cuba: - Katherina Montesino, Indira Manzano (Yanet Tamayo 69th), Regla De la Ponce, Yarisleidy Mena, Laura Moreno, Rachel Pelaez, Maria Perez, Roxana Galan (Esmeralda Marcos 90th), Dainelis Moreno, Maidoni Goitizolo (Yoanna Calderon 48th), Milagros Ramirez.
Coach: - Jose Luis Elejalde.
Trinidad & Tobago: - Shalette Alexander, Khadisha Debesette, Afiyah Matthias (capt), Camille Borneo, Tineisha Cobham (Yellow 35) (Shanice Pierre 77th), Shante Helwig, Khadidra Debesette, Shanisa Camejo, Kayla Taylor, Brianna Ryce, Janelle McGee (Patrice Campbell 56th).
Coach: - Marlon Charles.
Referee: - Alondra Arellano (Mexico).
Venue: - Estadio Pedro Marrero Ciudad de La Habana.
Attendance: - 300.
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Laaawwddd!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :bs:
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they not playing nice football
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stueps !
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This is not good.
Who was missing from the T&T side ?
What about Lauren, our last under 17 captain ?
This is a joke, did Marlon Charles underestimate the other teams ? everyone importing now....
Glad to see Camille Borneo is back.
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Alot of players from the u17 world cup missing , some Canadians and US players , i can recall about 3 or 4 from Canada that i remember not on the team and Lauren and another one from US missing, those that i can recall. Im sure there are more but i really cant remember the names.
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Soccer19! I told you the fat lady had begun to her aria from the moment Guyana beat Puerto Rico 1-0. ;D
U-20 Girlz progress to CONCACAF play-offs
BY SEAN WILLIAMS Assistant sports editor williams@jamaicaobserver.com
Thursday, January 12, 2012
NEWS coming out of Cuba last night that Guyana clipped Puerto Rico 1-0 and hosts Cuba and Trinidad and Tobago ended 1-1, catapults Jamaica's Reggae Girlz to the CONCACAF Women's Finals set for Panama in March
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/-U-20-Girlz-progress-to-CONCACAF-play-offs#ixzz1jHYeEIQw
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Congrat's to the Ragae Gurlz in moving to th next round. Am quite dis-illusioned with the TTFF womens side riht now as we have the talent however why are we bring our best available. One would think that we would have learned from our recent mistakes. Shaun , Flex, Tallman you guys are in the "know". Whats the deal? Inquiring minds want to know :frustrated:
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Epic! Costa Rica tops T&T for U-20 WWC berth
CONCACAF.com
Nicole Araya booked Costa Rica’s ticket to the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup on Sunday, striking for a pair of goals to open extra time and lifting her team to a 7-3 win over Trinidad & Tobago in the 2014 CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship’s match for third place at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex.
Trinidad was less than 20 minutes away from becoming the first Caribbean side to qualify for a FIFA Women’s World Cup at any level, when the Central Americans started a rally to recover from a two-goal deficit, scoring six unanswered goals.
Araya broke a 3-3 deadlock in the 94th minute, when a right-sided cross from Noelle Sanz bounced in the penalty area, allowing the unmarked Saprissa forward to blast home from 12-yards out.
Two minutes later, the 19-year-old athletically threw herself at a Michelle Rodriguez corner kick to volley brilliantly off the hands of goalkeeper Keri Myers and into the upper-left corner.
In the 115th minute, Katheryn Arroyo netted neatly with the outside of her right foot after being released on a telling through ball to make it 6-3.
Mariana Benavidez completed the scoreline seconds into stoppage time with a dazzling free kick from 45-yards out that found the upper-left corner with exquisite accuracy.
It was a stunning reversal for the Soca Princesses, who did extremely well to carve out a 3-1 lead by half-time.
Anique Walker scored the first of her two goals in the 16th minute to give Trinidad a 1-0 lead. Shenelle Henry latched on to a Khadidra Debesette effort and alertly dropped the ball back for the 18-year-old to left-foot past diving goalkeeper Mariela Vasquez from 15-yards out.
Trinidad continued to look dangerous and shortly after Patrice Campbell hit the outside of the left post, Walker netted again in the 28th minute. This time, the Central FC forward headed a free kick lofted into the box by Jonelle Warrick off Vasquez’s fingertips and into the net.
Costa Rica got on the scoreboard in the 33rd minute. The outstanding Melissa Herrera charged into the right side of the Trinidad box and directed the ball towards goal after the sprawling Myers impeded it with her hands. Warrick made a block four yards from goal, only to give inadvertently possession back to Herrera. The 17-year-old placed the ball easily inside the near post.
Four minutes before the break, Khadisha Debesette restored the two-goal cushion with one of the strikes of the tournament. Benavidez cleared the ball out of her box directly to Debesette. Without reluctance and with perfect technique, the defender slammed it from 28-yards out just underneath the crossbar.
Yesmi Rodriguez started the Costa Rican comeback in the 71st minute with her third goal of the competition. Initially miskicking a punched cross by Myers, she lobbed the second attempt over the stranded goalkeeper and inside the left post from 17-yards out.
The Ticas levelled the score at 3-3 with five minutes left in normal time. A pass was floated near the edge of the Trinidad penalty area and took a roguish backspin. The ball ended up on the foot of Michelle Montero, who slammed it into the back of the net.
Costa Rica qualified for its second U-20 Women’s World Cup and first since 2010.
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How did I know this was a CONCACAF link... no local paper would dare headline it "Epic"... unless they're talking about a collapse. 6 goals in 20 minutes is unpardonable.
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Beautiful girls..beautiful football..technically good tactically poor defensively and lacking fitness ..two aspects which the coaches were responsible for..can't blame those girls for their inept staff..decent show anyway.
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Beautiful girls..beautiful football..technically good tactically poor defensively and lacking fitness ..two aspects which the coaches were responsible for..can't blame those girls for their inept staff..decent show anyway.
Yeah, my gripe is with the technical staff.
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Foul! T&T U-20 women face W/Cup heartbreak against Costa Rica
By Lasana Liburd (Wired868)
The only sound in the Trinidad and Tobago national under-20 women team’s dressing room last night was the sound of sobbing. Instead of toasts, there were tears.
The “Soca Princesses”, who already set a new high for the women’s program by qualifying for the CONCACAF semi-final round, came within five minutes of booking a historic spot at the Canada 2014 Under-20 Women’s World Cup. It would have been the first time that a Caribbean women’s team qualified for a FIFA tournament.
Instead, Costa Rica pulled off a barely plausible recovery at the Truman Bodden Sport Complex in George Town, Cayman Islands. And, despite leading 3-1 at halftime, the Princesses conceded six unanswered goals to lose 7-3 to Costa Rica in the third place play off. As a result, Costa Rica advances to the Under-20 World Cup alongside CONCACAF champion team, the United States, and runner-up, Mexico.
The United States scored three second half goals last night to rout Mexico 4-0 and underline its status as CONCACAF’s premier football nation and a global powerhouse in the women’s game.
The Princesses are out of their depth in such company. The two island republic lost 3-0 to Mexico in the group stage and then 6-0 to the United States in the semifinal.
But Trinidad and Tobago’s playoff contest against Costa Rica promised to be a much tighter proposition. At the final whistle, the Princesses struggled to come to grips with the result.
“It was very hard on the girls, especially knowing that they had it,” Trinidad and Tobago technical director Anton Corneal told Wired868. “If they were blown away at the beginning, then okay. But knowing they had it in their hands… It was difficult to take.”
In a game that featured 10 goals, Corneal singled out one as the turning point.
In the 86th minute, a Costa Rica attacker headed a ball into the area towards her teammate, Michelle Montero. Trinidad and Tobago defender Otisha David was in her way; but only for a few seconds.
David collapsed in a tangle of legs and Montero ran clear to prod the equaliser past Trinidad and Tobago custodian Keri Myers. Corneal called foul.
“David was shielding the ball and the player clips her foot, she falls and a goal scores,” said Corneal. “I don’t want to say it is a refereeing error but you make your own call. Maybe (David) could have kicked it out. Maybe she was kicked accidentally. But she was tripped.”
