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Football / Re: Thread for the T&T vs Bermuda Game (02-Sept-11).
« on: September 02, 2011, 01:46:16 PM »
Any ideas on the formation? I guess it might be 4-4-2 with roberts as the 10.
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Football / Re: Birchall, Hyland called up to T&T squad
« on: August 24, 2011, 09:30:24 AM »
I agree with davidephraim Carlos will have to play RB. when i look at this team the 1st thing that pops out to me is the the lack of wingbacks. We have two good center backs and a good one injured. But without Jlloyd playing Carlos must play RB. I dont understand why people have Jake playing RB. Carlos plays RB week in and week out regardless if he likes the position. Jake just got a club. Why would you have an inexperienced, probably unfit player playing RB. Yeah he did play RB during the U-20's but that is because we had no better options. This time we do. Hopefully in the next round Gavin Hoyte will decide to join us, cause i tired begging his older brother.
As for a prediction ill take 2-0 on friday because its the 1st time that they are playing together. But for tuesdays game (even tho its on the road) I'll take 5-0
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As for a prediction ill take 2-0 on friday because its the 1st time that they are playing together. But for tuesdays game (even tho its on the road) I'll take 5-0
.693
Football / Re: Genk vs Haifa (Hyland Starting)
« on: August 23, 2011, 03:34:05 PM »
Hopefully the new coach will pick him when the group stages start.
694
Football / Re: Russian club Anzhi announces deal for Eto'o
« on: August 23, 2011, 11:35:54 AM »so from one racist setta fans to a league that have teams talking openly how it hard to sign black players cuz the fans go be vex
good luck to him and i hope he can help change some of them racist fans' attitudes.
Co sign he gonna really earn that money with all the stuff hell have to go thru. Anyway good luck to him.
695
Football / Boucaud called up for World Cup Qualifiers
« on: August 22, 2011, 08:37:09 PM »
http://www.footballconference.co.uk/news/details.php?news_id=5320
The Blue Square Bet Premier fixture between York City and Bath City, scheduled for Saturday, 3rd September, has been postponed due to York having three players called up for international duty.
Paddy McLaughlin has been selected to participate in Northern Ireland’s under-21 European Qualifying fixtures in Serbia on Friday, 2nd September and his country’s home match against Denmark at the Oval, Belfast on Tuesday, 6th September.
Lanre Oyebanjo has been selected for the Republic of Ireland’s under-21 UEFA Championship Qualifying games against Hungary at the Showgrounds, Sligo on Thursday, 1st September and for the trip to Turkey on 6th September.
And Andre Boucard has been called up by Trinidad & Tobago for their World Cup Qualifying Ties against Bermuda in Port of Spain on 2nd September and away to Barbados on 6th September at a venue to be confirmed.
The Blue Square Bet Premier fixture between York City and Bath City, scheduled for Saturday, 3rd September, has been postponed due to York having three players called up for international duty.
Paddy McLaughlin has been selected to participate in Northern Ireland’s under-21 European Qualifying fixtures in Serbia on Friday, 2nd September and his country’s home match against Denmark at the Oval, Belfast on Tuesday, 6th September.
Lanre Oyebanjo has been selected for the Republic of Ireland’s under-21 UEFA Championship Qualifying games against Hungary at the Showgrounds, Sligo on Thursday, 1st September and for the trip to Turkey on 6th September.
And Andre Boucard has been called up by Trinidad & Tobago for their World Cup Qualifying Ties against Bermuda in Port of Spain on 2nd September and away to Barbados on 6th September at a venue to be confirmed.
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Football / Re: Soca Warriors Final XI for Bermuda WCQ
« on: August 21, 2011, 09:04:02 PM »
Andre Boucard might be able to at least make the bench. He plays at the same level as Thomson and it sounds like the central mid position was struggling today.
697
Football / Re: Thread for the T&T vs India Game (21-Aug-11).
« on: August 21, 2011, 04:13:36 PM »
Sound like Roberts is our best player.
698
Football / Re: La Liga Season 2011-2012
« on: August 17, 2011, 04:59:31 PM »
Fighting Aside these two teams are the best in the world and have been the best since last yr in my opinion. Hopefully they get to meet in the Munich final this yr.
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Football / Re: Kettering Town to pick up Thomson
« on: August 17, 2011, 04:57:35 PM »Its just a general statement but i do know for a fact that this is how alot of English players feel. Multiple interviews have showed that English footballers dont really fancy moving abroad. Look at some of the countries our players moved after the U-20 world cup, no glamour countries, but decent small teams. He was the best player i have no doubt that he could latch on some Euro 1st division team.
Yeah well leh we eh get too happy with the generalizations... just last week there was a post about a young English fella with Trini roots who sign with a Pro League team (Earl Carter's squad). Also, before they folded, Tobago United had another young Scottish keeper who used to come post here every now and then. We don't know what Jake's situation is... just because he was our best player that doesn't mean he has enough potential to get the type of opportunities you think he should.
Good point Well Said
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Football / Re: Genk vs Haifa (Hyland Starting)
« on: August 17, 2011, 02:42:04 PM »
Much better 2nd half for Genk. I though Hyland played well, he tried to pass the ball and work hard in defence (which is saying alot considering how Genk played in the 1st).
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Football / Re: Kettering Town to pick up Thomson
« on: August 17, 2011, 02:05:24 PM »
Its just a general statement but i do know for a fact that this is how alot of English players feel. Multiple interviews have showed that English footballers dont really fancy moving abroad. Look at some of the countries our players moved after the U-20 world cup, no glamour countries, but decent small teams. He was the best player i have no doubt that he could latch on some Euro 1st division team.
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Football / Re: Genk vs Haifa (Hyland Starting)
« on: August 17, 2011, 01:38:59 PM »
The right back getting overlapped every 5 mins. He remind me of Anthony Wolfe in the Nashville game a couple years ago.
703
Football / Re: Genk vs Haifa (Hyland Starting)
« on: August 17, 2011, 01:16:24 PM »
Genk good for 5. This team look disjointed and amateur. They need more men in the midfield.
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Football / Re: Genk vs Haifa (Hyland Starting)
« on: August 17, 2011, 01:02:54 PM »
Hyland got lucky should have been a penal.
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Football / Re: Kettering Town to pick up Thomson
« on: August 17, 2011, 11:32:08 AM »
I think this more talk about the mentality of young english players. After watching him in the U-20 Trinimassive was right he was the best player. Man was making runs from the RB spot and setting up the 1st assist, and lots of crosses. He was better than Hyland, Primus & Cyrus. Problem is young english players rather play in lower levels of english football rather than abroad. This guy could easily be playing top division ball in sweden or denmark ,but like many others he wont move abroad unless its to a glamour club.
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Football / Re: Trinis in Action (August 12-14, 2011)
« on: August 13, 2011, 05:23:00 PM »
Peltier played 81' in a 0-0 draw with Zilina today.
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Football / Re: Trini's in action??
« on: August 06, 2011, 04:22:12 PM »
Peltier played the 2nd half in his season debut for as trencin today. The match ended in a 0-0 draw.
709
Football / Re: Pfister ready to push T&T through
« on: August 05, 2011, 07:47:08 PM »
Anyone know which 6 local based players Pfister is impressed with?
710
Football / Re: West Ham target released Bolton wing-back Samuel
« on: August 05, 2011, 01:41:53 PM »
Hes still a free agent West Ham didnt sign him.
http://www.whufc.com/articles/20110805/big-sam-on-friday_2236884_2409428
The manager revealed that his squad are raring to go for the 1pm kick-off on Sunday. He updated on the latest regarding England trio Robert Green, Scott Parker and Carlton Cole, and explained just why he has faith in new recruits like Matt Taylor and Kevin Nolan to deliver success. Trialists Jlloyd Samuel and Mikael Forssell have both left the club.
http://www.whufc.com/articles/20110805/big-sam-on-friday_2236884_2409428
The manager revealed that his squad are raring to go for the 1pm kick-off on Sunday. He updated on the latest regarding England trio Robert Green, Scott Parker and Carlton Cole, and explained just why he has faith in new recruits like Matt Taylor and Kevin Nolan to deliver success. Trialists Jlloyd Samuel and Mikael Forssell have both left the club.
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Football / Re: Jan on trial in Belgium, Hyland wanted.
« on: August 04, 2011, 04:53:20 PM »
Lots of player movement the last two weeks. Id like to see more of the younger players move to foreign leagues tho. They have alot to learn and moving abroad would help with that.
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Football / Re: 2011/2012 Europa League Thread.
« on: August 04, 2011, 04:49:33 PM »
Stoke won 1-0 (2-0 agg)
Jones played 77'
Aktobe tied 1-1 (2-2 agg)
Primus got sent off today and his team got eliminated today in penalties.
Jones played 77'
Aktobe tied 1-1 (2-2 agg)
Primus got sent off today and his team got eliminated today in penalties.
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Football / Re: Khaleem Hyland
« on: August 03, 2011, 02:24:06 PM »
I think he should stay at his current club because every year a big club (juve & spurs & galatasaray) puts in a bid for him. I doubt that Genk would get him this yr then let him transfer after the season. After this year he will be eligible for belgium citizenship(i think) and more clubs will inquire bid again. The positive is that he might be able to play champions league football however Genk has to make it through the next 2 rounds first.
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Football / Re: Will Pfister stay??
« on: August 01, 2011, 03:02:37 PM »
Judging by how upset his agent was i too got the feeling that Pfister might leave as well. But the fact that he is getting paid well and this probably will be his last job will keep him.
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Football / Soca Warriors to start campaign at home against Bermuda
« on: July 30, 2011, 09:34:48 PM »
Soca Warriors to start campaign at home against Bermuda.
By Shaun Fuentes (TTFF).
Just as they did in 2008, Trinidad and Tobago will host Bermuda in its opening match of the 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign on Friday September 2.
The "Soca Warriors" were shocked 2-1 by the Bermudans in their opening match of the 2010 campaign on June 15 at the Marvin Lee Stadium with Francisco Maturana at the helm of the team.
That loss came on the heels of nine friendly internationals including two creditable draws with Jamaica, one in Kingston, a friendly international versus England as well as a 1-0 victory over El Salvador.
A proposed friendly this time around against Haiti has been cancelled and it appears Otto Pfister's team may not have the luxury of that many warm-ups ahead of their opening qualifier set to kick off in just over a month.
But experienced midfielder Densill Theobald is not too worried. "We just have to put our minds to it and get the job done in these opening set of games.
We have been in training for quite some time under the new coach and the guys are in good touch now especially with the Pro League season approaching. Then you have the overseas pros who will match-fit also coming into the team," the Caledonia AIA man told TTFF Media.
T&T's second game is September 6 away to Barbados and they then travel to Bermuda for the away match on October 7. Four days later T&T will host Barbados before closing off away to Guyana on November 11 and at home to the latter four days later.
"It's a hectic little schedule but definitely a round we are looking forward to. I don't want to underestimate or bring down the value of the other teams in that second round but obviously the bigger challenge we are looking ahead to is in the semi-final round.
We will have to be in prime condition to get through to the final round but the coach knows his work and he knows what has to be done and so do we as players," Theobald ended. The team continues its training sessions this Monday at the Ato Boldon Stadium.
This is the complete CONCACAF second-round World Cup qualifying schedule
Games will run from Sept. 2 through Nov. 15.
