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Trinidad and Tobago Women to start World Cup quest vs USVI on May 19th
TTFA Media
Trinidad and Tobago’s Senior Women’s footballers will commence their quest for 2019 FIFA World Cup qualification against the US Virgin Islands on May 19th at the Ato Boldon Stadium.
This will be the opening match for the Women Warriors as they host Group C in the CONCACAF Caribbean Women’s qualifying group stage.
T&T will face Dominica on May 21st, St Kitts/Nevis on May 25th and Grenada on May 27th. Only the winners of each of the five groups will advance to the Caribbean Final round scheduled to start on July 21st at a venue to be announced.
From that final round, the top three teams will advance to the CONCACAF Final Round of qualification in the United States from October 4-17. The top three teams will qualify for the World Cup in France, while the fourth-placed team will advance to a play-off against the third-placed team from CONMEBOL.
T&T utility player Karyn Forbes said the T&T squad is in a good place at the moment following their dominant performance in the CFU Women’s Challenge Series last week but warned against complacency heading into the official qualifiers.
“Basically I think we needed these games last week to build our confidence. Playing these games allows us to come out and build that cohesiveness around the team and it was a great opportunity to build off these games and prepare for the other harder matches coming up. We are in good shape now but definitely need to stay grounded and keep working to improve our level of play,” Forbes told TTFA Media.
“We had Suriname and then Grenada and Guyana and those games were a building process and I think we can fix the errors and continue to progress from there.”
Forbes scored in each of the three matches and played up top as well against Guyana. Her feelings on he roles on the pitch and as one of the more experienced players has left her with a greater sense of responsibility.
“I have good leadership qualities and since the team is transitioning, we are learning more about each other, not undermining anyone and really trying to get the best team together.
“I am a utility player and whatever the team needs then he (Jamaal Shabazz) makes his move to suit . He has enough faith in me and I have enough confidence that wherever he places me , I can go up and do my best for the benefit of the team,” Forbes added.
The Team is currently in training throughout the week into next week ahead of the CONCACAF qualifiers.
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Hinds turns attention to World Cup qualifiers.
T&T Newsday Reports.
NATIONAL Women’s football team defender/midfielder Liana Hinds is turning her attention towards the start of the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifiers, which will begin later this month.
Trinidad and Tobago will be hosting Group C, alongside Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts/Nevis and the US Virgin Islands, in First Round action from May 19-27.
In total, there will be five groups involved in First Round games this month, with the group winners advancing to the Final Round, from July 21-29, from which the top three will progress to the 2018 CONCACAF Women’s Championship.
Eight teams will participate in the CONCACAF Women’s Championship, in the US, from October 4-17. The top three teams will automatically book spots to the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France, while the fourth-placed team will engage in a playoff with the third-placed team from CONMEBOL (South American governing body).
T&T finished their Group E participation in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Women’s Challenge Series with a 100-percent record (7-0 over Suriname on April 25, 8-1 against Grenada on April 27 and 3-1 over Guyana on April 29) at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva.
In an interview after the Guyana game, the US-born Hinds commented, “We need to work on just playing our game, not trying to play to the level of the other team, not trying to figure out what they’re doing but focusing on what we do and what we’re best at, so we can execute that flawlessly every time we step on the field.”
The 23-year-old Hinds, who was a member of the T&T team who hosted the 2010 FIFA Women’s Under-17 World Cup, gave her thoughts on the performance of the Jamaal Shabazz-coached team during the Challenge Series.
“I felt we did well,” she said. “I think that there (are) definitely things that we need to work on. The first (halves) of the Grenada and (Guyana games) were a little challenging but the second halves we definitely stepped it up and did what we were supposed to do. I think we did well overall.”
Concerning the mood in the T&T camp, Hinds noted, “The team likes to have fun (and) joke around with each other so it’s always positive vibes.
We’re working on uplifting each other when we make mistakes.” However, she admitted, “I will like to find my role in the team. It’s hard being away some times then coming and joining the team, and trying to figure out where I fit in, and get really good at the things that I have to do at (any) position.”
Asked about the new faces on the T&T squad, Hinds responded, “I’m always a fan of the new kids coming up. You see a lot of creativity with players like Aaliyah Prince.”
She continued, “Once they get the ball they’re not afraid to just play. I’m always a fan of new players and getting to learn how to play with new people.”
Another utility player (defender/midfielder) Karyn Forbes, was pleased with the fact that she can continue her recovery from a pair of knee operations.
“I’m now coming off two knee surgeries and I’m now (getting) a little form,” said the 26-year-old Forbes. “I’m just taking the opportunity at this time.
“One of the things that I said to myself before this tournament is (that) I can shoot the ball,” Forbes added. “I want to get back into that realm of helping the team by scoring some goals from midfield.”
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Cordner, King to join T&T team in June.
By Joel Bailey (Newsday).
EXPERIENCED footballers Kenya Cordner and Arin King will be joining the Trinidad and Tobago women’s team in June, in time for the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games in Barranquilla, Colombia from July 19 to August 3.
This according to Jamaal Shabazz, T&T women’s football team coach, in an interview earlier this week.
The national women’s squad are preparing for the start of their qualifying campaign, for the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France.
T&T will be hosting Group C, in the CONCACAF Women’s Championship qualifiers, from May 19-27. Matches in the group will be contested at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva, with T&T meeting the US Virgin Islands (May 19), Dominica (May 21), St Kitts/Nevis (May 25) and Grenada (May 27).
The group winners will move on to the Final Round, from August 25 to September 2, from which three teams will progress to the CONCACAF Championships, in the US, from October 4-17. Wingers Cordner and Ahkeela Mollon, defender Arin King and midfielder Maylee Attin-Johnson have not been in action with the national team, for over a year.
Cordner is currently engaged with Norwegian club IL Sandviken, while King is coming off an injury. Both Mollon and Attin-Johnson are pursuing coaching careers.
“Kenya Cordner is not available until June,” said Shabazz. “She should be available for the CAC Games.
“Mollon has expressed her desire to remain in coaching for now,” added the T&T coach. “King is going to be back in the squad from June as well.”
But central defender Rhea Belgrave has returned to the fray, after recovering from injury.
“Rhea Belgrave is back to full fitness,” said Shabazz. “She was out for the friendly matches (against Panama) and the CFU tournament. Now she’s back for the qualifiers.”
T&T had a 100-per cent record at the recent Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Challenge Series at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, with victories over Suriname (7-1), Grenada (8-1) and Guyana (3-1).
Shabazz, the former Guyana and T&T men’s coach, noted, “We rested one day, after the tournament, and the girls have been hard at it. The competition for places is stiff.”
Experienced US-born wing-back Taylor Mims will be in the training squad, while Canada-born striker Melissa Baynes has been included for the first time.
North America-based midfielders Shinelle Arjoon, Naomie Guerra and Kayla Taylor are also part of the training unit, as well as national Under-17 striker Afiyah Cornwall.
However, Shabazz admitted that the teams will only be fielding 20 players each, despite a heavy schedule of four matches in nine days.
Asked when the T&T team will be announced, Shabazz replied, “A couple days before because we still have players coming in. We want to give everybody a chance.
“But the presence of Rhea, Cornwall and Taylor Mims has increased the intensity in the training,” he ended.
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T&T Women’s team gear towards CONCACAF Qualifiers kick off on May 19th.
TTFA Media.
This country’s Senior Women’s Team will remain largely unchanged heading into the opening phase of the CONCACAF Caribbean World Cup qualifiers which kick off on May 19th at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva.
The squad which topped their Group in the recent Caribbean Football Union Challenge Series a couple weeks ago will form the base of the T&T outfit for the upcoming matches.
Team manager Jinelle James confirmed that communication has been ongoing with overseas-based forward Kennya Cordner and she is likely to join the team for the CAC Games in July in Colombia and the Final round of Caribbean World Cup qualification once T&T progresses. Canada-baed defender Arin King is recovering from injury and eyeing a return in June while Khadidra Debesette is also a being looked at for a return.
“I was on the phone with Kennya today and we have been having ongoing communication about the best time for her to return to the team,” James told TTFA Media. “And we have also been in dialogue with Khadidra and Arin about their return to the squad possibly for the CAC Games or the later stages of this qualifying campaign.”
Meantime, current T&T team member Jonelle Cato said the Women Warriors are confident of topping the Group C which also includes Grenada, Dominica, US Virgin Islands and St Kits/Nevis.
T&T will face USVI on May 19th, Dominica on May 21st, St Kitts/Nevis on May 25th and Grenada on May 27th. Only the winners of each of the five groups will advance to the Caribbean Final round scheduled to start on July 21st at a venue to be announced.
“For myself and maybe Liana who got to play in a youth World Cup in 2010, we really have that desire to play in two World Cups. It is every player’s dream to qualify for and play in a World Cup,” said Cato.
“I think honestly we will dominate in the the Caribbean but we cannot be complacent. It is now more about us being a force in the CONCACAF. Sometimes we tend to dominate in the Caribbean but then fall short when we get to the CONCACAF stage,” Cato added.
“This time around we need to make sure we do qualify and if not first, at least second or third so we can go onto qualify for the World Cup in France next year.”
Cato said she felt empowered being a mother and a starting player on the National Women’s Team.
“People don’t give women footballers enough credit.A lot of them think we should just be wives or mothers. A lot of parents think now that they don’t want their kids or their girl kids to play football. Being a part of a national women’s team and qualify for a World Cup will be big not just for us but hopefully other people’s kids and I hope it can inspire other women and parents to send their kids to play the sport and be just like us,” Cato added.
Upcoming Fixtures.
May 19
6:30, T&T vs US Virgin Islands, Ato Boldon Stadium.
May 21
6:30, T&T vs Dominica, Ato Boldon Stadium.
May 25
6:30, T&T vs St Kitts & Nevis, Ato Boldon Stadium.
May 27
6:30, T&T vs Grenada, Ato Boldon Stadium.
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Twenty-Player Squad announced for start of Women’s World Cup campaign
ttfootball.org
Trinidad and Tobago head coach Jamaal Shabazz today announced a 20-member squad to contest the upcoming CONCACAF Caribbean Women’s World Cup qualifying Group C at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva.
Hosts T&T open against US Virgin Islands from 6:30pm at the TTFA Home of Football venue with St Kitts and Nevis taking on Grenada in the first encounter from 4pm.
Shabazz has two new additions to his squad from the one that competed in the recent CFU Women’s Challenge Series with Canadian-based Andrea Young of Ottawa Fury and former national youth team player Taylor Mims coming in and Liana Hinds (injured) and Shanieka Paul out.
“This is an opportunity for us to re-establish our past reputation as a force in senior women’s football in the region,” Shabazz told TTFA Media looking ahead to the opening encounter.
“This is the first step in what can be a most interesting journey for the team and the country We also have a blend of players that crosses a few generational paths. The U-17s, U-20s, the under 23s and and veteran seniors are all represented in this squad which we’ve put together for the opening round of the qualifiers,” Shabazz added.
T&T will face USVI on May 19th, Dominica on May 21st, St Kitts/Nevis on May 25th and Grenada on May 27th. Only the winners of each of the five groups will advance to the Caribbean Final round scheduled to start on July 21st at a venue to be announced.
Tickets are priced at $30 and will be available at the match venue on matchdays.
T&T 20-Player Squad
Goalkeepers –
Saundra Baron, Nicolette Craig.
Defenders –
Ayana Russell, Anastasia Prescott, Rhea Belgrave,Jenelle Cunningham, Jonelle Cato, Patrice Superville, Shaunalee Govia, Taylor Mims.
Midfielders –
Tasha St. Louis, Janine Francois, Shanelle Arjoon, Karyn Forbes, Kedie Johnson, Naomie Guerra.
Forwards –
Mariah Shade, Andrea Young,Aaliyah Prince, Natasha St Louis.
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T&T Women begin World Cup quest.
T&T Guardian Reports.
Meets USVI in opener in Couva
T&T’s women footballers will begin their quest for Fifa World Cup qualification today when they clash with the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) in the feature match of a double-header from 6.30 pm at the Home of Football, Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva.
The Group C match will follow an earlier encounter at 4 pm in which St Kitts/Nevis will take on Dominica.
The T&T women will be attempting to replicate their performance at the 2015 qualifiers that saw them finish fourth in the Concacaf Championship, before being edged out 1-0 by Ecuador in the Inter-Continental play-off, to narrowly miss out on a spot at the Fifa World Cup in Germany.
Yesterday Mariah Shade, one of the most experienced players in the team, stressed the importance of starting on a winning note. “We are very much excited about this World Cup campaign. We have been training really hard and we are focused on the task at hand. We are committed to the goal which is to qualify for the World Cup,” Shade said.
“The mindset for us is to dominate. We know at this level we usually put in a lot of goals. We don’t just want to win but we want to dominate the matches as well. It is just to put in the work and hopefully, with the blessing of God, we can achieve this.
“We need to go in there with a mindset in spite of the score, we need to finish off the games strongly.”
USVI coach Izler Browne, who is a former national player and coach, said her team will not be intimidated by the hosts. “I had to go in and put things in place for consistency in the Women’s game in the USVI,” Browne said, following her appointment as coach.
“At the senior team level, we are at a transitional stage. It’s a relatively young team with a couple older players. We are trying to ensure the younger players all get a taste of international football in this tournament.
“We understand the magnitude of the team we are playing against. We want to be able to give a credible performance. We understand that for us we may not play the game in the way we want or the result may not be what we want but it is important for us to ensure that this is something we can build on,” Browne said.
Another T&T coach Rajesh Latchoo, who is at the helm of the Dominica team said he is anticipating a decent showing from his troop.
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T&T Women cruise past USVI in CONCACAF Caribbean opener.
TTFA Media.
Trinidad and Tobago kicked off their Women’s World Cup qualifying campaign in dominant fashion as they cruised past US Virgin Islands 10-0 on Saturday in their CONCACAF Caribbean Group C match at the Ato Boldon Stadium.
T&T’s opening goal came in 15th when Patrice Superville found the target The floodgates opened in the 36th as T&T went on to score five unanswered goals in the space of six minutes before half time. Shade struck in the 36th minute and her item was quickly followed by goals from Karyn Forbes in the 37th, a right footed stunner from long range on the left which few into the top right corner, Tasha St Louis in the 39th, Shade again in the 40th and Jenelle Cunningham in the 42nd. Kedie Johnson put T&T 7-0 ahead in the 61st while Shade completed the rout with items in the 83rd and 90th minutes to go along with an own goal.
St Kitts and Nevis edged Dominica 2-1 in the opening match.
Teams
T&T: 1.Saundra Baron (GK); 4.Rhea Belgrave, 2.Ayanna Russell, 5.Jenelle Cunningham; 8.Patrice Superville, 11.Janine Francois, 14.Karyn Forbes, 16.Kedie Johnson (6.Natasha St Louis 83), 7.Jonelle Cato (12.Shanelle Arjoon, 72′); 10.Tasha St Louis (captain) (15.Taylor Mims, 65′), 9.Mariah Shade,
Subs not Used: 20.Nicolette Craig (GK), 3.Anastasia Prescott, 13.Andrea Young, 17.Shaunalee Govia, 18.Naomie Guerra, 19.Aaliyah Prince,
Head Coach: Jamaal Shabazz
USVI: 1.Levania Lawrence (GK); 18.Maya Wright, 13.Katelyn Wiater, 14.Alison Bartsch, 12.Leslie Ann Harcrow (17.Kayla Feigenbaum, 70′); 8.Kelsey Montano, 15.Holly Herzig (10.Tamika Aguilar, 85′), 20.Misah Edwards (captain) (6.Ariel Stoltz, 73′), 16.Bianca Canizio, 11.Sierra Rivera; 9.Zola Kaza Saint-dic.
Unused substitutes: 2.Mikenzi Glover (GK), 3.Beladean Delgado, 4.Chamoya Buchanan, 5.Calisha Callwood, 7.Maggie Huang, 19.Isis Collier.
Head Coach: Izler Browne
Referee: Astrid Gramajo (Guatemala)
See Jamaal Shabazz’s post-match comments below.
Shabazz's Post Match Reactions after 10-0 win ovr USVI in Concacaf Qualifier (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p3mzhYD5no)
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By Walter Alibey (Guardian).
SHADE DROPS FOUR ON USVI
A dominant performance by T&T’s senior women’s team earned them a flying start in the Caribbean Women’s qualifiers tournament at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva, last night. The host registered a 10-0 drubbing of United States Virgin Islands (USVI) in the feature match of a double at the ‘Home of Football’.
Midfielder Marian Shade led the way with a beaver-trick and was the provider for a few others.
Patrice Superville got the opener in the 16th minute when Kedie Johnson’s left side centre trickled the defence and fell into the path of Superville to shoot past goalkeeper Levania Lawrence.
Skipper Tasha St Louis was a shadow of herself for most of the night. However, she produced a touch of magic in the 34th minute, splitting the USVI defence with a telling through pass to Shade to take aim and place perfectly past the goalie.
Midfielder Karyn Forbes then lifted the crowd to its feet with the goal of the game. The powerful player pulled away from her marker on the left side and curled her right-footer into the far post in the 36th.
Later St Louis, who had been guilty of a few easily missed chances in the past, finally beat Lawrence three minutes later. And before the USVI defence could regroup, Shade got her second item when she fired past a stranded Lawrence a few seconds after.
The home team then completed a 6-0 halftime advantage when Jenelle Cunningham saw Lawrence napping and beat her with a long-range effort in the 44th.
After the break the hardworking Kedie Johnson received her reward, meeting Shade’s right side cross sweetly on the header in the 61st for a 7-0 lead, but there was still more to come.
Forbes curled the ball past Lawrence from a corner on the left in the 69th before Shade raced on to a loose ball in the area to beat the keeper with a fierce shot into the far post for her hat-trick in the 77th.
The speedy winger then closed out got her beaver-trick on the stroke of regulation time.
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Calls for Attin-Johnson, Mollon to return.
By Walter Alibey (Guardian).
Shabazz says Under-20 players not committed
Attempts are being made to convince midfielder Maylee Attin Johnson and Akheela Mollon to return to the T&T Women’s team currently competing for the top spot in Group C of the CONCACAF Caribbean Women’s Qualifiers at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva.
National coach Jamaal Shabazz said they have had to do this because of the lack of commitment from the country’s under-20 players which competed unsuccessfully at the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship at the same venue a few months ago.
At the post-match press conference after the Soca Princesses hammered USVI 10-0, Shabazz said parents of the Under-20 players are more concerned with them receiving scholarships and focusing on their studies than representing their country at football.
This lack of commitment has led to the overuse of veteran midfielder Tasha St Louis in the team. According to Shabazz, “When I came into this set up in August last year, I never expected that Tasha would be playing such a big role. We know that she is captain and I thought she would have been used sparingly. We did not get the commitment from the Under-20s and the pool isn’t too big, so she still has a lot of minutes to play.”
The T&T women are expected to finish at the top of the group to have any chance of progressing to the Concacaf qualifiers. But Shabazz is taking no team for granted as he believes more is needed if T&T is to qualify for the FIFA World Cup in France. Saturday’s win came from a beaver-trick from influential midfielder Mariah Shade and a double from Karyn Forbes. Shabazz said he was pleased to have received maximum points but he will have to move players around due to the number of matches they have to play, and the time to play the matches in. Competition for places in the team has also lifted the intensity of his team’s play.
In their opening matches, the T&T women were dominant, and the scoreline reflected it, despite attempts by USVI to contain them early in the match.
Izler Browne, the USVI coach who was a former national player and coach, said her team’s challenge was over and they can now focus on the coming matches.
Matches
TODAY:
US Virgin Islands v Grenada, 4pm
Dominica v T&T, 6.30pm
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Women record second win in CONCACAF Caribbean qualifiers.
TTFA Media.
Trinidad and Tobago recorded their second successive win in CONCACAF Caribbean Women’s World Cup qualifying Group C action on Monday at the Ato Boldon Stadium
The hosts did what was expected of them but it was far from a walk in the part for them as Dominica put on a fighting display, staying organised for most parts to contain the T&T Women Warriors on the evening.
T&T got out of the starting blocks early once more with Jenelle Cunningham opening the scoring in the 5th minute with a shot that entered the net on the rise from close up. Dominica did not pose much of a threat to T&T’s defence but they stayed disciplined for most parts and never allowed T&T to get into a dominant mode.
Rhea Belgrave put T&T 2-0 ahead in the 36th minute and Karyn Forbes rifled another long range effort from a direct free kick past goalkeeper Kimberly Elie in the 54th minute.
“We are happy to get three points and we continue to move along. It was a good tactical and defensive game by the opponent and we respect that,” T&T Head Coach Jamaal Shabazz said after the match. USVI bounced back from Saturday’s heavy loss to the hosts, to defeat Grenada 3-0 in Monday’s opening game of the double header.
Results
T&T 3 v Dominica 0
Teams
T&T: 1.Saundra Baron (GK); 4.Rhea Belgrave (3.Anastasia Prescott 68), 2.Ayanna Russell, 5.Jenelle Cunningham; 8.Patrice Superville, 11.Janine Francois, 14.Karyn Forbes (19.Aaliyah Prince, 70′), 7.Jonelle Cato; 12.Summer Arjoon, 10.Tasha St Louis (capt), 9.Mariah Shade (18.Naomie Guerra, 78′).
Subs not Used: 20.Nicolette Craig (GK), 6.Natasha St Louis, 13.Andrea Young, 15.Taylor Mims, 16.Kedie Johnson, 17.Shaunalee Govia.
Head Coach: Jamaal Shabazz
Dominica: 12.Kimberly Elei (GK); 20.Alanna Finn (17.Keanna Francis 63), 14.Kylee Bertand, 6.Kira Bertrand, 4.Kimara Sabaroche, 8.Kasika Samuel; 19.Chazelle Phillip, 11.Rosilia Registe (capt), 16.Michlyn Morgan (9.Donisha Xavier, 55′); 3.Alijah Titre (5.Henrica Samuel, 43′); 10.Romelcia Phillip.
Subs not Used: 1.Christina Sobers (GK), 2.Myah Raymond, 7.Ezra Elwin, 13.Keandra Francis, 15.Tafari Bertrand, 18.Cassandra Augustine.
Head Coach: Rajesh Latchoo
Highlights - T&T's 3-0 win over Dominica in Women's World Cup qualifier (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0TaeDBqEUc)
Shabazz stays positive after T&T records second win in CONCACAF Caribbean qualifiers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJxfJK9luAA)
Dominica head coach Latchoo reacts following 3-0 loss to T&T in CONCACAF Women's Qualifier (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fmm4wlMFxg)
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Soca Princesses outplay Dominica 3-0.
By Walter Alibey (Guardian).
T&T senior women’s football team got win number two in the Concacaf Caribbean Women’s Qualifiers yesterday at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva, after hammering Dominica 3-0.
Overlapping defenders Jenelle Cunningham, Rhea Belgrave and the consistent Karyn Forbes were the scorers in another dominant display for the home team in front an appreciative crowd.
Forbes who is fast making a name for herself as the Cafu of T&T women football, was again on target in the 54th minute when she skilfully curled the ball over the grasp of Kimberly Elie from a free kick on the left side to hand the host a three-goal advantage.
The goals came following a series of relentless attacks all night that should have reflected a larger margin of victory.
Earlier Shenelle Arjoon who returned to the starting line up delivered a cross from the left side which posed problems for the Dominican defence, and Jenelle Cunningham benefitted when she blasted the loose ball into the roof of the net in the 5th minute for a 1-0 lead.
The home team might have had another one moments later when Arjoon picked out Janine Francois with another left side cross, Francois’ header was pushed wide by an acrobatic Elie.
However, TT would not be denied as Rhea Belgrave headed home a cross from almost on the goal line, as Elie failed to attack it in her area and T&T closed the first half with a 2-0 advantage and in total control of the contest. The host only goal in the second half came from Forbes, despite many attacks at the opposing team’s goal.
Meanwhile, the USVI got its first win of the CONCACAF Caribbean Women’s Championships at the A to Boldon Stadium in Couva yesterday, rebounding from a demoralizing 10-0 defeat to T&T on Saturday to whip Grenada 3-0.
The USVI team, under the former T&T player and coach Izler Browne, left it late though as they were frustrated by many chances. The breakthrough came when Maya Hadeed’s tame shot from the top of the area appeared to be heading outside, but instead ended up in the back of goalkeeper Connie John’s nets in the 74th minute.
Later the USVI went two up when John fumbled Bianca Canizio’s low drive in the 89th minute. And with the goal wide open, Canizio dashed in with a flash to pounce on the loose ball.
Substitute striker completed the 3-0 win by shooting into an empty goal in the 91st minute. Browne’s team will next play Dominica tomorrow in the first game at 4pm.
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Shabazz: Biggest test against St Kitts/Nevis.
By Walter Alibey (Guardian).
Despite a dogged 3-0 win over Dominica in the Concacaf Caribbean Women’s Qualifiers on Monday at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva, coach Jamaal Shabazz has said his biggest test in the tournament will come from St Kitts/Nevis on Friday when the team meet in a 6:30 pm contest.
The T&T coach was left smiling for the first time in a long while, due mainly to the progress being made in the women’s game. The Soca Princesses are expected to top the group.
On Saturday, T&T go off to flying start by crushing USVI 10-0. However, the Dominicans, being coached by T&T’s Rajesh Latchoo who was an understudy to Shabazz at Morvant Caledonia United, provided more resistance than expected with a defensive strategy.
In a post-match press conference, Shabazz didn’t believe his understudy provided his biggest test in the five-team Group C play-off, saying it will come from St Kitts/Nevis, as they have demonstrated the ability to play, bring the ball down and start the attack. St Kitts/Nevis got the better of the Dominicans 2-1 in its opening match Saturday and will be hoping for maximum points today when they clash with the Grenadians in Couva from 4 pm. In the other game today the United States Virgin Islands will tangle with Dominica from 6:30 pm.
Against Dominica, Shabazz girls produced a decent display in a match that served as a learning experience for them.
“Good tactical game in defence by Dominica, but we are just happy to come away with three goals and three points. Latchoo showed the intelligence that he couldn’t play open, that they had to literally park the bus and they did it well. I think the tactics used by Dominica reminded me of when we played the USA back in 2002 where we defended for our lives and focussed on getting the ball to Mollon,” Shabazz explained.
He believes there was disinterest among his players by the defensive strategy but said they know now how to deal with such a tactic.
T&T’s defensive midfielder Karyn Forbes has been Shabazz’s ace card in tight situations, displaying her ability to strike the ball powerfully to goal.
Forbes who has been as steady as a rock in the defence, was among the scorers in the opening game, a scorcher from the wide left, and again Monday she curled one in from a similar position from a free kick.
The team is expecting to be strengthened further with the inclusion of Ahkeela Mollon and Maylee Attin-Johnson, both of whom are abroad coaching, as well as two new surprise players that will fit into the team perfectly.
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Two gems coming to boost T&T.
By Sherdon Pierre (Newsday).
Shabazz hints at reinforcements for qualifiers
“Suddenly I have started to smile, I have not been smiling for a long time since I came back in women's football,” said T&T women’s head coach Jamaal Shabazz.
There was some uncertainty if he was speaking about his team`s 3-0 victory against Dominica on Monday evening or the excitement of adding more firepower to the squad in the near future.
He hinted, “We have found two… what I consider gems and we expect them to join the team in June and hopefully it will make the situation more competitive.”
Shabazz reflected on his team`s victory against a well-organized and resilient Dominica team.
“We are happy to get three points as we continue to move along. A good tactical game of defence by the opponents and we are happy to come out with three goals and three points. They showed intelligence that they can’t come and play open so they literally parked the bus and they did it well.”
He continued, “Too much of us were standing around waiting for the ball at our feet and generally there was a lot of disinterest in our players saying that the other team is backing off and not trying to play but this is an aspect of the game we need to learn.”
Shabazz commented on the goals scored from defenders Jenelle Cunningham (5th), Rhea Belgrave (36th) and a free-kick goal from midfielder Karyn Forbes in the (53rd).
“We fancy our dead-ball situations; we have three or four players who can really use it and we try to see it as a sure goal. We are confident that when we have free-kick or corners we are sure to get one in.”
Shabazz said it was evident that development is taking place in women’s football in the region over the last two decades. “When you look at the game between USVI and Grenada, the coaches of women football in the Caribbean are doing something. In this transitional period, I am so happy to have a Karyn Forbes, Tasha St Louis, Ayana Russell that can help the country through this transitional period.”
Dominica’s T&T-born head coach Rajesh Latchoo said in the post-match media interview, “Obviously T&T was the superior team, but we know what we were coming up against and I’m pleased with the girls for their effort because we only had three months to prepare and they saw that Dominica is resilient.” He continued, “We needed to be a little more alert by the forwards because we completed half the plan in the game.”
Latchoo, who held several coaching jobs in T&T over the years, said Shabazz is someone he has always looked up to.
He said, “Jamaal is one of my mentors; I have learnt a lot from him, I think he would be more disappointed in me if the team didn’t play with any kind of tactical discipline and I didn’t want to disappoint him.”
He added, “It was an honour to play against him, the young grasshopper against the master. It goes to show the teaching of Jamaal can help Caribbean football because this is what it is really about.”
T&T will have a rest day today and will be setting sights on St. Kitts & Nevis, who according to coach Shabazz, may be their biggest challenge of this group on Friday.
The fixtures today are St. Kitts and Nevis vs Grenada at 4pm, and USVI vs Dominica at 6:30pm at the Ato Boldon Stadium.
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Shabaaz needs to call up Laura Dougall, she is a top goalie...
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Shabaaz needs to call up Laura Dougall, she is a top goalie...
what happen last time ?
https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.hustlebelt.com/platform/amp/2017/7/4/15918076/buffalo-bulls-goalkeeper-laura-dougall-trinidad-and-tobago-national-womens-soccer-team-invite
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attin-johnson on TV basically sayin jamal and staff can't cut it in concacaf........as we didn already know dat
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attin-johnson on TV basically sayin jamal and staff can't cut it in concacaf........as we didn already know dat
Interested to know which coach Maylee has in mind that can take water and make wine, or Carib even..
we have had, Shabazz, Charles, Hood, Pellerud, Waldrum, Morace and a slew of local and International assistants, see overall record below. Just maybe, it's not all Shabazz (or coaches) who can't cut it. I wondering who, and at what cost. Enough with the blame already, Brian Tracy: Just shut up and do it. Haven't read it yet, but Maylee should try something different. At least put the pointing finger down and put on the cap, board and whistle with ah team, help the small club coaches learn. In my recent trip, saw a few girl's teams practice in POS Savannah. Intensity, continuity and numbers are issues. To many small groups, to many coaches, to many experts with their own ideas - my way or highway (or lane). It's like TT to big, yet to small. As alluded to in another post, we seem to be a country of contrast. We want to have cake and eat it too. I don't really know. There are many untapped potential athletes who simply cannot afford it, whether due to time, finances or future interest. Given the state of the Nation and leadership, especially in sport, representing TT is a sacrifice. For young women, very little concrete future benefits, very little reward. Difficult for women sports in many, even more supportive countries. Other than a some exercise for those that can afford, in the overall situation, not really that lucrative. Even our local men catching hell, and they actually have a so-called pro league, where we basically trying to pay a majority of fellas to stay out of crime, rather than develop for bigger markets. IMO,Success for our women football (all our football for that matter) has to firstly come from off the field of play and getting our social priorities and issues in order. For the few that make it, we hardly recognize their efforts, unless they make a noise. Who play left back for our Women National team 5 years ago ? Other than their friends, family, and teammates, the majority of the Country hardly cares, cause they lost. Besides to many have to many other things to think about, real, serious and perceived. As usual, just a point of view.