At 3-3, the game went into overtime; but the Princesses had nothing left in more ways than one.
First choice goalkeeper Tenesha Palmer and midfielder Shanisa Camejo were already missing through injury while the Princesses then lost Khadisha Debesette to a hamstring injury. There was not, according to Corneal, enough depth in the squad to compensate for those absences while the psychological blow of failing to protect their lead also weighed heavy.
“We tried to pick them up but that goal broke our spirit completely,” said Corneal. “When we went deeper into the game, we didn’t have a lot of depth in the team and there were a lot of blunders in extra time.
“The momentum had switched completely in favour of Costa Rica.”
Costa Rica took the lead for the first time in the 94th minute as substitute Nicole Araya drove home after David mistimed an attempted header in her own penalty area.
Araya then made it 5-3, two minutes later, with an audacious volley from a Yesmi Rodriguez corner kick that Myers somehow failed to keep out of her near post.
Katheryn Arroyo raced clear of the defence in the 115th minute to make it 6-3 before Mariana Benavidez administered the last rites in the closing seconds.
Trinidad and Tobago’s final finish among the top four CONCACAF teams was unprecedented. But it might be a long time before the Princesses feel like celebrating.
“The dressing room was very sober after,” said Corneal. “Some of them were crying, which was expected. I know they really wanted it. We saw a lot of passion and desire by some girls and it was a really sad aftermath.
“We cannot blame anyone. We had it to win it and we did not.”
Trinidad and Tobago opened their World Cup campaign with a 2-0 win over Honduras, which was the Princesses’ first win at CONCACAF level, and followed it up with a 4-0 demolition job of host nation, the Cayman Islands. But lopsided defeats to Mexico and the United States came next.
Before the semifinal fixture against the US, Corneal revealed that the technical staff, which is led by coach Izler Browne, had decided to sit deep and conserve energy with the third place play off in mind.
In the opening 45 minutes yesterday, it might have felt like mission accomplished.
The Princesses opened the scoring after just 16 minutes as Shanelle Henry neatly teed up captain Anique Walker inside the opposing area and the latter player stroked into the far corner with her left boot.
Walker doubled the lead in the 28th minute with a bullet header from a deep Jonelle Warrick free kick with a well-executed set piece that the US team would have been proud of.
Costa Rica halved the deficit with a slice of good fortune in the 34th minute. Daphne Herrera slipped behind the overworked Daniella Findley and rounded Myers to hit goalward but Warrick anticipated the danger and retreated to make the stop. Warrick’s tame clearance undid her clever defensive work, though, and Herrera made no mistake with the rebound.
There seemed to have been little harm done when Khadisha Debesette brought the Trinidad and Tobago bench to its feet with a brilliant, dipping 25-yard volley, three minutes before the interval, which kissed the underside of the bar on its way to the back of the net.
“We got the start we wanted,” said Corneal. “We were waiting for this game and we went up three goals to one, which is pretty much how we would have liked it to go.”
But the second half did not go as planned.
There were some nerves when Myers tipped a mishit cross from Viviana Chinchilla on to her own bar in the 57th minute. And, in the 70th minute, Costa Rica scored another soft goal.
Myers failed to get distance on her punched clearance and Rodriquez took aim, swung and scoffed her shot. Trinidad and Tobago substitute Akilah Sparks had already turned her back and the ball hit her and dribbled back into Rodriguez’s path.
Like Herrera, Rodriguez made the most of her second opportunity.
Four minutes from time, Costa Rica again got the ball into the opposition’s penalty area as a headed pass prompted a race between David and Montero. The two players appeared to get entangled, David fell and Montero stayed on her feet to apply the dagger to Trinidad and Tobago’s World Cup dreams.
“How unlucky could we be?” asked Corneal, rhetorically. “That was a foul and we could be out of a World Cup because of a referee’s blunder. It is really a bitter pill for us to have to swallow; but we just have to live with it. That is all we can do.”
The Princesses took a stride forward in the Cayman Islands but it was still a step short of the ultimate prize. And the cruel number 19, which ambushed the “Strike Squad” and haunted the senior men’s game for 16 years, was back to claim another victim.
(Team)
Trinidad and Tobago: 1.Keri Myers (GK); 18.Liana Hinds, 14.Otisha David, 17.Jonelle Warrick, 8.Daniella Findley; 6.Khadisha Debesette (7.Akilah Sparks 57), 11.Khadidra Debesette, 4.Brianna Ryce, 9.Patrice Campbell (15.Donika Murray 75); 19.Anique Walker (captain), 13.Shenelle Henry (10.Tsaianne Leander 112).
Unused substitutes: 20.Tenesha Palmer (GK), 2.Tkeyah Phillips, 3.Emma Abdul, 5.Adeka Spence, 12.Shanisa Camejo, 16.Summer Arjoon.
Coach: Izler Browne
CONCACAF U-20 Women’s Tournament
Third Place Play Off
(Sun January 19)
Costa Rica 7 (Daphne Herrera 34, Yesmi Rodriguez 71, Michelle Montero 86, Nicole Araya 94, 96, Katheryn Arroyo 115, Mariana Benavidez 120), Trinidad and Tobago 3 (Anique Walker 16, 28, Khadisha Debesette 42) at George Town;
Final
United States 4 (Andi Sullivan 9, Savannah Jordan 59, Margaret Purce 68, Estefania Fuentes OG 90), Mexico 0 at George Town.
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Coped over from the Women's U20 thread
Soca Princesses collapse - World Cup dreams crash at final hurdle
T&T Guardian
T&T’s dream of becoming the first team to represent the Caribbean at the Fifa Under-20 Women’s World Cup came to bitter end in the Cayman Islands, yesterday, when the Soca Princesses suffered a heartbreaking 7-3 defeat in overtime to Costa Rica in the third-place play-off of the Concacaf Under-20 Women’s Championship.
This was a result of a tired second-half performance from the team which closed the first half with a 3-1 lead. In fact, the T&T team which stormed to a two-goal lead by the half-hour mark, courtesy of a classy brace from Anique Walker, before she drifted out of the match, showed signs of slowing down. Khadisha Debesette, did, however, score the goal of the match, a blistering effort midway into the Costa Rica half, but it seemed only to invite a more determined response from Costa Rica.
Without taking too many risks, Costa Rica patiently capitalised against a tired looking T&T, who ran out of steam in the last 20 minutes of regulation time.
Costa Rica pulled a second goal back in the 71st minute from Yesmi Rodriguez Talavera, at which point a total collapse was imminent.
Second-half substitute Michelle Montero beat on a messy T&T defence with four minutes left to take the match into extra-time.
Another second-half substitute Nicole Araya Munoz scored two simple goals in the first half of overtime, before Katheryn Arroyo and Benavidez Arguedas put the match to rest with one item each in the closing moments. T&T never looked likely to reply to Costa Rica’s second-half efforts as most plays were broken down in the final third of the pitch, unlike that from T&T’s energetic showing in the first half-hour.
As a result of its deserved victory, Costa Rica joined finalists, USA and Mexico as the teams to represent Concacaf in August’s 2014 Fifa Under-20 Women’s World Cup in Canada. The two finalists were in action in the second match which concluded after press time last evening.
Third place play-off result, Concacaf Under-20 Women’s Championship
Costa Rica 7 (Daphne Herrera Monge 34th, Yesmi Rodriguez Talavera 71st, Michelle Montero 86th, Nicole Araya Munoz 94th, 96th, Katheryn Arroyo 115th, Benavidez Arguedas 120th+1) v T&T 3 (Anique Walker 16th, 28th, Khadisha Debesette 42nd)
Teams:
Trinidad & Tobago: Keri Myers; Khadisha Debesette, Otisha David, Daniella Findley, Jonelle Warrick, Liana Hines, Brianna Ryce, Patrice Campbell (Donika Murray 75th), Khadidra Debisette, Anique Walker, Shenelle Henry.