Friday, September 2
Group A
El Salvador vs. Dominican Republic
Suriname vs. Cayman Islands
Group B
Trinidad & Tobago vs. Bermuda
Guyana vs. Barbados
Group C
Panama vs. Bahamas
Dominica vs. Nicaragua
Group D
Canada vs. St. Lucia
St. Kitts & Nevis vs. Puerto Rico
Group E
Grenada vs. Belize
Guatemala vs. St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Group F
Haiti vs. U.S. Virgin Islands
Antigua & Barbuda vs. Curacao
Tuesday, September 6
Group A
Cayman Islands vs. El Salvador
Dominican Republic vs. Suriname
Group B
Barbados vs. Trinidad & Tobago
Bermuda vs. Guyana
Group C
Nicaragua vs. Panama
Bahamas vs. Dominica
Group D
Puerto Rico vs. Canada
St. Lucia vs. St. Kitts & Nevis
Group E
St. Vincent & the Grenadines vs. Grenada
Belize vs. Guatemala
Group F
Curacao vs. Haiti
U.S. Virgin Islands vs. Antigua & Barbuda
Friday, October 7
Group A
Dominican Republic vs. El Salvador
Cayman Islands vs. Suriname
Group B
Bermuda vs. Trinidad & Tobago
Barbados vs. Guyana
Group C
Bahamas vs. Panama
Nicaragua vs. Dominica
Group D
St. Lucia vs. Canada
Puerto Rico vs. St. Kitts & Nevis
Group E
Belize vs. Grenada
St. Vincent & the Grenadines vs. Guatemala
Group F
U.S. Virgin Islands vs. Haiti
Curacao vs. Antigua & Barbuda
Tuesday, October 11
Group A
El Salvador vs. Cayman Islands
Suriname vs. Dominican Republic
Group B
Trinidad & Tobago vs. Barbados
Guyana vs. Bermuda
Group C
Panama vs. Nicaragua
Dominica vs. Bahamas
Group D
Canada vs. Puerto Rico
St. Kitts & Nevis vs. St. Lucia
Group E
Grenada vs. St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Guatemala vs. Belize
Group F
Haiti vs. Curacao
Antigua & Barbuda vs. U.S. Virgin Islands
Friday, November 11
Group A
Suriname vs. El Salvador
Dominican Republic vs. Cayman Islands
Group B
Guyana vs. Trinidad & Tobago
Bermuda vs. Barbados
Group C
Dominica vs. Panama
Bahamas vs. Nicaragua
Group D
St. Kitts & Nevis vs. Canada
St. Lucia vs. Puerto Rico
Group E
Guatemala vs. Grenada
Belize vs. St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Group F
Antigua & Barbuda vs. Haiti
U.S. Virgin Islands vs. Curacao
Tuesday, November 15
Group A
El Salvador vs. Suriname
Cayman Islands vs. Dominican Republic
Group B
Trinidad & Tobago vs. Guyana
Barbados vs. Bermuda
Group C
Panama vs. Dominica
Nicaragua vs. Bahamas
Group D
Canada vs. St. Kitts & Nevis
Puerto Rico vs. St. Lucia
Group E
Grenada vs. Guatemala
St. Vincent & the Grenadines vs. Belize
Group F
Haiti vs. Antigua & Barbuda
Curacao vs. U.S. Virgin Islands
Tough road for ‘Soca Warriors’
as FIFA sets Brazil 2014 draw
By: Nigel Simon (Guardian).
T&T Soca Warriors and its German-born coach Otto Pfister face a tough journey as it seeks to qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Finals in Friday.
This was determined at the draw for the preliminary stages of the tournament at a gala ceremony held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, yesterday.
T&T will compete in the Second Round Group B with Caribbean Football Union minnows, Bermuda, Barbados and Guyana starting in September with the winner of the group advancing to the Concacaf semifinal stage in a group comprising recent Gold Cup winners’ Mexico, Costa Rica and the winner of another Second Round series, Group A which includes El Salvador, Suriname, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic.
T&T is currently ranked 88th on the FIFA World Rankings and was not among the top six seeded Concacaf teams which included Mexico, USA, Costa Rica, Honduras, Cuba and Jamaica. As such, T&T will contest the second round (from September 2 to November 15,2011) with the group winners advancing to the semi-final round (Round 3) which takes place from June 8 to October 16, 2012.
The top two teams from the four semi-final groups will advance to the final round from which the top three qualifies for the Brazil 2014 while the fourth place team will enter in to the inter-continental playoff with Oceania.
Stoke City striker Kenwyne Jones on hearing the news of T&T’s draw, remained optimistic, saying having to play in Round Two could actually work in the team’s favour. “Well a draw is a draw. We now know what is ahead of us in order to advance in the qualification for Brazil,” Jones said.
“No game is an easy one in international football today. Hopefully we can get a good start and build our momentum in the second round for the semi-final stages. By then the team would have been playing together for a few matches well and we will be in tune for the semi-final which obviously is going to be a lot tougher with Mexico and Costa Rica in our group.
Our aim goal obviously is to move to the Final round and then force our way through to the World Cup. It’s not impossible,” Jones added. T&T, which has not played an international match since the start of 2011 was scheduled to meet Haiti in Port-au-Prince on August 10 but that match has been cancelled due to a lack of funding according to T&T Football Federation Technical Adviser, Keith Look Loy.
However, T&TFF president, Oliver Camps, while admitting that funding is currently a challenge for the federation, is assuring that the necessary steps will be taken to ensure the team can give its best shot at qualifying for Brazil 2014.
“Firstly I must say the Second Round looks good for us and it will give our coach a good opportunity to see his team develop a chemistry in those early matches. But the Third Round is where the intensity of the competition really increases and it’s going to be a difficult journey for us but certainly one which we can overcome with the right planning, preparation and execution.
Of course the final round is another hurdle which I remain optimistic that we can demonstrate our capabilities fully to be among the qualifiers for the World Cup,” Camps said. “It is rather unfortunate that we have had to cancel our trip to Haiti. The Ministry of Sport is unable to assist and currently the federation is unable to meet those costs to take our best team to Haiti for the match.
We remain hopeful that the Ministry can assist but this remains another one of our hurdles. But I want to ensure the followers of our national team that the federation will do what it can to ensure that we find the funding.
One of our next steps will be the implementation of a proper marketing strategy to have corporate bodies on board to assist us in our quest to qualify for the next World Cup finals and to assist in our overall development program,” Camps added. The actual match fixtures for the qualification will be announced in due course.
NIGHT OF THE CHAMPION RESULTS
Second Round
Group A: El Salvador, Suriname, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic
Group B: T&T, Guyana, Barbados, Bermuda
Group C: Panama, Dominica, Nicaragua, Bahamas
Group D: Canada, St. Kitts and Nevis, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia
Group E: Grenada, Guatemala, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize
Group F: Haiti, Antigua, Curacao, U.S. Virgin Islands
Third Round
Group A: USA, Jamaica, Group E second-round winner, Group F second-round winner
Group B: Mexico, Costa Rica, Group A second-round winner, Group B second-round winner
Group C: Honduras, Cuba, Group C second-round winner, Group D second-round winner
Fourth Round (hexagonal)
The top two teams in each group will form the fourth-round group, as known as the hexagonal, which will play 10 games in 2013.
2011
The Second Round of Concacaf qualifying matches will be played on the following dates:
* Sept 2-6—two games
* Oct. 7-11—two games
* Nov. 11-15—two games
2012
The third round of Concacaf games will be played on:
* June 1-7—two games
* June 8-12—two games
* Sept. 7-11—two games
* Oct. 12-16—two games
2013
The final round of Concacaf qualifying will be held on:
* March 22-26—two games
* June 7-11—two games
* June 14-18 _two games
* Sept. 6-10—two games
* Oct. 11-15_two games
FIFA has set aside two dates between November 15-19, 2013 for the fourth-place Concacaf side to play a runner-up from Oceania in an aggregate goals, home-and-away series to determine a spot in the World Cup.
By Shaun Fuentes (TTFF).
Just as they did in 2008, Trinidad and Tobago will host Bermuda in its opening match of the 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign on Friday September 2.