World Cup record
World Cup Finals
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
China 1991 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - -
Sweden 1995 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - -
United States 1999 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - -
United States 2003 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - -
China 2007 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - -
Germany 2011 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - -
Canada 2015 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - -
Total 0/7 - - - - - - -
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
U-20 World Cup record
2002 – Did not qualify
2004 – Did not qualify
2006 – Did not qualify
2008 – Did not qualify
2010 – Did not qualify
2012 – Did not qualify
2014 – Did not qualify
2016 – Did not qualify
U-17 World Cup record
2008 – Did not qualify
2010 – Eliminated after preliminary round
2012 – Did not qualify
2014 – Did not qualify
2016 – Did not qualify
Olympics
1996 – Did not qualify
2000 – Did not qualify
2004 – Did not qualify
2008 – Did not qualify
2012 – Did not qualify
2016 – Did not qualify
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Maxg I said many times that our football dev is flawed at every level. ...i have also pointed out the most damming reason for our women not being able to compete well beyond cfu.....when you consider that we almost had success d one time we had ah coach dat actually got the time to condition his girls into athletes. ...hell we doh even condition we men into athletes, and see dat as ah failure to understand today's game we coaching fraternity
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Maxg I said many times that our football dev is flawed at every level. ...i have also pointed out the most damming reason for our women not being able to compete well beyond cfu.....when you consider that we almost had success d one time we had ah coach dat actually got the time to condition his girls into athletes. ...hell we doh even condition we men into athletes, and see dat as ah failure to understand today's game we coaching fraternity
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Not just our football development, but our whole pysche..we have more cars on the road, what seem to be more spending money, we travel all over the world, and participate in the best whirl..but our society (including our sports amongst other activities) does not seem to be any further than we were 40 years ago..as a matter of fact it almost seems worse.. we are more violent, more likely to be the victims of crime, more secluded as to travelling locally, more fearful of not getting our dues, there is more white collar crime, which hardly seem to be solved, more drugs, more homeless, more deaths to various sickness, more mental illness, more abandoned children, more bullies , more than 1000 ways to die, though we have 1001 ways to think we living good, pan on the avenue, Carnival, hit the fetes ...oh we so proud, when somebody say, we are the happiest ppl in the west, and we not stopping to reflect on fixing something for what ? Nothing, Yuh mad or wha.."what's in it for me" So why should football or anything not reflect how we live...every other day we damn good, real potential, most other days, we vex, if someone has the audicity to say we wading in "sheet".. Forget that, Forget the line up at the birth registry, Forget the fight some have to do, to give the family a roof, a home, a family..Oh gossh, look how so and so, Fkin up, fire bun he....I doing ok right now, oui, whey we limin later ? :-\
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Maxg I said many times that our football dev is flawed at every level. ...i have also pointed out the most damming reason for our women not being able to compete well beyond cfu.....when you consider that we almost had success d one time we had ah coach dat actually got the time to condition his girls into athletes. ...hell we doh even condition we men into athletes, and see dat as ah failure to understand today's game we coaching fraternity
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Not just our football development, but our whole pysche..we have more cars on the road, what seem to be more spending money, we travel all over the world, and participate in the best whirl..but our society (including our sports amongst other activities) does not seem to be any further than we were 40 years ago..as a matter of fact it almost seems worse.. we are more violent, more likely to be the victims of crime, more secluded as to travelling locally, more fearful of not getting our dues, there is more white collar crime, which hardly seem to be solved, more drugs, more homeless, more deaths to various sickness, more mental illness, more abandoned children, more bullies , more than 1000 ways to die, though we have 1001 ways to think we living good, pan on the avenue, Carnival, hit the fetes ...oh we so proud, when somebody say, we are the happiest ppl in the west, and we not stopping to reflect on fixing something for what ? Nothing, Yuh mad or wha.."what's in it for me" So why should football or anything not reflect how we live...every other day we damn good, real potential, most other days, we vex, if someone has the audicity to say we wading in "sheet".. Forget that, Forget the line up at the birth registry, Forget the fight some have to do, to give the family a roof, a home, a family..Oh gossh, look how so and so, Fkin up, fire bun he....I doing ok right now, oui, whey we limin later ? :-\
I concur we in a real mess......as to the lack of progress....yuh ever notice we become our grandparents in we mid thirties in this country......we don't progress because we are molded by people who can't leave the past behind....and so many bad attitudes are brought forward..........we are too naturally inclined towards selfishness as ah people and what I like to call "Izabigmanism" to justify shit, What yuh supposed to learn when ah old arse man/woman walk in d shop meet 3 people ahead of him/her and proceed to call ah list ah items like everybody else invisible.......selfishness defines us, small acts to big......together we aspire, together we achieve.......yeah........riiiiiiiigggggghhht!!!!!!!!!
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I agree, but don't point fingers man..lead by example.
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I agree, but don't point fingers man..lead by example.
I do, I'm ah contracted officer in d public service and I give the best possible service i can....and I am in tax audit....u should see my "bad cop" tax payer comply so easily because I explain everything as nice as I can...there is such a lack of public education about our tax system it ridiculous so I does do my part to fill d gap....someting dat eh going and happen if yuh first instinct is to be abrasive
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:salute: :thumbsup:
Thanks for your public service sir
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WATCH LIVE: Trinidad and Tobago Women vs St. Kitts and Nevis Women (https://www.facebook.com/socawarriors.net/posts/10156535400074314).
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Scoreboard have to be wrong, since I tune in..I can't see our half, but scorboard saying ST Kt 1. We give dem ah distance or what ? :laugh:
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Wda.. poor result. We can't beat st Kitts. Steups..
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That team was good for six. TBH. TT need some experience players up front or they would not be making 2nd round.
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They qualified or not.
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St Louis saves Soca Princesses.
By Walter Alibey (Guardian).
T&T and St Kitts/Nevis shared the points from a 1-1 tied in a hotly contested Concacaf Caribbean Women's Qualifying encounter at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva last night.
But the hosts had to come from a goal down to earn a hard-fought point in a match that they should have won by a wide margin.
St Kitts/Nevis got off to a flying start when defender Ayanna Russell handled the ball in the area in the first minute, and captain Phoenetia Browne stepped up to beat T&T's goalkeeper Saundra Baron from the spot.
The host had numerous opportunities to get the equaliser but failed to get the ball in the net.
Shade got a clear-cut chance when Patrice picked her out in the 28th minute Shade's attempt sailed over the crossbar. And later a neat build-up between Tasha St Louis and Janine Francois ended up at the feet of Jenelle Cunningham, but the defender's shot was pushed wide by Kyra Dickinson in the 32nd.
A minute later St Louis was put through but she shot straight to the outstretched legs of Dickinson.
After the break, St Louis has again gifted a chance at goal when Francois threaded one for her, but with the goal at her mercy, she again shot straight to the goalie.
But the skipper made amends when she curled one in from a free kick on the left side to level the scores in the 80th minute. T&T continued to attack and went for goal when Aaliyah Prince passed to Shade, whose attempt on goal was miraculously headed onto the crossbar before going out.
Both teams will now decide which team will advance from tomorrow's programme. T&T plays Grenada in the feature match at 6.30 pm and need to score as many goals as it can, while St Kitts will play the US Virgin Islands and they also need to score heavy to give their team a chance of qualifying out of the group. Only one team will advance to the next stage.
Results
T&T 1 v St Kitts & Nevis 1
(Teams)
Trinidad and Tobago (4-4-2): 1.Saundra Baron (GK); 4.Rhea Belgrave, 2.Ayana Russell (19.Aaliyah Prince 63), 5.Jenelle Cunningham, 7.Jonelle Cato; 8.Patrice Superville, 14.Karyn Forbes, 11.Janine Francois (18.Naomie Guerra 70), 12.Shanelle Arjoon (16.Kedie Johnson 63); 9.Mariah Shade, 10.Tasha St Louis.
Unused substitutes: 20.Nicolette Craig (GK), 3.Anastasia Prescott, 6.Natasha St Louis, 13.Andrea Young, 15.Taylor Mims, 17.Shaunalee Govia.
Coach: Jamaal Shabazz
St Kitts and Nevis: 18.Kyra Dickinson (GK); 3.Rozel Liburd, 8.Lavern Francis, 12.Tarvia Phillip, 6.Tyra Wilkinson, 10.Leranja Wilkinson (16.Arielle Fernandez 90+2), 15.Allison Williams (4.Shandor Wilkinson 69), 7.Caroline Springer (14.Iyania Bailey-Williams 62), 5.Cloey Uddenberg, 13.Brittney Lawrence, 11.Phoenetia Browne (captain)
Unused substitutes: 1.Tynette McKoy, 2.Juniequa Matthew, 9.Lauren Williams, 17.Christi-anne Mills, 19.Ruzella Tucker, 20.Jasonna Williams.
Coach: Earl Jones
Referee: Suleimy Linares (Cuba)
Standings
P W D L F A Pts
Trinidad and Tobago 3 2 1 0 14 1 7
St Kitts and Nevis 3 2 1 0 13 2 7
Dominica 4 1 1 2 5 6 4
USVI 3 1 0 2 3 13 3
Grenada 3 0 1 2 1 14 1
Upcoming Fixtures
(Sunday 27 May)
St Kitts and Nevis vs USVI, 4pm, Ato Boldon Stadium;
Grenada vs Trinidad and Tobago, 6:30pm, Ato Boldon Stadium.
RELATED NEWS
St Kitts hold Women Warriors 1-1
By Joel Bailey (Newsday).
TRINIDAD and Tobago’s chances of advancing to the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France are still alive but under threat, after battling to a 1-1 draw against a combative St Kitts/Nevis in their 2018 CONCACAF Women’s Championship Qualification Group C top-of-the-table encounter.
In front of an estimated crowd of 1,000 at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva, St Kitts captain Phoenetia Browne’s second minute penalty for the Earl Jones-coached outfit was cancelled out by a brilliant free-kick from T&T’s skipper Tasha St Louis in the 79th. The result leaves T&T (with a plus 13 goal difference) and St Kitts/Nevis (with a plus 11 goal difference) both on seven points from three matches with two wins and a draw.
It may well come down to goal difference to determine the group winners, who will then progress to the CONCACAF Women’s Championship Qualification Final Round scheduled for late August.
St Kitts/Nevis will tackle the United States Virgin Islands tomorrow from 4 pm followed by the T&T vs Grenada contest at 6.30 pm.
Browne silenced the home fans with her early penalty which was awarded for a handle-ball infringement by defender Rhea Belgrave. T&T, in the space of a minute, then spurned two good opportunities to equalise.
Janine Francois, unmarked in the penalty box, elected to pass to Patrice Superville instead of shooting to goal, and Superville’s effort was blocked by goalkeeper Kyra Dickinson in the 33rd. Dickinson was called into action a minute later to block Mariah Shade’s left-footed effort.
It was one-way traffic in the second half, but St Kitts/Nevis proved a tough nut to crack, with Dickinson producing an impressive display.
She came off her line to block St Louis, who was sent on goal by Shade, in the 56th. When she was not saving efforts, the crossbar came to her rescue as Karyn Forbes’ long-range try from the left hit the uprights in the 62 nd.
St Louis came to T&T’s rescue with a free-kick, which was pushed into the net by Dickinson’s right-hand, after a foul on Forbes by midfielder Leranja Wilkinson.
And in the last minute, Shade met Prince’s right-sided cross from two yards out but her header smashed off the crossbar and stayed in play.
Earlier on the day, Dominica and Grenada – both out of contention for a spot in the Final Round – battled to a 1-1 draw.
Dominica opened the scoring through Romeicia Phillip after 29 minutes before Monique George replied for the Grenadians in the 64th.
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:salute: :thumbsup:
Thanks for your public service sir
;D dais nuh no scene ;D jus doin my part :beermug:
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so wha going on ? besides Orlando double Carnival
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so wha going on ? besides Orlando double Carnival
we in de next rounds after dropping 13 on Grenada.
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so wha going on ? besides Orlando double Carnival
we in de next rounds after dropping 13 on Grenada.
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Sweet! How de skn vs usvi game finish?
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Sweet! How de skn vs usvi game finish?
7-0 St Kitts
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T&T secures top spot in Group C with 13-0 win over Grenada.
TTFA Media.
Trinidad and Tobago secured first place in Group C of the CONCACAF Caribbean Women’s Qualifiers with a business-like 13-0 victory over Grenada in Sunday’s final group match at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva, Trinidad.
Needing to win by at least six goals to finish ahead of second placed St Kitts and Nevis and which had earlier beaten US Virgin Islands 7-0 to keep their chances of advancing very much alive, the hosts came out with all guns blazing and went into the half-time interview already ahead by six goals to nil.
Seventeen-year old forward Alliyah Prince, in her first start of the competition, led the way with a hattrick, scoring in the 43rd, 88th and 90th minutes while there were double strikes from captain Tasha St Louis in the 42nd and 92nd minute along with Jonelle Cato in the 45th and 54th. Janine Francos in the 51st and 80th and Mariah Shade in the 33rd and 82nd minutes.
T&T got things going with a 10th minute opening item through Kedie Johnson whose angled drive into the far corner of the net left the Grenada goalkeeper with no chance and the hosts never looked back in front of a lively home crowd. Jenelle Cunningham made it 2-0 in the 13th minute.
T&T head coach Jamaal Shabazz later credited his players for taking care of business and completing their first mission which was to advance to the final stage of the CONCACAF Caribbean qualifiers.
“God is greatest. Credit to the girls. They had a task ahead of them and they never disbelieved. We always believed we would finish on top of the group and we did. There were some up moments and down moments and I think we can take away a lot from this tournament,” Shabazz said.
T&T and St Kitts set up last day battle to the wire
Trinidad and Tobago and St Kitts and Nevis played to an intense 1-1 draw in their Group C encounter in CONCACAF Caribbean Women’s Qualifying on Friday, setting up an intriguing final day at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva, Trinidad on Sunday.
The result left both teams on seven points but the hosts are ahead on a +thirteen goal difference with St Kitts on a +eleven. Trinidad and Tobago will face Grenada and St Kitts will battle US Virgin Islands in Sunday’s final set of matches following which the Group winner will be determined to move on to the CONCACAF Caribbean Final round in July.
St Kitts stunned the home team and their fans at the Ato Boldon when they took a 3rd-minute penalty through Rozel Liburd and they left T&T nervous for long periods as they came close on several occasions but just could not find the equalizing goal. The penalty resulted from a handball offense by Ayana Russell. It took a well taken right-footed free-kick from the edge of the penalty box by captain Tasha St Louis in the 79th minute to get a share of the points.
Before T&T tied it, St Kitts had a chance to double their lead back in the 20th minute when Brittany Lawrence shot just wide after goalkeeper Saundra Baron punched a free kick into her path. T&T would then go on to enjoy more possession and pressured their opponents with a series of attacks but poor finishing let them down along with timely saves by St Kitts Goalkeeper Kyra Dickinson.
“It was a bit emotional really,” St Kitts head coach Earl Jones said after the match. “I thought it was a well-fought game. Trinidad are the favorites in the group and we came in here as what you call the underdogs and we decided we were coming here to put up a good fight,” Jones told CONCACAF.com
“We give it our best. This team has been together for less than a month and we showed that we can compete. We will go down fighting right until the end on Sunday,” Jones said.
His opposite number, T&T head coach Jamaal Shabazz reacted to the match by saying, “What a game! Not one good for the heart but sometimes you got to fight. Sometimes we don’t like to fight but sometimes it’s good for you and tonight it proved good for us.
“We created sixteen, seventeen chances but what was better with St Kitts is that they are better on the ball. For the first time in the tournament, we really had to defend. If we had scored our chances then it would have been an easier game for us. The Almighty decided that we must fight,” Shabazz added. “It is part of the journey to have difficult moments also.”
In Saturday’s earlier game, Grenada picked up their first point of the competition with a 1-1 draw with Dominica. Romelcia Phillip gave Dominica a 1-0 lead in the 29th minute before Monique George equalized for Grenada in the 64th.
Grenada head coach Andrew Munro told CONCACAF.com that his team decided that they would not be heavy losers in every match in the competition after previous losing to St Kitts and Nevis 10-0 and US Virgin Islands 3-0.
“It was a good result for us. We lost the first two games because we did not play particularly well and we struggled to settle. But today I was proud to see how the players fought right until the final whistle and it’s good to see we were able to get a point from the game. This will boost our confidence and we’ll try to have a similar performance on Sunday,” Munro said.
Dominica’s head coach Rajesh Latchoo meantime was not pleased with his side’s showing. They finished the tournament with four points from their four games.
“I was not pleased. I thought we should have won the game. I know we were a bit tired because it’s been four games now but I didn’t expect us to make certain poor decisions. We gave them too much time on the ball. We didn’t execute on the day. Now we have to evaluate our performances. The girls have come a long way despite the disappointment of not advancing but we have something to build on from here and we’ll go back to training and be continuing our programme,” Latchoo told CONCACAF.com.
Teams
Trinidad and Tobago: 1.Saundra Baron (GK); 4.Rhea Belgrave, 2.Ayana Russell, 5.Jenelle Cunningham (17.Shaunalee Govia, 68’), 7.Jonelle Cato (13.Andrea Young, 71’); 11.Janine Francois, 18.Naomie Guerra; 19.Aaliyah Prince, 10.Tasha St Louis, 16.Kedie Johnson (6.Natasha St Louis, 62’); 9.Mariah Shade.
Subs not used – 20.Nicolette Craig (GK), 3.Anastasia Prescott, 8.Patrice Superville, 12.Shanelle Arjoon, 14.Karyn Forbes, 15.Taylor Mims.
Coach: Jamaal Shabazz
Grenada: 1.Connie John (captain) (GK); 16.Carena Noel, 3.Treasher Valcin (12.Samantha McSween. 46’), 20.Grace John, 5.Nikita Paul (17.Keldonna Jeffery, 70’), 14.Shanthan Charles; 6.Erin Sylvester, 15.Merissa Charles (4.Kristal Julien, 46’), 8.Maya Hadeed; 7.Monique George, 9.Ruth Lewis.
Subs not used – 2.Reshada Charles (GK), 10.Malia Ramdhanny, 11.Amber Dominique, 13.Shaniah Johnson, 18.Shikkira Charles, 19.Diamond Lewis.
Coach: Andrew Munro
Referee: Astrid Gramajo (Guatemala)
Videos -
Shabazz's post match reactions after 13-0 win over Grenada (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXFohhtY2d4)
Prince: Hard Work paid off (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GIFJzu6qvI)
Cunningham talks about 13-0 win which pushed T&T through to CONCACAF Caribbean final phase (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ziI3fJRqco)
RELATED NEWS
Soca Princesses advance.
By Walter Alibey (Guardian).
T&T women’s footballers advanced to the final Concacaf play-off series of the Concacaf Caribbean Women’s World Cup Qualifiers after they defeated Grenada in their final Group C encounter at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva last night.
The results ensured that T&T progresses ahead of St Kitts/Nevis on a superior goal difference. Striker Aaliyah Prince led the way for the host with a hat-trick.
Needing to win by six clear goals after St Kitts/Nevis hammered the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) 7-0 in the first match of a double-header, T&T wasted little time from kick-off when midfielder Kedie Johnson, who came in as a replacement for Summer Arjoon, caught goalkeeper Connie John napping with a blistering drive from the left that flew past her in the tenth minute to put her team 1-0 up.
The goal literally opened up the floodgates, diminishing any chance St Kitts/Nevis had. Grenada’s shaky defence accounted for the second goal, failing to clear Tasha St Louis’ left side cross from a free kick, and defender Jenelle Cunningham fired home the loose ball four minutes later.
Mariah Shade, St Louis, Aaliyah Prince and Jinelle Cato later found the net to give T&T a 6-0 half-time lead, which was sufficient for the home team to top the group with a half still to play.
T&T could have afforded to take their feet off the pedal thereafter, but instead, midfielder Janine Francois continued the rout by converting Shade’s right side cross in the 50th. Later, Cato added her second on the night in the 52nd and Shade and Francois also doubled up with items in the 80th and 82nd.
With Grenada attempting to regroup, forward Prince completed her hat-trick, two of them from through balls, to fire past John in the 88th and 90th, respectively, for a 12-0 advantage.
Captain St Louis completed the rout in the 92nd minute when she steered in Prince centre from the right for a 13-0 victory.
FINAL GROUP C STANDING
Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1. T&T 4 3 1 0 27 1 26 10
2. St Kitts/Nevis 4 3 1 0 20 2 18 10
3. Dominica 4 1 1 2 5 6 -1 4
4. USVI 4 1 1 2 3 20 -24 3
5. Grenada 4 0 1 3 1 14 -26 0
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WATCH: Highlights of Trinidad and Tobago Women’s 13-0 win over Grenada
https://www.youtube.com/v/NdB2nQXhtrY
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ahhmmm...so no congrats for Shabazz from forumites...or we only have voice for he when we lorse...regardless of the competition, he led dem through.. Well done, Shabazz. hope you invite Waldrum for next round, remember you doh travel well..we doh pay he anyway
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Shabazz to experiment at CAC Games.
By Joel Bailey (Newsday).
JAMAAL Shabazz, Trinidad and Tobago women’s football team coach, has hailed the maturity of the squad during their campaign, in Group C of the 2018 CONCACAF Women’s Championship Qualification Caribbean Zone phase.
T&T topped Group C, ahead of St Kitts/Nevis, on a better goal difference (plus-26 to St Kitts/Nevis’ plus-18), after both teams ended with 10 points from four games. Dominica were third with four points, followed by the US Virgin Islands (three) and Grenada (one).
The respective group winners – T&T, Cuba (Group A), Jamaica (Group B), Antigua/Barbuda (Group D) and Bermuda (Group E), will advance to the Caribbean Zone Final Round, from August 25 to September 2, at a venue to be determined.
The T&T women’s team will be participating in the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games in Baranquilla, Colombia from July 19-30. T&T have been drawn in Group B, alongside Haiti, Mexico and Nicaragua, with hosts Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica and Venezuela listed in Group A.
Shabazz, in a post-game media conference on Sunday, after the T&T team’s 13-0 demolition of Grenada at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva, commented, “The next tournament is the CAC Games.”
He continued, “We have about five or six players to bring in to the squad to compete for places. We’re going to re-invite some players locally. The CAC Games provides tougher opposition and it will be just the kind of exposure we need before the Caribbean Finals in August.”
Shabazz acknowledged that the CAC Games “(is) a chance to try and experiment with what can work at that level and what wouldn’t work. These games (do) not qualify us for anything so it’s no real pressure for us.”
However, he pointed out, “I’ve heard that there is a new policy by the Government about funding, when you (earn) a medal. Finance is an important part. So, if we get a medal, that will be a good incentive for the country, and for us going into the Final Round.”
Reflecting on the team’s growth, Shabazz said, “I think they’re maturing. I think we have players like Karyn Forbes who is emerging as a future leader in the team (as well as defender) Jenelle Cunningham. This is a plus for us.”
T&T needed to win Sunday’s game by six clear goals to top the group and advance to the Final Round.
Shabazz admitted that he was more nervous than the players, after watching St Kitts/Nevis momentarily take top spot after spanking the USVI 7-0 in the earlier match on Sunday.
“I was more nervous than them,” said Shabazz. “(On Saturday) night, listening to the team talk in a meeting, they were all very confident. They have a deep desire to go forward and they demonstrated that. I was trying to call them off when it was 10 goals and they said ‘no, let’s play’. And this is what they did.”
Forbes, right-sided utility player Patrice Superville and left-winger Summer Arjoon were replaced in the starting eleven by Naomie Guerra, Aaliyah Prince (who netted a hat-trick) and Kedie Johnson.
Shabazz admitted that he took the opportunity to rest Forbes and a few players who were carrying minor injuries.
“Everybody except the reserve goalkeeper (Nicolette Craig) got a chance to play,” he said. “At this stage, we accomplished what we set out to do, to widen the pool and start to re-establish ourselves as a dominant team in Caribbean football.”
Asked about the performance of the 17-year-old Prince, the youngest member of the team, Shabazz replied, “She played, in the first half, in a position she didn’t like (on the right flank) but we needed her to do that. She responded well and she’s fitted in very well with the seniors.”
The T&T coach continued, “She’s one player we see has a bright future. Her attitude is a good one, she listens to the older players and this is one (player) we really have to keep an eye on.”
About the team itself, the former Guyana and T&T men’s coach remarked, “There are areas that we showed strength in and there are areas that we need to bring into the team. We’re still four or five players short of a team that we can say ‘we can get there’. (Utility player) Liana Hinds, for instance, can make a big difference.
“We have two players that we’re working on. As soon as we finalise the paperwork, I think they’ll be a big plus for this team,” he added.
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Shabazz: The players believed.
By Walter Alibey (Guardian).
T&T’s qualification for the final round of the Concacaf Caribbean Women Qualifiers was due mainly to the belief of the women, Jamaal Shabazz, the country’s women’s coach said on Sunday night after his charges crushed Grenada 13-0 to win Group C of the playoff on goal difference.
Needing to win by six clear goals, the T&T coach made a few changes to his team, replacing instrumental defensive midfielder Karyn Forbes with Naomie Guerra and picking Kedie Johnson and Aaliyah Prince ahead of talented wingers Summer Arjoon and Patrice Superville.
It, however, did not prevent the dominant display by the hosts, scoring six goals in the first half and seven in the second.
Shabazz said the girls never doubted themselves, even though there were things in the media he thought would have affected them. According to Shabazz, the girls had a deep desire to win the group and on Sunday night they displayed just that.
“At this stage, I think we accomplished what we had set about to, which was to widen the pool and then start to re-establish ourselves as a dominant team in the Caribbean,” he said.
The team will now turn its attention to the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games from July 19 — August 3 in Colombia, which the coach said will be used as preparation for the final Concacaf Caribbean World Cup Qualifiers.
“The CAC Games provides tougher opposition and it will be just the kind of opposition we need before the Caribbean final in August.”
Apart from the CAC Games, the T&T women could also be set to take on their Venezuelan counterparts in two week’s time, following a request by the South Americans.
Shabazz told the media at a post-match press conference after his team’s demolition of Grenada in Couva, that he will make all attempts to secure the friendly with the Venezuelans, and will also try to get another international friendly game before the end of July.
A thorough assessment of the knocks the players picked up in the tournament will be done soon before the team returns to training. Intense sessions are expected indicated Shabazz, that will require players to be available to train four to five days a week.
Shabazz believes his team is currently missing about four to five top players to be ready for the final qualifiers. As such he will invite some local and international players to join the team.
The Morvant Caledonia United coach also said he is currently in the process of organising the paperwork for two surprise players that will be a tremendous boost to his team.
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ahhmmm...so no congrats for Shabazz from forumites...or we only have voice for he when we lorse...regardless of the competition, he led dem through.. Well done, Shabazz. hope you invite Waldrum for next round, remember you doh travel well..we doh pay he anyway
Maxg, this is not uncommon, yuh know dat...nobody wants failure, we jus know when failure more likely to happen CAC is a god send though, ah litmus test and more importantly challenge and by extension, assessment.....i want us to at least compete, I want shabazz to show actual tactical awareness.....and please god TTFA put tings in place to help dem ladies to dey peak physical condition.........PLEASE!
But for now well done girls and coach d first step done
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No e, maxg. I appears that much people eh following this tournament. I followed to first 2 games and went out of town. Just reading that they won by a huge margin again. So congrats to all involved. I am impressed that they will be attending the CAC games. If they perform well in Colombia then that will be a sign that Shabazz is getting traction with the team's upward performance. Congrats and good luck on the next move.
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Give our women’s football a fair chance.
By Colin Murray (Guardian).
I had planned my column this week to revisit some of the top European football leagues, and of course the Champions League final where the most entertaining club in Europe – Liverpool – was unlucky to lose to Real Madrid; Salah’s injury was a massive game changer. Those of you who know me are well aware that I have been a lifelong Liverpool fan since the days when Roger Hunt was bulging the old onion bag with goal after goal. But we will save the top European leagues for another time and I will preview the upcoming 2018-2019 season after the World Cup.
The reason for my diversion is simple. I was left astounded when I heard Maylee Attin-Johnson speak about the state of women’s football in T&T and why she won’t be wearing our national colours again. Now let me state upfront, I have great respect for this young lady. I met her a couple years ago when I was doing commentary on a World Cup qualifier for CNC3 at the Hasely Crawford Stadium. Maylee, along with Stern John and Russell Latapy, were analysing the T&T performance at half-time and at the end of the game. I found her to be honest and quite knowledgeable in summing up the performance but more than that, she seemed unfazed to call a spade a spade, in terms of any player she felt was not giving 100% which is what I admired about her. Naturally, this left her open to creating enemies within the sport.
Our women footballers have begun their long journey for qualification for the 2019 FIFA World Cup in France by so far dominating the Caribbean Women’s group C tournament against teams that we should have relatively no problem in overcoming. However, as we move closer and closer to France 2019, the opponents will become tougher. We only have to review our performance in the 2015 World Cup qualifiers which saw our women’s team finish fourth in the Concacaf Championship before they were narrowly beaten 1-0 by Ecuador here in T&T. This after holding them to a goalless draw away from home in the inter-continental play-off that denied us a spot at the finals in Germany. Ecuador went on to lose all 3 matches in the group stage of the World Cup scoring 1 goal and conceding 17. That precisely sums up what we are going to encounter if we were to ever qualify for a Women’s World Cup.
So why is Maylee not part of T&T’s plans even though she gives 150% when wearing the red, white and black? I also read that attempts are being made to convince her and another stalwart - Akheela Mollon - to return to the team. I understand that Maylee is willing to return to the team, however, she believes the set up needs to change, and we cannot attempt the same formula which has proven not to work and expect different results.
I know there would be those of you saying no one is bigger than the game and while I totally agree with that statement, I am firm of the opinion that this is not the case here. This does not seem to be a question of players being underpaid or players wanting to play a different system, it appears to be the need for a more professional approach to the way we do things and with how we treat and analyse opponents. I have seen so many of our different sporting organisations competing in tournaments for the experience, knowing full well we would not stand a chance. However, they fool the sport-loving public by saying either the team is well prepared tactically and they are fit so we should do well, and then we lose every game and the poor excuses begin. You can easily cast your mind back to our Under-17 Girls tournament when the team was unfit and we did not seem to have the tactical knowledge of our opponents, and we looked poor and totally disjointed.
It is unfortunate that we still have Administrators who think they know everything and when players make solid suggestions, they are quickly shut down and in some cases banished from the team. The old adage often comes to the fore - “who running the show”. Maylee Attin-Johnson has the experience. She knows what it takes for us to have any chance of qualifying. She has blood, sweat and tears for this country. Why not give her a hearing and understand if her suggestions make any sense, give them a chance. I do understand there has been some type of dialogue but of course, there is a standoff and she must be hurting inside to take the stance she has taken; but it is quite obvious she believes in her opinion.
It really appears to me there will be no solution unless our wonderful Administrators sit around a table and at least try and work out an amicable solution. I am not saying for one moment that if these players, together with Maylee play, that we will qualify for the 2019 World Cup but for ‘David’s’ sake, let’s have our best team on the pitch to fight for our twin-island republic and make our people proud. We deserve it.
Meanwhile, congrats to the Chennai Super Kings who were crowned champions of the 2018 IPL, just as I predicted.
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Give our women’s football a fair chance.
By Colin Murray (Guardian).
I had planned my column this week to revisit some of the top European football leagues, and of course the Champions League final where the most entertaining club in Europe – Liverpool – was unlucky to lose to Real Madrid; Salah’s injury was a massive game changer. Those of you who know me are well aware that I have been a lifelong Liverpool fan since the days when Roger Hunt was bulging the old onion bag with goal after goal. But we will save the top European leagues for another time and I will preview the upcoming 2018-2019 season after the World Cup.
The reason for my diversion is simple. I was left astounded when I heard Maylee Attin-Johnson speak about the state of women’s football in T&T and why she won’t be wearing our national colours again. Now let me state upfront, I have great respect for this young lady. I met her a couple years ago when I was doing commentary on a World Cup qualifier for CNC3 at the Hasely Crawford Stadium. Maylee, along with Stern John and Russell Latapy, were analysing the T&T performance at half-time and at the end of the game. I found her to be honest and quite knowledgeable in summing up the performance but more than that, she seemed unfazed to call a spade a spade, in terms of any player she felt was not giving 100% which is what I admired about her. Naturally, this left her open to creating enemies within the sport.
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Worthy diversion.
Although on some occasions the player has struggled with separating skirmishes from battles and battles from wars, history - when ultimately it's documented - will be kind to Maylee Attin-Johnson.
The skirmish, battle and war dissonance stems from her personal narrative and how long she's been in town conscientiously absorbing the scene as an invested stakeholder. Some just want to play regardless. Maylee wants to play with a clear conscience that doesn't endorse mediocrity. However, when the going is right off the field, she will run through a wall for yuh on the field. Sort it.
Some of those issues are why we are having a conversation about returning players with birthdates in the mid-80s to the field and have had a huge gap in generating/keeping a critical number of players who would be their successors.
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Give our women’s football a fair chance.
By Colin Murray (Guardian).
I had planned my column this week to revisit some of the top European football leagues, and of course the Champions League final where the most entertaining club in Europe – Liverpool – was unlucky to lose to Real Madrid; Salah’s injury was a massive game changer. Those of you who know me are well aware that I have been a lifelong Liverpool fan since the days when Roger Hunt was bulging the old onion bag with goal after goal. But we will save the top European leagues for another time and I will preview the upcoming 2018-2019 season after the World Cup.
The reason for my diversion is simple. I was left astounded when I heard Maylee Attin-Johnson speak about the state of women’s football in T&T and why she won’t be wearing our national colours again. Now let me state upfront, I have great respect for this young lady. I met her a couple years ago when I was doing commentary on a World Cup qualifier for CNC3 at the Hasely Crawford Stadium. Maylee, along with Stern John and Russell Latapy, were analysing the T&T performance at half-time and at the end of the game. I found her to be honest and quite knowledgeable in summing up the performance but more than that, she seemed unfazed to call a spade a spade, in terms of any player she felt was not giving 100% which is what I admired about her. Naturally, this left her open to creating enemies within the sport.
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Worthy diversion.
Although on some occasions the player has struggled with separating skirmishes from battles and battles from wars, history - when ultimately it's documented - will be kind to Maylee Attin-Johnson.
The skirmish, battle and war dissonance stems from her personal narrative and how long she's been in town conscientiously absorbing the scene as an invested stakeholder. Some just want to play regardless. Maylee wants to play with a clear conscience that doesn't endorse mediocrity. However, when the going is right off the field, she will run through a wall for yuh on the field. Sort it.
Some of those issues are why we are having a conversation about returning players with birthdates in the mid-80s to the field and have had a huge gap in generating/keeping a critical number of players who would be their successors.
Fair assessment. Great understanding Seeker.
When we know our worth, we will refuse to accept less than the best. We will also instill these important values in posterity.
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“I tried to call them off!” Shabazz says T&T players refused to show Grenada mercy; reveals future plans.
By Lasana Liburd (Wired868).
Crisis? What crisis?
A potentially tricky assignment was last night transformed into a “coming out” party at the Ato Boldon Stadium, where the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team put a humbling 13-0 whipping on their Grenadian counterparts.
The Women Soca Warriors needed only six goals to qualify and, by halftime, they had already got those. Coach Jamaal Shabazz revealed that he had asked his players to take their feet off the gas, once they hit double figures—but his plea fell on deaf ears.
“I was more nervous than them [on the night before the game],” said Shabazz, at the post-game media conference. “[…] They never doubted… They have a deep desire to go forward and they demonstrated that today.
“[…] I was trying to call them off when we had 10 goals and they said, ‘No, let’s play and let’s devour them.’ And they did.”
There will be tougher opponents than Grenada—who conceded 27 goals in four matches—to contend with before Trinidad and Tobago’s France 2019 World Cup campaign reaches a climax. But at least the Women Warriors have got over their first psychological hurdle with flying colours.
Shabazz, who has endured more lows than highs since returning to the women’s programme to replace Italian Carolina Morace in mid-2017, took the opportunity to pat himself—and his technical staff—on the back as they too emerged creditably from yesterday’s challenge.
The veteran coach suggested that he had had his entire squad to choose from against Grenada but opted to rest key midfielder Karyn “Baby” Forbes, emerging talent Shanelle Arjoon and the experienced Patrice Superville, for the uncomplicated midfield offerings of Naomie Guerra and the teenaged pair of Aaliyah Prince and Kedie Johnson.
Johnson got the first goal of the match with a gorgeous left-footed strike, Prince notched a hat-trick—her second against Grenada in just over a month, after her treble in the CFU Challenge Series—and Guerra was a breath of fresh air in the midfield.
“Sometimes people underestimate the work that we do [as coaches],” said Shabazz. “We know what we are doing. Sometimes the result will not go the way we would like or we expect but this is football.
“[…] Everybody except the reserve keeper got a chance to play and, at this stage, we accomplished what we set out to do: to widen the pool and to start to re-establish ourselves as a dominant team in Caribbean football.”
In August, the Trinidad and Tobago women, who—lest we forget—are the reigning Caribbean champions, will play in the final round of the qualifying series, where they take on Jamaica, Cuba, Bermuda and Antigua and Barbuda.
The top three nations progress to the Concacaf stage and, with Haiti already out—eliminated on goal difference by Jamaica—the Women Warriors are favoured to sail right through the next round with the “Reggae Girlz” likely to offer the toughest opposition to their title aspirations.
Before then, Shabazz will take his squad to Colombia for battle in the July CAC Games, where they will face Mexico, Nicaragua and Haiti in Group B.
Four years ago, Trinidad and Tobago women’s coach Randy Waldrum, who was an unpaid volunteer, controversially opted to skip the CAC competition as he juggled duties between the Women Warriors and his club employers in Dallas.
Shabazz, who earns a salary paid by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), will not do likewise and he expressed his eagerness to face tougher opposition before their final Caribbean qualifying phase.
“It’s just the kind of exposure we need before we get to the Caribbean finals in August,” said Shabazz. “[…] Going into the CAC Games, we will be aiming to get a medal in that tournament. But because the CAC Games doesn’t qualify us for anything, it is a chance to experiment [and] see what we can get away with and what we cannot get away with.
“It is something we are looking forward to.”
The senior team will take a few days off to rest and “assess” the players with knocks and bruises before they begin preparations for the next phase.
Venezuela have asked for a practice game in the next two weeks and Shabazz hopes it becomes reality and also wants another friendly next month. By then, there should be some new faces in the national squad.
“We have five or six players on the outside to bring into the squad to compete for places,” he said, “and we will re-invite some players locally and start to prepare for the CAC Games—[with] four, five days a week preparation.”
This time, Shabazz shied away from naming the players he wants to insert into his squad, which is just as well—after being rebuffed by his former captain, Maylee Attin-Johnson, last week.
Often one to split opinion, Attin-Johnson’s blunt views on the team’s chances under the current technical staff are believed to have been met with mixed responses by her former teammates.
She had an unlikely ally in the soft-spoken Prince, though. The 17-year-old starlet, who barely lifted her voice above a whisper in front of the tape recorders, had a firm answer when asked for her favourite player, male or female.
“Maylee Attin-Johnson,” responded Prince, who just graduated from Success Laventille. “[…] She is the one who inspired me to start playing football.”
While Attin-Johnson’s own international future is shrouded in doubt, there is no question that the diminutive Prince’s is on the upswing. Shabazz credited her tactical discipline today, when she started as a right-side attacker rather than in her preferred role through the centre.
“She fitted in well with the seniors [and] we consider her a player,” said Shabazz. “She is one player who we feel has a bright future. We are very pleased with her performance and, most of all, we are pleased with her attitude [because] she in no way feels she has arrived.
“She listens to the older players and I think this is a player we need to keep our eyes on.”
Amidst the smiling faces and optimistic forecasts, there was also a note of caution from 28-year-old Trinidad and Tobago defender Jenelle Cunningham.
“Basically, we need to up the intensity of practices and make sure we have a healthy squad for the next round,” said Cunningham, who has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and is employed as assistant coach at Angelo State University in Texas at present. “The sessions [have to be] more conducive to what we are facing next.”
Shabazz suggested he was comfortable with the greater role that Forbes and Cunningham were playing behind the scenes. And his assessment was similar.
“I am comfortable with the knowledge base of the players [particularly when we are changing formation during the match],” said Shabazz. “I think right now we need to get fitter. And we still have a lot of work to do psychologically as well.”
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Shabazz talks missed chances, Maylee and the Almighty’s will; St Kitts challenge with “fire in [their] eyes”
By Lasana Liburd (Wired868).
“What a game, eh!” exclaimed Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team coach Jamaal Shabazz, as he opened last night’s post-game media conference. “[It was] not one [that’s] good for the heart but sometimes you have to fight.
“Sometimes you don’t like to fight but fighting sometimes is good for you. And tonight it proved good for us.”
The Women Soca Warriors have a fight on their hands if they are to advance past the first phase of their France 2019 World Cup qualifying adventure. Last night, despite enjoying home advantage at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva.they trailed St Kitts and Nevis until the 77th minute and could eventually only muster a 1-1 draw.
St Kitts and Nevis, mind you, are ranked 130th and 118th in the world in the men’s and women’s game respectively while their entire population of 55,000 people is less than the residents of San Fernando.
The Trinidad and Tobago women’s outfit spent the better part of the last 15 months together, training as often as five times a week with many squad members pocketing monthly stipends of up to TT$8,000—which makes them the best paid footballers based in the country, regardless of sex.
All 14 players used by Shabazz last night have represented Trinidad and Tobago at Concacaf level before while six were key components of Randy Waldrum’s team, which came within a whisker of the Canada 2015 World Cup Finals.
On the other hand, St Kitts and Nevis, according to their spritely 34-year-old coach Earl Jones, only brought their full squad together three and a half weeks ago.
Yet, on Sunday evening, when a place in the Caribbean final round will be at stake. the pair of two-island countries will be on virtually even terms.
Trinidad and Tobago have a two-goal advantage on goal difference over St Kitts and Nevis and, when they begin the second game of tomorrow’s double-header, the hosts will know the score required to see them through. SKN face the United States Virgin Islands from 4pm while T&T tackle Grenada from 6:30pm in Couva.
As usual, Shabazz was paternal, easy-going and engaging when he faced the media yesterday. But he may need some more prosaic qualities tomorrow with the women’s game much closer to the precipice than his composed demeanour might suggest.
Since he reclaimed the women’s position from Carolina Morace last July after a six-year hiatus, Shabazz’s tenure—judging from the ‘wins column’—has been a disaster. The National Under-17 Team failed to advance past the Caribbean stage while, despite having home advan, the Under-20s finished bottom of their Concacaf group and without a single point.
Perhaps Shabazz spoke too soon last Monday when, after a 10-0 mauling of USVI and 3-0 win over Dominica, he declared that he had “a little smile.”
“I have not been smiling for a long time since I came back in women’s football,” said Shabazz. “Fa-Inna maAAa alAAusri yusran [which is Arabic for] verily after the hardship comes the ease.”
God, as we should know by now, has a wry sense of humour.
Three days later, Shabazz’s former captain Maylee Attin-Johnson, whom he had graciously invited to rejoin the team for the next round, declared on TV6 that she would essentially be wasting her time if she climbed on board.
“At international level, it more often that not boils down to coaching and tactics,” said Attin-Johnson. “And I don’t think the staff they have is good enough.”
The timing was unhelpful but so was Shabazz’s decision to start inviting players to join his squad in mid-tournament. And now, here we are.
“[Maylee] is [like] my daughter […] and sometimes daughters say hurtful things about fathers,” said Shabazz. “But you have to accept that this is a girl (sic) who always speaks her mind and it is no problem for us. We accept that this is her view and her opinion […] and I love her very dearly.”
For now, the Women Warriors have to forget about Attin-Johnson, Kennya Cordner, Arin King and the other talents who may or may not join the squad in the later rounds. St Kitts and Nevis, as they have already demonstrated, are not here to act as door mats.
“We [did not] come here to lie down,” said Jones, who was a blur of movement on the touchline last night, “and we are coming with fire in our eyes… I guarantee you that!”
Trinidad and Tobago took the kick-off last night; yet, within the first minute, SKN had already won two corners. Veteran Warriors defender Ayana Russell clumsily allowed the second set piece to hit her hand and opposing captain Phoenetia Browne made no mistake from the penalty spot.
Browne, who was born in St Kitts but migrated to the United States at the age of seven, was one of four overseas-based players in the SKN line-up along with the Canada-bred trio of midfielder Cloey Uddenberg, attacker Brittney Lawrence and goalkeeper Kira Dickinson.
Dickinson, a former Howard University student and her national team’s vice-captain, now plays professionally in Sweden and was, arguably, the game’s outstanding player last night.
“Coachman, I am not going to let you down tonight,” Dickinson had told Jones before kick-off.
And Dickinson’s competence on set pieces and grasp of angles was more than a match for the Trinidad and Tobago offence, which kept trying to recreate the long-range crackers that had produced goals earlier in the series.
Three saves in particular from close quarters—against Mariah Shade, Tasha St Louis and substitute Aaliyah Prince—were of exceptional quality. And, even when St Louis did beat her with a free kick on the edge of the SKN penalty box, Dickinson got a hand on the ball but just could not claw it away.
“We created 16 or 17 chances, the same amount and even more than when we played the other teams,” said Shabazz, with only a slight exaggeration. “[…] They are better on the ball [than our earlier opponents]. They have three or four really talented players in attack and, for the first time in the tournament, we really had to defend.
“If we had scored our chances, it would have been an easier game but Allah prescribes for us, not we prescribe for us. The Almighty decided we must fight and it was a good tonic [as opposed to us] getting accustomed to rolling teams.”
Shabazz had a point. Trinidad and Tobago created more and enjoyed more possession than any of their opponents in Group C. And, while SKN were at full strength, the hosts have an embarrassment of riches—at least by Caribbean standards—still expected to join the team.
In that sense, it would be overly dramatic to use the word “crisis.”
Sooner or later, though, Shabazz will have to prove his worth in results.
“Throughout this tournament, the speed of [play by Trinidad and Tobago] is a bit worrisome,” said the veteran coach. “It is an area we need to work on, bringing the ball forward a bit faster.”
But Shabazz has been in charge for 10 months already while the Women Warriors have played eight internationals under his watch.
If they cannot deliver emphatically on Sunday against the group’s bottom-placed team, Attin-Johnson will not be the only person who thinks Shabazz has passed his sell-by date. And, frankly, qualifying from such a straightforward group is the least local football fans should expect and does not in itself remove all doubts about the current direction of the team.
For now, Shabazz is the epitome of coolness.
“If we understand the game, we will see we created chances; we [just] didn’t score our chances,” he said. “It is not a major concern because we got the point; all of this too is part of the growth.
“[…] They showed good character to claw their way back, they showed they wanted it and I am happy with that.”
There is one hurdle left on Sunday before the Women Warriors can begin thinking about the next step in earnest. If the Almighty is willing, of course.
Shabazz—who also made a gesture of solidarity to Muslim trainee teacher Nafisah Nakhid, who was prevented from taking up duties at Lakshmi Girls’ unless she removes her hijab—urged Trinidad and Tobago football fans to continue to stand by their women.
“While you’re in the situation, you’re thinking, ‘My God, will we be humiliated today?’” said Shabazz, “but it is part of the journey to have difficult moments, to have moments of anxiety. The nation must feel that with us too.
“[If] you’re supporting but you’re only supporting when we’re up, then you’re not supporting.”
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T&T Senior Women to open Caribbean Final round versus Cuba.
TTFA Media.
Trinidad and Tobago’s Senior Women will face off with Cuba on August 25th in Kingston, Jamaica in their opening match of the CONCACAF Caribbean Final Round.
CONCACAF announced Jamaica as the hosts of the Final Group F which will also see T&T facing Antigua on August 29th, Jamaica two days later and Bermuda on September 2nd.
The final round, to be disputed among the five first-round group winners, Antigua & Barbuda, Bermuda, Cuba, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago, in a round-robin format, will qualify three Caribbean teams to the 2018 Concacaf Women’s Championship.
The road to the road Concacaf Women’s Championship began last month in Antigua & Barbuda, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti and Trinidad and Tobago – each hosted a group of the first round. The participants in each group were sorted during the official draw earlier this year.
The United States will welcome the region’s top women’s national teams for the 2018 Concacaf Women’s Championship, which will crown a regional champion and qualify three teams directly for the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019, plus the fourth-place finisher to an intercontinental playoff. The Women’s Championship is scheduled to be played October 4-17, 2018 in Cary, N.C., Edinburg, Texas, and Frisco, Texas.
As part of a year of women’s football in Concacaf, which includes the expanded Girls’ Under-15 Championship, and the Women’s Under-17 and Under-20 Championship, the Caribbean Regional Qualifier will provide access to top level international football to 22 Caribbean Member Associations. This includes over 300 players, thus enhancing an excellent opportunity for development and growth of the women’s game in the region. In total, nearly 2000 female athletes will participate in the Concacaf championships this year across the region.
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Final Squad named – T&T Women enter opening game with positive mindset
TTFA Media
Trinidad and Tobago caretaker coach Anton Corneal released his final squad for the tournament late on Thursday after being able to confirm that US-based players Lauren Hutchinson and Naomie Guerra will be joining the squad in Kingston along with prolific forward Kennya Cordner. The Team will have its lone training session in Kingston tomorrow (Friday) at 4pm with seventeen players ahead of Saturday’s opening CONCACAF Caribbean Final round World Cup qualifier against Cuba.
Cordner, Hutchinson and Guerra will join the camp following T&T’s opening match but in time for the second fixture on Wednesday. Corneal remained optimistic and team manager Jinelle James said the mood in camp at Knutsford Courts Hotel in Kingston was decent and would improve when the final set of players arrive on Friday.
“It’s a bit of a challenge but we’ll do our utmost best to work with what is there for us and go into the game in the best possible frame of mind,” Corneal told TTFA Media.
“There were challenges with flights, availability of players and of course the injuries. It is difficult to have a tactical session going into the first game so we are depending on videos of our opponents and preparing a suitable plan to exploit their weaknesses,” Corneal said. Mariah Shade awas ruled out this week due to injury.
Tasha St Louis is expected to captain the team which includes the majority of players from the recent Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games in Colombia in which T&T placed fourth.
Five players will arrive in Kingston on Friday to complete the 17-player roster heading into Saturday’s opening match which kicks off at 3pm (4pm TT time) at the National Stadium. Jamaica takes on Antigua/Barbuda from 6pm.
T&T’s second match is against Antigua/Barbuda on Wednesday.
The Central American qualifiers take place from August 27th with Costa Rica. Nicaragua, El Salvador and Panama competing for two qualifying spots in the CONCACAF Final round for which Mexico is already through.
The United States will welcome the region’s top women’s national teams for the 2018 Concacaf Women’s Championship, which will crown a regional champion and qualify three teams directly for the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019, plus the fourth-place finisher to an intercontinental playoff. The CONCACAF Women’s Championship is scheduled to be played October 4-17, 2018 in Cary, N.C., Edinburg, Texas, and Frisco, Texas.
T&T 20-player Roster for CONCACAF Caribbean Final Phase
Goalkeepers: Kimika Forbes, Saundra Baron
Defenders: Jenelle Cunningham, Jonelle Cato, Arin King, Patrice Superville, Natisha John, Naomie Guerra, Lauryn Hutchinson, Rhea Belgrave
Midfielders: Karyn Forbes, Janine Francois, Liana Hinds, Kayla Taylor, Ayana Russell, Melissa Baynes
Forwards: Tasha St. Louis, Kennya Cordner, Natasha St. Louis, Aaliyah Prince
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‘Yaya’ is back but no return for Maylee and Mollon; T&T Women travel to Jamaica in three batches.
By Amiel Mohammed (Wired868).
Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Women’s record goalscorer Kennya “Yaya” Cordner should rejoin the national fold for the five-team 2018 Caribbean Championships in Jamaica from 25 August to 2 September.
However, there will be no return from former Women Soca Warriors captain Maylee Attin-Johnson or veteran winger Ahkeela Mollon.
Cordner, Mollon and Attin-Johnson quit the team last year, during the tenure of Italian Carolina Morace, and declined the chance to rejoin the squad under her successor, Jamaal Shabazz.
However, Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) technical director and caretaker Women’s Team coach Anton Corneal explained that he intends to proceed without Attin-Johnson and Mollon since they did not “show interest” in playing under him.
“Nobody called or made themselves available so I’m going with the players that showed interest,” said Corneal. “I’m just a caretaker coach, taking over from the group that was actually training; and then of course people that showed interest and would like to be part of it […] like Lauryn (Hutchinson).”
The Women Warriors will be forced to start their title defence without Cordner, though, since their opening CFU match against Cuba on 25 August falls outside the the FIFA international match window.
“We do expect her back [but] she is going to have to wait for the FIFA window,” said Corneal. “So she is going to miss the first game but should be there for the other three games.”
Two members of the current squad who will miss the Caribbean tournament altogether are forward Mariah Shade and defender Rhea Belgrave, who are both injured. Shade scored six times during the earlier qualifying round in May.
“We just found out today that Mariah Shade would not be going, so that puts another twist on it,” said Corneal. “[…] I don’t know if to say it’s a bruised bone. She just started back to jog and it’s difficult for her to run and I imagine difficult for her to kick the ball.”
The Women Warriors are also facing travel issues, which will see the team travel to Jamaica in three separate groups. Once more, the TTFA was slow to book spots for players although at least they will get to the tournament, which was not the case with the Women’s Under-15 Team that was forced to forfeit their Concacaf competition earlier this month after late visa applications by the local football body.
“We have a group of girls that left this morning, three girls,” said Corneal. “We have a group that’s going to do so on Wednesday and some that may come in on Friday.
“Some had to go through Miami. Some will go directly to Jamaica.”
Corneal’s preparations were hampered too by the unavailability of key first team players, Jenelle Cunningham, Arin King, Liana Hinds and Naomi Guerra, who returned to North America on personal business over the past two weeks.
“Not having the full team made it very difficult to do a lot of tactical work as a group and I think a lot of that would have to be done in Jamaica,” said Corneal.
The Women Warriors will also be without many of their players attached to US universities, since Corneal said he was apprehensive about tearing those players away from their collegiate responsibilities so soon into their seasons.
“It’s difficult to ask a player to leave school for eight to 10 days and they started just a week ago,” he said. “So that’s an issue. It’s unfortunate that these are the cards dealt to us but we have got to play the best game possible.
“Some players will have to multi task… they will have to understand the roles and functions of more than one position.”
Corneal’s appointment as Women’s Team coach was not approved by the board, as mandated by the TTFA constitution. However, he said the local football body will make a decision at the end of the Jamaica tournament.
“After this tournament, we will re-visit looking for a coach for this team,” he said. “In 15 days’ time, we will see who is going to go through with this team long term. Whether it’s someone from outside or someone from here, the TTFA will make that decision.”
The top three teams from the Caribbean Championship will advance to the Concacaf Final round in October where they will meet hosts United States, Mexico, Canada and two Central America teams.
The eight nations will then be split into two groups of four with the group winners and second-place finishers advancing to the semifinals. The top three teams qualify automatically for the France World Cup while the fourth place finisher will head to a home-and-away intercontinental playoff, with the third-place finisher of CONMEBOL’s 2018 Women’s Copa America.
The winner of the playoff will qualify for the World Cup.
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WATCH LIVE: Cuba Women vs Trinidad and Tobago Women. Kick-off at 4pm EST.
https://www.youtube.com/v/frAQeUFQ4mk
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Cheap goals! Both our goal and the Cuban goal. (when at 1-1)
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FINAL: A Kayla Taylor hat-trick leads Trinidad and Tobago Women to a 3-2 win over Cuba
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Taylor hattrick paces T&T Women to 3-2 win over Cuba.
TTFA Media.
A hattrick by midfielder Kayla Taylor paced Trinidad and Tobago’s Senior Women to a 3-2 victory over Cuba in their opening CONCACAF Caribbean Final Round match at the National Stadium in Kingston on Saturday.
Taylor put T&T ahead with a 20th minute item and followed up with further strikes in the 51st and 56th minutes. It was not a walk over for T&T though as Cuba put up a fight and had level the scores through Yennifer Ramos in the 21st and then pulled a goal back to make it 3-2 through Maristania Mengana in the 82nd minute. But T&T help their nerves to see out the remaining eight minutes to come away with the three points. It was a much needed victory to start the final phase for T&T which was captained by Tasha St Louis on the day.
Coach Anton Corneal emphasised the importance of an opening win.
“It was a much needed victory for us and I give credit for the way we were able to go into the game and see it through until the end,” Corneal told TTFA Media. “I thought there were some positive areas for us but Cuba never laid down and allowed us to pull away.
Kayla’s three goals came at vital points in the match for us. When we went 3-1 up it gave us a bit of breathing space but Cuba made it into a match and we were able to keep our composure and come away with the victory.
Now’s we’ll review our performance today, get back to the training pitch and prepare for our next match against Antigua on Wednesday,” Corneal added.
Hosts Jamaica were scheduled to face Antigua/Barbuda in the second outing on Saturday. T&T are competing for one of three places in the CONCACAF Final Round of qualification in the United States in October 4-17 towards the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France.
Team
T&T – 1. Kimika Forbes, 2. Jenelle Cunningham, 5. Arin King, 6. Natasha St Louis (7.Jonelle Cato, 54’),8. Patrice Supervise, 10. Tasha St Louis (capt), 11. Janine Francois, 12. Kayla Taylor, 13. Natasha John (15.Melissa Baynes, 71’), 14. Karyn Forbes, 16. Aaliyah Prince (9.Liana Hinds, 71’)
Subs Not used – 4. Rhea Belgrave, 20. Saundra Baron (GK), 2.Ayana Russell.
Coach – Anton Corneal
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WATCH: Highlights of Trinidad and Tobago Women’s 3-2 win over Cuba
https://www.youtube.com/v/6WhVafw8-WI
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Kayla brought a new ingredient to the team – Corneal.
TTFA Media.
Trinidad and Tobago Women’s Team coach Anton Corneal wants another victory as this country goes into their second outing against Antigua/Barbuda at the National Stadium in Kingston on Wednesday.
T&T got their CONCACAF Caribbean Final round campaign off to a winning start with a 3-2 victory over Cuba on Saturday courtesy of a hattrick by Kayla Taylor.
“Kayla brought a different ingredient to the team. Her composure and her ability to finish showed up in our first gam. We were able to capitalise on chances that came our way and she finished the job for us,” Corneal told TTFA Media.
Looking back at the game, Corneal noted that Cuba did have T&T on the backfoot for some periods in the match.
“ We had to defend in long periods and we did that well . I thought we were not able to really play as a team as well as we would have wanted to and this would have been due to our lack of sufficient preparation. But we were able to put in a couple players into the game who were carrying niggling injuries and they came through which is a plus for us,” Corneal said
He did mention that is hoping to utilise the extra day with T&T having a bye as matches continued on Monday.
“Now we have a bye on Monday so we will use the extra time wisely to prepare for Antigua on Wednesday. I told them the importance of starting with a win versus Cuba and the need to pick our matches and knowing our opponents. Not that any game is a given but knowing exactly the things we needed have done correctly in relation to the opponent as well was important for us,” Corneal concluded.
Following T&T’s win on Saturday, hosts Jamaica eased past Antigua/Barbuda 9-0 in the second encounter.
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good win but no defensive structure and those women look like they will have a hard time with more athletic teams as per usual, dat striker though :applause: :applause:
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Cordner joins T&T team in Kingston ahead of second qualifier versus Antigua
TTFA Media
Trinidad and Tobago’s Senior Women have been bolstered by the addition of overseas-based trio Kennya Cordner, Lauryn Hutchinson and Naomie Guerra going into their second match in the CONCACAF Caribbean Women’s World Cup qualifier against Antigua/Barbuda on Wednesday from 5pm TT Time.
Cordner, who is based in Norway, joined the T&T camp at Knutsford Hotel in Kingston on Tuesday morning and did some light work during the team’s training session at the National Stadium training pitch later in the day.
T&T are third on the table with three points, behind leaders Jamaica who trounced Antigua/Barbuda 9-0 on Saturday and followed up with a 4-0 win over Bermuda on Monday. Cuba defeated Antigua 7-0 on Monday. T&T have of course played just one game so far. A hattrick from Kayla Taylor gave the 2014 Caribbean champions a 3-2 win over Cuba on Saturday.
“We’re looking to take charge of the game and secure our second win of the competition,” Corneal told TTFA Media. “The last couple days have been useful in that we were able to get in a couple sessions which we didn’t have prior to the first game after our arrival here.
“Having Kennya in the team now is a positive development as well as the arrival of Lauryn and Naomie to give us a full squad is important. We’ve seen the other teams in action so far and the main thing for us now is to collect as many points that we can in our early matches and take care of qualification for the next round in the United States,” Corneal added.
Cuba faces Bermuda in the second match from 8pm. Local fans can follow the action live on Flow Sports 1.
The Central American Zone of Concacaf Women’s Championship Qualifying meantime, kicked with Panama and Costa Rica emerging as big winners on Monday at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.
Led by Karla Paola Riley’s brace, Panama topped Nicaragua 4-0 in the opening match.
Riley earned the Canaleras a good start with a fine right-footed strike in the 9’. Yomira Pinzon doubled the score in the 49’ with an excellent trap of the ball with her chest and then swinging a shot into net.
Riley struck for her second in the 68’ with a thumping header to extend the lead to 3-0, before Lineth Cedeno capped things off in the fourth minute of second half stoppage time with a strong finish.
Costa Rica also enjoyed a strong performance in its opening match, with an 11-0 victory against El Salvador.
All four teams return to action on Wednesday, with Costa Rica squaring off against Nicaragua and Panama taking on El Salvador.
After round-robin play, the top two finishers will qualify to the Concacaf Women’s Championship. The top three teams from the CONCACAF Caribbean Final round will advance to the CONCACAF
Championship Final phase in the United States in October.
Number of teams to qualify for the World Cup: 3 (Champion, runner-up and third place). The fourth place finished will dispute a home-and-away intercontinental playoff, with Argentina, the third-place finisher of CONMEBOL’s 2018 Women’s Copa America. The winner of the playoff will qualify to the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019.
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Happy for the wins but the gap in competitive quality between the Caribbean teams and the Central American and North American teams is huge. Its the sam role story, you think you are improving when beating Caribbean teams but underestimate how much better are the other teams in Concacaf so when you do play them you end up on the losing end. When watching our team win you can see plenty mistakes that will be punished by better teams in Concacaf. Trust me its the same ole story...we still have not learned
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WATCH LIVE: Trinidad and Tobago Women vs Antigua and Barbuda Women. Kick-off at 5pm.
https://www.youtube.com/v/pACoGb3hZw4
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HALF-TIME: Trinidad and Tobago Women 4-0 Antigua and Barbuda. Goals by Janine Francois (4’), Kayla Taylor (16’, 39’), Tasha St. Louis (30’ penalty).
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FINAL: Trinidad and Tobago Women 5-0 Antigua and Barbuda. Goals by Janine Francois (4’), Kayla Taylor (16’, 39’), Tasha St. Louis (30’ penalty), and Kennya Cordner (65’).
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5-0. Full-time. From what I saw. Not very promising.
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T&T Women get second win over Antigua.
TTFA Media.
Trinidad and Tobago Senior Women defeated Antigua/Barbuda 5-0 in their second outing at the CONCACAF Caribbean Women’s Final Round at the National Stadium in Kingston today.
T&T got an opening item from Janine Francois in the 4th minute while Kayla Taylor followed up with her hattrick on Saturday, by bagging a pair of goals in the 16th and 39th minutes. Captain Tasha St Louis put her name on the scoresheet from the penalty spot in the 30th and Norway-based forward Kennya Cordner finished things off in the 65th minute with a simple tap in from close range.
“It was a victory which we wanted to complete as it puts us two in two going into Friday’s match against the hosts,” caretaker coach Anton Corneal told TTFA Media. “Now with these two wins to our name we can breathe slightly easier because it means we are maybe one result away from securing qualification but there is a still a lot to be done to get where we want to as a team. Credit to the players for pulling off the win and now we’re looking forward to the test against Jamaica and I expect this to be a competitive fixture.”
Skipper St Louis added, “I’m happy for the two results so far. We came here knowing that we needed to start well in the competition. We are taking each game as it comes. Friday’s game is a massive one for us and very important for us as a team to see where we’re at right now. We need to win this one and we’re ready and waiting on the hosts.”
T&T vs Antigua Match Summary (http://ttfootball.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Match-Summary-M43-TRI-v-ATG.pdf)
CCWW 2018: TRINIDAD and TOBAGO Vs ANTIGUA and BARBUDA HIGHLIGHTS (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqPSVVMupKQ)
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About to take in this T&T vs JA women clash, ah hope to see good football..ah hope
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WATCH LIVE: Trinidad and Tobago Women vs Jamaica Women. Viewers in T&T and Jamaica can catch the game on FLOW Sports 1.
https://www.youtube.com/v/UnJSse_xHnU
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HALF-TIME: Trinidad and Tobago Women 1-0 Jamaica Women. Goal scored by Kayla Taylor, her sixth of the tournament.
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HALF-TIME: Trinidad and Tobago Women 1-0 Jamaica Women. Goal scored by Kayla Taylor, her sixth of the tournament.
T&T playing the better game
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2-1 Ja leads...Well T&T if TT lose they have themselves to blame. Poor defending
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T&T playing like a typical Anton Corneal team. Poor defending and only strategy in offence is to boom kick the ball from the back to the forward and hopefully something will happen. Its obvious they are not coached to play the ball through the minefield and build something creative.
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FINAL: Trinidad and Tobago Women 1-4 Jamaica Women.
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Soca Princesses’ defence falls apart.
By Rachael Thomspon-King (Guardian).
Jamaica’s Khadija Shaw scored a late double to help sink T&T 4-1 in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Final Round Qualifiers to the CONCACAF Final Round of World Cup qualifiers in Jamaica, yesterday.
In the top of the table clash at Independence Park (National Stadium) in Kingston, T&T striker Kayla Taylor scored the opening goal in the tenth minute. This was just after the substitution of midfielder Tasha St Louis in the seventh minute. She was replaced by defender Liana Hinds.
The score remained the same at half-time, 1-0, in favour of the “Women Warriors” as they hoped to maintain their unbeaten senior record.
On the resumption, Jamaica coach Hue Menzies made an early substitution, replacing Deneisha Blackwood with Jody Brown in the 46th minute.
Coach Anton Corneal also changed his second-half line-up eight minutes later, opting for Rhea Belgrave, in for defender Jenelle Cunningham.
Menzies made another change in the 64th minute bringing in Giselle Washington for midfielder Christina Chang which paid dividends for the “Reggae Girls” within minutes. Washington levelled the score, 1-1, in the 70th minute.
The Jamaicans continued attacking and were rewarded with their second goal in the 79th minute from Shaw, who returned ten minutes later to put her team up 3-1.
Jamaica never looked back and it was Brown, another substitute, who put the icing on the cake for the host team with a goal in the 92nd minute, to stay unbeaten with nine points from three matches.
Meanwhile, T&T suffered its first loss and dropped to the third spot with six points behind Cuba, which has a better goal difference, with both teams having one match outstanding.
The tournament concludes tomorrow with T&T meeting fourth-placed Bermuda, which is on three points from three matches, at 4 pm and Jamaica takes on Cuba from 7 pm, at the end of which the top three teams will qualify to the final phase of CONCACAF Women’s World Cup qualification.
Earlier, Bermuda whipped winless Antigua and Barbuda, 5-0 to get its first win of the tournament. Deshae Darrell netted a pair of goals for the winner in the 76th minute and penalty in the 81st minute while her teammates, midfielder Akelyla Furbet (13th), forward Nia Christopher (43rd) and defender Teyah Lindo (87th) scored a goal each.
CURRENT STANDINGS
Teams P W D L F A Pts
Jamaica 3 3 0 0 17 1 9
Cuba 3 2 0 1 11 3 6
T&T 3 2 0 1 9 6 6
Bermuda 3 1 0 2 0 6 3
Antigua & Barbuda 4 0 0 4 0 26 0
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T&T playing like a typical Anton Corneal team. Poor defending and only strategy in offence is to boom kick the ball from the back to the forward and hopefully something will happen. Its obvious they are not coached to play the ball through the minefield and build something creative.
all them years as understudy to how many foreign coaches ??? and learned jack shit, :frustrated: he is worst than shabazz :-\ :'( :bs: >:( :(
I would probably do better and I learning about coaching from f**kin youtube and google search steups :frustrated:
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and as I said from jump, this team would suffer against teams with actual athletes....so I knew jamaica would push us
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All the contests in this Caribbean tournament quality has been poor football. Trust me none of these teams will do well against teams like US, CA, Mex or CR. Caribbean game is too too too SLOW and too many basic mistakes throughout the game. It will take a huge and fast improvement for these teams to be ready when they meet Concacaf rivals.
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With all due respect your opinions Mr. Sando, I really disagree. Haiti has not only been very competitive with the Concacaf teams but even with the top dogs in the world. The U-20 team= on their way to the world cup has eliminated Canada, Costa Rica and only losing on Penalty kicks after a 1-1 tie with the US and at the world stage going toe-to-toe with Germany, china losing 3-2, 2-1. These are semi finalist teams at the world cup.
Haiti did not make it to Jamaica at the CFU final for a simple reason, 7 out of the U-20 team players were actually top players from the senior team and were in France for the world cup. The world cup games were more important than the CFU qualification games. Even with Haiti bench or B team, they held Jamaica to a 2-2 tie after taking a 2-0 lead. Jamaica moved on because they had score 2 more goals than Haiti against a previous opponent.
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With all due respect your opinions Mr. Sando, I really disagree. Haiti has not only been very competitive with the Concacaf teams but even with the top dogs in the world. The U-20 team= on their way to the world cup has eliminated Canada, Costa Rica and only losing on Penalty kicks after a 1-1 tie with the US and at the world stage going toe-to-toe with Germany, china losing 3-2, 2-1. These are semi finalist teams at the world cup.
Haiti did not make it to Jamaica at the CFU final for a simple reason, 7 out of the U-20 team players were actually top players from the senior team and were in France for the world cup. The world cup games were more important than the CFU qualification games. Even with Haiti bench or B team, they held Jamaica to a 2-2 tie after taking a 2-0 lead. Jamaica moved on because they had score 2 more goals than Haiti against a previous opponent.
You came here to simply argue about your U 20 team when it is clear I am talking about the CFU final round happening in Jamaica. Those are the games I am watching and not your U 20 Haiti games. You even went further to make excuses why the Haitian senior team failed to make it to the final round in Jamaica. All of that does not change the reality of the situation that all those women teams playing in JA just not ready for their Concacaf rivals. The quality is far subpar and just too far behind at the moment.
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I am not arguing my man, I understand exactly what you're saying. All I was trying to say you would have seen quality soccer had Haiti world cup team in that mix in Jamaica. Their u-20/CFU team is actually their senior team. I just don't agree with yoru statement CFU teams can't compete with teams like Mexico, Costa Rica and Canada...
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I just don't agree with yoru statement CFU teams can't compete with teams like Mexico, Costa Rica and Canada...
Go to youtube watch the games or highlights, then compare with the same quality of mentioned Concacaf teams. Its not what we wish, but instead what is reality. Realities the gap between the Caribbean teams and bigger teams in Concacaf is huge. That is why I am NEVER surprised when these so called big Caribbean teams continue to get an ass whooping when we face them. Based on what I am seeing, I see no different happening this year.
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Cordner, Taylor score for T&T.
By Nigel Simon (Guardian).
Norway-based Kenny ‘YaYa’ Cordner netted a second-half double after an opening goal from Kayla Taylor saw T&T Women ended their Caribbean Football Union Final Round Qualifiers to the CONCACAF Final Round on a high after a 3-0 victory over Bermuda in Kingston, Jamaica, yesterday.
Following’s Friday shock 4-1 loss to Jamaica after lead 1-0 deep into the second-half at Independence Park (National Stadium), the ‘Women Warriors’ were eager to end on a positive note and got off to a great start when Taylor scored for the fourth straight match, and her tournament-high seventh goal in the 12th minute.
However, the Soca Princesses without injured captain Tasha St Louis in the line-up struggled to add to their tally and only had the one goal to show at the half.
Twelve minutes after the restart, Cordner doubled the lead and three minutes from full-time she added another to end with three goals in as many matches after missing’s T&T opener, a 3-2 win over Cuba, in which Taylor netted a hat-trick.
The win lifted the Anton Corneal-coached team to nine points from four matches, level with Jamaica which came up against third-placed Cuba (six points) in last night’s second encounter.
Despite being dethroned as CFU champions, and suffering its heaviest defeat to a regional rival, T&T is assured of qualification to the eight-team CONCACAF Final Round along with Jamaica and Cuba where they will join the trio of the USA, Canada and Mexico, the top three ranked teams in Concacaf who were automatic qualifiers to the final round of eight-teams as well as Central American duo, Costa Rica and Panama.
USA will welcome the region’s top women’s national teams for the 2018 CONCACAF Women’s Championship, which will crown a regional champion and qualify three teams directly for the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019, plus the fourth-place finisher to an Inter-Continental Playoff.
The Concacaf Women’s Championship is scheduled to be played October 4-17, 2018 in Texas.
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Let's make sure we take care of the visa situation for the team from now.
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WATCH: Highlights of Trinidad and Tobago Women’s 3-0 win over Bermuda.
https://www.youtube.com/v/B1SFtxdIKNU
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Draw Reveals Groups for the 2018 Concacaf Women’s Championship
CONCACAF.com
The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) today conducted the official draw for the 2018 Concacaf Women’s Championship, at the Univision Deportes Studios, in Miami, FL.
The 2018 edition of the women’s championship, scheduled to take place October 4-17, 2018, will be disputed in two rounds. After round-robin play in Cary, NC and Edinburg, TX, the two group winners, plus the two second-place finishers will advance to the knockout round. The semifinals, third place match and final will take place at the Toyota Stadium, in Frisco, TX.
The live event, which sorted the eight participating teams into two groups, was hosted by Univision’s Adriana Monsalve and featured remarks by Concacaf General Secretary Philippe Moggio. Head of Concacaf Women’s Football and former Canadian international Karina LeBlanc conducted the draw.
As host and highest ranked nation, in the newly announced Concacaf Women’s Ranking, the United States was seeded into position A1, while Canada, as the second best ranked nation, was placed in position B1. The remaining six teams were placed in three pots and sorted using a double-blind system.
The groups for the 2018 Concacaf Women’s Championship are as follows:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DmQbTxCW0AAMIL_.jpg:large)
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Why are the US and Mexico in the same group?
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Why are the US and Mexico in the same group?
According to CONCACAF:
As host and highest ranked nation, in the newly announced Concacaf Women’s Ranking, the United States was seeded into position A1, while Canada, as the second best ranked nation, was placed in position B1. The remaining six teams were placed in three pots and sorted using a double-blind system.
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Why are the US and Mexico in the same group?
According to CONCACAF:
As host and highest ranked nation, in the newly announced Concacaf Women’s Ranking, the United States was seeded into position A1, while Canada, as the second best ranked nation, was placed in position B1. The remaining six teams were placed in three pots and sorted using a double-blind system.
No incentive or reward for team that tops the CFU tournament.
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well we not physical enough and most ah dem eh have conditioning to keep up with no hard running(US) or technical(Mex) baller and Corneal have same tactical deficiencies as always so :( :(
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I am never surprised when we lose,I am usually very surprised when we win but my elation is short lived because we go on to lose the next match.What a life I live as a sports fanatic,the worst part is,I still support TT in all sports.I may come back in another life as a Jamaica,i'll be a happier sports fan,I may even be a brilliant sportsman.
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What kept you from being a brilliant sportsman in this life ?
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What kept you from being a brilliant sportsman in this life ?
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What kept you from being a brilliant sportsman in this life ?
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:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: @Deeks
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What kept you from being a brilliant sportsman in this life ?
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:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: @Deeks
I am not trying to disparage anyone. In my case. Although I played U-19 football, when it came to senior football, I was not good enough. Kendal Walkes, Mike Grayson, John Granville, Earl Carter, Gerard Homer, Robert Frances,Curtis Murrel all got picket to play for the senior team. I did not. They had it. I did not.
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Who missing?
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doh know!
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Attin-Johnson, Mollon in provisional squad.
By Walter Alibey (Guardian).
Striker Maylee Attin-Johnson and midfielder Ahkeela Mollon have both been drafted into a provisional 35-woman squad ahead of the CONCACAF Women's Championship that will be used as a qualifier for the FIFA Women's World Cup in France next year.
The girls were added to the squad in the midst of concerns there may not be enough players to don the red, white and black for T&T at the qualifiers to take place on October 4-17 in the United States.
However, it is not confirmed if the two will be part of the final team, but a member of the staff of the team that guided the women's team to second place behind Jamaica at the recent Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Qualifiers in Kingston Jamaica, said it was wise to include them on the squad just in case they decide to show an interest to play.
"If they agree to play then we would have their names in already, but if we did not put their names and they agree to play then it would have been a problem," the staff member, who did not want to be identified explained. The provisional squad was chosen last week in the midst of desperate efforts to chose a coach for the team.
Anton Corneal was caretaker coach of the team following the resignation of Jamaal Shabazz almost two months ago. But with his contract expiring at the end of the CFU qualifiers, and monies owed to him by the T&T Football Association (TTFA), Corneal has decided to withhold his services until payments for three months salaries, as well as other monies owed to him relating to his contractual agreement, are paid.
Meanwhile, members of the TTFA Board of Directors have also raised an issue with the legality of Richard Quan Chan's position as Chairman of the Technical Committee. An Annual General Meeting of the TTFA on June 30 this year, did not contain a quorum and therefore the election of a technical committee chairman was not made, Keith Look Loy, a Board member told Guardian Media Sports.
Meantime, Shawn Cooper, who was an assistant coach to Corneal in Jamaica, has been the front-runner for the job, despite challenges from Haitian coach Stephan De Four and James Baird, the former Guaya United coach for the top job.
Before the CFU qualifiers, the team faced issues of players not being in T&T to train, players unable to return for the CONCACAF Championship as they were at schools in the USA and concerns about injuries, among others.
Trinidad and Tobago Women’s provisional squad
Goalkeepers:
Kimika Forbes, K’lil Keshwar, Saundra Baron;
Defenders:
Arin King, Ayana Russell, Danielle Blair, Jenelle Cunningham, Jonelle Cato, Khadisha Debesette, Lauryn Hutchinson, Natisha John, Patrice Superville, Rhea Belgrave, Anastasia Prescott;
Midfielders:
Janine Francois, Karyn Forbes, Maylee Attin-Johnson, Naomie Guerra, Victoria Swift, Liana Hinds;
Attacking Midfielders:
Ahkeela Mollon, Dernelle Mascall, Summer Arjoon, Tasha St Louis, Kedie Johnson;
Forwards:
Kayla Taylor, Aaliyah Prince, Dennecia Prince, Kennya Cordner, Mariah Shade, Natasha St Louis, Tsaianne Leander.
Women’s Concacaf Championship Groups
Group A:
USA, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, Panama;
Group B:
Canada, Jamaica, Costa Rica Cuba.
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Cooper recommended for T&T women’s coaching job.
By Joel Bailey (Newsday).
SHAWN COOPER seems set to add to his current portfolios as coach of TT Super League team Queen’s Park and Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) defending Premier Division champions Presentation San Fernando.
On Sunday, Cooper was recommended by TT Football Association (TTFA) technical committee chairman Richard Quan Chan to the TTFA board to replace Anton Corneal as coach of the national women’s football team.
Corneal, the current TTFA technical director, was the interim coach during the recent CONCACAF Caribbean Women’s Qualifiers (final round group) in Kingston, Jamaica, with Cooper as his assistant.
And Cooper will be tasked with the role of guiding the team during the CONCACAF Women’s Championship in the United States, from October 4-17.
T&T, United States, Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, Cuba, Panama and Jamaica will be competing at the CONCACAF Championship, with three teams guaranteed automatic spots at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France, with the fourth-placed team involved in a play-off with a South American nation.
Quan Chan, in an e-mail to the TTFA hierarchy, which was obtained by Newsday, wrote, “I am requesting your support and approval for the appointment of Mr Shawn Cooper as the coach of the (TT) team that is preparing to participate in the (US) in October.
“With the existing situation, inclusive of the time constraints and having also reviewed the resume of others that have expressed interest in the position – along with discussions with (Corneal) and the team manager (Jinelle James), I am recommending Mr Cooper as the person most suitable to coach the team at this time, and ask for your support and approval for Mr Cooper to the position.”
But outspoken TTFA board member and TT Super League president Keith Look Loy has questioned Quan Chan’s authority with regards to recommending a national team coach.
In a response to Quan Chan’s e-mail, Look Loy wrote, “I do not know what authority you rely on to recommend anyone to be a coach of any national (football) team.
“The meeting (on June 30) that appointed you to the post of chairman of the technical committee was illegal as it failed to achieve a quorum,” Look Loy mentioned. “I do not consent to an important decision such as the appointment of a national coach be taken by e-mail, and without the Board even knowing who the other applicants are, or what their resumes look like. That is ludicrous.”
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Lasana Liburd (Wired868).
Twenty six days before their opening 2018 Concacaf Championship fixture against Panama in North Carolina, USA, the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team are still without a head coach.
And there is still little sign of warming relations between Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams and technical director Anton Corneal, who served as caretaker coach for the Women Soca Warriors during last month’s Caribbean Championship in Jamaica.
The upcoming Concacaf competition serves as a qualifying series for the France 2019 World Cup. However, Corneal said he would only consider continuing as caretaker coach under two conditions: that the appointment is sanctioned by the TTFA board; and John-Williams makes a significant step towards rectifying the football body’s supposed breach of its TD’s contract.
“My contract has been breached in four different ways,” Corneal told Wired868, “and that is non-payment of salary, non-payment of an agreed monthly sum for previous money owed to me, failure to provide a vehicle and failure to meet agreed lump sum payment (due every six months, as another part of the deal to pay off the technical director).
“[…] I gave them 14 days to come back to me with some plan to remedy that and nobody came back to me yet. So I am going to allow my lawyer to advise me on this situation.”
Corneal quit as technical director under the Raymond Tim Kee administration in 2014 with the TTFA owing him a six figure sum for unpaid salaries. In August 2017, he returned to the post under the current administration, as part of a deal that would allow the football body more time to satisfy the debt to its former employee.
Corneal resumed work without a signed contract from his employers.
“They had to rectify one part of the contract before they could sign and the president needed to give the GS the go-ahead,” he said. “I came into this job in August of last year and requested that signature every two months up until now.
“[…] Why do that unless they knew they were not going to honour it. But they have paid me something towards [their debt to me], so it means there must be some kind of agreement. So I will leave it for the lawyers to deal with that.”
In the 13 months since his return, Corneal said he got one lump sum payment (but not in full), five months’ worth of payment for the TTFA’s debt and eight months’ salary.
“All I have is a bunch of unfulfilled promises,” said Corneal. “The biggest problem is not knowing. Nobody picks up the phone to say I am not going to be paid this month. So we don’t know if we will be paid or not; and that is disrespectful.
“I am very much aware that [Men’s National Under-20 coach] Russell [Latapy] is going through the same thing with the same type of disrespect. People don’t do people that; it is nearly inhumane.”
Even as Corneal awaits feedback from the TTFA, the local football body signalled its intention to continue its Women’s World Cup preparations without him if necessary.
Yesterday, TTFA board member Richard Quan Chan—in his supposed role as technical committee chairman—recommended Shawn Cooper to the board as the new head coach of the Women’s Soca Warriors.
Cooper, a former Men’s National Under-17 Team coach, was brought into the women’s programme last month, after Corneal drafted him to serve as his assistant.
“I am requesting your support and approval for the appointment of Mr Shawn Cooper as the coach of the National Ladies Football Team that is preparing to participate in the final leg of the World Cup qualifier due in October 2018,” stated Quan Chan, via email. “With the existing situation, inclusive of the time constraints and having also reviewed the resume of others that have expressed interest in the position—along with discussions with the TD [Corneal] and the team manager [Jinelle James], I am recommending Mr Cooper as the person most suitable to coach the team at this time and ask for your support and approval for Mr Cooper to the position.
“Your response can be forwarded to myself and the GS. Thanking you for [your] responses.”
According to the TTFA constitution, the board of directors is the only body responsible for coaching appointments—a fact that was overlooked when Corneal was named caretaker in the first place.
Fellow TTFA board member Keith Look Loy rejected the premise of Quan Chan’s missive on several grounds.
“I do not know what authority you rely on to recommend anyone to be a coach of any TTFA national team,” Look Loy retorted. “The so-called meeting (30 June 2018) that appointed you to the post of chairman of the Technical Committee was illegal, as it failed to achieve a quorum. I will challenge your so-called appointment among the membership and in the media and expose you as part of the dictatorial charade being conducted by the TTFA President and his clique, of which you are decidedly a member.
“My advice to you, to the TTFA President and the TTFA General Secretary is that the aborted meeting of 29 August 2018 be recalled according to the TTFA Constitution.
“Finally, I do not consent to an important decision such as the appointment of a national coach be taken by email, and without the Board even knowing who the other applicants are, or what their resumes look like. That is ludicrous. Call a proper Board meeting.”
Look Loy’s stance was supported by Collin Partap, who is the Central Football Association’s (CFA) representative on the board and a former UNC MP for Couva/Manzanilla.
“I am in complete agreement with Mr Look Loy on this issue,” wrote Partap. “I [would] like to know who were the other applicants? Who are are the members of the committee? When was the board appointed and was there a quorum?
“And is this how we deal with important issues affecting football in this country? Call a board meeting now.”
Quan Chan admitted that the TTFA’s “technical committee” was not fully functional and comprised of just Corneal and himself. And, since Corneal was in the running for the women’s coaching post, Quan Chan made the decision alone, after “discussions with a number of football people.”
He confirmed that former Haiti Women’s National Senior Team coach Stephan De Four and ex-Guaya United coach James Baird were on a five-man shortlist for the job, which he eventually offered to Cooper.
“We are cash strapped, so any decision we have to make must be based on economy,” said Quan Chan. “Football today is a very expensive thing and coaches do not come cheap.”
It is a far cry from January 2017 when the TTFA hired a four-member foreign staff of Carolina Morace, Nicola Williams, Elisabetta Bavagnoli and Manuela Tesse to head the women’s programme at an estimated cost of US$24,000 per month.
Within six months, they had all left after alleged non-payment of salaries by the TTFA and Morace, a qualified attorney, told Wired868 that she initiated legal proceedings, so as to be paid up for her two year contract.
Quan Chan was non-plussed about the responses from Look Loy and Partap and said he is waiting to hear what other board members have to say about Cooper’s proposed appointment. He does not think it necessary to hold a board meeting for the matter.
“I don’t have the authority to call a board meeting, so I am using technology,” said Quan Chan.“Like everything else in today’s world we can [come to a decision by] round robin… I didn’t ask the president to call a board meeting because I sent out an email to board members.
“I am hoping to get information from the other members of the board by today, so I can inform the executive as to the decision of the board.”
The current TTFA constitution does not recognise an ‘executive’, and the board of directors is entrusted with handling the business of the local football body. As president, John-Williams is the chairman of the board while his vice-presidents, Ewing Davis and Joanne Salazar—Allan Warner is suspended due to repeat absences from meetings—are ordinary board members.
According to article 37.5 of the constitution: “the decisions taken by the board of directors shall come into effect immediately, unless the board of directors decides otherwise.”
Quan Chan hinted that the local football body is operating under an informal two-tier approach at present.
“If you look at the government, you see you have members of parliament and you have the cabinet,” said Quan Chan. “So when the MPs say things, it still needs final approval from cabinet. So I forward what happens to the president and the VPs, although they are part of the board too.”
Quan Chan confirmed that the Men’s National Under-17 programme is dormant and has been for the past five months, due to financial issues.
“We have nothing on the front burner with [the under-17 team],” said Quan Chan. “The teams in focus now are the ladies and the under-20s [who play in October and November respectively]. Efforts are being made to raise money so we can put those programmes fully into play.
“[…] Remember the monies that are owed to these two gentlemen, in both cases, are prior to 2014… But at this time, the Association is really cash strapped. [Those debts] have nothing to do with the present administration…”
Wired868 asked if that meant the TTFA met all its salary obligations to Corneal and Latapy.
“Well no, some salary is outstanding,” said Quan Chan. “I cannot tell you how much the salary backlog is because I do not deal with that money aspect of it. The best person to talk about that would be the president or the general secretary.”
Wired868 asked general secretary Justin Latapy-George why the local football body has not met its financial obligations to his half-brother, Latapy, and Corneal.
“I would have to say ‘no comment’,” said Latapy-George.
Why has the TTFA not given Corneal a signed contract?
“No comment.”
And what about Corneal’s position with the women’s team and the TTFA’s process of selecting a coach?
“Mr Corneal did meet with the president and myself and articulated his position and that is receiving our full attention as we speak,” said Latapy-George. “As far as the appointment of a women’s coach, my understanding is it has to go to the board for their approval.”
If Cooper is appointed, he does not foresee any problem in combining the new job with his current coaching duties in the Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) and the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) competitions.
At present, QPCC lead the 14-team TTSL standings and are in the League Cup semifinals while Presentation College (San Fernando) are the defending Premier Division champions.
“This tournament is just for two weeks and the women’s preparation happens in the morning,” said Cooper, “so it doesn’t affect me preparing Presentation or Queen’s Park. […] Also I have competent assistants in the school and at Queen’s Park.
“This happened before when I was the head coach of the National Under-17 Team and I was actually in Colombia with the national team when we won the Big Five competition with my assistant Dunstan Williams…”
In theory, the TTFA could get a two for one deal with Corneal and Cooper. Both have a long-standing relationship and Corneal travelled as technical director with Cooper’s National Under-17 Team in 2013.
“Once [my talks with John-Williams work] out, yes, I will go with Cooper as technical director,” said Corneal. “But if they continue to ignore me, why would I go to the US and I don’t know how I will live?”
A 35-member Trinidad and Tobago’s Women’s Team shortlist for the Concacaf competition was revealed today, which includes former captain Maylee Attin-Johnson and Ahkeela Mollon, who were not selected for the Caribbean Championship.
Wired868 understands the players were named after consultations between various technical staff members and may still be altered if necessary
“I didn’t create shortlist but at this stage it is customary that you will have everyone possible on the list in case you want to use them,” said Corneal. “So it gives the next coach the option to use everyone.”
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Forumites, I read this on today's Newsday. This is unbelivable. What is really happening here?
https://newsday.co.tt/2018/09/13/tt-footballers-beg-for-food-water-for-us-training-camp/
A PAIR of frustrated national women footballers, Arin King and Lauryn Hutchinson, has taken to social media to issue a plea for help to ensure that the TT women's team qualify for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France.
The TT Football Association (TTFA), under the presidency of David John-Williams, is yet to appoint a coach for the national team, ahead of the CONCACAF Women's Championship, which will take place in the United States from October 4-17.
Eight teams will compete at the CONCACAF Women's Championship for three automatic spots at next year's World Cup.
The Canadian-born King, on her Facebook page, posted earlier today, "21 days away from our final stage of World Cup Qualifiers!! NO CAMP & NO OFFICIAL COACH! This is madness. Help us make a change for Women’s Football and to inspire Trinidad and Tobago! #ISTANDWITHTTWSW We are simply asking for support. #RoadToFrance2019 #EQUALITY"
Hutchinson has called for interested persons to support a proposed training camp in Richmond, Virginia where she lives, in terms of accommodation for the TT players, meals and/or training gear.
"We wanna bring the team to Richmond, we wanna create our own camp. If you have any resources that you can donate to us, please, please, please reach out to me," Hutchinson said.
Ironically, the national team suffered similar struggles during their campaign for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada. In 2014, former coach Randy Waldrum posted a tweet outlining the lack of support the team received ahead of the CONCACAF Championship. Impoverished Haiti had pledged a donation then to assist their Caribbean neighbours.
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How many in the 35 provisional are visa-ready?
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Forumites, I read this on today's Newsday. This is unbelivable. What is really happening here?
The natural consequence of the past. Past sheggery begets future sheggery.
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By the way, isn't it certain that one way or the other they would have been without J. Shabazz because of the location of the tournament?
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By the way, isn't it certain that one way or the other they would have been without J. Shabazz because of the location of the tournament?
Maybe that's why he leggo the post.
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pls no local tnt coach nah...... :banginghead:
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WATCH: Trinidad and Tobago defender Lauryn Hutchinson pleads for support (https://twitter.com/socawarriors/status/1040310669386702848) as the Women Soca Warriors aim to take matters into their own hands in order to prepare for the 2018 CONCACAF Womens Championship.
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By the way, isn't it certain that one way or the other they would have been without J. Shabazz because of the location of the tournament?
Maybe that's why he leggo the post.
Therefore the underlying point is that the TTFA would have been on notice of the need for a suitable coaching arrangement for this upcoming October tournament even prior to the CAC Games several weeks ago (July 19 - August 3?
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By the way, isn't it certain that one way or the other they would have been without J. Shabazz because of the location of the tournament?
Maybe that's why he leggo the post.
That reads like bait.
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Sean Cooper may be the coach.
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By the way, isn't it certain that one way or the other they would have been without J. Shabazz because of the location of the tournament?
Maybe that's why he leggo the post.
That reads like bait.
From the word that has been out there, he is persona non-grata according to the US. Imagine if he was a Latas or Dwight. We arse up the creek when we have away games in the US. You see what they did to Rafael Marquez of Mexico. Don't forget Marvin Oliver could not go to the US.
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By the way, isn't it certain that one way or the other they would have been without J. Shabazz because of the location of the tournament?
Maybe that's why he leggo the post.
That reads like bait.
Nah yuh thinking of Contro, dey.
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I saw Hutchinson put the federation on blast for lack of resources and funding before the tournament.
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T&T Women footballers beg for food, water for US training camp.
By Joel Bailey (Newsday).
A PAIR of frustrated national women footballers, Arin King and Lauryn Hutchinson, has taken to social media to issue a plea for help to ensure that the T&T women's team qualify for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France.
The TT Football Association (TTFA), under the presidency of David John-Williams, is yet to appoint a coach for the national team, ahead of the CONCACAF Women's Championship, which will take place in the United States from October 4-17.
Eight teams will compete at the CONCACAF Women's Championship for three automatic spots at next year's World Cup.
The Canadian-born King, on her Facebook page, posted earlier today, "21 days away from our final stage of World Cup Qualifiers!! NO CAMP & NO OFFICIAL COACH! This is madness. Help us make a change for Women’s Football and to inspire Trinidad and Tobago! #ISTANDWITHTTWSW We are simply asking for support. #RoadToFrance2019 #EQUALITY"
Hutchinson has called for interested persons to support a proposed training camp in Richmond, Virginia where she lives, in terms of accommodation for the T&T players, meals and/or training gear.
"We wanna bring the team to Richmond, we wanna create our own camp. If you have any resources that you can donate to us, please, please, please reach out to me," Hutchinson said.
Ironically, the national team suffered similar struggles during their campaign for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada. In 2014, former coach Randy Waldrum posted a tweet outlining the lack of support the team received ahead of the CONCACAF Championship. Impoverished Haiti had pledged a donation then to assist their Caribbean neighbours.
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Women footballers begging for help.
By Walter Alibey (Guardian).
Disrespected is how some players of the T&T Women's team feel about the treatment meted out to them on the verge of the October 4-17 Concacaf Women's Championship which will be a qualifier for the FIFA Women's World Cup in France next year.
The team does not have a coach after the contract of care-taker coach Anton Corneal expired at the end of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Qualifiers in Kingston Jamaica last month. And although Shawn Cooper, who was Corneal's assistant at the CFU qualifiers, was given the nod for the coaching job, doubt surrounded his selection after Keith Look Loy, a member of the Board of Directors of the T&T Football Association, has vowed to challenge the validity of the appointment, saying the Annual General Meeting (AGM) that the TTFA claimed to have selected Technical Committee Chairman Richard Quan Chan on June 30 this year, did not have a quorum.
However, yesterday, two players, goalkeeper Saundra Baron and defender Arin King took to social media to highlight their concerns, saying their problems stem from lack or no support from the parent football association. Baron, who represented T&T during a CFU Women's Challenge earlier this year at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva, said, " I made an app and the hashtag says I stand with T&T Women's Soca Warriors. I made the graphic because we are being disrespected. We can't go on like this, they're treating us like we're nothing."
King on the other-hand called on anyone wishing to provide help for the team's preparation. "Right now my teammates and I are struggling to put together the resources we need to qualify for a World Cup. Four years ago it was the same story, the same narrative but it's even worse this time. We do not have a ton of resources and a lot of it comes from our association, but this is where you come in."
She added, "Right now, today, we do not have an official training camp ahead of Concacaf. We want to bring the team to Richmond, we want to create our own camp. If you have any resources that you can donate to us please reach out to me. If you want to host a player at your home for a few days if you have extra water if you have got snacks or bananas or anything that you can donate if you can buy a t-shirt so I can get my teammates here."
King said her social media account is usually to inspiring others and highlight positivity, but at this point, she really needed the help of the public. "Transportation, support, field time, training, strength and conditioning, anything you are willing to donate, please help us. Let's get the team to Richmond asap because right now we have no support, we have not coached. Supporting us is not only gonna help me. It's gonna inspire all the little girls in Richmond and around the United States that follow the sport, and it's going to inspire an entire nation, the nation of T&T."
The T&T team has been drawn in group 'A' of Women's Championship, alongside USA, Panama and Mexico. T&T opens its campaign against the Panamanians on October 4, before facing Mexico and the United States on October 7 and 10 respectively.
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politics aside, this is so outrageous. shameful.
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Minister Cudjoe meets with TTFA Re: Women’s National Football Team
Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs
The Honourable Shamfa Cudjoe, Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs along with senior officials of the Ministry met today with General Secretary of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), Mr. Justin Latapy-George and Ms. Jinelle James, Manager of the Women’s National Football Team, in light of the recent claims circulating on Social Media in relation to the lack of support shown to the Trinidad and Tobago Senior Women’s Football Team.
The Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs advises the public that no formal request was made to the Ministry by TTFA for assistance for the CONCACAF qualifiers for the FIFA women’s World Cup, or any other activities this year. Last week, a request was made for assistance with transportation for the locally based players to be transported to and from training at the Ato Boldon and Mannie Ramjohn Stadia in Trinidad. To this end, the Ministry has provided its buses to be used by the team.
On Monday September 10,, 2018, Ms. Janelle James contacted Mr. Patrice Charles, Director of Physical Education and Sport, MSYA to inquire about assistance for the team, in its efforts to have the foreign based players travel to Trinidad to join the locally based players for training. Mr. Patrice Charles provided the necessary guidance to Ms. James and informed her that a formal detailed request must be submitted by the TTFA, on its letterhead, to the Ministry, since the TTFA is the National Governing Body that has remit over the national team. However, on Tuesday 11th September 2018, the MSYA through Mr. Patrice Charles received an informal email from Ms. Jinelle James, Women’s National Team Manager requesting a total of $159,360. to cover the cost of airfare for 28 persons, in the effort to have all foreign based players travel to Trinidad for training and preparation.
Following the developments in the media relating to the issue, Minister Shamfa Cudjoe called the management of TTFA to a meeting to discuss and attempt to resolve the matter.
At today’s meeting, Mr. Justin Latapy-George, General Secretary of TTFA, claimed that neither he, nor the executive of TTFA were aware of the proposal being made by Ms. James and he requested that Ms. James’ proposal be withdrawn with immediate effect. Mr. Latapy-George further stated that the executive of TTFA is in the process of considering other options, contrary to what Ms. James proposed, to facilitate the preparation of the players, that may consist of having the locally based players travel to the USA to train with the foreign based players, rather than have the USA based players fly to Trinidad. He also stated that the TTFA executive is also in the process of finalizing arrangements for a coach and other technical support for the team.
Mr. Latapy-George stated that the executive would like the opportunity to meet and reason with the team’s management in order to properly discuss the matter at hand, and subsequently produce a detailed proposal along with a formal request for funding to the Ministry.
Minister Cudjoe reminded the TTFA officials that time is of the essence, and that the team is depending on the TTFA management to work diligently and harmoniously in the best interest of dedicated players, and football by extension.
Minister Cudjoe gave the officials a deadline of Monday September 17, 2018, no later than 12:00 pm, to submit the relevant proposal for consideration by the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs.
Given the fact that the end of fiscal year 2017/2018 is upon us, the Ministry will explore all possible means in order to provide the necessary assistance to the team, once the required documents are submitted.
The Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs remains committed to providing the relevant support in ensuring that T&T attains the highest standard of athletes at the international level. Further, the future of sport in Trinidad and Tobago is in good hands under the leadership and guidance of the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs.
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Leadership from the top is lacking severely.
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Sports Minister addresses natl women’s team fiasco, tells TTFA.
By Andrew Gioannetti (Guardian).
Time is of the essence
A MEETING between Minister of Sport Shamfa Cudjoe, the TT Football Association (TTFA) general secretary Justin Latapy-George and national women’s team manager Jinelle James took place yesterday to discuss issues surrounding funding for the senior women’s national team.
The release noted that no formal request for financial assistance was made by the TT Football Association (TTFA) for financial assistance for the Concacaf Women’s Championships or any other activities this year.
The release concluded that Latapy-George, in the meeting, said the executive “would like the opportunity to meet and reason with the team’s management in order to properly discuss the matter at hand, and subsequently produce a detailed proposal along with a formal request for funding to the Ministry.”
According to the ministry, the only request for assistance from the TTFA was for transport for players based in TT.
“On Monday September 10, 2018, Ms. Jinelle James (manager of the women’s team) contacted Mr. Patrice Charles, Director of Physical Education and Sport, MSYA to inquire about assistance for the team, in its efforts to have the foreign based players travel to Trinidad to join the locally based players for training.”
According to the Ministry, Charles advised James that a detailed request must be submitted by the TTFA, as the governing body, to the ministry.
“However, on Tuesday 11th September 2018, the MSYA through Mr Patrice Charles received an informal email from Ms Jinelle James, Women’s National Team Manager requesting a total of $159,360. to cover the cost of airfare for 28 persons, in the effort to have all foreign based players travel to Trinidad for training and preparation,” the release noted.
Cudjoe then called a meeting between the TTFA and the Ministry, which took place yesterday.
“At today’s meeting, Mr Justin Latapy-George, General Secretary of TTFA, claimed that neither he, nor the executive of TTFA were aware of the proposal being made by Ms James and he requested that Ms. James’ proposal be withdrawn with immediate effect. Mr. Latapy-George further stated that the executive of TTFA is in the process of considering other options, contrary to what Ms. James proposed, to facilitate the preparation of the players, that may consist of having the locally based players travel to the USA to train with the foreign based players, rather than have the USA based players fly to Trinidad.” The release noted that Latapy-George claimed the TTFA was in the process of finalising arrangements for the appointment of a coach and other technical support for the team.
“Mr Latapy-George stated that the executive would like the opportunity to meet and reason with the team’s management in order to properly discuss the matter at hand, and subsequently produce a detailed proposal along with a formal request for funding to the Ministry.
“Minister Cudjoe reminded the TTFA officials that time is of the essence, and that the team is depending on the TTFA management to work diligently and harmoniously in the best interest of dedicated players, and football by extension.
“Minister Cudjoe gave the officials a deadline of Monday September 17, 2018, no later than 12 pm, to submit the relevant proposal for consideration by the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs.
“Given the fact that the end of fiscal year 2017/2018 is upon us, the Ministry will explore all possible means in order to provide the necessary assistance to the team, once the required documents are submitted.
“The Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs remains committed to providing the relevant support in ensuring that T&T attains the highest standard of athletes at the international level. Further, the future of sport in Trinidad and Tobago is in good hands under the leadership and guidance of the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs,” the release concluded.
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Board split over DJW and Quan Chan’s attempt to appoint women’s coach without meeting .
Lasana Liburd (Wired868).
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s (TTFA) board of directors is split down the middle over the body’s attempt to appoint Shawn Cooper as head coach of the Women’s National Senior Team without a board meeting.
At present, there are 12 active board members—inclusive of TTFA president and board chairman David John-Williams and his vice-presidents, Ewing Davis and Joanne Salazar. And, as of this evening, six members have indicated that they were not prepared to rubber stamp Cooper’s appointment without a formal meeting.
Article 36(j) of the TTFA constitution stipulates that the board “shall appoint the coaches for the representative teams and other technical staff.”
However, technical committee chairman Richard Quan Chan, who is also the Southern Football Association (SFA) president, suggested that board members do so via email.
“I don’t have the authority to call a board meeting, so I am using technology,” Quan Chan told Wired868. “Like everything else in today’s world we can [come to a decision by] round robin… I didn’t ask the president [David John-Williams] to call a board meeting because I sent out an email to board members.”
Keith Look Loy, the Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) president, immediately shot down Quan Chan’s proposal on several grounds and insisted that a board meeting be held.
And Look Loy’s call has since been echoed—in some aspects, at least—by fellow board members Collin Partap (Central Football Association), Sharon Warrick (Women’s League Football), Joseph Taylor (Trinidad and Tobago Football Referees Association), Julia Baptiste (TT Pro League) and Karanjabari Williams (Northern Football Association).
The remaining board members who have not weighed in so far are: Anthony Moore (Tobago FA) and Wayne Cunningham (Eastern FA).
The TTFA has not held a board meeting since June while John-Williams did not attend their last attempted meeting on Wednesday 29 August, which ended without a quorum. According to the constitution, the “president shall convene the meetings of the board of directors at least once every two months.”
Partap, a former UNC MP for Couva/Manzanilla, was the first board member to back Look Loy.
“I am in complete agreement with Mr Look Loy on this issue,” stated Partap, via email to the TTFA board. “I [would] like to know who were the other [coaching] applicants? Who are are the members of the committee? When was the board appointed and was there a quorum?
“And is this how we deal with important issues affecting football in this country? Call a board meeting now.”
Quan Chan, in a direct response to Partap alone, gave some insight into the selection of Cooper as well as the exclusion of technical director Anton Corneal, who served as caretaker coach for the Women Soca Warriors at last month’s Caribbean Championship.
“In a meeting last week, Mr Corneal […] indicated his willingness [to] continue if he is paid a tidy sum of money and the FA will receive a pre action protocol letter shortly,” said Quan Chan. “Shawn Cooper was the assistant coach for the team [that] went to Jamaica and already [has] some knowledge of the players and the style they play, I thought it was the best fit at this time…”
The technical committee chairman—whose appointment has been deemed illegal by Look Loy—urged Partap to support Cooper’s appointment by email, in the interest of time.
“Colin (sic) in every aspect of life we are faced with the politics of different situations and personally I try as much as possible to keep focused on the task,” said Quan Chan. “In this instant we have serious time constraints and a lack of funds…
There is not (sic) disrespect intended in my approach but my focus was and is the preparation of the National Ladies Football Team.
“[…] While it might have been best for a board meeting to be convened I do not have the authority to so to do.”
Although Quan Chan pointed to time as a key factor, the Women’s Team returned to Trinidad since 3 September—which meant he and/or John-Williams had nine days to draw up a shortlist of candidates to present to the board. Several board members said they were prepared to attend a meeting on the appointment of a women’s coach within 24 hours, if necessary.
Quan Chan’s claim that he does not have the authority to call a board meeting to formally propose Cooper as head coach, also suggests, arguably, that John-Williams is unwilling to do so.
The TTFA president has refused to respond to Wired868 on local football business. Some board members appear to also have difficulty in getting straight answers.
Taylor urged general secretary Justin Latapy-George to set the date for another board meeting as soon as possible.
“Matters are not being constitutionally addressed and this cannot continue,” stated Taylor. “Requested information, decisions that have being announced and several other concerns of members need to be addressed and the refrain of ‘noted or acknowledged’, must be considered an insult at this time.
“The proper and right place to discuss and decide on these several important issues is at a board meeting.”
Warrick, Baptiste and Williams (K) concurred.
“I am in full support of my fellow board member Mr Keith Look Loy’s stance,” said Warrick, the WoLF vice-president. “All the Board members must be made aware of all the applicants and meet to decide the best choice available.”
“I too am very interested in when the next meeting would be held,” said Baptiste, “as I think that there are very important things that need to be discussed as a Board. And given that [today] would make it two weeks since the last meeting was called and did not come off due to the lack of a quorum.
“I look forward with anticipation for the new date.”
Williams (K) told the Latapy-George that he did not want to be party to a violation of the constitution, as he referenced article 36(j).
“I write this email as a reminder that we must be guided by the constitution,” stated the NFA representative. “If the appointment is in fact true, this is in violation of TTFA constitution as it states that appointment of coaches should be done by the Board.
“[…] My humble suggestion is that a board meeting is called to rectify this situation and the other issues that are currently plaguing the organization.”
Quan Chan, John-Williams and his vice-presidents apart, the lone show of support so far has come TFA representation, Moore, who said: “I have no objection to the recommendation of the technical committee.”
At present, the Women Warriors have 22 days before their opening 2018 Concacaf Championship fixture against Panama on Thursday 4 October in North Carolina, USA. Trinidad and Tobago are drawn in Group A along with Panama, Mexico and the United States.
The Concacaf tournament serves as the qualifying series for the France 2019 Women’s World Cup, with the top three nations in the confederation automatically advancing to the FIFA tournament while the fourth placed team head into a play off with South America’s third place finisher.
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Andrew Gioannetti (Newsday)
Time is of the essence
Sports Minister addresses natl women’s team fiasco, tells TTFA:
A MEETING between Minister of Sport Shamfa Cudjoe, the TT Football Association (TTFA) general secretary Justin Latapy-George and national women’s team manager Jinelle James took place yesterday to discuss issues surrounding funding for the senior women’s national team.
The release noted that no formal request for financial assistance was made by the TT Football Association (TTFA) for financial assistance for the Concacaf Women’s Championships or any other activities this year.
The release concluded that Latapy-George, in the meeting, said the executive “would like the opportunity to meet and reason with the team’s management in order to properly discuss the matter at hand, and subsequently produce a detailed proposal along with a formal request for funding to the Ministry.”
According to the ministry, the only request for assistance from the TTFA was for transport for players based in TT.
“On Monday September 10, 2018, Ms. Jinelle James (manager of the women’s team) contacted Mr. Patrice Charles, Director of Physical Education and Sport, MSYA to inquire about assistance for the team, in its efforts to have the foreign based players travel to Trinidad to join the locally based players for training.”
According to the Ministry, Charles advised James that a detailed request must be submitted by the TTFA, as the governing body, to the ministry.
“However, on Tuesday 11th September 2018, the MSYA through Mr Patrice Charles received an informal email from Ms Jinelle James, Women’s National Team Manager requesting a total of $159,360. to cover the cost of airfare for 28 persons, in the effort to have all foreign based players travel to Trinidad for training and preparation,” the release noted.
Cudjoe then called a meeting between the TTFA and the Ministry, which took place yesterday.
“At today’s meeting, Mr Justin Latapy-George, General Secretary of TTFA, claimed that neither he, nor the executive of TTFA were aware of the proposal being made by Ms James and he requested that Ms. James’ proposal be withdrawn with immediate effect. Mr. Latapy-George further stated that the executive of TTFA is in the process of considering other options, contrary to what Ms. James proposed, to facilitate the preparation of the players, that may consist of having the locally based players travel to the USA to train with the foreign based players, rather than have the USA based players fly to Trinidad.” The release noted that Latapy-George claimed the TTFA was in the process of finalising arrangements for the appointment of a coach and other technical support for the team.
“Mr Latapy-George stated that the executive would like the opportunity to meet and reason with the team’s management in order to properly discuss the matter at hand, and subsequently produce a detailed proposal along with a formal request for funding to the Ministry.
“Minister Cudjoe reminded the TTFA officials that time is of the essence, and that the team is depending on the TTFA management to work diligently and harmoniously in the best interest of dedicated players, and football by extension.
“Minister Cudjoe gave the officials a deadline of Monday September 17, 2018, no later than 12 pm, to submit the relevant proposal for consideration by the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs.
“Given the fact that the end of fiscal year 2017/2018 is upon us, the Ministry will explore all possible means in order to provide the necessary assistance to the team, once the required documents are submitted.
“The Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs remains committed to providing the relevant support in ensuring that T&T attains the highest standard of athletes at the international level. Further, the future of sport in Trinidad and Tobago is in good hands under the leadership and guidance of the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs,” the release concluded
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Senior women footballers deja vu?
By Dr. Anand Rampersad (Guardian).
It seems like a case of déjà vu for the senior national women footballers. Four years ago, a few days before the start of the CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers for the 2015 FIFA World Cup in Canada, out of frustration the then coach Randy Waldrum pleaded with the TTFA to show his players respect. He tweeted “I need HELP! T&T sent a team here last night with $500 total. No equipment such as balls, no transportation from the airport to the hotel, nothing.” Waldrum's response/reaction or 'emotional disturbance' was brought about by administrative blunders by the TTFA. The Haitian team provided temporary relief by donating US$ 1300.00 to the national team to meet basic needs such as food and transportation.
In 2018, funding is an issue yet again with a breakdown in communication between the team's manager and the TTFA in terms of acquiring financial support from the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs (MSYA).
In 2014, the team did not play any competitive matches friendly international matches between the Caribbean Cup and the CONCACAF qualifiers. In 2018 the team has not played any competitive friendly internationals between the Caribbean Cup and two weeks before the start of the CONCACAF qualifiers against Panama on October 4th. The other teams in their group are Mexico and the USA. What does this say about their preparation? How serious are the administrators? What message is being sent to the players?
Unlike 2014, in 2018, with the start of the tournament on October 4th, the position of coach is shrouded in uncertainty owing in part to internal wrangling within the TTFA. The issue of the coach has continued to be a problem as Italian Carolina Morace and her three foreign assistants who were appointed in February 2017 to launch the national team women's programme have all departed.
The current problems facing the national senior team is coming on the heels of the national Under-15 team not participating in the CONCACAF Under-15 tournament in August owing to the late application for visas into the USA.
In 2014, the then TTFA president stated that the 'governance and structure of the organization is faulty'. Is it the same reason for the repeat situation that the women team faces today or is it something that only applies to the women's football? It is important for the TTFA to restore confidence in the public about its ability to efficiently, effectively and transparently organise football in the country. These lessons have to register quickly as greater challenges lay ahead. It cannot be business as usual.
"I don't feel it is necessary to know exactly what I am. The main interest in life and work is to become someone else that you were not in the beginning." Michel Foucault
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A former national player made a tongue-in-cheek statement yesterday. he said this is not DJW fault. It is the zonal heads that keep voting for him or abstaining on an agenda that suits his modus operandi. Blame them.
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all of this just normal ting in T&T sports. Athletes not getting the right equipment, training gear. Scheduling gone wrong, passports not given to athletes on time, plane tickets not ready, hotel accommodations not yet arranged, Training not planned, coaching and coaching staff not paid or not paid on time. What else?
Seems like the regular ting in T&T football for years
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A former national player made a tongue-in-cheek statement yesterday. he said this is not DJW fault. It is the zonal heads that keep voting for him or abstaining on an agenda that suits his modus operandi. Blame them.
This is true. They need to take a lot of de blame.
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Shamfa: TTFA never submitted formal proposal to assist Women’s Team; gives Monday deadline.
By Lasana Liburd (Wired868).
Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Shamfa Cudjoe has given the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) until noon on Monday to submit a formal proposal seeking financial assistance for the Women’s National Senior Team, after the football body admitted to mangling its application for government funding.
On Tuesday, Women Soca Warriors manager Jinelle James contacted Sports Ministry Director of Physical Education and Sport, Patrice Charles, to request TT$159,360 to cover the cost or airfare for 28 players to Trinidad for training and preparation.
However, according to a release from the Sport Ministry, the request was done informally by email and not sent—as Charles specifically instructed—on a TTFA letterhead.
And, as it transpired, TTFA general secretary Justin Latapy-George and the TTFA board allegedly knew nothing about James’ proposal.
“At today’s meeting, [Latapy-George] claimed that neither he, nor the executive of TTFA were aware of the proposal being made by Ms James,” stated the MSYA release, “and he requested that Ms James’ proposal be withdrawn with immediate effect.
“Mr Latapy-George further stated that the executive of [the] TTFA is in the process of considering other options—contrary to what Ms James proposed—to facilitate the preparation of the players, that may consist of having the locally based players travel to the USA to train with the foreign based players, rather than have the USA based players fly to Trinidad.”
Cudjoe gave the local football body roughly 60 hours to get its business together for the sake of the Women Soca Warriors.
Incidentally, the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Under-15 Team were forced to forfeit their own Concacaf tournament in July, after the football body’s late application for US visas. Latapy-George subsequently met with the US Embassy to smoothen over relations, after TTFA president David John-Williams called Embassy Chargé d’Affaires John McIntyre a liar.
John-Williams did not attend the follow-up meeting with McIntyre; and he did not meet Cudjoe today either, as the Sport Minister tried to get to the bottom of cries for help from the Women Warriors.
The Women’s Senior Team does not have a head coach at present and John-Williams cannot legally appoint one without the support of his board. However, the football president has so far resisted requests to have a board meeting.
Today, six TTFA board members formally invoked article 35 of the constitution to force John-Williams to meet to discuss: the appointment of a technical staff to the Women’s National Team, the status of the Men’s Under-17 and Under-20 teams, and refereeing issues previously tabled by the TTFRA.
Article 35 states:
“The President shall convene the meetings of the Board of Directors at least once every two months. Moreover, if 50% of the members of the Board of Directors request a meeting in writing, the President shall convene it within ten days.
“If the President does not convene the requested meeting by the aforementioned period of time, the other members of the Board of Directors may convene it themselves.”
However, the deadline set by the constitution gives John-Williams until 24 September to call the board meeting. If he does not choose to meet the board earlier, the women could potentially have as little as 10 days with their new coach before they face Panama in the 2018 Concacaf Championship, which serves as a qualifying series for the France 2019 World Cup.
The board members who demanded that John-Williams address the Women’s National Senior Team are: Karanjabari Williams (Northern FA), Joseph Taylor (Trinidad and Tobago Football Referees Association), Sharon Warrick (Women’s League Football), Julia Baptiste (TT Pro League), Collin Partap (Central Football Association) and Keith Look Loy (TTSL).
The remaining board members are: John-Williams (president), Joanne Salazar and Ewing Davis (vice-presidents), Richard Quan Chan (Southern FA), Anthony Moore (Tobago FA) and Wayne Cunningham (Eastern FA).
The following is the full release from the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs on today’s meeting with the TTFA, which was attended by Latapy-George and James:
The Honourable Shamfa Cudjoe, Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs along with senior officials of the Ministry met today with General Secretary of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), Mr Justin Latapy-George and Ms Jinelle James, Manager of the Women’s National Football Team, in light of the recent claims circulating on Social Media in relation to the lack of support shown to the Trinidad and Tobago Senior Women’s Football Team.
The Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs advises the public that no formal request was made to the Ministry by TTFA for assistance for the CONCACAF qualifiers for the FIFA women’s World Cup, or any other activities this year.
Last week, a request was made for assistance with transportation for the locally based players to be transported to and from training at the Ato Boldon and Mannie Ramjohn Stadia in Trinidad. To this end, the Ministry has provided its buses to be used by the team.
On Monday September 10, 2018, Ms Janelle James contacted Mr Patrice Charles, Director of Physical Education and Sport, MSYA to inquire about assistance for the team, in its efforts to have the foreign based players travel to Trinidad to join the locally based players for training. Mr Patrice Charles provided the necessary guidance to Ms James and informed her that a formal detailed request must be submitted by the TTFA, on its letterhead, to the Ministry, since the TTFA is the National Governing Body that has remit over the national team.
However, on Tuesday 11th September 2018, the MSYA through Mr Patrice Charles received an informal email from Ms Jinelle James, Women’s National Team Manager requesting a total of $159,360 to cover the cost of airfare for 28 persons, in the effort to have all foreign based players travel to Trinidad for training and preparation.
Following the developments in the media relating to the issue, Minister Shamfa Cudjoe called the management of TTFA to a meeting to discuss and attempt to resolve the matter.
At today’s meeting, Mr Justin Latapy-George, General Secretary of TTFA, claimed that neither he, nor the executive of TTFA were aware of the proposal being made by Ms James and he requested that Ms James’ proposal be withdrawn with immediate effect.
Mr Latapy-George further stated that the executive of TTFA is in the process of considering other options, contrary to what Ms James proposed, to facilitate the preparation of the players, that may consist of having the locally based players travel to the USA to train with the foreign based players, rather than have the USA based players fly to Trinidad. He also stated that the TTFA executive is also in the process of finalizing arrangements for a coach and other technical support for the team.
Mr Latapy-George stated that the executive would like the opportunity to meet and reason with the team’s management in order to properly discuss the matter at hand, and subsequently produce a detailed proposal along with a formal request for funding to the Ministry.
Minister Cudjoe reminded the TTFA officials that time is of the essence, and that the team is depending on the TTFA management to work diligently and harmoniously in the best interest of dedicated players, and football by extension.
Minister Cudjoe gave the officials a deadline of Monday September 17, 2018, no later than 12:00 pm, to submit the relevant proposal for consideration by the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs.
Given the fact that the end of fiscal year 2017/2018 is upon us, the Ministry will explore all possible means in order to provide the necessary assistance to the team, once the required documents are submitted.
The Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs remains committed to providing the relevant support in ensuring that T&T attains the highest standard of athletes at the international level. Further, the future of sport in Trinidad and Tobago is in good hands under the leadership and guidance of the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs.
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Cooper appointed women’s team coach.
By Joel Bailey (Newsday).
TTFA requests $$ for pre-tournament camp as…
THE TT Football Association (TTFA) have made a request for a pre-tournament camp for the national women’s football team, ahead of the CONCACAF Women’s Championship, which will take place in the United States from October 4-17.
So said TTFA general secretary Justin Latapy-George, during an interview yesterday.
And the TTFA, in a media release yesterday, also confirmed the appointment of Shawn Cooper as team coach for the CONCACAF Championship.
On Friday, Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, Shamfa Cudjoe, after a meeting with Latapy-George and TT women’s team manager Jinelle James, gave the TTFA until noon yesterday to submit a proposal for financial assistance for the squad, who are vying for a spot at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France.
Latapy-George admitted yesterday that the deadline was met.
He added that a reply was sent from Sports Company of TT executive manager, sports development, Anthony Creed, requesting some sub-totals to the request that was sent by the TTFA.
“That is what I’m working on, to re-send it to the Sports Company and the Ministry of Sports,” said Latapy-George.
Last Thursday, national team defender, US-born Lauryn Hutchinson, took to social media to request assistance for the TT-based players to travel to Richmond, Virginia (Hutchinson’s home town) for a pre-tournament camp. Hutchinson also called for help from anyone willing to accommodate the players, provide nutrients and clothing for the players.
Latapy-George commented, “Part of the request we sent to the Ministry of Sport, through the Sports Company (yesterday) morning included a request for a pre-tournament camp. It’s something that we usually try to do with all teams going into any major tournaments.”
The CONCACAF Championship involves eight teams battling for three automatic World Cup spots.
In the same release, the TTFA also outlined the sum of monies spent on the national women’s programme from November 2015 (when David John-Williams replaced Raymond Tim Kee as president) till now.
According to the TTFA, a total of $3,701,667.58 has been spent on player retainer contracts, salaries for technical staff members, overseas travels, medical supplies, transport and equipment.
The TTFA noted that technical committee head and board member Richard Quan Chan “prudently round robin the recommendation (of Cooper) for Board approval.”
The release continued, “Of the nine eligible voting members on (the) Board, five gave approval, one abstained and three did not approve.”
This decision has been met with condemnation from Keith Look Loy, outspoken board member and TT Super League president.
Look Loy said, “I am challenging those statistics. We have six members of the Board (who) called for a meeting under article 35 of the constitution to discuss this matter. Half of the Board has said ‘we do not approve of what’s happening and we need a meeting to discuss the (issue)’. I’m not surprised. The Board has 12 members.”
He continued, “No problem, let them proceed. We would hold to the position that this is an illegal appointment.”
Look Loy made it clear that he does not have an issue with Cooper, but in the manner of his appointment. “I understand the urgency of having a coach and a staff appointed to this team,” he said. “We all do. But things have to be done constitutionally and legally. The constitution is not a convenience.
“It is the law, and we have to abide by the law. All they had to do was call an official meeting where we could discuss it. How can they appoint anybody when they’re not telling us who applied? We do not know who applied, and there were multiple applications.”
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TTFA board still to rule on Cooper appointment; Waldrum, Hood declare coaching interest.
By Lasana Liburd (Wired868).
The Women Soca Warriors were promised the necessary funding for their upcoming Concacaf Championships in the United States by the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs. But the matter of their technical staff for the competition remains a contentious issue.
On Monday, Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams announced Shawn Cooper as the new head coach of the Women’s National Senior Team, via an unsigned press statement. However, Cooper’s appointment violated at least two articles of the TTFA constitution and was deemed illegal by board member Keith Look Loy.
Look Loy confirmed that at least seven of the football body’s 12 member board are committed to meeting on 24 September—the earliest time permitted by the constitution, once a request is ignored by the president—to discuss the women’s coaching job, the dormant Men’s Under-17 and Under-20 teams and local refereeing.
“We are going to go ahead with our meeting come what may,” he told Wired868. “It is not only about the Women’s Senior Team. The Women’s Under-15 Team that should have gone to the US haven’t even resumed training; and the Men’s Under-17 and Under-20 Teams are in total collapse.
“We have elite teams that are fully sponsored [by NLCB] and their coaches are not even paid. Yet they are falsifying figures and talking about how much they spend, when we have women players paying for their own luggage on national duty. Enough is enough.”
Look Loy admitted the close proximity of the Concacaf competition, which serves as a qualifying series for the 2019 France Women’s World Cup, creates a dilemma for board members who only want John-Williams to adhere to the constitution.
Trinidad and Tobago play their opening Concacaf fixture against Panama on 4 October in North Carolina. Cooper, who also coaches Presentation College (San Fernando) in the SSFL and Queen’s Park Cricket Club in the TTSL, has worked with the team for the past two months and is preparing the local-based Women Warriors at present.
It means the board must factor in whether a change, at this late stage, might be disastrous to the team’s qualification chances.
“Although [Cooper’s appointment] is illegal, in the real world they need a coach now and that is the rough patch they put us in,” said Look Loy. “All they had to do [when Jamaal Shabazz resigned as head coach on 8 August] was come clean and let us deal with it. But instead they went illegally with [Anton] Corneal and Cooper and they are doing it again with Cooper.
“All we are saying is they should follow the constitution… Now if we wait until the 24th, we are giving the girls a coach for two weeks. so they have put the women’s team in a no win situation.
“What they are telling us is we must either sacrifice the team or sacrifice the constitution. Therefore either democratic government and transparency or the team would be the loser here, although I am pretty sure both will lose from this.”
The board may yet have an interesting choice to make, though, as two coaches with significant experience with the current squad indicated that they were ready to take the reins, if asked.
Texan coach Randy Waldrum, alongside his son Ben Waldrum, led the Women Warriors to the 2014 Women’s Caribbean Championship title and then to within a whisker of the Canada 2015 World Cup. And, as far as he is concerned, he has unfinished business with the Trinidad and Tobago women’s programme.
“I would be interested in coaching the team,” said Waldrum, who is the head coach of the University of Pittsburgh at present. “I think some things would have to be worked out because I am in the middle of my season obviously; but I think if those things can be worked out, then certainly.
“What would have to happen is they would need to send the team here for preparation. If they can do that and my employers in Pittsburgh agree, it would allow me to work with [the Trinidad and Tobago team] as I continue with my season here.”
Waldrum was the first sacking of the John-Williams-led administration, as he was relieved of his duties just six weeks into the new president’s term.
At the time, John-Williams said he replaced Waldrum due the coach’s tardiness in submitting a comprehensive four-year plan for the Women’s Warriors and the list of players he wanted to use. The TTFA president gave the Texan four days to submit the paperwork; and Waldrum was exactly 59 minutes late.
“I contacted Randy Waldrum and I asked him for a proposal […] and the list of players he wanted to use,” said John-Williams, at the time. “[…] On January 7 at 12:59am, he (wrote) to me. I responded to him at 2.54 am and said: ‘Dear Randy. Thank you for your email which I received at 1 am this morning on the 7th of January 2016. I am disappointed to receive it so late’…”
John-Williams subsequently announced Police FC head coach Richard Hood, a former women’s national coach, as Waldrum’s replacement—even before the football body created a technical committee to advise on such decisions. Notably, Hood was not asked to do a four-year plan for the Women Warriors, let alone given less than a week to do it.
The policeman’s selection was allegedly motivated by a secret campaign promise from John-Williams. However, he lasted barely five weeks as national women’s head coach.
After their pre-tournament camp in Costa Rica mysteriously failed to materialise, Hood took the team into the 2016 Rio Olympic qualifying series with only a solitary practice match against an under-18 club team in the US. Yet, the Women Warriors advanced to the Concacaf semifinal stage before losing 5-0 to the US.
Hood never got another chance.
“I was asked to coach the team for the tournament and was told my performances would be assessed going forward,” said Hood, who felt a good showing at Concacaf level would have landed him the post permanently. “After the tournament, the president told me I did well. And then I read in the papers that a big international coach [Carolina Morace] was coming to take over the programme. And that was it.”
Like Waldrum, Hood also said he was happy to return to the top women’s job if a vacancy arose. Both men have conditions for their employment.
Waldrum is happy to coach for free in the Concacaf competition. Four years ago, he received stipends rather than a salary from the TTFA; but that allowed him to juggle the national post with his coaching jobs in the United States.
He would like more freedom to develop a programme for the local women’s game, though.
“My reasons for doing it aren’t the finances, that part wouldn’t be the concern for me,” said Waldrum. “If I did this, I would be doing it for the girls and not to help the federation… But I would like the opportunity to build something here. If they kept us on board and helped us create a program for the women, we would have been in a much better position now.
“I think there is a constant changing of coaches with no programs being set down. They are doing the same thing every four years, which is doing no planning and then trying to throw things together at the last minute.”
Hood, a policeman employed with the E999 branch, said he lost thousands of dollars in overtime when he last coached the team; and he got nothing but a stipend in return.
He revealed that, last year, either women’s head coach Jamaal Shabazz or director of football Muhammad Isa—now deceased—approached him with an offer to coach the Women’s Under-17 Team. The policeman asked for a contract and a salary. He never heard about the opportunity again.
Shabazz subsequently coached the Under-17 Team himself and they were eliminated in the Caribbean rounds.
“I think in the past I’ve been given the opportunity to coach the team under difficult circumstances and only for short periods,” said Hood. “I won’t be interested under those conditions again. If an offer is made with a substantial period of time then I would be interested but not just for this tournament.
“Every time I coached a women’s team, it has been going into a tournament and without proper preparation. That is the way it has been going, particularly for local coaches, and I think that is a disrespect to us. You are essentially not giving us an opportunity to succeed.”
Their potential coaching proposals may form part of the discussion on 24 September when the board meets. Cooper, who led the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-17 Team to the 2013 Concacaf quarterfinals, is also a highly regarded local coach.
John-Williams has already hinted that he would not recognise the upcoming meeting. Look Loy urged football stakeholders, well wishers and members of the public not to be put off by the TTFA’s in-fighting; but to stand up for the right thing.
“The people of this country feel every battle is bacchanal and confusion but that sort of statement would have is in slavery still,” said Look Loy. “It is the so called bacchanal and confusion that causes change. We want our laws and institutions to work and to have democracy and a collective process; but they want to run their private agenda, break the law, victimise people and run football like a private fiefdom.
“I went through that before [under disgraced former FIFA vice president Jack Warner] and fought from the inside quietly, observing the protocols and confidentiality. I am going to fight differently this time.
“This time, I am doing it in the public and who vexed with that lorse. But I am not going through this a second time.”
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James fires back, accuses TTFA of slander.
By Joel Bailey (Newsday).
MANAGER of the national women’s football team, Jinelle James, has issued a media release, accusing the TT Football Association (TTFA) of sullying her reputation.
James, a former national midfielder, issued a statement less than 24 hours after the TTFA, in a media release, stated that she did not approach its president David John-Williams nor general secretary Justin Latapy-George for an overseas camp for the TT women’s team “prior to nor at the time of postings made on social media by players on Wednesday 12th September 2018”.
The national women’s team are preparing for the CONCACAF Women’s Championship in the United States, from October 4-17.
The CONCACAF Championship serves as the final round of qualifiers for the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France.
According to James, “On Monday 10 September, I sent an e-mail to the general secretary and copied president, technical director (Anton Corneal) and technical committee chair (Richard Quan Chan) that itemises all areas of concern for the team that included salaries for staff and players, US visas, US team camp and seeking assistance and fundraisers.
“To date, no one has responded to that e-mail,” said James.
The long-standing team manager admitted, “I am well aware that this release may jeopardise my position (on) the women’s team, but I must stand up for some measure of principle and my own values.”
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James: TTFA ‘misleading’ the public about me.
By Joel Bailey (Newsday).
Women’s manager shows email to defend reputation
MANAGER of the national women’s football team, Jinelle James, has refuted the claim by the TT Football Association (TTFA) that she made “no approach” to its president David John-Williams or general secretary Justin Latapy-George for an overseas camp prior to two TT footballers going on social media last week to beg for support to host one.
James, in a letter to the media, provided a copy of an email sent on September 10 to Latapy-George and copied to John-Williams, technical director Anton Corneal and chairman of the technical committee Richard Quan Chan. National football Lauryn Hutchinson posted a video online three days after that date, asking for food, water and people in Virigina to open their homes to accommodate our women footballers for a pre-tournament camp. Canadian-based TT defender Arin King called for equality and respect for the national women on Twitter.
The national women’s team are preparing for the CONCACAF Women’s Championship in the United States, from October 4-17. The CONCACAF Championship serves as the final round of qualifiers for the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France.
According to James, “the TTFA sent out a media release which is completely misleading and I have no choice but to respond and defend myself against this attempt to sully my reputation.”
She added, “On Monday 10 September, I sent an e-mail to the general secretary and copied president, technical director (Anton Corneal) and technical committee chair (Richard Quan Chan) that itemises all areas of concern for the team that included salaries for staff and players, US visas, US team camp and seeking assistance and fund-raisers. To date, no one has responded to that e-mail,” said James.
She also addressed the TTFA’s statement that she was never authorised to approach the Ministry of Sport to request funds for the team. “I had a conversation with (Latapy-George) that spoke to seeking assistance to the Ministry of Sport.”
James added, “He informed me that it is the end of (the) financial year and it wouldn’t be possible to get any support due to the timelines when all financials had to be submitted.”
When she informed Latapy-George about the urgent need for support, the TTFA general secretary, according to James, “responded that I can go ahead and reach to the Ministry to see what is possible. “I made a call to the Ministry, explained that we needed to get the team together and hence the e-mail was sent to get a gauge of if and how much support can be received for the team.”
On Friday, James and Latapy-George held a meeting with Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Shamfa Cudjoe who gave the TTFA a Monday deadline to submit a proposal for financial assistance for the TT women’s team.
Cudjoe revealed last evening that her Ministry will provide over $400,000 towards the team’s preparation for the CONCACAF Championship. James, a long-standing team manager, admitted yesterday, “I am well aware that this release may jeopardise my position (on) the women’s team, but I must stand up for some measure of principle and my own values.”
Speaking to Newsday, James said she is uncertain now about the status of her relationship with the TTFA. “At this point, I really can’t say,” she acknowledged in a telephone interview. “It might be strained, it might be untenable, it might be business as usual.
“However, I think the whole situation looked pretty much like throwing me under the bus, publicly. I think it was dealt with poorly and I just had to defend myself.”
The TT manager has received an outpouring of support from national women footballers on social media for standing up for their rights.
James said it was a challenge to get the team to Jamaica for the CONCACAF Caribbean Finals last month and she did not wish to see it happen again.
According to James, three foreign-based players arrived in Jamaica on August 20, 12 persons (six players and six staff) on August 22, two persons on a separate flight, five players on August 24, two players on the morning of the first match on August 25 and two players afterwards.
“Am I expected to watch this happen again and do nothing, not try to get assistance for the team?” asked James. She also clarified a point made by the TTFA that the team participated in 19 international matches in the last 18 months.
“Out of these 19 matches, four were actual friendlies and (the rest) were all part of the calendar of events for women’s football in the region – CFU Challenge Series, CONCACAF Caribbean Preliminary, the CAC Games where the TT Olympic Committee covered the majority of expenses and the recently concluded CONCACAF Caribbean Finals.”
In her statement, James asked, “Are players and staff just supposed to step lightly and not enquire about their salaries when it is late? Are the players not supposed to get frustrated and have a voice as they realise nothing is being done to help the team?”
Contacted for a response, Latapy-George, who admitted that he saw James’ statement, was coy when asked if he was privy to the TTFA’s media release before it was issued on Monday afternoon.
“I want you to have a chat with the president,” said Latapy-George. “This (matter) has to be with the (TTFA) and the employee.”
However, he pointed out, “It is poor management practice to engage publicly in matters that appears to be a challenge being raised by an employee. Best management practice dictates that I am the representative of the employer, in this case the TTFA.
“It is my right and my responsibility to have a direct discussion with Ms James and not engage in any public discourse that can add any more noise to that particular situation. It is standard management practice that these matters are dealt with internally.”
Repeated calls to John-Williams went unanswered up to press time last evening.
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MSYA brings relief to Women’s Football Team by providing $430,000 in funding to the TTFA
Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs
The Honourable Shamfa Cudjoe, Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, along with senior officials of the Ministry, met today with Mr. David John-Williams, President of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) and other members of the TTFA at the Ministry’s Head Office, St. Clair Avenue, Port of Spain.
As highlighted in a Media Release issued by the Ministry last Friday, TTFA was given a deadline of Monday, September 17, 2018 to submit a formal funding request towards the support of the Women’s Football Team and their preparations for the World Cup Qualifiers. The TTFA met yesterday’s deadline and discussions were held this morning to determine how assistance could be provided.
Yesterday, following a request made by the locally based members of the team, Minister Cudjoe met with the women’s national football team to gain further insight into their plight. The Minister was informed about the many challenges faced by the players, including the matter of outstanding retainer fees owed to the players by the TTFA.
With fifteen (15) days left before the commencement of the Women’s World Cup Qualifiers Final Stage, the Ministry has reviewed the proposal submitted by the TTFA and has agreed to provide 100% of the amount requested, in the sum of Four Hundred and Thirty Thousand Dollars (TT$430,000). This financial assistance is intended to cover the costs of airfare, hotel accommodation, food and beverage, pre-training camp, medical and baggage fees, and other items, for the team and the technical support staff.
Minister Cudjoe also used the opportunity to highlight the concerns raised by the members of the team, especially as it relates to the outstanding retainer fees owed to the members by the TTFA. In response, The TTFA has committed to pay retainers fees to the players before their departure on September 25, 2018.
The TTFA will be invited to sign a Service Level Agreement (SLA) to ensure funds are properly disbursed and utilized.
Minister Cudjoe stated that “the welfare of these players if of paramount importance to the Government and people of Trinidad and Tobago. They are our flag bearers and we have a duty to ensure that they are treated with dignity, compassion and respect. It is in this light, that the Ministry extends the necessary support.” She further stated that “this national embarrassment could have been avoided, and must never be allowed to happen again.”
Minister Cudjoe reminded the TTFA of the importance of proper planning, management, and leadership in the execution of its affairs, and further encouraged the TTFA to comply with the Ministry’s guidelines regarding the timely submission of financials, proposals, calendars and other relevant documents.
The Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs stands committed to supporting NGBs to ensure that the sporting industry is developed at the highest standard and maintains transparency, accountability and impartiality as core values of the Ministry.
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Women football saga must never happen again.
By Joel Bailey (Newsday).
Minister Cudjoe warns TTFA, players…
SHAMFA CUDJOE, Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, has issued a warning to both the TT Football Association (TTFA) and the national women footballers that the recent scenario involving both parties must never happen again.
Two members of the national team, Lauryn Hutchinson and Arin King, took to social media last week to plead for support for the team, ahead of the CONCACAF Women’s Championship in the United States from October 4-17.
On Monday, the TTFA, in a media release, suggested team manager Jinelle James made a request to the Ministry for funds for an overseas camp, but James refuted that claim in a strongly-worded statement on Tuesday.
Cudjoe, via a media release on Tuesday evening, announced that the Ministry will provide a sum of $430,000, the full amount requested via a proposal submitted by the TTFA.
This financial assistance is intended to cover the costs of airfare, hotel accommodation, food and beverage, pre-training camp, medical and baggage fees, and other items, for the team and the technical support staff.
This disclosure came hours after Cudjoe met with members of the team, including captain Tasha St Louis, goalkeeper Kimika Forbes, midfielder Janine Francois, striker Mariah Shade, defenders Ayanna Russell and Patrice Superville, at the Ministry’s office on St Clair Avenue, Port of Spain.
The Sports Ministry’s media release noted, “(Cudjoe) was informed about the many challenges faced by the players, including the matter of outstanding retainer fees owed to the players by the TTFA.
In response, the TTFA has committed to pay retainers fees to the players before their departure (to the US) on September 25, 2018.”
The TTFA will be invited to sign a Service Level Agreement (SLA) to ensure funds are properly disbursed and utilised, the media release added.
According to Cudjoe, “The welfare of these players is of paramount importance to the Government and people of Trinidad and Tobago. They are our flag bearers and we have a duty to ensure that they are treated with dignity, compassion and respect. It is in this light, that the Ministry extends the necessary support.”
She continued, “This national embarrassment could have been avoided, and must never be allowed to happen again.”
Earlier on Tuesday, Cudjoe met with TTFA president David John-Williams, general secretary Justin Latapy-George and other TTFA members at the Ministry’s office to discuss the details of the proposal.
“Cudjoe reminded the TTFA of the importance of proper planning, management, and leadership in the execution of its affairs, and further encouraged the TTFA to comply with the Ministry’s guidelines regarding the timely submission of financials, proposals, calendars and other relevant documents,” the Ministry’s release pointed out.
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The 2nd time in about a mothh the TTFA gets called out for the timely submission of paperwork. First by the US Embassy and now by the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs.
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Give them bwah!, Shamfa, give them bwah!
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Cooper: US camp integral for women players.
By Joel Bailey (Newsday).
THE PROPOSED pre-tournament camp will be essential for the national women football team, as they turn their attention towards the CONCACAF Women’s Championship, which will run from October 4-17 in the United States.
This according to Shawn Cooper, coach of the national women’s team, during a telephone interview yesterday.
On Monday, the TT Football Association (TTFA) announced that Cooper will take charge of the squad during the CONCACAF Championship, which will feature eight teams battling for three automatic places at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France.
On Tuesday, Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Shamfa Cudjoe held separate meetings with members of the TTFA and the women’s team, at her St Clair office.
She announced that the Ministry will provide a sum of $430,000, the full amount requested via a TTFA proposal, for the costs of the camp, airfare, hotel accommodation, food and beverage, medical and baggage fees and other items.
“The camp is necessary because the majority of players are outside,” said Cooper. “We need to get the players on the team playing together and, whatever tactical work we have to do, we need the majority of the squad to be doing it.
“The camp is very integral in terms of the progress of the team.”
The TT squad are expected to leave for the US on Tuesday.
Cooper also serves as coach of Presentation San Fernando in the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) and Queen’s Park in the TT Super League.
About his additional duties as TT women’s coach, Cooper said, “I just took over and I am trying to do the best that I could do at this point in time, with the cards being dealt.”
During the past week, defenders Lauryn Hutchinson and Arin King took to social media to plead for support for the team ahead of the CONCACAF Championship.
Asked how the players are coping since the Ministry’s decision to foot their bills for the US trip, Cooper replied, “You’ll have to get on to the players and speak with them because I have no idea what they are thinking.”
In Group A, TT will face Panama (October 4), Mexico (October 7) and hosts US (October 10) at the Sahlen’s Stadium in Cary, North Carolina.
Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba and Jamaica will feature in Group B.
Concerning the areas, within the team, that he thinks would require his urgent attention, Cooper said, “When we get to the camp, we will assess what we’ll have to deal with. It’s a tough task.
“As a coach, you’re always have stuff to do.”
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Trinidad and Tobago Women’s 20-player roster for the 2018 CONCACAF Women’s Championship.
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Local-based players stuck at home.
By Joel Bailey (Newsday).
20-member squad named for CONCACAF Women’s Championship but…
A 20-member national squad has been named for the CONCACAF Women’s Championship, which will be contested in the United States from October 4-17.
However, there is uncertainty over when the local-based players will head to the US for a pre-tournament camp in Richmond, Virginia, since the team management is still finalising the invoices to provide to the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs.
On September 18, the Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Shamfa Cudjoe agreed to provide a sum of $430,000, the full amount requested via a proposal submitted by the TT Football Association (TTFA).
The funds, for the team’s visit to the US, will cover the costs of airfare, hotel accommodation, food and beverage, pre-training camp, medical and baggage fees, and other items, for the team and technical staff.
The team was due to leave today for the US but, manager Jinelle James said in an interview yesterday, “at this point, we don’t know when we’ll be leaving.”
Last Tuesday, James openly refuted a claim by the TTFA that she made “no approach” to its president David John-Williams or general secretary Justin Latapy-George for an overseas camp.
This time around, James said, “the major invoices like airfares, hotels, transport, medical supplies, those hard items have been provided but we suffered a setback in terms of the daily expenses while we’ll be there.
“If we are to get the lump sum of money, we have to be able to provide quotations for these costs, like water, gatorade, granola bars, the (regular) meals, those kinds of things,” she added. “I really don’t know when we’ll be going.”
The local-based players are currently training under recently-appointed coach Shawn Cooper while the North American-based players, including Lauryn Hutchinson, Liana Hinds and Jonelle Cato, are getting ready at Richmond.
Preparations for the team, ahead of the CONCACAF Championship, have been marred with controversy, as Hutchinson and Canada-born defender Arin King took to social media to plead for support for the team, while the selection of Cooper as team coach have drawn the ire of certain TTFA board members, including Keith Look Loy and Anthony Harford.
The CONCACAF Championship serves as the final round of qualifiers for the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France. TT, hosts US, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, Cuba, Panama and Jamaica are vying for three automatic World Cup spots.
Concerning the team chosen by the TT technical staff, striker Mariah Shade returns after an injury sustained at the CAC (Central American and Caribbean) Games in Barranquilla, Colombia. The experienced forward replaces teenager Aaliyah Prince from the squad that featured in the Caribbean Final Round in Jamaica a month ago.
US-born teenaged defender Shadi Stoute and midfielder Shenelle Henry have been included, at the expense of national Under-20 defender Natisha John and American-born midfielder Melissa Baynes.
Team
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GOALKEEPERS:
Kimika Forbes (Santa Fe, United States), Saundra Baron (unattached).
DEFENDERS:
Arin King (unattached), Ayana Russell (Queen’s Park), Jenelle Cunningham (Real Dimension), Jonelle Cato (Trincity Nationals), Lauryn Hutchinson (unattached), Liana Hinds (unattached), Patrice Superville (Queen’s Park), Rhea Belgrave (Real Dimension), Shadi Stoute (University of Georgia, United States).
MIDFIELDERS:
Janine Francois (Real Dimension), Karyn Forbes (Real Dimension), Kayla Taylor (Petrotrin), Naomie Guerra (St Augustine FC), Shenelle Henry (unattached).
STRIKERS:
Kennya Cordner (Il Sandiviken, Norway), Mariah Shade (Petrotrin), Natasha St Louis (St Ann’s Rangers), Tasha St Louis (Real Dimension).
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Waldrum writes to TTFA: I can take over the women’s programme.
By Andrew Gioannetti (Guardian).
FORMER head coach of the TT senior national women’s team Randy Waldrum has written to the TT Football Association to express his interest in rejoining the team, saying he is “not too concerned with his financial package” if he is to be considered and that there are prerequisites that come with his offer.
“As the former women’s national team coach of Trinidad and Tobago, I have obviously followed the situation very closely since leaving there after the last World Cup qualifiers,” he wrote in an email directed to the TTFA hierarchy on Monday.
“I love your country and more importantly the players in the program, so I would certainly entertain the possibility of returning to coach the team again.”
Waldrum said he wants the assurance that he can take the programme, after the upcoming Concacaf Women’s Championship, through to the next World Cup qualification.
“As I said, there is little hope for this one, so I wouldn’t want to take the team now for the next month, only to fail in qualifications and then be done once again as the coach. Had we stayed on after the last World Cup with the plan and path forward for the next four years, the team would not be in this situation now.”
Among the other stipulations he said was adequate financial backing of the TTFA for the players to participate in year-round training and international friendly matches.
“I’m not so concerned about my personal financial compensation; however, I would expect a stipend while working for the team.
“I did this the last time on a volunteer basis, but feel that we should all be professionals with compensation for our time.”
He said, like with Jamaica’s women’s team, he wants the ability to raise funds for additional money needed for the programme.
“They (Jamaica) run the programme without interference from the federation, and I’d want the same.
“As for the timing, I’d look at this right away as you are in need immediately as I understand it, or it may make more sense to have someone local take the team through this qualification, and then bring me on board after that is over. That way we could implement our long-term programme for the team, without any distractions.”
He said someone with his commitment–one without political interference–has the ability to lead a team which “could be one that makes the country proud again.”
“We had the largest jump in the FIFA rankings of any nation in history while we were there the last cycle, and I know with hard work we can make this programme into a CONCACAF power. Some of the other Caribbean teams are already making these strides such as what we see with Haiti,” Waldrum wrote.
Waldrum, who is head coach of the University of Pittsburgh’s women’s team, led TT to the 2014 CFU Women’s Caribbean Cup hosted here. He and the TT women’s team were also minutes away from qualifying for the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
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Waldrum writes to TTFA: I can take over the women’s programme.
By Andrew Gioannetti (Guardian).
FORMER head coach of the TT senior national women’s team Randy Waldrum has written to the TT Football Association to express his interest in rejoining the team, saying he is “not too concerned with his financial package” if he is to be considered and that there are prerequisites that come with his offer.
“As the former women’s national team coach of Trinidad and Tobago, I have obviously followed the situation very closely since leaving there after the last World Cup qualifiers,” he wrote in an email directed to the TTFA hierarchy on Monday.
“I love your country and more importantly the players in the program, so I would certainly entertain the possibility of returning to coach the team again.”
This is the man to coach the Women's national team. He has been the most successful women's coach and has shown loyalty to the Warrior ladies when the TTFA did not deserve it. The President should swallow their pride and bring him back.
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Waldrum is really an amazing human being or he really cares about Our women's football programme. After DJW let him go after willingly working for FREE he's still asking them for the opportunity to serve as coach of the programme. I'd love for him to come back but not under this administration. Sounds like he has the right ideas and approach to keep women's football active.
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If there is to be a conversation with RW, it should occur after the next TTFA elections.
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Is it not too late. I think they are appointing Cooper.
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Is it not too late. I think they are appointing Cooper.
He will like to come in after the tournament to start things from scratch since it is too late and will most likely be a disaster.
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TTFA move to confirm Cooper.
By Keith Clement (Guardian).
It is expected that a number of concerns which were raised by some members of the board of directors of the T&T Football Association (TTFA) will be addressed today at a meeting called by its president David John-Williams at the Home of Football, Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva at 4 pm to faciliates Tobago's representative.
However, while it was reported that some members headed by the president of the T&T Super League (TTSL) Keith Look Loy raised concerns about the legality of the chairman of the technical committee Richard Quan Chan, who is also the Southern Football Association (SFA) representative on the said board, the meeting agenda does not reflect such.
Look Loy who also claimed in previous media reports that the forthcoming agenda will also seek to call for the immediate resignation of president John-Williams and vice president Ewing Davis, and the appointment and replacements of the duo together with calling for an election immediately, and to look into the TTFA finances.
It was also suggested that the TTFA general secretary Justin Latapy-George should sever ties with the organisation for his alleged role with regards to the resignation of former vice president Joanne Salazar on September 11.
However, a review of the agenda does not indicate that papers were circulated to call for the president and vice president's resignation, or that of the sport's general secretary.
When contacted a source close to the board agreed to speak to Guardian Media Sports on the condition of anonymity and said, "When I got the meeting notice from the general secretary I was shocked that the agenda did not include any supporting items following the threats I read in the print media over the last few days. The fact is, there are 12 members on the board of which three have no voting rights but they are allowed to participate in the meetings. The minutes of the board meeting on June 30, will show that six of nine members who can vote attended and Mr Richard Quan Chan was legally installed as the chairman of the technical committee. I was present but Mr Look Loy was not."
The source continued, "While an email was sent to the general secretary on September 14 asking for a meeting by Look Loy under article 35.1 of the constitution, and named the parties making the request - Jabari Williams (NFA), Joseph Taylor (Referees Association), Julia Baptiste (Pro League), Colin Partap (Centra FA), Sharon Warrick (Women's Football), and Look Loy, the request had no locus standi because three of the individuals who have been aligned to the request do not have voting rights and are not legally members of the board until the general council meet and gives its approval of the individuals.
"Again, the notes from the August 29 board meeting will reflect what I have just told you. Further, the reason why the August 29 meeting failed to take place was because, while seven persons were present only four were legal, while you needed five to constitute a meeting.
"Those who attended were Davis (VP), Taylor (TTFRA), Warrick (WoLF), Williams (NFA), Partap (Central FA), Baptiste (Pro League) and Look Loy (TTSL)."
In yesterday's Guardian, Baptiste stated in an article headlined - "I'm no rebel", that, "I was appointed by the board of the T&T Pro League to represent the League at the TTFA board. However, I have not been confirmed by the general membership which can only be done at the general meeting of the membership, and therefore I have no voting rights at present, based on the constitution."
The source pointed out that in the email of September 14 from Look Loy, three items were submitted for discussion - appointment of a technical staff to the women’s national team; status of the men’s Under-17 and U-20 teams; and refereeing issues previously tabled by TTFRA (T&T Football Referees' Association) - and despite the request not being legally binding, the president included them on the meeting's agenda.
The source said that during discussions after the August 29 meeting failed to get a quorum, it was then recognised that three individuals did not have voting rights and Look Loy suggested that the board called the annual general meeting (AGM) in November or December so that the individuals can be ratified. The source went on to point out that among the items that were listed on the agenda for the August 29 meeting was the organisation's financial accounts for 2017 and 2018.
The source said that with the urgency surrounding this country's participation at the upcoming Women’s CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying Tournament which takes place in the USA from October 4-17, it is expected that the members who voted via email for the appointment Shawn Cooper as coach will reconfirm their position. They were Davis, Tobago FA representative Anthony Moore, Quan Chan, Eastern FA representative Wayne Cunningham and the president.
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Waldrum should get de wok...
He is a boss coach.
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Waldrum should get de wok...
He is a boss coach.
Depends on yuh team doh
https://pittsburghpanthers.com/schedule.aspx?path=wsoc
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Waldrum should get de wok...
He is a boss coach.
Depends on yuh team doh
https://pittsburghpanthers.com/schedule.aspx?path=wsoc
Diamond and coal.
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Waldrum should get de wok...
He is a boss coach.
Depends on yuh team doh
https://pittsburghpanthers.com/schedule.aspx?path=wsoc
Diamond and coal.
:D to predators it's either food or rocks ...eat or walk over
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Women's team eyes Saturday departure.
By Walter Alibey (Guardian).
In spite of ongoing concerns with the T&T Football Association, the country's Women's football team will commence its departure today for the Concacaf Women's Championship in the United States which is a qualifier for the FIFA Women's World Cup in France next year.
Guardian Media Sports was informed that the team's management was only awaiting the travelling documents for three players to confirm their travelling arrangements. It is unsure what has been the delay, and who the players are, but one reliable member of the team said they are pinning their hopes that all matters were sorted yesterday.
It was also learnt that the embattled football association, being headed by David John-Williams, has agreed to bring an end to all concerns the players had regarding finances, by next week.
A 20-woman team has already been chosen by coach Shawn Cooper ahead of the tournament and it excludes instrumental players Maylee Attin-Johnson, winger Ahkeela Mollon and utility player Khadisha Debesette, as well as rising talent Shanelle Arjoon, among others. Arjoon was a standout for the country's Under-20 team at the CONCACAF Qualifiers and the senior women's team at the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Challenge Series earlier this year.
An official of the team said the women, in spite of the challenges, have turned up for training, averaging at 10 players for each session.
According to the official, "The mood in the camp is not the best given the circumstances but the ladies have been working very hard. And under Cooper, the ladies have adapted very quickly, as they understand the situations."
The T&T team has been grouped with giants the USA, opening their account against Panama on October 4, before meeting Mexico on October 7. They will then complete their group phase against the might of the US women three days later for the rights to be among the top two teams to advance.
The team has struggled to have a proper core of players in training locally, as most of the players are based in the USA, either as students or residents.
T&T TEAM
Goalkeepers: Kimika Forbes, Saundra Baron;
Defenders: Arin King, Rhea Belgrave, Ayana Russell, Jenelle Cunningham, Jonelle Cato, Lauryn Hutchinson, Patrice Superville, Shadi Stoute;
Midfielders: Janine Francois, Karyn Forbes, Liana Hinds, Naomie Guerra, Natasha St Louis, Tasha St Louis, Shenelle Henry;
Forwards: Kayla Taylor, Kennya Cordner, Mariah Shade.
Women’s team to depart for US tomorrow.
T&T Newsday Reports.
TTFA gets cheque from Sports Ministry:
MEMBERS of T&T’s senior women’s national team, who have not yet departed for the US for the Concacaf Women’s Championships, will leave tomorrow, by the earliest, after the Ministry of Sport yesterday presented the TT Football Association with the requested sum of $429,626 for assistance to the team.
Jinelle James, who was instrumental in involving the ministry, as well as Wayne Cunningham, a board member of the TTFA, represented the association at the Ministry of Sport & Youth Affairs’ head office in St Clair, where the cheque was presented to them.
According to a press release issued by the ministry yesterday, “the Ministry, through the Sport Company of T&T, decided to provide the total sum requested to assist the women’s football team in their participation at the World Cup Qualifiers in North Carolina, USA.
The release noted the failure by the TTFA to pay all outstanding retainer fees owed to members of the women’s team by the promised date.
“Notwithstanding the commitment made by TTFA to pay outstanding retainer fees to the players before their departure, the TTFA has informed the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs that at this time, the female players are still owed retainer fees for the month of August and the TTFA is currently liaising with the Concacaf to provide all outstanding payments to the players. TTFA anticipates that payment will be issued to all relevant players within the next two weeks.”
In the release, Minister Shamfa Cudjoe reminded the TTFA officials of the importance of the players’ welfare.
A source close to the team confirmed that the money was received and the arrangements are being made to have the team leave for the US tomorrow.
“(But) there are issues with that. The initial budget they had, which they used to receive money from the Ministry, included tickets at one price but the tickets have gone up significantly instead, which challenges the budget.”
“They are hoping to leave on Sunday. The thinking is, if they get a cheaper flight on Monday, because of the budgetary constraints, they will take that.”
There is also an issue with the team securing US currency, which is necessary for miscellaneous expenses and emergency funds. The source said the issues are being addressed.
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Soca Princesses focus on Panama.
By Walter Alibey (Guardian).
T&T's senior women's football team will be joined by three players in the likes of-of central defender Rhea Belgrave, striker Kayla Taylor and defensive midfielder Ayana Russell in a day or so, as the team fine tunes its preparations for its opening match of the CONCACAF Women's Championships against Panama tomorrow at the Sahlen's Stadium in Carry in United States.
The trio is still awaiting their travelling documents. Since the team's arrival in the USA on Monday morning, it had two training sessions that consisted 15 players each, including yesterday.
The women have endured a mountain of challenges that included lengthy battles for monies owed to them for salaries, as well as the uncertainty of which players would be available for the Championship. Technical Director Anton Corneal, who is with the team said the girls have placed all these challenges behind them and are now focused on the task at hand.
The Soca Warriors have been drawn in Group A with giants USA, Mexico and the Panamanians, whom they will face in their opening game. Their next match will be against Mexico on October 7 at the same venue, before a date with the might of the USA on October 10. After round-robin play in Cary, NC and Edinburg, TX, the two group winners, plus the two second-place finishers will advance to the knockout round.
The semifinals, third place match and final will take place at the Toyota Stadium, in Frisco, TX.
The Soca Princesses played their Panamanian counterparts in two international friendly matches earlier this year, losing one and drawing the other 1-1. However, Corneal is eager to add reinforcement to the team's vulnerable areas when the two teams meet again, this time it's for a place in the FIFA World Cup finals in France next year.
"The spirit in the camp has been good. There is the understanding that in spite of the challenges faced, and what they continue to face, that they have to put all this all aside for the qualifiers. And to be honest the women have been through this before, so they are strangers to this situation," Corneal explained yesterday.
Guardian Media Sports understands that in addition to an already challenging situation, the women footballers are now dealing with the death of a player's close relative.
QUALIFYING MATCHES
Thu, 4 Oct- T&T v Panama- Sahlen's Stadium, Cary
Sun, 7 Oct- Mexico v T&T- Sahlen's Stadium, Cary
Wed, 10 Oct- T&T v United- Sahlen's Stadium, Cary
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T&T Women start CONCACAF final round versus Panama
TTFA Media
Trinidad and Tobago’s Senior Women will start their final round CONCACAF Women’s Championship campaign against Panama with a Group A match at Sahlen’s Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park at 5 p.m. on Thursday.
The T&T team will be boosted by the arrival of three players ahead of the match on Thursday from Port of Spain in prolific goalscorer Kayla Taylor and experienced duo Rhea Belgrave and Ayana Russell. All three players obtained their US visas on Wednesday and departed for North Carolina on Wednesday night with team manager Jinelle James.
“All three players received their US visas today and we’re pleased to say they will be on the flight tonight and will arrive at the team camp early on Thursday,” James told TTFA Media. The rest of the squad trained on Tuesday and was expected to have a session at the match venue on Wednesday evening.
T&T, which is coached by Shawn Cooper and captained by midfielder Tasha St Louis, is the only Caribbean team to participate in every CONCACAF Women’s Championship and finished second to Jamaica in the 2018 final Caribbean qualifying round.
Taylor was the top scorer in the 2018 Caribbean qualifiers for the CWC (7 goals). She scored in each game in the Final Round of the Caribbean Zone (hat-trick vs. Cuba, brace vs. Antigua and Barbuda, and a goal vs. Mexico and Bermuda). T&T’s other prolific goalscorer Kennya Cordner was this oc**try’s top scorer in the 2014 CONCACAF Women’s USA Championship; scoring three goals (one vs. Haiti and Guatemala in the Group A Group Stage and another goal vs. Mexico in extratime defeat on 10/26/14, for the 3rd place). She scored the last two goals against Bermuda in the Final Round of the Caribbean Zone (she finished with three goals).
Panama, coached by former Panamanian international Amarelis De Merahe,finished second behind Costa Rica in Central American qualifying. They booked their spot in the final eight, overcoming a 2-1 deficit to register a 6-2 victory over El Salvador as Kenia Rangel connected for a second-half hat-trick. Karla Riley also scored three qualifying goals.
In the only meeting between the two countries at the 2002 CONCACAF Championship, Panama finished 4-2 winners with current captain Tasha St Louis being one of the scorers alongside Maylee Attin-Johnson. Both teams also played two friendlies in Couva in March with Panama winning the first encounter 2-1 and the second match finishing 1-1.
Jamaica Odette Hamilton will be the match referee with fellow Jamaicans Princess Brown and Stephanie Yee Sing serving as the assistants.
The United States and Mexico meet in the second game of the doubleheader.
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After all the goodwill meeting with the US embassy, 3 players received their visas yesterday and got in early this morning for a WCQ game today. Those players won't be 100% for our must win game.
Anyway goodluck ladies, I wish you all the best this evening!
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No link?
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With 42' on the clock we are losing 1-0. Goal conceded at 11'.
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With 42' on the clock we are losing 1-0. Goal conceded at 11'.
Are you seeing the game?
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With 42' on the clock we are losing 1-0. Goal conceded at 11'.
Are you seeing the game?
Yeah. It is/was there for the taking. Panama is not a special team.
2-0 with 77:29 on the clock.
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2-0 final?
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2-0 final?
Unfortunately, no. 3-0.
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Well, if there's any consolation, Mexico is in the cellar after gehhin slapped around by the US (6-0). So at least on paper, the next match will be a match with something to play for.
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WATCH: Highlights of Trinidad and Tobago Women’s 3-0 loss to Panama
https://www.youtube.com/v/5dllbpata5A
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Well, if there's any consolation, Mexico is in the cellar after gehhin slapped around by the US (6-0). So at least on paper, the next match will be a match with something to play for.
If we can clean up those defensive lapses we may have a chance.
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Panama blanks Soca Princesses 3-0.
T&T Guardian Reports.
T&T's senior women's team will face an uphill task to qualify for the next Women's World Cup after going down 3-0 to Panama in its Pool B opener of the CONCACAF Women's Championship at the Sahlen's Stadium in Cary, North Carolina, USA, last night.
With their preparations for the final stage of the qualifiers swamped by controversy, the Tasha St Louis-led T&T women had little room for error against the Central Americans and needed a positive start.
However, it was Panama which struck early through Marta Cox in the 12th minute to lead 1-0 at the half-time interval.
Six minutes after the restart, striker Kayla Taylor, one of three players to join the team on the eve on its opener and T&T's top scorer in the Caribbean Championship in Jamaica last month, was brought on by coach Shawn Cooper to get his team back in the match.
But it was the Central Americans who doubled their advantage via Kenia Rangel in the 68th minute. Then in a strange substitution, defender Rhea Belgrave was then introduced at the expense of Jenelle Cunningham in the 70th minute.
With T&T needing goals at the other end of the field to get back into the contest Ayanna Russell replaced Karyn Forbes but once again the move backfired as Panama got a third at the death through Erika Hernandez, to kill off the contest and leave T&T needing to beat Mexico in their second match on Sunday, and the USA on Wednesday, to have any chance of qualifying to the next phase of the competition.
Teams
Trinidad and Tobago: 1.Kimika Forbes (GK); 8.Patrice Superville, 5.Arin King, 13.Jenelle Cunningham (4.Rhea Belgrave 70), 7.Jonelle Cato; 11.Janine Francois, 14.Karyn Forbes (2.Ayana Russell 84), 10.Tasha St Louis (captain); 9.Liana Hinds (12.Kayla Taylor 50), 3.Mariah Shade, 19.Kennya Cordner.
Unused substitutes: 20.Saundra Baron (GK), 6.Natasha St Louis, 15.Shenelle Henry, 17.Lauryn Hutchinson.
Unavailable: Shadi Stoute, Naomie Guerra.
Coach: Shawn Cooper
Panama: 1.Yenith Bailey (GK); 4.Katherine Lineth Castillo, 2.Hilary Jaen, 5.Yomira Pinzón, 3.Maria Murillo; 6.Aldrith Quintero, 8.Laurie Batista; 11.Natalia Mills (captain) (13.Onelys Alvarado 82), 7.Kenia Rangel (18.Erika Hernandez 87); 10.Marta Cox (19.Lineth Cedeño 80), 9.Karla Riley.
Unused substitutes: 12.Farissa Córdoba (GK), 14.Maryorie Pérez, 15.Rebeca Espinosa, 16.Sheyla Díaz, 17.Anuvis Angulo, 20.María Montenegro.
Coach: Victor Suárez
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Panama cruise past T&T in CONCACAF Champs.
By Joel Bailey (Newsday).
PANAMA cruised past T&T 3-0 yesterday afternoon, in the opening game of Group A, in the CONCACAF Women’s Championship, at WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, North Carolina, United States.
Marta Cox, Kenia Villarreal and Erika Hernandez were the goal-scorers for Panama.
T&T had a challenging preparation for this Championship, and Panama were in no mood to show any mercy to their opponents.
Cox opened the scoring in the 12th minute, benefitting from lazy defending from the T&T team.
Villarreal took on T&T right-back Patrice Superville before finding Cox who, in turn, passed to captain Natalia Mills on the right. Mills went past left-back Jonelle Cato before returning the ball to Cox to slot home from eight metres out.
T&T striker Kennya Cordner had a glorious opportunity to tie the scores, nine minutes later, when she shrugged off the challenge of defender Hilary Jean but was unable to beat the diving Yenith Bailey in the Panama goal.
Striker Kayla Taylor, who joined the T&T team yesterday morning after visa problems, came on for midfielder Liana Hinds in the 50th.
The Shawn Cooper-coached team had two chances to equalise, in the space of five minutes.
In the 53rd, striker Mariah Shade had a speculative shot from the right which struck the crossbar, and Cordner met the rebound with a header which went straight at Bailey.
And Bailey had to count her lucky stars after a freekick from the right by Taylor went through her grasp, between her legs and inches past the right post. T&T pushed players forward and left gaps in the back, which was exploited by the Central Americans in the 68th.
Mills chased a ball down the right flank, played it behind to Cox who whipped in a cross, which was missed by Karla Riley, but Villarreal, on the second attempt, hit the ball past a beleaguered Forbes.
And Panama wrapped up the scoring in the 89th courtesy substitute Hernandez, who slotted the ball into an open net, after Forbes was unable to stop a right-sided cross from Katherine Castillo. Hosts US were locked in battle against Mexico up to press time last evening.
Group B action will get going today with Costa Rica meeting Cuba at 6 pm and Canada tackling Jamaica at 8.30 pm. The top two teams in each group will advance to the semi-finals, with the finalists, and third-placed team, guaranteed spots at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France.
On Sunday, T&T will square off against Mexico at 7.30 pm, following the match-up between US and Panama.
(https://newsday.co.tt/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2736731.jpg)
CONCACAF Women’s Championship at WakeMed Soccer Park yesterday in Cary, North Carolina. AFP PHOTO
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Well, if there's any consolation, Mexico is in the cellar after gehhin slapped around by the US (6-0). So at least on paper, the next match will be a match with something to play for.
If we can clean up those defensive lapses we may have a chance.
Not if that is not accompanied by attacking ambition.
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Just not ready, not prepared, not ready
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Eve - 'Everything done for women to fail'
By Walter Alibey (Guardian).
Thursday's 3-0 victory by Panama over T&T's women footballers at the CONCACAF Women's Championships did not come as a surprise to many which included former national player and coach Angus Eve, considering the turmoil the sport has been in, and the issues the women faced.
Eve, who is also the coach of Naparima College in the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) said yesterday, "Everything was done for the women to fail at this tournament, which was highly unfortunate. Absolutely nothing was done to give the girls a fair chance of progressing at this competition."
The coach whose exploits in the game earned him a stint in the English Second Division pointed to the lack of organisation, formation and structure that could have been seen in the T&T team due to little to no preparation, which according to Eve was expected.
He told Guardian Media Sports that nothing could have been done with a team where there was doubt about players' availability, players' salaries, no training camp, doubt about who was going to coach the team, and whether there were the resources necessary to conduct proper sessions, among many others.
"In short, the players did not lose to Panama because of their ability but rather because of improper preparation," Eve explained.
At the Sahlen's Stadium in Cary, North Carolina, USA, the Soca Princesses playing their first match of the Championships, which is being used as a qualifier for the FIFA Women's World Cup in France next year, conceded a goal in the 12th minute from Marta Cox for a 1-0 half-time advantage, and two other items in the second period from Kenia Rangel in the 68th, and Erika Hernandez late in the match.
The opening loss did not sit well with a number of players, who took to social media to voice their frustrations with the team's lack of preparation including Kimika Forbes, Kennya Cordner, Mariah Shade and Lisa-Jo Ramkisson.
Forbes was quoted saying: "3 friendly matches for the men with 3 months and 1 training with 15 players and 45 mins (minutes) game before our first game in world cup qualifiers...tell me about caring about the women team, men team have just a friendly and he gets his team an entire week before, then you put us in tough situations and expect so much but it is what it is the Lord alone knows but he doesn't like ugly..."
To which Cordner responded: " Sad eh."
The thread continued with Shade agreeing. She said: "My thoughts exactly and they don't even have World Cup Qualifiers. Always treated like this and then they expect us to perform at this stage. Sad, Sad...always sending us with no preparation."
One on the post suggested that the players should "boycott tournaments until TTFA get it right!"
To which Ramkissoon replied: "You know the crazy thing if we boycott TTFA might be happy, you playing you ain't know those ppl (people)."
With the result, the T&T women now face an uphill task to be among the top two teams to advance from an already challenging Group B, that also comprises Mexico and the football giants, the United States. The team is scheduled to take on the Mexicans in its second match on Sunday at the same venue.
Eve said, "I don't think it's beyond the girls to come out of the group but it is going to be very difficult for them to do so."
The T&T team will also be minus Jenelle Cunningham for the remainder of the competition having been ruled out with a torn ACL, and possibly Cordner, who was taken to hospital after suffering a concussion.
Eve said, "When I saw the team play at the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Qualifiers in Jamaica, I saw a bunch of really good players. They looked matured and consisted a balanced of well-seasoned players, such as Tasha St Louis and Rhea Belgrave etc. But with all that has happened to them from then to now, I really don't think we did justice to the girls, and they suffered tremendously because of this."
Eve questioned why the TTFA did not appoint a top coach to take the team into the qualifiers, saying: "I think it was known that the country would have qualified out of the Caribbean qualifiers, as we have done consistently over the years. And if that was so, why wasn't there proper planning. Why when Anton Corneal accepted the position of caretaker coach that the football association did not go through the resumes it had and appointed a top coach?
"This would have at least given that coach the opportunity to look at the team and chart a way forward."
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During the Caribbean Championships I remember saying the Caribbean teams quality were poor and the same ole results will happen when they meet their Concacaf rivals. Guess what? they met them and they getting their asses whipped. The quality between the region and the rest of Concacaf is not even close. Caribbean teams play too slow and seem to not have much creativity when creating chances going forward
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Do or die for women footballers against Mexico.
By Walter Alibey (Guardian).
T&T’s women footballers face an uphill task to come away with maximum points when they take on Mexico in game two of the CONCACAF Women’s Championships on Sunday from 5.30 pm.
This will be at the Sahlen’s Stadium in Cary, North Carolina in the United States.
The match, a qualifier for next year’s FIFA World Cup in France, will be crucial for both teams having lost their respective opening matches on Thursday.
The under-prepared Soca Princesses were thrashed 3-0 by Panama in Thursday’s opening encounter while the Mexicans were hammered 6-0 by the United States in the second match of the double-header.
Yet assistant coach Anton Corneal believes today’s match will be a challenging task for his girls but certainly not an impossible one.
“It comes down to how badly the girls want the win,” said Corneal, who coached the team during the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Qualifiers in Jamaican in August.
He told Guardian Media Sports that there were a number of areas in the team that needed working on, as seen against Panama Thursday but said it was difficult to single out any one specific area.
“It’s not easy to point to one area that needed work on because you might point to the team’s defence, for instance, but the goal may really stem from another department. My hope is that the girls are mentally ready,” Corneal explained.
He dismissed claims the team is under-prepared, saying the team’s preparedness should not be an issue as it is the situation they have found themselves in at the moment.
Despite Thursday’s defeat, however, Corneal said the mood in the camp was still good, adding quickly that the mood does not necessarily translate to winning performances on the field.
The T&T team will be minus key players Kennya Cordner and Jenelle Cunningham, both picking up injuries in the last match.
Yesterday, the team went through some last minute fine-tuning ahead of today’s encounter.
The T&T footballers must finish among the top two teams in the group to be able to advance. This means with no points from their first match, the girls who are being led by Tasha St Louis, must beat the Mexicans today and get at least a point or full points against the Americans on Wednesday at the same venue.
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This link working for me (https://www.twitch.tv/msbeasley)
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Yaya just missed a glorious opportunity, they holding their own so far. Come on ladies!
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We were holding our own until we scored the penalty then Mexico totally dominated.
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Mexico ends T&T Women’s World Cup qualifying hopes.
TTFA Media.
Trinidad and Tobago’s France 2019 World Cup qualifying hopes ended on Sunday as Mexico kept its hopes alive of reaching the semifinals of the 2018 Concacaf Women’s Championship by recording a 4-1 Group A victory at Sahlen’s Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park.
The Mexicans improved to 1W-0D-1L and three points, but remained behind Panama (1W-0D-1L, 3) in goal differential, minus three to minus two. That will set up a Wednesday clash between the teams for the final semifinal spot from Group A. The Soca Princess fell to 0W-0D-2L.
A second half equalizer from the penalty spot by Jonelle Cato gave T&T some hope but Mexico pulled away soon after. Earlier in the first half T&T started quickly out of the starting blocks and should have gone 1-0 ahead when Kennya Cordner found room on the left of the box before dragging her effort inches wide of the right post.
Charlyn Corral scored twice for El Tri and Katie Johnson snapped a 1-1 deadlock in the 55th minute, nodding home a corner kick for her fifth international goal.
Corral gave Mexico a 33rd-minute lead. Maria Sanchez fired a shot from the left flank that goalkeeper Kimika Forbes saved parrying the ball into the path of an onrushing Corral, who tapped it in.
After she was taken down in the box by Bianca Sierra, Cato converted an equalizing penalty kick past goalkeeper Cecilia Santiago in the 50th minute.
Five minutes later, Johnson scored before Corral added an insurance tally off a right-wing feed by captain Stephany Mayor in the 62nd minute. Sanchez closed out the scoring with a 70th-minute header.
Because of Mexico’s win, group leader United States (2W-0D-0L, 6), buoyed by its 5-0 win over Panama, qualified for the knockout stage.
Teams
Trinidad and Tobago 1.Kimika Forbes (GK); 8.Patrice Superville (16.Shadi Cecily Stoute 46′), 5.Arin King, 4.Rhea Belgrave, 7.Jonelle Cato; 11.Janine Francois (9.Liana Hinds 67′), 18.Naomie Guerra, 14.Karyn Forbes; 6.Natasha St Louis, 10.Tasha St Louis (captain) (2.Ayana Russell 35′); 19.Kennya Cordner.
Subs not used. 20.Saundra Baron (GK), 3.Mariah Shade, 15.Shenelle Henry, 17.Lauryn Hutchinson.
Unavailable: 12.Kayla Taylor, 13.Jenelle Cunningham.
Head Coach: Shawn Cooper
Mexico 1.Cecilia Santiago (GK); 2.Kenti Robles, 4.Bianca Sierra (14.Arianna Romero 56′), 3.Christina Murillo, 5.Mónica Flores; 6.Nancy Antonio, 7.Nayeli Rangel (18.Kiana Palacios 56′); 10.Stephany Mayor (captain), 9.Charlyn Corral, 17.María Sánchez; 19.Katie Johnson.
Subs not used 12.Bianca Henninger, 13.Rebeca Rodríguez, 8.Karla Nieto, 16.Cristina Ferral, 15.Ariana Calderón, 11.Mónica Ocampo, 20.Lizbeth Ovalle.
Head Coach: Roberto Medina
CWC 2018 Mexico vs Trinidad & Tobago Highlights (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgAFs2zK9B0)
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Soca Princesses bow out qualifiers.
By Walter Alibey (Guardian).
The journey to the FIFA Women's World Cup next year in France, came to a sad but expected end, for the T&T Women footballers when they were beaten by Mexico in their second match of the CONCACAF Women's Championship at the Sahlen's Stadium, North Carolina, USA on Sunday.
They will now play for pride in their last match tomorrow against unbeaten United States women. It is the some of the players view that they were never given a fair chance at qualifying.
Marlon Charles, a former national women's coach called on administrators to bring an end to the constant fighting and work together in the interest of the sport. "In football, you have to do more work off the field to get the results on the field," Charles told Guardian Media Sports.
Following on the heels of the team's 3-0 loss to Panama last Thursday, the Soca Princesses who needed a win to have a chance of advancing, were stunned when goalkeeper Kimika Forbes failed to hold on to a cross that was whipped in from the left side, and prolific Mexican striker Charlyn Correl dashed in to convert from the blunder in the 34th minute.
Jonelle Cato later gave the T&T women a lifeline when she equalized from the penalty spot in the 50th minute. But the celebrations of the TT team lasted just five minutes before the Mexicans found themselves ahead again.
Katie Johnson leapt high to head home a right-side corner in the 55th for a 2-1 advantage before Correl sneaked in from behind the TT defence to fire in her second goal of the match seven minutes later. Maria Sanchez completed the victory for the Mexicans, climbing ahead of her marker in the box to beat Forbes with a powerful header in the 70th.
T&T will next face the host nation tomorrow at 7:30 pm at the Sahlen's Stadium, facing the possibility of another barrage of goals if the women are unable to pull it together.
Charles told Guardian Media Sports "In football you need to do everything required to compete, and that includes having good preparation, but I am afraid that was not the case with our team which is unfortunate."
He noted "This lack of preparation becomes worse when you're going up against teams that are well prepared. In football, all we need players to do is focus on their technical and tactical aspects of the game. But for the last two matches, our girls just never had that."
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I looked at the game yesterday and it was painful to watch, Boom Kick hoping to find the lone forward. No midfield player to bring the ball in transition. Good first half but looked like school girls in the second half. Was it fitness levels yet again. Most of these players have been together a long time . Basics were not there .
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Another bitter disappointment! *SIGH*
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Another bitter disappointment! *SIGH*
I was too upset to comment.
I don't blame the players at all. From the FA to the coaches decisions on the day . . .horrible
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Jamaica beat costa rica .. people dont be surprised ... they may be on the way to playing at the south american 3rd place team...... ...... people people .it can be a France qualification again .........
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How much we getting tonight?
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How much we getting tonight?
:nailbiting:
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
Right after the match, it would be nice if we could feed the officious culprits to the lions.
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Jamaica beat costa rica .. people dont be surprised ... they may be on the way to playing at the south american 3rd place team...... ...... people people .it can be a France qualification again .........
Not sure we care.
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Blame the terrorist for our poor showing, he should never be allow near to any national team again
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Blame the terrorist for our poor showing, he should never be allow near to any national team again
Which one? The "administrative" terrorist? Or the one that bail out before qualification?
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Jamaica beat costa rica .. people dont be surprised ... they may be on the way to playing at the south american 3rd place team...... ...... people people .it can be a France qualification again .........
Not sure we care.
We better ....
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Blame the terrorist for our poor showing, he should never be allow near to any national team again
Which one? The "administrative" terrorist? Or the one that bail out before qualification?
I don't see how Shabazz fairly could be at fault, if we are limiting the brief to France WC qualification. He held a baton and he ran his leg on the back stretch. Although not perfectly executed, he didn't drop the baton or affect the hand-off.
That stated (and it may be naive of me, but) I sense finality in this Shabazz departure from the WNT set-up. And, it would be difficult to articulate a strongly supportable argument for his return to the role in a meaningful capacity.
It certainly shouldn't happen under a forward-thinking Technical Committee.
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Jamaica beat costa rica .. people dont be surprised ... they may be on the way to playing at the south american 3rd place team...... ...... people people .it can be a France qualification again .........
Not sure we care.
We better ....
Why? Nothing in our collective experience in football administration suggests that we give an arse about what our neighbors are doing.
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How much we getting tonight?
:nailbiting:
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
Right after the match, it would be nice if we could feed the officious culprits to the lions.
Didn't see the game, just got home but noticed the final score was 7-0. Can't blame the ladies as they were placed in a position to fail yet still they went out there and tried their best.
Is this embarrassment enough for the federation to step down in the best interest to T&T football?
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OH by the way, today is the one year anniversary since we beat them and prevented them from qualifying for WC. Their women returned the favor in fine fashion.
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USA Women top Group A after 7-0 win vs Trinidad and Tobago at 2018 CONCACAF Women’s Championship
ussoccer.com
The U.S. Women’s National Team concluded Group A play at the 2018 Concacaf Women’s Championship with a third consecutive dominating 7-0 victory against Trinidad & Tobago at Sahlen’s Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park on a rainy Wednesday night.
Almost the entire match was played inside T&T’s defensive third as they pulled 10 players back inside 35 yards, but only some less than sharp finishing kept the score down through the first 40 minutes – after Alex Morgan had scored in the 9th minute – before the USA exploded for three goals in the final five minutes of the half. Rose Lavelle scored back-to-back goals in the 41st and 43rd minute, and Crystal Dunn added a fourth right before the end of the half.
The USA hit the woodwork five times in the match – each time by Morgan – and T&T’s ‘keeper made 15 saves, but the USA piled up a remarkable 59-0 shot margin over the entire game, putting 22 on goal.
In the second half, the U.S. Women got off to a fast start with Lindsey Horan scoring from distance in the 49th minute, followed by a second tally from Morgan in the 50th. Tobin Heath added one more a few minutes later for the final 7-0 score line.
Already through to the knockout round, the USA won Group A with the full nine points from three games and will now await the results from the final set of Group B games that take place Oct. 11 in Edinburg, Texas. The second-place finisher in Group B will face the USA on Sunday, Oct. 14 at 7 p.m. CT (FS1, UDN), with the winner earning an automatic berth to the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France.
Goal Scoring Rundown:
USA – Alex Morgan (Tobin Heath), 9th minute: The USA struck early for the third time in as many group games when a nice sequence of ball possession sprung Heath free on the right flank. She spun a cross on the ground into the middle and Morgan took a deft first-time touch at the near post to redirect the ball past the sliding goalkeeper and a defender, just inside the post at the lower left corner. USA 1, TRI 0. WATCH GOAL (https://twitter.com/ussoccer_wnt/status/1050173853534748673).
USA – Rose Lavelle (Tobin Heath), 41st minute: With the USA playing much of the game inside T&T's attacking third, and pounding away at the opponent's net, it took a shot from distance to double the lead. Heath got the ball just outside the right corner of the penalty area and played a short pass to Lavelle, who crushed her left-footed shot just inside the left post from about 33 yards out. USA 2, TRI 0. WATCH GOAL (https://twitter.com/ussoccer_wnt/status/1050180975534268416).
USA – Rose Lavelle, 43rd minute: The USA continued to try to find a way around the packed T&T defense on the flanks and did so just before the half as Megan Rapinoe popped free after a nice series of passes. She played a short pass into the middle to the crashing Alex Morgan, and as a T&T defender took her down with a tackle, the ball squirted free to Lavelle, who finished from closer range for her second goal in three minutes. USA 3, TRI 0. WATCH GOAL (https://twitter.com/ussoccer_wnt/status/1050183236654051328).
USA – Crystal Dunn (Lindsey Horan), 45th minute: The USA attacked down the right this time, and the ball got to Horan, who dribbled across the penalty area. The ball was briefly tackled away, but hit Horan and rolled right to Dunn who fired first-time from the top of the penalty area into the lower left corner to give the USA three goals in the last four minutes of the first half. USA 4, TRI 0. WATCH GOAL (https://twitter.com/ussoccer_wnt/status/1050183967012474882).
USA – Lindsey Horan, 49th minute: The USA once again tallied early in a half, this time through Horan, who collected a blocked shot outside the penalty area on the left side of the circle and bent her long range shot into the right corner. USA 5, TRI 0. WATCH GOAL (https://twitter.com/ussoccer_wnt/status/1050188995550998528).
USA – Alex Morgan, 50th minute: Morgan scored her 94th career goal, and bagged her second brace of the tournament, after Tobin Heath took the ball deep into the penalty area on the right side, but the T&T goalkeeper snuffed her close-range shot. Morgan was first to the rebound and struck her shot on the ground off the inside of the right post from a sharp angle. The ball skidded across the goal, hit the left post and rolled in. USA 6, TRI 0. WATCH GOAL (https://twitter.com/ussoccer_wnt/status/1050189007467016192).
USA – Tobin Heath (Megan Rapinoe), 58th minute: After setting up the first two goals, Heath bagged one of her own off a Rapinoe cross from the left side. The service skidded on the wet turf into the path of the sprinting Heath, who had got a step on her defender, and she touched it into the net with her left foot from the doorstep. USA, TRI 7. WATCH (https://twitter.com/ussoccer_wnt/status/1050191773748801536). FINAL.
Additional Player Notes:
Alex Morgan scored her second brace in the tournament – the 21st of her career – to up her career goal total to 94 in her 149th cap. At age 29, she sits in sole possession of seventh place on the USA's all-time goal scoring list and is third all-time in two-goal games (21), behind only Abby Wambach (37) and Mia Hamm (28). With her hat trick against Japan on July 26, the fourth of her career, Morgan is now fourth all-time in multi-goal games (25) behind Abby Wambach (45), Mia Hamm (38) and Michelle Akers (26).
She’s scored 21 goals over her last 22 WNT matches. She leads the WNT with 14 goals in 2018. Morgan’s 14 goals in 2018 are the fourth most of any American in a calendar year since 2014.
Rose Lavelle scored her first international brace tonight to up her career total to five goals in her 16th international appearance.
Tobin Heath earned two assists tonight to up her total to six this year, tying Lindsey Horan for most on the team. Heath made her sixth start for the U.S. WNT tonight and scored her 23rd career goal tonight, her fifth of the year. She earned cap No. 140 tonight and is in 22nd place on the USA’s all-time caps list.
Lindsey Horan made her 13th start tonight has scored her third goal of the year. She added an assist to up her total to six in 2018, most on the team and tied with Tobin Heath. She now has seven international goals.
Crystal Dunn scored her second goal of 2018, and first since Jan. 21 against Denmark, when she played that game as a forward. She played tonight as an outside back. It was her 24th international tally.
Megan Rapinoe earned her 11th assist of 2018 tonight, a team leading mark. She now has 55 assists for her career, tying her with Heather O’Reilly in sixth place in the U.S. all-time list. Rapinoe's 55 assists in 142 caps is the best ratio of anyone ahead of her on the all-time list except for Hamm, who had a remarkable 147 assists in her 276 caps.
With tonight’s World Cup qualifying appearance, Carli Lloyd now has 17 in her career and has tied Kristine Lilly for most in U.S. history.
Additional Team Notes:
The USA is 14-0-2 in 2018, with wins against Denmark, Germany, England, Mexico (thrice), China PR (twice), Japan, Brazil, Chile (twice), Panama and Trinidad & Tobago; and ties against Australia and France.
The USA is unbeaten in its last 24 matches (21-0-3), and has outscored its opponents 83-17 through that stretch, scoring in all 24 games.
The U.S. has now scored 4+ goals in five of their last six games and in four straight. They longest such streak since Oct. 19 – Nov. 13, 2016.
U.S. WNT head coach Jill Ellis’ three subs tonight were: Carli Lloyd for Rose Lavelle in the 46th, Samantha Mewis for Alex Morgan in the 61st and Mallory Pugh for Kelley O’Hara in the 71st minute.
Ten different players have scored in the tournament thus far: Alex Morgan (4), Carli Lloyd (3), Megan Rapinoe (2), Tobin Heath (2), Rose Lavelle (2), Crystal Dunn, Julie Ertz, Lindsey Horan, Christen Press and Samantha Mewis.
– U.S. Women’s National Team Match Report –
Match: U.S. Women’s National Team vs. Trinidad & Tobago
Date: Oct. 10, 2018
Competition: 2018 Concacaf Women’s Championship - Group A
Venue: Sahlen’s Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park; Cary, N.C.
Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. ET
Attendance: 3,996
Weather: 77 degrees Fahrenheit, raining
Scoring Summary: 1 2 F
USA 4 3 7
TRI 0 0 0
USA – Alex Morgan (Tobin Heath) 9th minute
USA – Rose Lavelle (Tobin Heath) 41
USA – Rose Lavelle 43
USA – Crystal Dunn (Lindsey Horan) 45
USA – Lindsey Horan 49
USA – Alex Morgan 50
USA – Tobin Heath (Megan Rapinoe) 58
Lineups:
USA: 1-Alyssa Naeher; 5-Kelley O’Hara (11-Mallory Pugh, 71), 7-Abby Dahlkemper, 4-Becky Sauerbrunn, 19-Crystal Dunn; 8-Julie Ertz, 16-Rose Lavelle (10-Carli Lloyd, 46), 9-Lindsey Horan; 17-Tobin Heath, 13-Alex Morgan (3-Samantha Mewis, 61), 15-Megan Rapinoe
Substitutes not used: 2-Emily Sonnett, 6-Morgan Brian, 12-Hailie Mace, 14-Casey Short, 18-Ashlyn Harris, 20-Christen Press
Head Coach: Jill Ellis
TRI: 20-Saundra Baron; 16-Cecily Stoute, 4-Rhea Belgrave, 2-Ayana Russell, 7-Jonelle Cato (17-Lauryn Hutchinson, 12, 15-Shenelle Henry, 46); 9-Liana Hinds, 11-Janine Francois, 14-Karyn Forbes (capt.), 18-Naomie Guerra, 6-Natasha St. Louis, 3-Mariah Shade
Substitutes not used: 1-Kimika Forbes; 13-Jenelle Cunningham, 5-Arin King, 8-Patrice Superville; 12-Kayla Taylor; 10-Tasha St. Louis
Not eligible: 19-Kennya Cordner
Head Coach: Shawn Cooper
Stats Summary: USA / TRI
Shots: 59 / 0
Shots on Goal: 22 / 0
Saves: 0 / 15
Corner Kicks: 18 / 0
Fouls: 9 / 5
Offside: 4 / 0
Misconduct Summary:
None
Officials:
Referee: Odette Hamilton (JAM)
Assistant Referee 1: Princess Brown (JAM)
Assistant Referee 2: Stephanie-dale Yee (JAM)
4th Official: Tatiana Guzman (NCA)
U.S. Soccer Woman of the Match: Julie Ertz
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We seem to get near the river Jordan but cant cross to the promise land. I remember Jack warner saying that the Women's team offered the best promise to make a world cup. we were competitive despite the inherent problems , then we seemed to have lost the script. we had the talent but fitness seemed to have been the problem . What went wrong - Forumites.
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We seem to get near the river Jordan but cant cross to the promise land. I remember Jack warner saying that the Women's team offered the best promise to make a world cup. we were competitive despite the inherent problems , then we seemed to have lost the script. we had the talent but fitness seemed to have been the problem . What went wrong - Forumites.
fitness is d major issue, for women yuh need to have ah good conditioning regimen because yuh hadda make sure yuh have athletes or yuh wasting time, especially against teams like USA and Jamaica....I use Jamaica because at d very least yuh know jamaica goh have dat in spades, d next ting is touch and passing and general ball mastery, both of which completely gone now, didn't have much ah dat with Randy either but at least d women was fit enough to chase d game/ball for d greater part ah 90mins.
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United States sure to beat Jamaica ass in today's semi final.
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What's going here? more bacchanal and hooligan behaviour by our players and seem to always be the same culprits. What happen to professionalism?
https://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/local/football-madness/article_2e7d96e8-cf4d-11e8-90ee-93b6bed7b20b.html
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United States sure to beat Jamaica ass in today's semi final.
yes they may, but I bet yuh dey will be ah better physical match than we were, Jamaica at least realise dat speed is ah asset they have, is ah assets we had with Waldron.......US women not really special, they just developed for pace and power....which is ah deadly combo in women's football, even d far more technical Brazilians does get trouble with them
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United States sure to beat Jamaica ass in today's semi final.
yes they may, but I bet yuh dey will be ah better physical match than we were, Jamaica at least realise dat speed is ah asset they have, is ah assets we had with Waldron.......US women not really special, they just developed for pace and power....which is ah deadly combo in women's football, even d far more technical Brazilians does get trouble with them
Just being physical is not good enough. That is the dinosaur Caribbean thinking. We bigger and stronger suppose to mean what in the end? We lack the football IQ, lack the technical skill, lack composure, lack endurance, lack creativity. Years of getting licks still have not convinced us that just being physical and athletic is not a winning solution. US and Canada are miles ahead..results do not lie
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What's going here? more bacchanal and hooligan behaviour by our players and seem to always be the same culprits. What happen to professionalism?
https://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/local/football-madness/article_2e7d96e8-cf4d-11e8-90ee-93b6bed7b20b.html
Can you post the article?
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United States sure to beat Jamaica ass in today's semi final.
yes they may, but I bet yuh dey will be ah better physical match than we were, Jamaica at least realise dat speed is ah asset they have, is ah assets we had with Waldron.......
US women not really special, they just developed for pace and power....which is ah deadly combo in women's football, even d far more technical Brazilians does get trouble with them
That was then. Different scene in 2018.
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United States sure to beat Jamaica ass in today's semi final.
yes they may, but I bet yuh dey will be ah better physical match than we were, Jamaica at least realise dat speed is ah asset they have, is ah assets we had with Waldron.......US women not really special, they just developed for pace and power....which is ah deadly combo in women's football, even d far more technical Brazilians does get trouble with them
Just being physical is not good enough. That is the dinosaur Caribbean thinking. We bigger and stronger suppose to mean what in the end? We lack the football IQ, lack the technical skill, lack composure, lack endurance, lack creativity. Years of getting licks still have not convinced us that just being physical and athletic is not a winning solution. US and Canada are miles ahead..results do not lie
I don't get your argument, you are reading too much into one word, when I say physical, I also encompass athleticism and conditioning........if all d oxygen yuh body processing hadda be going towards helping yuh limbs stay functional, den yuh not going and be in no state to create or maintain composure......I believe dat with women yuh hadda work on dey conditioning as d very first thing then technique especially running, if at that level yuh still have ah girlish saunter when people strait up flyin past yuh sumting wrong
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United States sure to beat Jamaica ass in today's semi final.
yes they may, but I bet yuh dey will be ah better physical match than we were, Jamaica at least realise dat speed is ah asset they have, is ah assets we had with Waldron.......
US women not really special, they just developed for pace and power....which is ah deadly combo in women's football, even d far more technical Brazilians does get trouble with them
That was then. Different scene in 2018.
wha yuh mean d improved passing and interplay, dais upgraded power ball made to look exceptional by d dire state of our team dem girls looked burnt after a few minutes
and no ah not knucking d US play, we could learn from dat game....sure nobody grab ah "tape" to analyse
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United States sure to beat Jamaica ass in today's semi final.
yes they may, but I bet yuh dey will be ah better physical match than we were, Jamaica at least realise dat speed is ah asset they have, is ah assets we had with Waldron.......
US women not really special, they just developed for pace and power....which is ah deadly combo in women's football, even d far more technical Brazilians does get trouble with them
That was then. Different scene in 2018.
wha yuh mean d improved passing and interplay, dais upgraded power ball made to look exceptional by d dire state of our teamdem girls looked burnt after a few minutes
and no ah not knucking d US play, we could learn from dat game....sure nobody grab ah "tape" to analyse
Speaking definitively based on the US performance against us would lack credibility. That's not my benchmark. The US is playing more constructive football with this cast of players.
Give them credit where credit is due. Even at optimal preparation, we would have had multiple difficulties with the US.
A "tape" exists but ah not sure that any useful collective conclusions could be made in light of the well-documented dysfunction that plagued the team. Off the top of my head doh, the foreign-based defender allegedly played at Hutchinson's expense, looked positive in her desire to play thoughtfully across thirds.
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United States sure to beat Jamaica ass in today's semi final.
yes they may, but I bet yuh dey will be ah better physical match than we were, Jamaica at least realise dat speed is ah asset they have, is ah assets we had with Waldron.......
US women not really special, they just developed for pace and power....which is ah deadly combo in women's football, even d far more technical Brazilians does get trouble with them
That was then. Different scene in 2018.
wha yuh mean d improved passing and interplay, dais upgraded power ball made to look exceptional by d dire state of our teamdem girls looked burnt after a few minutes
and no ah not knucking d US play, we could learn from dat game....sure nobody grab ah "tape" to analyse
Speaking definitively based on the US performance against us would lack credibility. That's not my benchmark. The US is playing more constructive football with this cast of players.
Give them credit where credit is due. Even at optimal preparation, we would have had multiple difficulties with the US.
A "tape" exists but ah not sure that any useful collective conclusions could be made in light of the well-documented dysfunction that plagued the team. Off the top of my head doh, the foreign-based defender allegedly played at Hutchinson's expense, looked positive in her desire to play thoughtfully across thirds.
I hear you, if I had an opportunity with this team, beyond focusing on getting dey fitness up, touch and ball mastery and team defense would be at the top of the list, dem girls need to be moving up and down d field in ah tight block to support each other better......in typical trini football fashion dem girls looked broken in three most of the time....so it didn't surprise me that they had low passing success on top of dat one or two looked like they can't carry ah ball to save dey life........
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right now America torturing and tearing Jamaica apart. Its 5-0 by halftime. And to really listen to some in here saying earlier T&T should watch Jamaica smh steupse...like I've ALWAYS said the Caribbean is way behind in quality!
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Jamaica vs panama for third and final automatic spot :cursing: :cursing: :cursing: :cursing:
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Women footballers face 'Women in Sport issues'
By Walter Alibey (Guardian).
Criticisms of T&T women's coach Shawn Cooper on his team selection and his coaching style during the CONCACAF Women's Championship qualifier for the FIFA Women's World Cup next year in France did not surprise other staff members, because of whom it came from.
A member of the technical staff who spoke on condition of anonymity believes Kennya 'Yaya' Cordner's account of the issues faced over the past two weeks was her own and not the perspective of the other players or members of staff. The staff member believes Cordner did not even highlight the true issues faced by the players which hinged more on them being 'women in sport,' in a male-dominated world.
The source told Guardian Media Sports that although the T&T Football Association received a cheque for $430,000 from the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs on the eve of the team's departure for the Qualifiers in the United States, the players have not received a single cent as yet. Minister of Sports Shamfa Cudjoe made it clear that the monies were to be used to pay players' salaries and cover other expenses during the tournament.
"We have not heard anything about payment as yet. I think as women in sports we are not given the respect we deserve. We do not get pay, we hardly receive money for preparation, etc. The current administration of the T&TFA started well by introducing the women's programme and offering contracts to players, but it could not follow through on it," the source said.
The T&T women were beaten in all three qualifying matches, first going down to Panama 3-0, Mexico 4-1 and then the USA 7-0 at the Sahlen's Stadium in Cary, North Carolina, USA.
The source dismissed criticisms that coach Cooper did not select his best squad of players for the tournament, as well as for the group stage, saying the staff, which included T&TFA technical director Anton Corneal, worked closely with Cooper to select the players to go to the tournament and for each match, as they realized the coach was new to women football and needed their input.
The staff member said the selection of the players was based on who was available to the team and who was prepared. The technical staff was challenged by players' inability to get time from school in the US and time from work, to their fitness and readiness.
"Cordner accepted the opportunity to play for the team, knowing the issues they were faced with. And for the matches, there were a number of players with injuries, including Lauryn Hamilton and Arin King, both of whom could not play in the final match. In fact, Hamilton was approached about her injuries and she too agreed she could not play," the source explained.
The source said everyone is awaiting word from manager Jinelle James for an update on a date for payment but admitted that no one could say if any of the players are contemplating withholding their services from representing the country until payment is made.
Meanwhile, Russell Latapy, the coach of the Under-17 and 20 teams, is yet to conduct a training session with his teams due to his unpaid salaries.
Contacted, a disappointed Cooper said he will soon provide a report to the media on everything relating to the women football team.
Efforts by Guardian Media Sports to contact T&TFA president David John-Williams yesterday proved futile.
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Alibey: so much fuh yuh source being "anonymous". :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
Entertaining doh.
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Lauryn Hamilton yes
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How is it a woman in sport issue? The men getting paid money or something? As far as I know, is all teams in a mess, all coaches not being paid. The women not getting a special victimization
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I was about to say the same thing.
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Jamaica and Panama are 2-1 with the second extra-time period in progress with ~110:00 played.
EDIT: 2-2 with goal at ~ 115:00.
Jamaica defeat Panama 4-2 on penalty kicks to finish third in the CONCACAF Women's Championship and qualify for France 2019, thereby emulating the unprecedented qualification of the 1998 Jamaica MNT in destination and event.
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Jamaica and Panama are 2-1 with the second extra-time period in progress with ~110:00 played.
EDIT: 2-2 with goal at ~ 115:00.
Jamaica defeat Panama 4-2 on penalty kicks to finish third in the CONCACAF Women's Championship and qualify for France 2019, thereby emulating the unprecedented qualification of the 1998 Jamaica MNT in destination and event.
how long again we have to wait to qualify for a women WC 12 years???? .... 1989 we came close they made it in 1998 in 2014 we came close they qualified for 2019 .. we can never get our act together .......
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Jamaica and Panama are 2-1 with the second extra-time period in progress with ~110:00 played.
EDIT: 2-2 with goal at ~ 115:00.
Jamaica defeat Panama 4-2 on penalty kicks to finish third in the CONCACAF Women's Championship and qualify for France 2019, thereby emulating the unprecedented qualification of the 1998 Jamaica MNT in destination and event.
how long again we have to wait to qualify for a women WC 12 years???? .... 1989 we came close they made it in 1998 in 2014 we came close they qualified for 2019 .. we can never get our act together .......
Why are you so fascinated in comparing the times they qualified to when we qualified? Is it that important for you to compare them to us?
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right now America torturing and tearing Jamaica apart. Its 5-0 by halftime. And to really listen to some in here saying earlier T&T should watch Jamaica smh steupse...like I've ALWAYS said the Caribbean is way behind in quality!
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and yet!!!!!!...................
Jamaica and Panama are 2-1 with the second extra-time period in progress with ~110:00 played.
EDIT: 2-2 with goal at ~ 115:00.
Jamaica defeat Panama 4-2 on penalty kicks to finish third in the CONCACAF Women's Championship and qualify for France 2019, thereby emulating the unprecedented qualification of the 1998 Jamaica MNT in destination and event.
what seeker say about d U.S. team may ring true for all comers in d caribbean, but jamaica had the tools (raw though they may be to go toe to toe with the rest and proved it.......I'll say it again, if we won't use coaches that know how to physical, mentally and technically condition women, we will always fail. Our women's program, and use that term lightly, have always benefited when we hire coaches that have developmental pedigree, non ah DJW coach fren cyah develop nutten.......is ah sad sad state of affairs......
dey fire ah prez who was lil shitty on d admin side, but had all teams performing for shitty all round prez that has been a "specialist in failure" copyright jose......so there is that
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right now America torturing and tearing Jamaica apart. Its 5-0 by halftime. And to really listen to some in here saying earlier T&T should watch Jamaica smh steupse...like I've ALWAYS said the Caribbean is way behind in quality!
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and yet!!!!!!...................
Jamaica and Panama are 2-1 with the second extra-time period in progress with ~110:00 played.
EDIT: 2-2 with goal at ~ 115:00.
Jamaica defeat Panama 4-2 on penalty kicks to finish third in the CONCACAF Women's Championship and qualify for France 2019, thereby emulating the unprecedented qualification of the 1998 Jamaica MNT in destination and event.
what seeker say about d U.S. team may ring true for all comers in d caribbean, but jamaica had the tools (raw though they may be to go toe to toe with the rest and proved it.......I'll say it again, if we won't use coaches that know how to physical, mentally and technically condition women, we will always fail. Our women's program, and use that term lightly, have always benefited when we hire coaches that have developmental pedigree, non ah DJW coach fren cyah develop nutten.......is ah sad sad state of affairs......
dey fire ah prez who was lil shitty on d admin side, but had all teams performing for shitty all round prez that has been a "specialist in failure" copyright jose......so there is that
and yet what? America tortured them...America and Canada is way ahead of the rest. The 'rest' you mentioned are playing at a low quality so there is not much tools necessary. This is Concacaf women football we are talking about. Are you not watching the matches? Jamaican beating Panama in a third place game does not change the fact that the quality gap between America, Canada and the rest is huge..
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and yet what? America tortured them...America and Canada is way ahead of the rest. The 'rest' you mentioned are playing at a low quality so there is not much tools necessary. This is Concacaf women football we are talking about. Are you not watching the matches? Jamaican beating Panama in a third place game does not change the fact that the quality gap between America, Canada and the rest is huge..
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they still had something useful to work with namely fitness and athleticism, are they going to set the world alight, f**k no, but they were given their best shot by at least being able to function for 90 mins, flawed though it may have been against the US.....we were dead tired after 10mins against the US and looked lost throughout the entire tourney........I knew this would not end well since we lost in CFU to Jamaica who were at least fit ......and the writing was on the wall after CAC......
Our level is low yes as is much of CFU, but we hold our own when we are at least fit and have coaches that understand the need for that.....Jamaica were at least FIT........AND Randy managed to make some of these low level women competitive not that long ago, he forged ah unit.....
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Jamaica will always 1 up TT in everything if Jamaica ,Barbados or Bahamas had oil like Trinidad they would have become a 1st world country all that oil Trinidad had they remain a backward 3rd world country.
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Guys. Look how long it took for the men to barely qualify. Men been playing football for donkeys. I spoke to Mike Grayson this weekend. He said that there is barely a women's league. Women are hardly playing football. The league is weak. The talent pool is very small. Allyuh see all the headache to get some money from the govt. And the private sector don't take on TTFA. Allyuh have to give the women time. Allyuh should back JA like everything else. TT just march to a different beat. Allyuh know the modus operandi all along. Allyuh see an arrogant auuthoritarian running TT football. just give it a rest. TT women football will take sometime to develop.
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Guys. Look how long it took for the men to barely qualify. Men been playing football for donkeys. I spoke to Mike Grayson this weekend. He said that there is barely a women's league. Women are hardly playing football. The league is weak. The talent pool is very small. Allyuh see all the headache to get some money from the govt. And the private sector don't take on TTFA. Allyuh have to give the women time. Allyuh should back JA like everything else. TT just march to a different beat. Allyuh know the modus operandi all along. Allyuh see an arrogant auuthoritarian running TT football. just give it a rest. TT women football will take sometime to develop.
But we came very close to qualifying 4 yrs ago and went backwards with many of the same players. We should've been developing in the years leading up to this.
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Guys. Look how long it took for the men to barely qualify. Men been playing football for donkeys. I spoke to Mike Grayson this weekend. He said that there is barely a women's league. Women are hardly playing football. The league is weak. The talent pool is very small. Allyuh see all the headache to get some money from the govt. And the private sector don't take on TTFA. Allyuh have to give the women time. Allyuh should back JA like everything else. TT just march to a different beat. Allyuh know the modus operandi all along. Allyuh see an arrogant auuthoritarian running TT football. just give it a rest. TT women football will take sometime to develop.
But we came very close to qualifying 4 yrs ago and went backwards with many of the same players. We should've been developing in the years leading up to this.
Dude. You have to be patient with women football. Be it the players themselves, the coaches or the administration. Our talent pool is small, our coaches needs more, and our admins. sucks big time. Just be patient. The men missed out on 1974 Germany WC. They missed out on Italy. It took time for them. It will take more time for the women.
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Guys. Look how long it took for the men to barely qualify. Men been playing football for donkeys. I spoke to Mike Grayson this weekend. He said that there is barely a women's league. Women are hardly playing football. The league is weak. The talent pool is very small. Allyuh see all the headache to get some money from the govt. And the private sector don't take on TTFA. Allyuh have to give the women time. Allyuh should back JA like everything else. TT just march to a different beat. Allyuh know the modus operandi all along. Allyuh see an arrogant auuthoritarian running TT football. just give it a rest. TT women football will take sometime to develop.
But we came very close to qualifying 4 yrs ago and went backwards with many of the same players. We should've been developing in the years leading up to this.
Dude. You have to be patient with women football. Be it the players themselves, the coaches or the administration. Our talent pool is small, our coaches needs more, and our admins. sucks big time. Just be patient. The men missed out on 1974 Germany WC. They missed out on Italy. It took time for them. It will take more time for the women.
deeks the regression should not have been this bad, DJW came into office and met competitive teams and proceeded to mash up everyting for no greater reason than that is d trini way, to mash up or neglect what yuh didn build, succession not in we mindset, worst if yuh prone to frenism or jus straight up like to be surrounded by lick bamsee competence be damned.
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TTFA yet to decide on Cordner’s issue.
By Joel Bailey (Newsday).
THE TT Football Association (TTFA) is yet to decide on whether or not any action will be taken on veteran national women’s team striker Kenya “Ya Ya” Cordner, after a report on her behaviour was submitted to the local governing body by team manager Jinelle James.
Cordner allegedly refused to play in the final Group A game for TT against hosts United States in the CONCACAF Women’s Championship – the US won the game 7-0 – after a dressing room confrontation with coach Shawn Cooper.
TTFA general secretary Justin Latapy-George said yesterday, “The report will have to go before the board, and the board will have to meet and decide on what appropriate action will be taken.”
Latapy-George was unable to say exactly when the board will meet to discuss the conduct of the 29-year-old Cordner.
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Deeks please don’t blame the government it’s the federation who according to the minister of sport that comes to the government last minute demanding funds when they had ample time to put in their request.
from my prospective this president has proven that he’s incapable of governing the federation and should hand the reins back over to raymond timkee that’s if he’s still interested.
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Deeks please don’t blame the government it’s the federation who according to the minister of sport that comes to the government last minute demanding funds when they had ample time to put in their request.
from my prospective this president has proven that he’s incapable of governing the federation and should hand the reins back over to raymond timkee that’s if he’s still interested.
You may be right on that concerning the govt. But don't hold you breath on DJW resigning. Anyhow read this article on Bob Marley's daughter involvement with the JA women's team.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/45899523
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WATCH: T&T's dream of qualifying for the Women's World Cup in France is over, but questions linger regarding the problems which hindered the teams' chances. There were a host of reported issues regarding insubordination and behaviour not desireable of professional/National footballers. Manager of the team Jinelle James dealt with some of the controversial issues affecting the national women's team's journey in the tournament.
https://www.youtube.com/v/LvpC51-O9Wk
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Andre Baptiste basically throw d whole team under d bus dis morning as per his contract with d TTFA so nobody going and take responsibility for nutten >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
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USA killing Thailand here, double digits #WWC
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USA killing Thailand here, double digits #WWC
How much? 13?
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Jamaica made sure that they qualified before us,they took note of how close we came and started importing foreigners,the first match had 7 players who were all born in the USA.Our men came so close in 1990 and by the late 90s Jamaica started getting all the Brits to play,making sure that they were the first.Jamaicans don't care how it's done ,as long as they are the first.
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USA killing Thailand here, double digits #WWC
How much? 13?
Some people taking offence to the US "running up the score". I am not sure what they really want the team to do.
https://sports.yahoo.com/uswnt-criticized-for-celebrations-running-up-score-im-disgusted-there-are-kids-watching-232723878.html?.tsrc=notification-brknews
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The US Women logistics for one month stay in France for 2019 WC
https://www.espn.com/soccer/fifa-womens-world-cup/story/3874389/pack-mentality-how-the-us-womens-national-team-geared-up-for-a-month-in-france
Pack mentality: How the USWNT geared up for a month in France
Curious about the USWNT's packing list? Here's how they got the job done:
400 jerseys
"The most important thing that we bring are jerseys," Dell says. "We brought over about 400 of them to Europe, to make sure we have that short sleeve, long sleeve, goalkeeper, everything."
120 pairs of cleats
That's about five per player, but Dell says an active player like Julie Ertz could go through eight pairs in France.
60 soccer balls
"It may sound ridiculous, but we need 60 balls to get through a training session," Dell says. "Sometimes it feels like we need more. And we pump all 60 every two days."
2 heat presses
"We print jerseys on site," Dell says. "We had one break on a trip to Spain, so now we take two."
1 vinyl cutter
"If you give me your last name, we could have it produced on my computer and on a jersey in five minutes," Dell says. "We can produce jerseys for any name in the world."
12 large bottles of shampoo, 12 large bottles of conditioner, 20 large bottles of body wash
"We kind of know how much shampoo and conditioner the team is going to use on a day-to-day basis and on a match basis," Dell says. "So, we kind of estimate that and then we bring more."
12 five-pound boxes of flavored gum
The USWNT goes through five packs a game. "I figured that would be enough," Dell says. "You'd rather have too much then too little, to be honest."
7 massage tables
Four will be used for athletic training and three for full-body massages. "Massage tables take up an incredible amount of space. They are just an awkward shape," Dell says. "It's like a big thing of Tetris."
48 women's parka jackets, 24 men's parka jackets
"We have a massive staff. So, [the parkas are] for everyone. Whatever we need so that every player and staff member is accounted for," Dell says. "Parka jackets are a weird choice, but we literally had a request for them right when we got to Europe."
1 American flag
One thing the USWNT never leaves home without: its American flag, which is hung up in the locker room before every game.
"The flag was presented to us by four WWII veterans from the cemetery in Normandy in France back in January. We wanted something special to carry with us on this journey and we were fortunate to meet these four incredible veterans," Dell says. "And we walked through the cemetery with them as they were telling us their stories. the flag came down at 4 p.m. and the veterans presented it to the team. So, it's very dear to our heart. and I think it's a really cool culmination is starting in France, flying over American piece of land in France, us traveling with it on our journey and leading us to this tournament and then to a degree the flag coming home to carry us through this World Cup. It's very near to our hearts and means a lot to us."
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The benefits of a big budget and sponsorship gives you access to all types of equipment and resources. Sad thing we'll be no where close to attaining 1/4 of that for the foreseeable future.