Costa Rica: Mariela Fuentes; Mariana Benavidez Arguedas, Michelle Rodriguez Mendoza, Raquel Matarrita, Yesmi Rodriguez Talavera, Noelle Sanz Cale, Viviana Chinchilla, Gloriana Vega, Krista Chavarria Hernandez (Michelle Montero 47th), Daphne Herrera Monge, Jazmin Elizondo Villalobos (Nicole Araya Munoz 67th).
T&T U-20s let 2-0 lead slip to lose 7-3
T&T Express
HEARTBREAK
FOUR extra-time goals gave Costa Rica a come-from-behind 7-3 victory over Trinidad and Tobago in the third place playoff at the 2014 Concacaf Under-20 Women’s Championship last night at Truman Bodden Sports Complex in the Cayman Islands.
Substitutes Nicole Araya (94th, 96th) scored twice, Katheryn Arroyo (115th minute) got another and Mariana Benavidez (120th minute) struck a long-range free-kick, all in extra-time, as Costa Rica rallied to beat a dead tired Trinidad and Tobago team, which held a 2-0 lead in the first half.
The Caribbean team was just five minutes away from qualifying for a FIFA Women’s World Cup for the first time, when another Costa Rican substitute, Michelle Montero, capitalised on a defensive slip and put a low shot past T&T keeper Keri Myers in the 85th minute to end the regulation period in a 3-3 draw.
Costa Rica join already qualified United States and Mexico, who played the final later last night. A semi-finalist for the first time, Trinidad and Tobago finished fourth.
Led by two first half goals from captain Anique Walker, the T&T Soca Princesses led 3-1 at the half before Costa Rica rallied forcefully.
Walker (16th, 28th) gave Trinidad and Tobago a two-goal advantage in the first half hour, before right midfielder Daphne Herera took advantage of Jonelle Warrick’s weak clearance to pull Costra Rica back in the match at 2-1 in the 34th minute.
After a period of Costa Rica domination, the tide shifted again when T&T midfielder Khadisha Debesette beat Costa Rica keeper Mareiela Vasquez in the 42nd minute to make it 3-1 with a dipping volley from outside the penalty area.
Both Walker and Debesette were members of the Trinidad and Tobago team which hosted the 2010 Under-17 World Cup. Trinidad and Tobago had never previously reached a Concacaf age-group women’s semi-final.
Defender Yesmi Rodriguez later found the far corner on the second attempt to pull Costa Rica closer at 3-2 in the 71st minute, before Montero tied the match at 3-3.
With Costa Rica in full flight, Araya netted from inside the penalty area for a 4-3 lead in the 94th minute and two minutes later found the corner with a speculative chip to the top corner.
Physically imposing over their opponents, Trinidad and Tobago dominated the opening quarter-hour, despite surviving an early Costa Rica chance in the 10th minute through Gloriana Villalobos, who shrugged off T&T left-back Daniella Findlay, but could not pick out a teammate.
T&T took the lead when Walker found the corner with a low shot after being set up by right midfielder Shennel Henry and got her second when powerfully heading in a cross into the box, despite keeper Vasquez getting a touch.
Between Walker’s goals, T&T’s Patrice Campbell shaved the foot of the post with a low shot after stealing the ball from a defender.
Herera got Costa Rica closer at 2-1 by getting past both Findlay and goalkeeper Myers, but only scored when Warrick’s weak clearance went straight back at the Costa Rican attacker.
The Soca Princesses, though, were back in front again when Debesette’s 22-metre volley spectacularly dipped into the top of the net.
Costa Rica pressed early in the second half and forced a couple of good saves from T&T keeper Myers.
Trinidad and Tobago came close to scoring again when Campbell had a low shot cleared off the line by Raquel Matarrita in the 63rd minute with the Costa Rica keeper beaten.
Rodriguez and Montero then got late goals against a tiring Trinidad and Tobago squad to tie the match.
Costa Rica dominated the later stages against a very tired T&T team.
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: 1-Keri Myers; 8-Daniella Findley (10-Tsaianne Leander 112th), 14-Otisha David, 17-Jonelle Warrwick, 11-Khadidra Debesette , 6-Khadisha Debesette (7- Akilah Sparks, 57th), 3-Liana Hines, 9-Patrice Campbell (15 -Donika Murray, 75th), 4-Brianna Ryce, 13-Shenelle Henry, 19-Anique Walker (capt.)
Subs: 2-Tkeyah Phillips, 12-Shanisa Camejo ,7-Akilah Sparks,18-Emma Abdul, 15-Donika Murray, 10-Tsaianne Leander, 20-Tenesha Palmer, 16-Summer Arjoon, 82)
Head Coach: Izler Browne
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Still a bit dizzy by the outcome of yesterdays game (Trinidad/Tobago vs Costa Rica ) ...... i am even more convinced a lack of fitness, ( fatigue) was a key factor in the lost yesterday .. one just has to take a look at the stats during the second period of the game !! a clear sign of a lack of fitness....... i am making a direct plea to the powers that be ...in this case to the President and general secretary of the TTFA and other officials attached to national team football , please . please let us all ensure that adequate and preparations be given to all national team's , be it men,/ women / or youths.... let us not keep repeating the same errors with such frequency ........The key is long term continuity ..... we cannot be truly serious when sending any national teams to competition with 1 month and a half preparation expecting to win its laughable ..... my simple Plea is lets do things properly and have our teams given all the tools to compete well so we can all be proud of them ... when wearing the red white and black.... ..... i just want to add Mr sheldon phillips and Mr richard tim kee keep up the work ,
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Still a bit dizzy by the outcome of yesterdays game (Trinidad/Tobago vs Costa Rica ) ...... i am even more convinced a lack of fitness, ( fatigue) was a key factor in the lost yesterday .. one just has to take a look at the stats during the second period of the game !! a clear sign of a lack of fitness....... i am making a direct plea to the powers that be ...in this case to the President and general secretary of the TTFA and other officials attached to national team football , please . please let us all ensure that adequate and preparations be given to all national team's , be it men,/ women / or youths.... let us not keep repeating the same errors with such frequency ........The key is long term continuity ..... we cannot be truly serious when sending any national teams to competition with 1 month and a half preparation expecting to win its laughable ..... my simple Plea is lets do things properly and have our teams given all the tools to compete well so we can all be proud of them ... when wearing the red white and black.... ..... i just want to add Mr sheldon phillips and Mr richard tim kee keep up the work ,
How many times will it be mentioned that u can't get these women/girls for any length of time to do any kind of proper preperation,these players going to school/work and is not like they can take time off when ever it's convenient,they don't play on professional teams to consistently get exposed to high level competition,they don't get don't get paid like the men do to remburse them for there time,it happens with all our Women's teams,this is not an excuse it's fact.
How would our Women gain any kind of experience if we don't send them to play in major competitions,i'm not saying i'm happy with the loss or we didn't qualify but i'm satisfied with the effort made by our Women,that's the best they could have done considering the preparations they had.
After reading all these posts,views and ideas by some experts on the forum my feeling is that some of us was waiting for this to happen,some ppl have nothing good to say,they repeating their criticism of the team over and over and over again like a long playing record,we all know what went down u don't think the TTFA know what went down too but we want to advise them like they blind,look how long we have Women Football only when things like this happen ppl does give them any attention,Shabazz fight with them Women for years without no support only criticism.
Our Women have come frome very far to reach where they reach,i want to thank the coaching staff including Anton Corneal for an excellent performance by our team,just like i never thought we would have qualified for a WC in my lifetime these Women will surprise alyu one day.
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Still a bit dizzy by the outcome of yesterdays game (Trinidad/Tobago vs Costa Rica ) ...... i am even more convinced a lack of fitness, ( fatigue) was a key factor in the lost yesterday .. one just has to take a look at the stats during the second period of the game !! a clear sign of a lack of fitness....... i am making a direct plea to the powers that be ...in this case to the President and general secretary of the TTFA and other officials attached to national team football , please . please let us all ensure that adequate and preparations be given to all national team's , be it men,/ women / or youths.... let us not keep repeating the same errors with such frequency ........The key is long term continuity ..... we cannot be truly serious when sending any national teams to competition with 1 month and a half preparation expecting to win its laughable ..... my simple Plea is lets do things properly and have our teams given all the tools to compete well so we can all be proud of them ... when wearing the red white and black.... ..... i just want to add Mr sheldon phillips and Mr richard tim kee keep up the work ,
How many times will it be mentioned that u can't get these women/girls for any length of time to do any kind of proper preperation,these players going to school/work and is not like they can take time off when ever it's convenient,they don't play on professional teams to consistently get exposed to high level competition,they don't get don't get paid like the men do to remburse them for there time,it happens with all our Women's teams,this is not an excuse it's fact.
How would our Women gain any kind of experience if we don't send them to play in major competitions,i'm not saying i'm happy with the loss or we didn't qualify but i'm satisfied with the effort made by our Women,that's the best they could have done considering the preparations they had.
After reading all these posts,views and ideas by some experts on the forum my feeling is that some of us was waiting for this to happen,some ppl have nothing good to say,they repeating their criticism of the team over and over and over again like a long playing record,we all know what went down u don't think the TTFA know what went down too but we want to advise them like they blind,look how long we have Women Football only when things like this happen ppl does give them any attention,Shabazz fight with them Women for years without no support only criticism.
Our Women have come frome very far to reach where they reach,i want to thank the coaching staff including Anton Corneal for an excellent performance by our team,just like i never thought we would have qualified for a WC in my lifetime these Women will surprise alyu one day.
I actually think the team was fit enough.... their downfall was their inability to retain possession long enough. The game plan was to play a high pressure game and they bonked. Their inability to alter their approach did them in. Added to that it was their 5th game in 10 days with basically the same players involved. It could have been predicted
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Coops listen bro i am not here to fight down or be on any tit for tat , calm down meh bro ... i imagined you may have misssd my earlier posts yesterday , otherwise you would have realised i fully supported the team's( ladies) effort, of which i clearly mentioned... i have no issues with your reactionary response , however your response comes over as combative , as i have said i am not here to pick a fight with you or anyone for that matter , we all want what's good for the betterment / improvement of all sporting disciplines at all levels throughout TnT, i am sure you will agree with that don't you ? we also have differing opinions with all due respect , i hope we can appreciate that as well , again let me state clearly i have not attacked the ladies nor have minimised their efforts one bit nor did i assigned blame to anyone all i stated was by appearances a lack of fitness/ fatigue may have been a factor in the loss and plead for is that all of our teams men and women alike be well prepared when going to compete , now if you want take issues with that then what am i to say bro ....!!! again if you di not see my previous post let me repeat i am proud of the women's effort.... and will continue be fully behind any positive initiatives taken by our football officials ... keep on posting respect to you coops .. we aint here to fight down each other..
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I actually think the team was fit enough.... their downfall was their inability to retain possession long enough. The game plan was to play a high pressure game and they bonked. Their inability to alter their approach did them in. Added to that it was their 5th game in 10 days with basically the same players involved. It could have been predicted
I think Against USA they should have played a second string and rested the players for Costa Rica.
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Socalion,sorry Breds if i came across like i am attacking u that was not my intent,if u notice i've not been posting on this topic because i was reading,i did not see the games and depend on here for info/coments,i have a soft spot for our Women national teams especially as daughter once played there,don't get me wrong i like criticism but be constructive,i just find ppl beating down the team like is a road march,our Women don't need that at this time.
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Much respect coops....... no hard feelings .... i do believe as fellow trinis both at home and abroad we all have an interest in our sports men and women alike . as for me i will continue to be a passionate supporter of all our national teams (men and women) in triumphs or disappointments ....again much respect to you coops no hard feelings ....
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Much respect coops....... no hard feelings .... i do believe as fellow trinis both at home and abroad we all have an interest in our sports men and women alike . as for me i will continue to be a passionate supporter of all our national teams (men and women) in triumphs or disappointments ....again much respect to you coops no hard feelings ....
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Praise for Women…Presidents hail effort of U-20s
By Roger Seepersad (T&T Express)
President of the Republic, Anthony Carmona and Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president Raymond Tim Kee both praised the performances of the national Under-20 women’s team who placed fourth in the 2014 CONCACAF Under-20 Women’s Championship in the Cayman Islands on Sunday.
President Carmona said the Under-20 women “displayed grit and determination to become real contenders in the Cayman Islands qualification tournament.”
The T&T women lost 7-3 to Costa Rica in overtime in their third place playoff contest, having led 3-1 at halftime and held that lead until two minutes from the end of regulation time. They were scheduled to return home last night.
“I can tell you I felt a great sense of national pride and joy when I saw how those young women fought on behalf of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago,” Carmona said during the launch of the TTFA’s Youth Football Community Clinics at the VIP Lounge, Hasely Crawford Stadium yesterday.
Tim Kee said the women played hard and the defeat will give an indicator to the technical staff and coaches about what they need to do to ensure the team remains competitive in the future.
“From what I saw yesterday, remember we led 3-1 at half time, I get the impression that they were leg-weary, because it was a hectic schedule and that will of course point our technical staff in a direction to correct things like that,” he said.
“I know some initiatives have been taken in the past about fitness and the level of preparedness that is necessary for those types of games and I know that we made a decision to make it a policy, so you would not see a recurrence of that moving forward, but those things do not happen overnight.”
He added with caution: “I am not knocking them for lack of fitness, but I expect that by the middle of this year we will have some really fit players.”
Speaking about the TTFA’s financial position and the money the organisation still owes to various people, Tim Kee said: “We are trying to settle-up our debts.”
Asked about how much of the TTFA debt has been repaid, Tim Kee said “about 60 to 70 per cent in many regards, in other situations, especially huge debts like for (Russell) Latapy for example. We have not paid him yet but the “Soca Warriors” got a huge amount. As for the other big debts, we are trying to pay incrementally...as money comes in we try to pay it.”
Former national star and ex-coach Latapy withdrew a lawsuit against the TTFA for more than $5 million in compensation after both parties arrived at an out-of-court settlement.
And although Latapy is yet to get actual payment, Tim Kee said, “I have taken responsibility on behalf of the Association to settle a debt that before now was denied and we will see how it goes there. But I know for a fact that he will get his money.”
He also noted that the former footballer left the TTFA headquarters “pleased and satisfied” following their last meeting on Sunday.
“We depend on sponsorships and no sponsor is going to give you money to pay debts,” Tim Kee explained. “We have to utilise what they give us to put resources in place to generate income.
TTFA Director of Communications Shaun Fuentes noted that the TTFA is in the process of preparing the team for the Argentina game on June 4. He said that there is an international date in March and that the TTFA is hoping to utalise to get some match practice.
In the meantime, he said coach (Stephen) Hart will continue to scout for players in the local Pro League and in foreign leagues.
“He (Hart) is really interested in seeing what local talent we have at our disposal. We expect to have (Leo) Beehakker back at some time and we expect him to be a huge part of this Community Clinic the TTFA is undertaking along with technical director Anton Corneal,” Fuentes added.
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Tim Kee said the women played hard and the defeat will give an indicator to the technical staff and coaches about what they need to do to ensure the team remains competitive in the future.
Hmmmmm. :thinking:
Please implement a structured debriefing process to solicit participant input regarding occurrences during the tournament, should such a process not exist. Secure anonymity of responses, to the extent possible. Pursuant to those findings, act accordingly.
Please Mr. Tim Kee, lehwe not move along swimmingly with assumption. Accountability, transparency and consequences. Ah gone.
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T&T U-20 women: proud, but saddened
CONCACAF.com
The sound of pan music, clanking pot covers and chirpy calypso sing-alongs filled the air. That’s all you heard. Carnival -- ‘Trini’ style -- had taken over the Truman Bodden Sports Complex on a delightful Sunday evening.
Not that it mattered, but this musical bustle was being made by a small group of Trinidad and Tobago supporters, who cheered on their team as it dangled on the cusp of football history.
With auspicious leads against Costa Rica in the match for third place at the CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship, the Soca Princesses appeared on their way to becoming the first Caribbean side to qualify for a Women’s World Cup at any level.
The Trinidadians topped the Ticas 1-0, 2-0 and 3-1. Then, with fewer than 20 minutes remaining in normal time, everything changed. Costa Rica made a late rally, tying the score at 3-3, and forcing 30 additional minutes of play in perhaps the most dramatic game of the tournament.
Substitute Nicole Araya delivered two quickfire goals for the Central Americans in the first extra period -- the first breaking the deadlock and the other extending the lead -- that set them on a path to a 7-3 victory, sealing a berth in the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Canada later this year.
The United States and Mexico, which met in the championship later at the same venue, had booked their spots thanks to semifinal triumphs.
The shocking turn around was not only a crippling blow to the Trinidad players, it also silenced the makeshift band.
Anique Walker, Trinidad’s inspirational captain, could not hide the disappointment as her face was etched in pain --- a heart-wrenching portrait.
She had given her team a driving start with two goals (16’, 28’) in a commanding first-half performance. No wonder the 18-year-old was the look of despair at the end.
“Yes, I am very disappointed.” Walker lamented. “I don’t know what to say than we lost our concentration and those two goals I scored don’t mean anything now as we have lost and we are not going to the World Cup.”
She said no more, hung her head, and quickly walked away.
The losing team’s coach, Izler Browne, too, was low in spirit, but managed some words.
“To know that we were right there is a hard pill to swallow,” she expressed. “I think conceding a goal so late and close to the final whistle put us in a sink and, unfortunately, we were not able to pull ourselves out of it.”
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Anique, the goals meant a lot to us. Believe that! Thanks for bringing them to the table.
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To Skipper Anique Walker and all of your team mates, not forgetting coach Izler Brown and staff if any of you are reading from this site/forum you have nothing to be ashamed of, you brought pride to Trinidad and Tobago keep your heads up and press on .... thanks again thank you thank you .. to the entire team. you have made many take notice by your performances ... be proud
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To Skipper Anique Walker and all of your team mates, not forgetting coach Izler Brown and staff if any of you are reading from this site/forum you have nothing to be ashamed of, you brought pride to Trinidad and Tobago keep your heads up and press on .... thanks again thank you thank you .. to the entire team. you have made many take notice by your performances ... be proud
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From leading 3-1 to coming back to loose 7-3 could mean 2 things.
1. The players unfit.
2. The coach fail to make tactical adjustments.
We can't be celebrating failure.
The team defending was very poor.
We need to hire a US coach and have the locals work alongside them and have some program in place for these ladies so they can develop to be great senior players.
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From leading 3-1 to coming back to loose 7-3 could mean 2 things.
1. The players unfit.
2. The coach fail to make tactical adjustments.
We can't be celebrating failure.
The team defending was very poor.
We need to hire a US coach and have the locals work alongside them and have some program in place for these ladies so they can develop to be great senior players.
Why do you think a US Coach is immediately better - there's a hella lot of negativity in this thread. We got as far as we have ever got in the competition, dominated the first half against a team better than ourselves, and the ladies have an experience they can take into the senior team so we can challenge there. Yes, they're unfit, mainly because the domestic scene is no where near as competitive as Costa Rica's and the other teams above us. Yes we might be naive, for the same reasons as above - experience is the critical factor here. Yes tactically we might not be all that, but again Izler is limited in the coaching experience she can accrue at the moment - for months before this tournament she was arguing for more friendlies leading up to it and didn't get them, didn't even get the training camp she wanted. You look at their fixtures - all they get are 4 games a year, whilst the men's team can get 3 in a month. According to FIFA the women's senior team didn't play a single game in 2013 - mainly because T&T Women's went to England on a tour to play English women's teams (whom they mostly trounced).
Instead you get lines like this "Trinidad and Tobago's national senior women's team footballers have no place to train. So, on Thursdays they head to the Queen's Park Savannah, in Port of Spain." (21st March 2013 news on Soca Warriors).
You need to check your expectations - they're not being supported, coaches are potentially being undermined and the team can't arrange matches to practice and prepare for major tournaments. The ladies got so far on skill and determination, but there's only so far they can get without support and preparation for both the players and the head coach. If you care so much go do something about it - contact any contacts you have, turn up to women's games, ask what you can do, because there's a lack of support here that if you care enough about it you can help reduce.
The Women's teams need support for the coaches by giving them enough games to prepare and a proper infrastructure to train their teams.
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From leading 3-1 to coming back to loose 7-3 could mean 2 things.
1. The players unfit.
2. The coach fail to make tactical adjustments.
We can't be celebrating failure.
The team defending was very poor.
We need to hire a US coach and have the locals work alongside them and have some program in place for these ladies so they can develop to be great senior players.
Why do you think a US Coach is immediately better - there's a hella lot of negativity in this thread. We got as far as we have ever got in the competition, dominated the first half against a team better than ourselves, and the ladies have an experience they can take into the senior team so we can challenge there. Yes, they're unfit, mainly because the domestic scene is no where near as competitive as Costa Rica's and the other teams above us. Yes we might be naive, for the same reasons as above - experience is the critical factor here. Yes tactically we might not be all that, but again Izler is limited in the coaching experience she can accrue at the moment - for months before this tournament she was arguing for more friendlies leading up to it and didn't get them, didn't even get the training camp she wanted. You look at their fixtures - all they get are 4 games a year, whilst the men's team can get 3 in a month. According to FIFA the women's senior team didn't play a single game in 2013 - mainly because T&T Women's went to England on a tour to play English women's teams (whom they mostly trounced).
Instead you get lines like this "Trinidad and Tobago's national senior women's team footballers have no place to train. So, on Thursdays they head to the Queen's Park Savannah, in Port of Spain." (21st March 2013 news on Soca Warriors).
You need to check your expectations - they're not being supported, coaches are potentially being undermined and the team can't arrange matches to practice and prepare for major tournaments. The ladies got so far on skill and determination, but there's only so far they can get without support and preparation for both the players and the head coach. If you care so much go do something about it - contact any contacts you have, turn up to women's games, ask what you can do, because there's a lack of support here that if you care enough about it you can help reduce.
The Women's teams need support for the coaches by giving them enough games to prepare and a proper infrastructure to train their teams.
From leading 3-1 to coming back to loose 7-3 could mean 2 things.
1. The players unfit.
2. The coach fail to make tactical adjustments.
We can't be celebrating failure.
The team defending was very poor.
We need to hire a US coach and have the locals work alongside them and have some program in place for these ladies so they can develop to be great senior players.
Everything u said here have been said concerning these Women already,we not celebrating failure we celebrating effort,did u read our newspapers?the country is behind them u not hearing nothing negative at home.
Hire what US Coach?u feel when we hire them our problems will change,we going to have access to our players when we want,our girls will be able to train full time etc etc like the US and other teams?imagine our Women have to train in the Savannah and up to Monday i saw Rangers training at the Hasely Crawford Stadium (practice field).
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Coops, I agree with you as far as things will not change because the federation needs to get their act together first.
Tiresais, US have the best women team in the world. We could do with a decent US coach.
But coops have a valid point, nothing will change until de federation improves.
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Coops, I agree with you as far as things will not change because the federation needs to get their act together first.
Tiresais, US have the best women team in the world. We could do with a decent US coach.
But coops have a valid point, nothing will change until de federation improves.
We could do with a decent T&T coach, or any nationality - where we getting the money to hire a US coach? They'll (rightly) demand a wage more in-line with US Coaches, which will be hire than the going rate in T&T. They also won't have any contextual knowledge of the country, and in some cases less motivation
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We had Pellerud. He coach the US. And WE ARE NOT CELEBRATING FAILURE. We are supporting our female athletes who get the crumbs. We are not that naive.
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Coops, I agree with you as far as things will not change because the federation needs to get their act together first.
Tiresais, US have the best women team in the world. We could do with a decent US coach.
But coops have a valid point, nothing will change until de federation improves.
We could do with a decent T&T coach, or any nationality - where we getting the money to hire a US coach? They'll (rightly) demand a wage more in-line with US Coaches, which will be hire than the going rate in T&T. They also won't have any contextual knowledge of the country, and in some cases less motivation
There are quite a few very experienced and well respected US based Trini coaches who could fill these roles if the TTFA were really interested in that concept. Some have more than enough experience to help in other areas of Administration; Player Development Programming; Coaching Education; Sports Business acumen; Public Relations and Marketing; Fundraising and Infrastructure Development; Staff Development; Coaching Education Curriculum Development etc. etc. etc.
Some are Directors of Coaching in clubs with 5,000 players; some have built clubs from the ground up; some have coached and managed college programs; trained and developed players who play in US State, Regional and National teams at all age groups, some have developed coaches who now coach US national teams and MLS teams.
The only problem here is whether we you are willing to give these Trinidadians the same level of respect and pay that you would be willing to give to a non Trinidadian.
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Coops, I agree with you as far as things will not change because the federation needs to get their act together first.
Tiresais, US have the best women team in the world. We could do with a decent US coach.
But coops have a valid point, nothing will change until de federation improves.
We could do with a decent T&T coach, or any nationality - where we getting the money to hire a US coach? They'll (rightly) demand a wage more in-line with US Coaches, which will be hire than the going rate in T&T. They also won't have any contextual knowledge of the country, and in some cases less motivation
There are quite a few very experienced and well respected US based Trini coaches who could fill these roles if the TTFA were really interested in that concept. Some have more than enough experience to help in other areas of Administration; Player Development Programming; Coaching Education; Sports Business acumen; Public Relations and Marketing; Fundraising and Infrastructure Development; Staff Development; Coaching Education Curriculum Development etc. etc. etc.
Some are Directors of Coaching in clubs with 5,000 players; some have built clubs from the ground up; some have coached and managed college programs; trained and developed players who play in US State, Regional and National teams at all age groups, some have developed coaches who now coach US national teams and MLS teams.
The only problem here is whether we you are willing to give these Trinidadians the same level of respect and pay that you would be willing to give to a non Trinidadian.
They did it with Lincoln Phillips,Stephen Hart,Russel Latapy,Sheldon Phillips etc etc why won't they,the thing is have any of those Trinis showed any interest in coaching in T&T,i have talked about this on a couple occasions because when we are scouting for Coaches some how we don't consider our own,look at guys like Yorke,Lawrence,Latapy,Nakhid,Hislop,Walkes,Chinapoo etc etc these guys not giving up their career to come coach T&T.
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Coops, I agree with you as far as things will not change because the federation needs to get their act together first.
Tiresais, US have the best women team in the world. We could do with a decent US coach.
But coops have a valid point, nothing will change until de federation improves.
We could do with a decent T&T coach, or any nationality - where we getting the money to hire a US coach? They'll (rightly) demand a wage more in-line with US Coaches, which will be hire than the going rate in T&T. They also won't have any contextual knowledge of the country, and in some cases less motivation
There are quite a few very experienced and well respected US based Trini coaches who could fill these roles if the TTFA were really interested in that concept. Some have more than enough experience to help in other areas of Administration; Player Development Programming; Coaching Education; Sports Business acumen; Public Relations and Marketing; Fundraising and Infrastructure Development; Staff Development; Coaching Education Curriculum Development etc. etc. etc.
Some are Directors of Coaching in clubs with 5,000 players; some have built clubs from the ground up; some have coached and managed college programs; trained and developed players who play in US State, Regional and National teams at all age groups, some have developed coaches who now coach US national teams and MLS teams.
The only problem here is whether we you are willing to give these Trinidadians the same level of respect and pay that you would be willing to give to a non Trinidadian.
They did it with Lincoln Phillips,Stephen Hart,Russel Latapy,Sheldon Phillips etc etc why won't they,the thing is have any of those Trinis showed any interest in coaching in T&T,i have talked about this on a couple occasions because when we are scouting for Coaches some how we don't consider our own,look at guys like Yorke,Lawrence,Latapy,Nakhid,Hislop,Walkes,Chinapoo etc etc these guys not giving up their career to come coach T&T.
There are Trini coaches in the US who are willing and have made approaches to the TTFF to assist in various ways only to be shunned or turned away. Mind you, quality coaches.
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Corneal: TT have closed gap in CONCACAF
T&T Newsday Reports.
TECHNICAL Director of Trinidad and Tobago football Anton Corneal, who was part of the coaching staff for the TT Women’s team at the recent CONCACAF Under-20 World Cup Qualifier said yesterday that the performance of the team showed that the gap between this country and the top teams in the CONCACAF region has closed.
At a luncheon to welcome the team on their return home following their disastrous 7-3 defeat by Costa Rica in the Cayman Islands, Corneal said “I know it would have been a challenge but you guys have closed the gap on the top teams in CONCACAF in a very short space of time and you must be commended for it. The results showed we did not go the distance but it also showed that for 85 minutes we were at our first ever world cup.”
He added “Yes we are disappointed. But you know what, we have got something to work towards now.”
“We are happy and thankful for the support that we are getting but we wanted to qualify for the World Cup. I can assure you every girl, every and staff member wanted it. We wanted to give women’s football that opportunity but nothing happens before it’s time.”
The former national player praised the Ministry of Sports and minister Anil Roberts for their support of the team.
“With the support of the Ministry the players have done a wonderful job. It is impossible for us to compete without that support. We appreciate the support, the Ministry of Sports, the Sports Company as well as money from corporate Trinidad and Tobago” Corneal said.
The ex national senior team coach explained that the focus was on getting the national women’s senior team to qualify for the 2015 World Cup in Canada. “Right behind the under 20 girls is the senior team. As a matter of fact, the CFU qualify leg will begin in two months. We have a plan that has to be put in place. We have half our team here and the other half in the US so we have to plan for it. We have to get through the first round.”
Multiple Commonwealth and Pan American medallist Cleopatra Borel has advised the country’s under 20 team to use the pain of failing to qualifying for this year’s FIFA Under 20 Women’s World Cup in August later this year as a catalyst for achieving excellence. Speaking at the reception Borel said she had use her disappointment at the 2008 Olympics Games to inspire her.
“Today I would like to pass on some of the knowledge I have gain over my ten year career in track and field. I want to share a story with the team that I hope will inspire you. After the Beijing Olympics (in 2008) I didn’t have a good campaign and I was riding on a train and I started to replay my event. And like that I burst into tears. And that moment I knew that I was in it for the long run. Your greatest disappointment in sports, your greatest disappointment in life sometimes turn out to be your greatest source of motivation.”
Borel also told the team members that the void left by the failure must be filled. “There is a space you girls feel right now and it is an empty space that should have been your trip to the World Cup. You have to fill that space with something. You can’t fill it with fear. You can’t be afraid to keep going. What you have to do is to push yourself” Borel said.
The three-time Olympian also encouraged the girls to give more in training to do better in the future. “The media said the team was not fit and therefore suffered in the last five minutes. Everytime you come to the end of practice you have to remember that.
Your coaches’ job now is to tell you that’s enough. It is time to go home. It is time to leave. Because you are out there so motivated by this event that you are going to push yourself. Eventually you are going to be on the national team and think how amazing that team will be at point time because of this experience.”
The national team missed out one qualifying for the FIFA Under 20 women’s World Cup after losing to Costa Rica by 7-3 in the third place play-off of the CONCACAF Championships in the Cayman Islands on Sunday.
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I does try hard to understand how these fellas does think yes.
We lost to JA in CFU Finals
We lost to Mexico
We lost to USA
We lost to Costa Rica
We have not factor in Canada
We went from winning 3-1 to lose 7-3, yes we have some better players, but the TEAM play not improving much when you take into consideration the technical ability of the players.
Anton need to wheel and come again. They need to provide better coaching for the players to actually show THAT we improved.
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Far too much unrealistic expectations on the U-20 Women.
The fact is that with any developing program the Nation lacks depth. We do not have two players for every position, nor do we have players who can change a game off the bench tactically.
Once TT lost the starting Gk & their Central defender (strong player), the game lost its balance.
Better Nations in the womens game can rotate a squad of 16-18 + players comfortable. Affording rest & recovery.
They can also as a team keep possession for long periods & rest. We can do neither. We rotate about 13 -14 players at best. If two injured you rotate 12. Not strong enough for an International Tournament with 4 games in 10 days.
No coach can compensate for that.
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Far too much unrealistic expectations on the U-20 Women.
The fact is that with any developing program the Nation lacks depth. We do not have two players for every position, nor do we have players who can change a game off the bench tactically.
Once TT lost the starting Gk & their Central defender (strong player), the game lost its balance.
Better Nations in the womens game can rotate a squad of 16-18 + players comfortable. Affording rest & recovery.
They can also as a team keep possession for long periods & rest. We can do neither. We rotate about 13 -14 players at best. If two injured you rotate 12. Not strong enough for an International Tournament with 4 games in 10 days.
No coach can compensate for that.
How would you respond to this: preserving the status quo on the field didn't change the game tactically. Are there not other supporting reasons for involving a player from the bench?
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Anton Corneal slams lack of Trinidad and Tobago Women's U20 squad.
By Joel Bailey (T&T Newsday).
FORMER technical director of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), Anton Corneal, has slammed the lack of a squad, as well as technical staff, for the T&T Under-20 women’s team, ahead of the 2022 Concacaf Women’s Under-20 Championship, which will take place in the Dominican Republic from February 25 to March 12.
T&T have been drawn in Group G, along with Canada, El Salvador and St Kitts/Nevis.
But there is only one active T&T Women’s team – the senior team – who played a pair of friendly international matches against Panama at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva in October.
Chairman of the FIFA-appointed normalisation committee, which runs the TTFA’s daily affairs, Robert Hadad, was asked via Whatsapp on Tuesday when will a technical staff be appointed, when will the team begin training and if the team will be given at least an international warm-up match before the Concacaf Championship.
Hadad replied, “A release that addresses all these issues will be released soon.”
Corneal, who briefly served as T&T women’s coach in 2018, said in a telephone interview on Tuesday, “It seems as though football has been placed on the backburner, all aspects of football, or (it’s) not taken as a priority.”
The ex-T&T midfielder and youth team coach said, “Hopefully, it would be better in the long run because it’s quite clear there is no evident plan that anyone is able to see. Unfortunately, it’s the football that suffers. It’s the people that play football that’s suffering. We have to pray that areas of development can be rectified in the near future.”
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Jason Spence appointed Head Coach of Trinidad and Tobago Women’s U-17 and U-20 National Teams
TTFA Media
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association is pleased to announce the appointment of Jason Spence as the Head Coach of Trinidad and Tobago’s Women’s Under-17 and Under-20 National Teams.
Spence has been an integral part of the Women’s National Programme for many years with stints as Assistant Coach of the Senior Women’s National Team, Assistant Coach of the Women’s U-20 Team, and Head Coach of the Women’s U-20 Team.
His most recent appointment was the Head Coach of the Women’s National U-15 Team in 2020, which was unfortunately halted by the pandemic.
Commenting on his appointment, Spence said: “I am indeed humbled by the demonstration of confidence the TTFA/NC has placed in me. More importantly I know the players themselves will be excited to get back on the field to do what they love.”
“Women’s football continues to be my passion and I am eager to get to work. As it relates to the preparation for the tournament, it is no secret that the time frame, especially for the CONCACAF level is very short, however my very capable staff and I are committed to doing our best.”
The TTFA’s Technical Department worked with Spence to evaluate numerous candidates for the other staff roles. The selection criteria included prior experience with National Teams and active coaching accreditation. The group also looked at individuals whose resumes would have been received over the last 18 to 24 months.
TTFA is pleased to announce the appointment of the following members of Trinidad and Tobago Women’s U-17 and U-20 National Teams Staff:
Assistant Coach – Dernelle Mascall
Assistant Coach – Desiree Sarjeant
Goalkeeper Coach – Trevor Nottingham
Team Manager – Vernetta Flanders
Equipment Manager – Natalie Harper
The positions of Rehab Specialist and Strength and Conditioning Coach will be the subject of a future announcement.
The Women’s U-20 Team will be competing at the CONCACAF Women’s U-20 Championship which is scheduled to take place in the Dominican Republic from February 25, 2022 to March 12, 2022.
Similarly, the Women’s U-17 Team will travel to the Dominican Republic to compete at the CONCACAF Women’s U-17 Championship which takes place from April 23, 2022 to May 8, 2022.
Trinidad and Tobago, by virtue of being one of the region’s 16 top ranked Women’s U-20 and Women’s U-17 teams, have received a bye to their respective 2022 CONCACAF Final Championships. These Championships serve as the qualifiers for the FIFA Women’s U-17 and U-20 World Cups scheduled to take place later in 2022.
Regarding his first steps, Spence said: “To ensure we put the best possible team together, screening sessions will begin from next week. The plan is to conduct four days of screening over the next two weeks both in Trinidad and in Tobago simultaneously once we finalize discussions with the necessary stakeholders. We want to look at all possible players, giving each player an equal opportunity.”
“As we know we are in a very challenging environment with the pandemic, which brought football to a halt approximately 20 months ago. I am calling on the 12th man, to give their full positive support as we set out on this journey with our young women to represent our country to the best of our ability.”
Details for the Women’s U-17 and U-20 Screening will be announced soon. All interested participants can pre-register by completing the attached form via this link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfR05TJf2hlY281vsrV0bFWEBj_VhpWEmCqfE1_Y7ts5juquQ/viewform
Please note that player eligibility for either team is as follows:
Women’s U-17 Team – Players must be born on or after January 1, 2005
Women’s U-20 Team – Players must be born on or after January 1, 2002
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So how they going to train with this pandemic going on.
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2 months the before the qualifiers our U20W team got a coach ... better late than never
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So how they going to train with this pandemic going on.
Same way de senior team training
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So how they going to train with this pandemic going on.
Same way de senior team training
where are they training ?
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So how they going to train with this pandemic going on.
Same way de senior team training
where are they training ?
I have no idea
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Trinidad and Tobago Football Association to hosts U17, U20 female trials
JONATHAN RAMNANANSINGH
THE Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) is working towards bolstering its pool of young female players.
On Wednesday, the association stages open try outs for females for the national Under-17 and Under-20 team selection at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Tobago and the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva on December 22.
These sessions continue at both venues on Thursday, December 29 and 30.Players for the women’s Under-20 trials must be born on or after January 1, 2002 while players for the Under-17 must be born on or after January 1, 2005.
The U17 Sessions will run from 11am to 2pm and the U20s takes place from 2pm to 5pm each day. Registration for U17s is from 10:45am to 11:45am while the U20s register between 1:45pm and 2:45pm
All persons interested in attending the sessions must register by logging on to https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfR05TJf2hlY281vsrV0bFWEBj_VhpWEmCqfE1_Y7ts5juquQ/viewform. According to a statement issued by TTFA, “Players are advised to submit all relevant medical information (injuries, asthmatic status, etc) prior to these screenings.
“Submission of a medical assessment report is also encouraged to ensure that the player is cleared to partake in any physical training.
“Players are also requested to attend the sessions with one red and one white jersey, black shorts, red socks, shin guards and boots.
“Parents or accompanying guests will not be allowed into the venues in accordance with the covid-19 regulations at all national stadia.”
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Women's U-17, U-20 football coach Jason Spence begins road to recovery
By Jonathan Ramnanansingh (T&T Newsday)
NEWLY-APPOINTED national women’s Under-17 and Under-20 coach Jason Spence held the first of four open tryout sessions for both age groups at Mannie Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella on Wednesday.
Spence, who was announced head coach of both teams by the T&T Football Association (TTFA) on Sunday, hosted a morning session with the younger bunch and an evening trial with the older players.
Several players showed up in each division on the opening day. TTFA technical director Dion La Foucade said the number of players will increase as the try-outs continue as persistent rainfall on Wednesday forced some players to stay away.
Initially, the two-hour try-outs were scheduled for Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva but a soggy outfield forced a venue change.
Coach Spence however, still managed to lead two interactive, physical sessions with both groups.
“The first session went well. The numbers were a bit small because we switched venues but coach Spence put the girls through some physical and fitness work, technical work and tactical work,” said La Foucade. The second trial continues on Thursday with the final two assessments scheduled for December 29 and 30.
Additionally, a similar try-out was held at Dwight Yorke Stadium in Tobago on Wednesday and runs concurrently with the Trinidad series. The TTFA opted to have these talent-search segments to help bolster the Under-20 team which will compete at the Concacaf Women’s Under-20 Championship in the Dominican Republic from February 25 to March 12.
Similarly, the women’s Under-17 team travel to the Dominican Republic for the Under-17 version of the Concacaf tourney which takes place from April 23-May 8.
La Foucade added, “Coach Spence is giving the players four days of trials. At the end of four days, he will decide who his squad will be. It’s a revolving door so it’s continually open to players who pop up here and there as it goes along.
“We in the technical department have to take part in these Concacaf tournaments whether it be Under-15, Under-17 and Under-20 which is all part of the players’ development to make the senior team. It’s all part of their development.”
La Foucade said national senior women’s team coach Kenwyne Jones is expected to make a surprise visit at the trials to see what possible talents are being scouted to help move the younger teams forward.
Both the Under-17 and Under-20 women’s teams have been inactive for the past 20 months owing to the pandemic. La Foucade believes these sessions serve as a good platform to help unearth new players and bring a fresh start for the national youth teams.
“It’s going to take a while to bounce back from all those months of downtime. They will some time to get back into the groove of things. But it’s very important. We would have lost some time due to the pandemic.
“We’re encouraged by the number of players that came out. The word is starting to spread and players are interested. It’s a great thing to play for your country,” he said.
Players from as far as Diego Martin, Arima and Sangre Grande turned up for the trials. La Foucade was pleased with the feedback received from players and confirmed that numbers will soon increase as the word spreads throughout TT.
Players for the women’s Under-20 trials must have been born on or after January 1, 2002, and players for the Under-17 on or after January 1, 2005.
The U17 sessions will run from 11 am-2 pm and the U20s from 2 pm-5 pm each day. Registration for U17s is from 10.45am-11.45am and the U20s register between 1.45pm-2.45pm.
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Spence trims U20 women to 18 ahead of Championships.
By Walter Alibey (T&T Guardian).
The T&T Under-20 Women's football team has been trimmed to 18 after three weeks of screening. On Sunday head coach Jason Spence admitted that with the limited time available to prepare both the Under-20s and 17 teams, he is fortunate to have 12 players from the previous team under then-coach Richard Hood at his disposal.
Spence charges had a practice sessions at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Balmain, Couva at the weekend, comprising a mixture of both age groups who are preparing for their respective CONCACAF age-group Championships from this month for the U-20s and April/May for the U-17s.
"Two teams I am working with and trying to get them there with the limited time that we have, and as you know the -20 tournament is at the end of February, 25th to 8th of March, and then we have the U-17s which is at the end of April, 23rd April to 8th, so it's a lot of work.
We were able to go through some screening just to give everybody a fair opportunity to showcase their talent, and that group has been brought down to 18 in training and that's between Trinidad and Tobago and fortunately for me, I have 12 players who would have played in the last cycle under coach Richard Hood, so we have delivered a programme to them and they are doing their work.
I have 18 in training right now of which I am also buffering with some of the stronger u-17s to make sure the sessions themselves stay nice and organised," Spence said.
Under Hood, the T&T under-20 reached the quarter-final round of the Under-20 Championships in the Dominican Republic in 2020 where they were knocked out by Mexico 4-0. Since then the U-20s have not kicked a lime.
Spence's stint with the team to date has itself been relatively short, telling the media he has had about two weeks of intense four-day sessions, after more than two years of development has been lost in T&T football.
He now intends to select about eight players to bolster his team heading into the championships: " Right now I have 12 players who have shown interest and that final decision will be made based on how this group adapts to the fitness level that we want and the way and style that we intend to play and then we would know.
I think I would have my eyes on about eight of them who will be joining the 12-man group to make it 20 to take to the tournament.
The thing about it is that we've lost two years of development of football in T&T, no fault of anybody other than the fact that we were down, so really and truly, this would be considered to be my second real week of drilling them in four-day sessions.
There is some work to be done, we're seeing the potential in the players and so on and as we continue to work I am sure the touches will come in when we're ready to make that final decision."
Spence's focus weekend was transitioning from defence to attack which he said his players are getting: " Basically, what we were is trying to see how well we could have organised quickly on transition, that was the only thing I was looking for.
While we know that goals win matches and we didn't want to be hammered, it wasn't my main focus but rather to see if their legs could have stood up for 90 minutes.
We broke down the session into three 30-minute periods to give them that little breather in between. The group elt quite well and I think it was around the 75th minute that people started to fade away so I think we're getting there."
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T&T U-20 Women off to San Cristobal for CONCACAF Qualifiers.
TTFA Media.
Trinidad and Tobago’s Under 20 Women’s Team departs this evening for Santo Domingo where the will contest the CONCACAF U-20 Women’s Championship which serves as qualification for the 2022 FIFA Under 20 Women’s World Cup.
T&T are in Group G and will open their account against El Salvador on February 25th at the Estadio Pan Americano in San Cristobal. They then face St Kitts/Nevis on Feb 27th and Canada on March 1st also at the San Cristobal venue.
The top three teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup and will join host nation Costa Rica as the CONCACAF representatives. The tournament will feature 20 teams and will be held in the Dominican Republic, between 25 February and 12 March 2022.
The highest-ranked 16 entrants advanced directly to the group stage of the final tournament, while the other 12 entrants participated in qualifying.The four group winners in qualifying advance directly into the knockout stage of the final tournament.
Also off to Dominican Republic are T&T match officials Crystal Sobers and Carissa Douglas-Jacobs. Sobers will serve as a referee during the championship with Douglas-Jacobs appointed as an assistant referee for the tourney.
WATCH U-20 Women head coach Spence looks ahead to CONCACAF tourney (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf6iKWldWhw)
Team:
Goalkeepers
Chelsea Ramnauth (Police FC), Aaliyah Alexandra (Jewels FC/Tobago), Aklya Walcott (Essex County College/USA).
Defenders
Ashante Wilson-Campbell (Jewels FC/Tobago), Moenesa Mejas (Trincity Nationals), Latifha Pascall (Navarro College/USA), Chrissy Mitchell (Southwestern Christian University/USA), Derisha Briston (Jewels FC/Tobago).
Midfielders
Sarah De Gannes (Brewton-Parker College), Marley Walker (Charleston SC/USA), Aaliyah Trim (FC Ginga), Darrianne Henry (Jewels FC/Tobago), Charlize Hood (Police FC), Celine Loraine (Jewels FC/Tobago), Lillian Selvon (Trincity Nationals), Tori Paul (University of Maryland), Maria Serrant (Corban University), Temia St. Clair (UTT Patriots).
Strikers
Shurella Mendez (Unattached), Jhelysse Anthony (International Soccer Club/USA).
Head Coach
Jason Spence.
Assistant Coach
Desiree SarJeant.
Goalkeeper Coach
Steven Nottingham.
Manager
Vernatta Flanders.
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Women’s U-20 screening sessions continue from Jan 28.
TTFA Media.
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association will stage a series of screening sessions over the next couple weeks geared towards selection for the National U-20 Women’s Team.
The initial sessions carded for this weekend will also cater for incoming players who have not previously enrolled with the FA for the activities that have commenced already.
Players must be born on or after Jan 1, 2004 – 31 December 2008 to be eligible.
Screening days will be as follows:
Trinidad
Saturday 28 January 2023 – Larry Gomes Stadium (4:00 – 6:00 pm)
Sunday 29 January 2023 – Hasely Crawford Training Field (11:30 – 1:00 pm)
Tuesday 31 January 2023 – TBC ( 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM)
Thursday 2 February 2023 – TBC (4:00 PM – 6:00 PM)
Tobago
Sunday 5 February – TBC (9:00 – 11:00 AM)
Tuesday 7 February – TBC (4:00 -6:00 PM)
Sunday 12 February – TBC (4:00 – 6:00 PM)
Tuesday 14 February TBC (4:00 – 6:00 PM)
Please use the following links to register
Trinidad – https://forms.gle/a1DY7MoKUMBZ3frY7
Tobago – https://forms.gle/8QDvQGzmytyZaASg6
— For Further information, persons can contact 707-8232 (Trinidad) / 385-8924 (Tobago)