The "Soca Warriors" were shocked 2-1 by the Bermudans in their opening match of the 2010 campaign on June 15 at the Marvin Lee Stadium with Francisco Maturana at the helm of the team.
That loss came on the heels of nine friendly internationals including two creditable draws with Jamaica, one in Kingston, a friendly international versus England as well as a 1-0 victory over El Salvador.
A proposed friendly this time around against Haiti has been cancelled and it appears Otto Pfister's team may not have the luxury of that many warm-ups ahead of their opening qualifier set to kick off in just over a month.
But experienced midfielder Densill Theobald is not too worried. "We just have to put our minds to it and get the job done in these opening set of games.
We have been in training for quite some time under the new coach and the guys are in good touch now especially with the Pro League season approaching. Then you have the overseas pros who will match-fit also coming into the team," the Caledonia AIA man told TTFF Media.
T&T's second game is September 6 away to Barbados and they then travel to Bermuda for the away match on October 7. Four days later T&T will host Barbados before closing off away to Guyana on November 11 and at home to the latter four days later.
"It's a hectic little schedule but definitely a round we are looking forward to. I don't want to underestimate or bring down the value of the other teams in that second round but obviously the bigger challenge we are looking ahead to is in the semi-final round.
We will have to be in prime condition to get through to the final round but the coach knows his work and he knows what has to be done and so do we as players," Theobald ended. The team continues its training sessions this Monday at the Ato Boldon Stadium.
This is the complete CONCACAF second-round World Cup qualifying schedule
Games will run from Sept. 2 through Nov. 15.
Friday, September 2
Group A
El Salvador vs. Dominican Republic
Suriname vs. Cayman Islands
Group B
Trinidad & Tobago vs. Bermuda
Guyana vs. Barbados
Group C
Panama vs. Bahamas
Dominica vs. Nicaragua
Group D
Canada vs. St. Lucia
St. Kitts & Nevis vs. Puerto Rico
Group E
Grenada vs. Belize
Guatemala vs. St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Group F
Haiti vs. U.S. Virgin Islands
Antigua & Barbuda vs. Curacao
Tuesday, September 6
Group A
Cayman Islands vs. El Salvador
Dominican Republic vs. Suriname
Group B
Barbados vs. Trinidad & Tobago
Bermuda vs. Guyana
Group C
Nicaragua vs. Panama
Bahamas vs. Dominica
Group D
Puerto Rico vs. Canada
St. Lucia vs. St. Kitts & Nevis
Group E
St. Vincent & the Grenadines vs. Grenada
Belize vs. Guatemala
Group F
Curacao vs. Haiti
U.S. Virgin Islands vs. Antigua & Barbuda
Friday, October 7
Group A
Dominican Republic vs. El Salvador
Cayman Islands vs. Suriname
Group B
Bermuda vs. Trinidad & Tobago
Barbados vs. Guyana
Group C
Bahamas vs. Panama
Nicaragua vs. Dominica
Group D
St. Lucia vs. Canada
Puerto Rico vs. St. Kitts & Nevis
Group E
Belize vs. Grenada
St. Vincent & the Grenadines vs. Guatemala
Group F
U.S. Virgin Islands vs. Haiti
Curacao vs. Antigua & Barbuda
Tuesday, October 11
Group A
El Salvador vs. Cayman Islands
Suriname vs. Dominican Republic
Group B
Trinidad & Tobago vs. Barbados
Guyana vs. Bermuda
Group C
Panama vs. Nicaragua
Dominica vs. Bahamas
Group D
Canada vs. Puerto Rico
St. Kitts & Nevis vs. St. Lucia
Group E
Grenada vs. St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Guatemala vs. Belize
Group F
Haiti vs. Curacao
Antigua & Barbuda vs. U.S. Virgin Islands
Friday, November 11
Group A
Suriname vs. El Salvador
Dominican Republic vs. Cayman Islands
Group B
Guyana vs. Trinidad & Tobago
Bermuda vs. Barbados
Group C
Dominica vs. Panama
Bahamas vs. Nicaragua
Group D
St. Kitts & Nevis vs. Canada
St. Lucia vs. Puerto Rico
Group E
Guatemala vs. Grenada
Belize vs. St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Group F
Antigua & Barbuda vs. Haiti
U.S. Virgin Islands vs. Curacao
Tuesday, November 15
Group A
El Salvador vs. Suriname
Cayman Islands vs. Dominican Republic
Group B
Trinidad & Tobago vs. Guyana
Barbados vs. Bermuda
Group C
Panama vs. Dominica
Nicaragua vs. Bahamas
Group D
Canada vs. St. Kitts & Nevis
Puerto Rico vs. St. Lucia
Group E
Grenada vs. Guatemala
St. Vincent & the Grenadines vs. Belize
Group F
Haiti vs. Antigua & Barbuda
Curacao vs. U.S. Virgin Islands
Tough road for ‘Soca Warriors’
as FIFA sets Brazil 2014 draw
By: Nigel Simon (Guardian).
T&T Soca Warriors and its German-born coach Otto Pfister face a tough journey as it seeks to qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Finals in Friday.
This was determined at the draw for the preliminary stages of the tournament at a gala ceremony held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, yesterday.
T&T will compete in the Second Round Group B with Caribbean Football Union minnows, Bermuda, Barbados and Guyana starting in September with the winner of the group advancing to the Concacaf semifinal stage in a group comprising recent Gold Cup winners’ Mexico, Costa Rica and the winner of another Second Round series, Group A which includes El Salvador, Suriname, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic.
T&T is currently ranked 88th on the FIFA World Rankings and was not among the top six seeded Concacaf teams which included Mexico, USA, Costa Rica, Honduras, Cuba and Jamaica. As such, T&T will contest the second round (from September 2 to November 15,2011) with the group winners advancing to the semi-final round (Round 3) which takes place from June 8 to October 16, 2012.
The top two teams from the four semi-final groups will advance to the final round from which the top three qualifies for the Brazil 2014 while the fourth place team will enter in to the inter-continental playoff with Oceania.
Stoke City striker Kenwyne Jones on hearing the news of T&T’s draw, remained optimistic, saying having to play in Round Two could actually work in the team’s favour. “Well a draw is a draw. We now know what is ahead of us in order to advance in the qualification for Brazil,” Jones said.
“No game is an easy one in international football today. Hopefully we can get a good start and build our momentum in the second round for the semi-final stages. By then the team would have been playing together for a few matches well and we will be in tune for the semi-final which obviously is going to be a lot tougher with Mexico and Costa Rica in our group.
Our aim goal obviously is to move to the Final round and then force our way through to the World Cup. It’s not impossible,” Jones added. T&T, which has not played an international match since the start of 2011 was scheduled to meet Haiti in Port-au-Prince on August 10 but that match has been cancelled due to a lack of funding according to T&T Football Federation Technical Adviser, Keith Look Loy.
However, T&TFF president, Oliver Camps, while admitting that funding is currently a challenge for the federation, is assuring that the necessary steps will be taken to ensure the team can give its best shot at qualifying for Brazil 2014.
“Firstly I must say the Second Round looks good for us and it will give our coach a good opportunity to see his team develop a chemistry in those early matches. But the Third Round is where the intensity of the competition really increases and it’s going to be a difficult journey for us but certainly one which we can overcome with the right planning, preparation and execution.
Of course the final round is another hurdle which I remain optimistic that we can demonstrate our capabilities fully to be among the qualifiers for the World Cup,” Camps said. “It is rather unfortunate that we have had to cancel our trip to Haiti. The Ministry of Sport is unable to assist and currently the federation is unable to meet those costs to take our best team to Haiti for the match.
We remain hopeful that the Ministry can assist but this remains another one of our hurdles. But I want to ensure the followers of our national team that the federation will do what it can to ensure that we find the funding.
One of our next steps will be the implementation of a proper marketing strategy to have corporate bodies on board to assist us in our quest to qualify for the next World Cup finals and to assist in our overall development program,” Camps added. The actual match fixtures for the qualification will be announced in due course.
NIGHT OF THE CHAMPION RESULTS
Second Round
Group A: El Salvador, Suriname, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic
Group B: T&T, Guyana, Barbados, Bermuda
Group C: Panama, Dominica, Nicaragua, Bahamas
Group D: Canada, St. Kitts and Nevis, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia
Group E: Grenada, Guatemala, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize
Group F: Haiti, Antigua, Curacao, U.S. Virgin Islands
Third Round
Group A: USA, Jamaica, Group E second-round winner, Group F second-round winner
Group B: Mexico, Costa Rica, Group A second-round winner, Group B second-round winner
Group C: Honduras, Cuba, Group C second-round winner, Group D second-round winner
Fourth Round (hexagonal)
The top two teams in each group will form the fourth-round group, as known as the hexagonal, which will play 10 games in 2013.
2011
The Second Round of Concacaf qualifying matches will be played on the following dates:
* Sept 2-6—two games
* Oct. 7-11—two games
* Nov. 11-15—two games
2012
The third round of Concacaf games will be played on:
* June 1-7—two games
* June 8-12—two games
* Sept. 7-11—two games
* Oct. 12-16—two games
2013
The final round of Concacaf qualifying will be held on:
* March 22-26—two games
* June 7-11—two games
* June 14-18 _two games
* Sept. 6-10—two games
* Oct. 11-15_two games
FIFA has set aside two dates between November 15-19, 2013 for the fourth-place Concacaf side to play a runner-up from Oceania in an aggregate goals, home-and-away series to determine a spot in the World Cup.
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Football / Re: T&T await winners of CONCACAF play-offs for 2014 W/Cup qualifiers
« on: July 30, 2011, 03:41:13 PM »i see ppl dismissing el salvador when we cant even qualify for gold cup...as tallman said there is a first time for everybody, nothing is guaranteed, some things are highly unlikely (i.e. uSA, mexico not qualifying) but anything can happen and that is why the play the game on the field and not paper or xbox.
as for our chances, they are looking real slim right now, even the first group with guyana, bermuda and barbados could be a very tough challenge for us. the team need to focus on those teams and not who they may face after.
Good Point
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Football / Re: Trinis in Action (July 29-31, 2011)
« on: July 30, 2011, 03:14:45 PM »
Tallman how long Peltier gonna be out for? Will he be back for World Cup qualification?
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Football / Re: T&T await winners of CONCACAF play-offs for 2014 W/Cup qualifiers
« on: July 30, 2011, 03:12:57 PM »
The way i see it we have a slim chance of advancing but its still a chance.
Im not worried about El Salvador, we'll handle them, they havent beat us since the 2007 blacklist. They have one player Zeyala but overall as long as we dont take it for granted well beat them twice.
To me the rest is up to the schedule. We always get Mexico for the last game. I dont know how they pick this but it is vital that we get them at home for the last game again when they already would have qualified.
Obviously the two games vs Costa Rica are where this group will be decided. Hopefully we just keep the pressure on them throughout the whole group phase so theyll hopefully make a mistake. Honduras kept the pressure on them during 2010 qualification and they folded in the end.
Im not worried about El Salvador, we'll handle them, they havent beat us since the 2007 blacklist. They have one player Zeyala but overall as long as we dont take it for granted well beat them twice.
To me the rest is up to the schedule. We always get Mexico for the last game. I dont know how they pick this but it is vital that we get them at home for the last game again when they already would have qualified.
Obviously the two games vs Costa Rica are where this group will be decided. Hopefully we just keep the pressure on them throughout the whole group phase so theyll hopefully make a mistake. Honduras kept the pressure on them during 2010 qualification and they folded in the end.
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Football / Re: Haiti Intl Friendly Cancelled in August
« on: July 30, 2011, 12:23:02 PM »
Playoffs
Asia vs South America
CONCACAF vs New Zealand
Asia vs South America
CONCACAF vs New Zealand