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Re: Beach Soccer Thread
« Reply #270 on: July 24, 2017, 11:18:18 PM »
I heard both both Boys and Girls won medals at the Junior Commonwealth games. Girls got Gold and Boys Silver?

Special Olympian makes history with CYG gold-medal beach soccer team

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The Team TTO girls beach soccer team created double history when they claimed the gold medal at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Nassau , Bahamas Saturday night.
Not only did they become the first team sport to win a gold medal for this country, but they also included the first special needs athlete within their ranks to achieve the feat: Tamika Campbell.

Campbell is a higher functioning athlete with a slight learning disability who has represented the Special Olympics of Trinidad and Tobago (SOTT) at the Special Olympics World Games in California in 2015 and the Special Olympics Winter Games in Austria earlier this year.

Campbell was discovered at the SOTT Seaside Games at Maracas in October last year when the Beach Soccer Association of Trinidad and Tobago (BSATT) collaborated with the SOTT last year.

BSATT president Kyle Lequay said Campbell -she plays floor hockey, basketball and athletics as well- stood out while playing with the boys.

“We later held a coaching course for players with special needs at Saith Park and again she was impressive so when the TTOC gave the green light that there would be a TeamTTO girls beach soccer team at CYG, we invited her to trials,” said Lequay.

At the screening session in April, coach Chad Appoo recommended Campbell- described as an attacking and competitive player by both Lequay and SOTT president Candy Berment-Harper- be selected to the final Team TTO girls beach soccer team.

“ She is a nice , quiet girl whose personality really comes out when she interacts with her teammates Coach Appoo said she is very willing to learn and does whatever is demanded of her. We feel with a little more direction, she will develop into an even better player,”Lequay said.

“We are so happy and proud of her because it shows is with the inclusion of special needs kids not only can they participate at a high level but they can be successful once they have the ability and opportunity to work hard and push themselves. She created double history “

Berment -Harper was also gushing about her feelings about Campbell’s achievement.

“ We were so proud of her because people in Trinidad and Tobago, they still really don’t accept special needs children but with this feat by the girls beach football and Tamika being able to contribute to their success, it really made the SOTT fraternity proud,” she said about Campbell who attends the Lady Hochoy Home in Gasparillo.

“It could not have happened to a nicer person , she is so helpful, is a team player and always wants to win.l I really can only say complimentary things about her,”Berment-Harper stressed.

“ It is just great to see her crossing over and being part of a regular team and being successful.Hopefully she inspires more of our athletes to follow in her footsteps,” -Berment-Harper

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Re: Beach Soccer Thread
« Reply #271 on: July 25, 2017, 01:41:10 AM »
Youth Beach Soccer Teams bring home Gold/Silver from Youth Commonwealth Games.
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Trinidad and Tobago’s Under 19 Beach Soccer Men and Women team have completed their first international assignment with a satisfying level of success at the Youth Commonwealth Games in the Bahamas.

The Women captured Gold with a 6-5 victory over Jamaica in the final while the men settled for silver having suffered a 6-2 loss to St Lucia in their final on the weekend.

The women’s final took place first at the National Beach Soccer Arena at Malcolm Park a

Despite trailing their Jamaican counterparts 4-0 early in the second period, an Adana Phillip hat-trick – including a winner 14 seconds from time time – ensured Trinidad the title before the men’s final brought the beach soccer to a close.

It proved a more one-sided affair than the women’s finale as four goals from St Lucia’s Linus Clovis earned his side the win over T&T.

Both nations will now go down as the first beach soccer gold medal winners in the competition’s history while there were mixed fortunes for hosts The Bahamas in the third-place play-offs.

The countries that took part on the Beach Soccer included T&T, Jamaica, St Lucia, Turks and Caicos, Bahamas and Antigua/Barbuda.

T&T head coach, current Beach Soccer senior team player Chad Appoo was elated with the team’s successful run at the competition, particularly considering that it was both team’s first international assignment.

“Of course we are delighted the girls are returning with gold medals,” Appoo told TTFA Media.

”They showed great character throughout the tournament and especially in the final to come back after being three goals down. They deserve it and I hope it’s the start of things for ladies beach soccer in T&T. We don’t yet have a senior women’s team but I think naturally a lot of these girls can progress to that level,” Appoo continued.

“I think maybe the boys were a bit unlucky in the final but that’s the way the game goes sometimes. The sand is so unpredictable and if you don’t take your chances it comes back to haunt you but all congrats to St. Lucia. Most of these boys will go back to their grass football careers (most of them play school football/youth pro league) and that’s fine but I really believe in the next 2 years a couple of them can break in to the senior team.

“They’ve created history as the first team sport to medal at any international games for T&T but more importantly for both teams in that we keep them together going forward. Hopefully soon we will have an official beach soccer pitch/stadium to train on and develop even more players.”

Nia Honore – “The tournament was of great exposure for us and it was also a challenge that we looked forward to. We faced teams that were of high and average standards but each game had a different obstacle that we overcame and in the end we did what we came here to do which was to win gold.”

Jabari Gray – “The tournament has been a great experience for the team being our first time competing at such a level. I believe that each player gave more than 100% out on the sand but on the day that it mattered most, luck wasn’t on our side. I think everyone should expect great things from this team very soon once given the chance.

“I would like to thank the management and coaches of the team for the work they put into this, I would also like to thank the county for believing in us and mostly I would like to thank the TTOC for giving us this opportunity.”

Standings

Men’s Competition

1st: St Lucia (Gold Medal)

2nd: Trinidad and Tobago (Silver Medal)

3rd: The Bahamas (Bronze Medal)

4th: Antigua and Barbuda

Top Scorer: Linus Clovis (St Lucia) (Seven goals)

Women’s Competition

1st: Trinidad and Tobago (Gold Medal)

2nd: Jamaica (Silver Medal)

3rd: Turks and Caicos Islands (Bronze Medal)

4th: The Bahamas

Top Scorer: La-Tavia Russell (Jamaica) (14 goals)

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Shoreline, AQ Lions cop Tobago Beach Soccer titles
« Reply #272 on: November 15, 2017, 06:32:10 AM »
Shoreline, AQ Lions cop Tobago Beach Soccer titles
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AQ Travel Lions from Costa Rica and Shoreline Beach Soccer Club from the USA emerged as men’s and women’s champion teams of the 8th Annual BagoSports Tobago Beach Soccer Championships last weekend.

The event was held at its traditional venue at the Black Rock Heritage Park in Courland Bay, commonly also called Turtle Beach.

Given the them ‘Ground Zero’ severe budget cuts to this year’s event still saw it well subscribed by interested teams and saw six men’s teams as well as a record five women’s teams competing over a three-day period for top honours.

In Sunday’s women’s final, Shoreline women’s team, led by the free-scoring Englishwoman Gemma-Louise Hillier who scored four goals, comfortably defeated NorCal 7-3 with Hillier improving her tournament tally to 17. Their other goals in the final were scored by Katie James (2) and Anjuli Ladron (1).

Shoreline goalkeeper, Annelies Martijn of the Netherlands said that the tournament was a good one with a surprisingly high level of play while Hillier added she hoped to return to the Tobago tournament in future”It was amazing to get the opportunity to come to Tobago to play with an amazing team. Goals aren’t scored on your own, its a team game so I couldn’t have done it without these guys.”

AQ Lions had a stiffer challenge from BSC Hurricanes, a newly formed locally-based entity comprising of several national T&T players.

That experience was tested after Hurricanes fell behind early in the first period and had to rally back to level the scores and then take a 3-1 lead into the first interval however after that, AQ re-assumed total control to run away with a convincing 7-5 win.

Returning for a fourth time and lifting his third Tobago Beach Soccer title, Spanish national team player Enzo Gomez Leon, popular known as Llorenc called the event “unique, priceless” and one with a “good vibe”.

He said, “The atmosphere is incredible, you know it. This is my fourth time here and first time with Lions but we hope to come here again.”

T&T goalkeeper and captain of the BSC Hurricanes, Zane Coker although frustrated with the result was heartened by the continued improvements being made by local teams and said, “I think that what we have here in Tobago is spectacular. There is no doubt that the Caribbean and Trinidad and Tobago have the quality of players that can compete with the international teams.”

TOBAGO BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017

Finals

Men
AQ Lions 7(Dmais 2, Adrian Frutos 2, Greivin Pacheco, Angulo, Henrique) BSC Hurricanes 5 (Chad Appoo 2, Dominic McDougall, Shallun Bobb, Yurman Borges)

Women
Shoreline BSC 7 (Gemma Hillier 4, Katie James 3, Anjuli Ladron) NorCal 4 (Kilee Quigley 2, Luisa Meza, Jillian Finley)

Participating Teams

Men
BSC Hurricanes - Trinidad
Black Rock - Tobago
Sahara Sand Strikers - Tobago
NorCal - USA
Spartans - Barbados
AQ Travel Lions - Costa Rica

Women
Jewels SC - Tobago
Tobago Chicas - Tobago
PoS Patriots - Trinidad
NorCal - USA
Shoreline BSC - USA
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2019 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
« Reply #273 on: May 09, 2019, 07:03:36 AM »
Trinidad and Tobago Beach Soccer Team off to Mexico for World Cup Qualifiers
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A Trinidad and Tobago National Beach Soccer team will depart for Mexico on Saturday to compete at the 2019 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship and World Cup qualifiers.

The competition will take place in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico from May 13-19. Sixteen Concacaf nations will participate with the best two teams advancing to the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Paraguay 2019. T&T are in Group B with defending champions Panama, Turks & Caicos Islands and the USVirgin Islands. After round robin play, the first and second-place finishers of each of the four groups will advance to the quarter-finals, with the winners moving forward to the semi-finals.

The winners of the semi-final matches will automatically qualify for the tournament’s final, as well as the Fifa Beach Soccer World Cup Paraguay 2019.

T&T will face Turks and Caicos in its opening game on Monday followed by a fixture with US Virgin Islands on Tuesday and Panama on Thursday.

Under the guidance of player/coach Ryan Augustine, a squad has been undergoing preparations for the past few weeks at the spanking new beach soccer pitch at the TTFA Home of Football in Couva.

“We’ve prepared with the intentions of going there to compete strongly and give it our best shot,” Augustine told TTFA Media.

“The introduction of the new pitch at the Home of Football has made a huge difference in our ability to thoroughly prepare for the competition. Simply having access to the right type of sand has allowed us the luxury to improve all technical facets of the game,” Augustine added.

Previously T&T would have trained on a sand pitch at Saith Park in Chaguanas.

T&T have won nine of sixteen qualifying matches over three qualifying campaigns. Mexico are the most successful nation with three titles. The United States have won two titles and, additionally, they won the 2007 joint event. Along with El Salvador and Costa Rica, this quartet have dominated the championship, finishing in the top four together in five of the seven tournaments.Panama are the current champions.

Photos show the T&T players at training on the new TTFA Home of Football Beach Soccer Pitch

T&T Beach Soccer Squad for Mexico

1. Jabari Gray
2. Nathaniel Brown
3. Juaval Roberts
4. Shallun Bobb
5. Chad Appoo
6. Ryan Augustine (Capt. Player/Coach)
7. Lemuel Lyons
8. Jesse Bailey
9. Hakem King
10. Shane Hospedales
11. Kevon Woodley
12. Zane Coker

Yuri Chapman – Manager
Dr. Jason Pilgrim – Athletic Trainer

Teams: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Belize, Bonaire, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States and US Virgin Islands

Competition Format: The 16 participating teams will be sorted into four groups of four teams. After round-robin play, the first and second place finishers of each group will advance to the quarterfinals. Quarterfinals winners will advance to the semifinals. Semifinal winners will automatically qualify for the tournament’s final, as well as the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Paraguay 2019.
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Re: Beach Soccer Thread
« Reply #274 on: May 13, 2019, 05:00:18 PM »
T&T Starts Beach Soccer qualifiers with 6-0 victory.
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Trinidad and Tobago’s Men’s Beach Soccer team commenced their 2019 CONCACAF Beach soccer World Cup qualifying campaign with a comfortable 6-0 victory over Turks and Caicos Islands in Group B action in Puerta Vallarta, Mexico on Monday.

T&T got two goals from goalkeeper Zane Coker, another double from Kevin Woodley and one each from player/captain Ryan Augustine and Shane Hospedales.

T&T skipper Augustine said there was a positive feeling after the opening win.

“Today we had a very positive performance by the entire team. All the players really did their part and contributed to the overall effort. I think we weren’t the sharpest but we did stick to our game plan which proved to be effective and we are looking forward to the next game. The energy within the team is also pretty good right now given the win and the general confidence we have this time around,” Augustine told TTFA Media.

And Coker, who just like Augustine is a veteran of previous World Cup campaigns, added, “Today’s result was a pleasing one. The vibe of the whole team and the atmosphere is quite good. We went out there, kept our composure and we didn’t let any of our mistakes hamper us. We were able to regroup as a team and continue to push forward.

“We have a mission at hand right now which is to keep on performing, keep on playing and keep on winning. We will regroup as a team and go out there in the next game and look for another victory for Trinidad and Tobago,” Coker said.

T&T takes on US Virgin Islands on Tuesday. The championship acts as the qualification tournament for CONCACAF teams to the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Paraguay with the top two teams qualifying.

Trinidad & Tobago 6-0 Turks and Caicos

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Re: Beach Soccer Thread
« Reply #275 on: May 14, 2019, 03:21:18 PM »
WATCH: Highlights of Trinidad and Tobago Beach Soccer Team's 7-2 win over US Virgin Islands.

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Re: Beach Soccer Thread
« Reply #276 on: May 15, 2019, 12:31:04 AM »
Woodley's hat-trick sends T&T to quarters.
By Walter Alibey (Guardian).


A hat-trick by pro­lif­ic goal-scor­er Kevon 'Show­time' Wood­ley and dou­ble strikes each from Jesse Bai­ley and Ha­keem King guid­ed T&T's beach soc­cer men to the quar­ter­fi­nal round of the CON­CA­CAF Beach Soc­cer Cham­pi­onship in Puer­to Val­lar­ta, Mex­i­co with a com­pre­hen­sive 7-2 tri­umph over the USVI on Tues­day.

The Beach War­riors need on­ly to beat Pana­ma in their next game to­mor­row to top Group B of the play-off and de­ter­mine whom they will face in the knock-out phase. T&T en­coun­tered ear­ly USVI re­sis­tance but broke free when Wood­ley, a scor­er of two goals in the team's open­ing match against the Turks and Caicos Is­lands the day be­fore, guid­ed Shane Hospedales' left-side cor­ner past goal­keep­er Michael Vollmer in the 2nd minute.

How­ev­er, Ra­keem Joseph equal­ized a minute lat­er from a de­fen­sive blun­der by goal­keep­er Zane Cook­er. The T&T cus­to­di­an, un­der pres­sure from Joseph, fum­bled in the 3rd minute for the lat­ter to fire the ball in­to an emp­ty net. The War­riors, who ham­mered the Turks and Caicos 6-0 on Mon­day, went ahead for a sec­ond time in the game when Bai­ley found him­self at the end of an ac­ro­bat­ic at­tempt from Wood­ley in the cen­tre of the park. And with the goal at his mer­cy, Bai­ley placed his shot wide of a div­ing Vollmer in the 9th minute for a 2-1 ad­van­tage.

But af­ter be­ing ham­mered 8-0 by de­fend­ing cham­pi­ons Pana­ma in the first match two days ago, the USVI men did not give up, and Joseph Leto, drove his shot pow­er­ful­ly past Cok­er a few sec­onds lat­er to lev­el the scores at two-apiece.

The War­riors though would not be de­nied the lead for the third time. This time Wood­ley, on an­oth­er telling run at the op­po­si­tion's de­fence was brought down in the area with 2:48 sec­onds on the clock, forc­ing the ref­er­ee to point to the penal­ty spot. King stepped up and placed the ball in­to the top left-hand cor­ner for a 3-2 lead at the end of the first pe­ri­od.

At the re­sump­tion King got his sec­ond item of the game, ben­e­fit­ting from a neat lay-off from Wood­ley in the 17th minute to ex­tend his team's ad­van­tage.

A minute lat­er, T&T in­spi­ra­tional goalscor­er Wood­ley found room in the cen­tre of the park and fired a rasp­ing shot that Vollmer could on­ly par­ry in­to his own nets for a 5-2 lead. Wood­ley then com­plet­ed his hat-trick from the penal­ty spot, plac­ing his shot wide of the out­stretched arms of the USVI goal­keep­er.

In the third pe­ri­od, USVI was re­duced to four when Troy An­drews was giv­en march­ing or­ders for a foul on King. And from the free-kick Bai­ley fired a pow­er­ful grounder past Vollmer to com­plete the rout in the 30th minute.

Al­so yes­ter­day Guade­loupe edged Be­lize 7-6, and in late match­es on Mon­day, USA ham­mered Bonaire 14-1 and Mex­i­co clob­bered Guatemala 4-0.

The quarter-finals will take place on Friday, followed by the semi-finals on Saturday and the final, and third-place match, on Sunday.

The finalists will be the Concacaf representatives at the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Paraguay.

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Re: Beach Soccer Thread
« Reply #277 on: May 17, 2019, 12:14:40 AM »
T&T go down 4-3 to Panama in Beach Soccer group decider.
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Trinidad and Tobago will face Mexico in the quarter finals of the Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship after suffering a narrow 4-3 loss to reigning champions Panama on Thursday.

As the very last game of the group stages here in Puerto Vallarta, the winner of this tie would face Guatemala in the quarter-finals, while the loser would take on hosts, Mexico.

Trinidad and Tobago got off to a flying start when Bailey drove in from the ring wing to spin a low shot into the bottom corner and grabbing an initial lead.

They were only ahead for a minute though, as it didn’t take long for Maquensi to level the match up, setting himself up for a fine looping volley. Woodley retook the lead with a volley of his own, an unstoppable effort that left the keeper with no chance.

The second period began with Garcia nodding in an equalizer, showing that Panama had no intention of being left behind in this race for the top spot. Soon after, Woodley squeezed between two defenders to snatch the advantage for a third time with a fine finish, but just like clockwork the equalizer came again, with Maquensi bagging his second with an equally fine finish.

It was impossible to separate the sides as the match passed the halfway point and it looked as if extra time would be inevitable. But early in the third period, Eliecer Garcia was gifted too much time at the back post as he headed Panama into the lead for the first time in the match.

Enrique Shubert Perez’s men fought hard to hang onto this lead and see the game out, claiming three points and earning themselves a match against Guatemala in the quarter-finals, while Trinidad and Tobago are set to challenge Mexico.

Goals: 0-1: Bailey, min. 9 (1); 1-1: Maquensi, min. 8 (1); 1-2: Woodley, min. 3 (1); 2-2: Garcia, min. 11 (2); 2-3: Woodley, min. 9 (2); 3-3: Maquensi, min. 7 (2); 4-3: Garcia, min. 10 (3);

2019 CONCACAF BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP PUERTO VALLARTA

Yesterday’s Results
Wednesday 15th May

10:45 – Guadeloupe 3(2)-(0)3 Guyana (Group D)
12:00 – Bahamas 12-2 Bonaire (Group C)
14:15 – Jamaica 2-5 Guatemala (Group A)
15:30 – USA 11-2 Antigua and Barbuda (Group C)
16:45 – El Salvador 7-1 Belize (Group D)
18:00 – Mexico 8-5 Costa Rica (Group A)

Today’s Results
Thursday 16th May

10:45 – Belize 2-3 Guyana (Group D)
12:00 – Antigua and Barbuda 9-4 Bonaire (Group C)
14:15 – USA 3-2 Bahamas (Group C)
15:30 – Turks and Caicos Islands 6-8 US Virgin Islands (Group B)
16:45 – El Salvador 8-1 Guadeloupe (Group D)
18:00 – Panama 4-3 Trinidad & Tobago (Group B)

Tomorrow’s Fixtures
Friday 17th May

14:15 – El Salvador v Bahamas (Quarter-final)
15:30 – USA v Guadeloupe (Quarter-final)
16:45 – Panama v Guatemala (Quarter-final)
18:00 – Mexico v Trinidad and Tobago (Quarter-final)

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Re: Beach Soccer Thread
« Reply #278 on: May 18, 2019, 08:44:59 AM »
Battling Warriors bow out 4-5 to Mexico.
By Walter Alibey (Guardian).


A gut­sy, but un­lucky T&T per­for­mance against host Mex­i­co in the CON­CA­CAF Beach Soc­cer Cham­pi­onship in Puer­to Val­lar­ta, Mex­i­co on Fri­day night, saw them bow out of the tour­na­ment 4-5.

The win means the Mex­i­cans have ad­vanced to meet Group A win­ners Pana­ma in the semi­fi­nals to­day af­ter the Pana­ma­ni­ans pulled off a hard-fought 6-4 win over Guatemala in an ear­li­er quar­ter­fi­nal show­down.

Fac­ing a team that de­feat­ed them 5-1 in the same round of the com­pe­ti­tion last year, T&T's Beach Soc­cer War­riors were ex­pect­ed­ly ner­vous at the start and they paid dear­ly for it, as the Mex­i­cans raced to a 2-0 lead in the open­ing five min­utes of play. Ab­diela Vil­la was first to a cross ball from the left, to head past Zane Cok­er in the 2nd minute.

And two min­utes lat­er Jose Her­nan­dez with a rasp­ing shot, flew past Cok­er for a 2-0 ad­van­tage in the first pe­ri­od.

Soon af­ter T&T lost goal­keep­er Cok­er who was forced in­to a rash chal­lenge and had to be stretchered off with an in­jured right an­kle that could see him miss the rest of the tour­na­ment. Cok­er was re­placed by Jabari Gray, but be­fore the match could be restart­ed, a swarm of bees hov­ered over the field and caused the ref­er­ee to send the play­ers for a short break.

How­ev­er, the War­riors sprung to life in the sec­ond pe­ri­od of play that turned the match around. With less than a minute in the sec­ond pe­ri­od gone, Shal­lun Bobb got in be­tween the Mex­i­can de­fend­ers to head in for his team, re­duc­ing the score to 1-2.

And with Kevon 'Show­time' Wood­ley silent for most of the ear­ly mo­ments, the T&T strik­er stormed down the right flank to cen­tre per­fect­ly for Shane Hospedales to turn nice­ly on his left foot and shot past the Mex­i­can goal­keep­er for the equal­iz­er 2-2 in the 23rd minute.

At the start of the third pe­ri­od of play, T&T si­lenced the noisy Mex­i­can crowd when Bobb blast­ed the ball past the Mex­i­can cus­to­di­an from the right side to give his team the lead for the first time.

T&T then got a gold­en chance to ex­tend their ad­van­tage from the penal­ty spot when Jair Ale­man en­croached on Wood­ley's ac­ro­bat­ic at­tempt. How­ev­er, Wood­ley fired his shot high over the bars.

In­stead, Mex­i­co's nev­er-say-die at­ti­tude proved to be the de­cid­ing fac­tor. Two goals by Mex­i­co's Jose Viz­car­ra in the 31st and 32nd minute, and an­oth­er by Vil­la in the 30th took the home team through to the semis, de­spite Wood­ley item in the 35th minute.

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Trinidad and Tobago sixth in Beach Games qualifiers
« Reply #279 on: August 07, 2019, 10:53:27 AM »
Trinidad and Tobago sixth in Beach Games qualifiers
By Andrew Gioannetti (T&T Newsday)


T&T men's beach soccer team nearly executed a heroic come-back, but fell just short with a 8-7 loss to the Bahamas, which saw them finish in sixth place at the 2019 World Beach Games qualifying tournament in El Salvador yesterday.

It was somewhat of an anticlimactic end for a T&T team that lost two matches and won one over the course of the three-day elimination tournament, while scoring several stunning goals in between.

They began their challenge on Saturday with a 9-3 defeat to the United States, a flattering scoreline for the Americans who, despite a valiant effort from T&T’s beach soccer players, was overshadowed by a questionable refereeing decision to award the US a penalty for a hand-ball, which never was.

That result ruled the T&T out of contention for a place in the 2019 World Beach Games in Qatar.

A day later, T&T turned up the momentum and impressed the Salvadorian locals with a stylish display, resulting in a 6-4 victory over Guatemala, in the first match of the play-offs to determine the fifth to eighth place finishers.

Despite their victory over T&T, the US team failed to qualify for the final or the World Beach Games, finishing third with a victory over Panama.
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« Reply #280 on: August 24, 2019, 02:00:50 PM »
Trinidad and Tobago Beach Soccer Men to play in China next month
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Trinidad and Tobago’s Beach Soccer Men’s National Team will compete at the a top-flight International beach soccer event in China this coming September. Between the 7th and 11th of September, the 2019 Goalfun CFA China – Latin America Beach Soccer Championship will take place in Tangshan (Hebei Province).

Six teams will take part in this second edition of the competition: hosts China, defending champions Uruguay, Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, El Salvador and Denmark.

Beach soccer is gaining momentum in China with the international tournament entertaining local fans in its third edition in Hebei province in 2018.

The “GoalFun” China-Latin America Beach Soccer Championship brought some of the world’s best beach soccer players from Chile, Mexico and Uruguay — three international powers in the sport — to compete against the host team in a two-day round-robin tournament on the Tangshan International Tourism Island.

Beating all three opponents in two days, Uruguay won the championship on Sunday while providing fans a demonstration of skill on the sand. Mexico and Chile finished second and third respectively, while the host finished last. But in the process, China had its young players tested in drills against the world’s best.

Apart from the action, fans attending the tournament also enjoyed soccer-related carnival activities on the island in the coastal region of Tangshan, where the tournament has been held for three consecutive years.

The tournament, jointly organized by the Chinese Football Association and Tangshan municipal government, was launched in 2016 as part of CFA’s efforts to grow the sport’s mass participation and promote soccer culture across China.

Beijing-based GoalFun Sports has been promoting and marketing the tournament as the official partner of CFA’s beach soccer program.
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Re: Beach Soccer Thread
« Reply #281 on: September 13, 2019, 12:24:43 AM »
T&T Beach Men record win over Denmark in China tournament.
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Uruguay retained the championship in Tangshan but lost to Bahamas on the final match day, as hosts China miss out on second place with loss to Denmark in the Goalfun CFA Beach Soccer Championship in Tangshan.

T&T lost its final game, 5-0 to El Salvador and secured one win in the tourney, defeating Denmark 3-2 in their fourth game on September 10th.

T&T were edged by hosts China 3-2 on September 7th, lost 6-1 to Bahamas a day later and were narrowly defeated in a highscoring affair, 7-6 to Uruguay on September 9th

The Danes managed to avoid sixth place with the 2-1 victory over their hosts, while Trinidad and Tobago suffered a heavy defeat to El Salvador to finish at the bottom of the table.

The Salvadorians netted five and, thanks to China losing to Denmark, retook second place to finish the competition as runners-up.

China’s Bai Fan claimed the MVP award, while teammate Zhang Xunwei bagged the prize for Best Goalkeeper.

Bahaman Lesly St. Fleur scored a total of eight goals across the five matches, enough to see him take home the Top Scorer award.

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Trinidad and Tobago 0-5 El Salvador

Bahamas 4-2 Uruguay

China 1-2 Denmark

Final Standings:

1 – Uruguay

2 – El Salvador

3 – China

4 – Bahamas

5 – Denmark

6 – Trinidad and Tobago

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« Reply #282 on: September 13, 2019, 02:24:54 AM »
Licks from every age group come down.

If DJW organize ah snakes and ladders team we go get we arse cut in that too

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« