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Levi on the bench. Wonder why?
All this team have is ah structure there is no attempt to win d ball, even directly on top d box we just waiting for something to release d ball.......dangerous and when we get it d reaction is so slow that d US just easily get back into dey pressing shape
What allyuh think about the 2nd yellow, did he make contact with the ball?
Trini, you wrong. We have looked bad. This isn’t bad. The boys are working hardagainst a very good US team and strategy. The question is, how long can they keep it up.
I'm sure his dad gives great input / advice
A step backwards for Auvray. He is very talented. You mean no USL or a division 3 or 4 team in France at least?
Dominican Republic doesn't seem to want to run with the ball.
Much better second half. Denzil settled down in goal. Outshot 27-4. 2 games with 30% possession and 2 wins.
Oh gord man, is 2 mins we hold de lead for?
And I really didn't expect that elsal would be so effective on set pieces. Our boys working hard
You're right Trini. I just think it better than where he's at now.
Interesting thing I was reading about the USL to MLS transition for players. Apparently the chances of going to the MLS from the USL, is less than 8%. Once you get in the USL , you either stay or sink down further.
David salutes team effort in Warriors win.
By Nigel Simon (T&T Guardian).
T&T Soca Warriors captain, defender Aubrey David, was full of praise for his teammates following their narrow 1-0 win over Curacao in their opening Concacaf Nations League A Group A match at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo on Thursday night.
Substitute Nathaniel James, making his debut, got the decisive strike for the Angus Eve-coached Soca Warriors in the 86th minute to grab all three points in their first match since exiting the Concacaf Gold Cup at the group stage in July with a 6-0 loss to host USA.
The 32-year-old Guyana-born David, who has featured 72 times for the T&T squad speaking after the narrow win before a crowd of 5,181 spectators said, “As I was emphasizing before the match it was very important for us to win our home game and leave here with the three points and start on the right foot knowing that we have a tough game away to El Salvador.
“So, it's now for us to stay focused, get recovered as fast as possible because we know it’s going to be a challenging game."
Reflecting on the match, David who plies his trade with CS Cartagines in the Costa Rica Primer Division Clausura, applauded the team effort saying, "It was a great job by each and everyone that played, and including the substitutes that came on and changed the game for us.
"It was a great effort by the staff and players and I’m so grateful for that and I just want to say wonderful job by the boys."
With regards to the caution and defensive approach from the T&T team at the start of the match, David defended the team tactics saying, "Basically, before the game, we knew the technical team and how they approach the game, and we knew that there were going to be moments in the game that we were not going to have the ball and we set our minds that when we reached to that stage and we don’t have the ball we would work and we stay disciplined and we keep shape, and then after we will catch them on the counterattack.
"Because we have very fast wingers, and we have willing strikers who are willing to run behind the defence, so we knew that there were going to be times that we would be under pressure, and we also knew there was going to be a time that we were going to have possession of the ball, and we saw that in the second half, so it was just about game management and managing the moments and staying discipline.
"So, yes we were under pressure, but I think the lads dealt with it very well and in the second half, we had good spells of possession and thankfully we came out with the victory."
The T&T captain was also in high praise of match-winner Nathaniel James for his impact off the bench.
"I would like to say congrats to Nathaniel on his first goal, he did an excellent job when he came on, and we continue to move on," noted David.
"It shows that we have a lot of willing and new players who are willing to raise their hand up and say that they deserve to be on the national team, and I think that is what we showed tonight (Thursday) with the effort from the new guys, and the guys that made their debut.
"For me, it was a well-rounded performance by the team, and each and everyone performed their shift, whether they started or whether they came on and it was good discipline and good concentration because we know sometimes that concentration lets us down in some important games.
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Congrats and a good three points. We are giving the opposition too much time on the ball in our third. I like the Moore/ Telfer up front. Someone in midfield needs to take the ball and run into the opposition Third. Hackshaw and Auvray did it and created problems for the centre backs. Leandro Bacuna got player of the match and Hackshaw got a 7.5 rating Rampersad 7.4 and David a 7.4. Source FOTMOB.
We sit back and allow possession too much, Curacao was allowed to complete passes over and over again. That first half was ugly. Several times Daniel Phillip was the only one pressing quickly which does not work unless others join in. Rampersad is good, he solid and physical. Hackshaw still have a belly.
Our wing play through Auvray and Telfer is decent, but since we playing the inverted wingers on each side I would expect more support from the wing backs in overlapping runs and central midfielders to play 1-2s off of. We have no attack through the middle.
In this game like in the gold cup I feel like a lot of players playing to not get tired; fraid to commit to runs because it's a long run back if we lose possession.
Congrats to James on his goal, looks like he had a chance for a second as well.
... as if no solution other than flank play exists.
Mr.Eve must be doing something right because many on here if they are honest expected us to lose. The statistics showed we had the better of the game so I don't see a big problem. Sometimes football could be made more complicated than it's supposed to be,I heard AE,telling the players,"if every player do what he is supposed to do we should not have problems"that,I must admit is true.We won and some are not satisfied,we beat a good team with players in better leagues than ours.
I forgot about Moore. He's another talent that should be playing abroad. I hope he can find something in the USL or Canadian Premier League.
thanx for the livestream. who is #17? [terrible we so amateur now no names on shirts again]
Hadad is the new DJW.
There's about 6 key fellas missing, which will prove costly.
This is some embarrassing stuff T&T putting down dey. EVE please go back to Junior Sec football. Yuh outta yuh depth. Too painful to watch this stuff.
On the other hand, to be fair to Eve, can it be that we don't produce quality players anymore? That is the crux of the matter right there.
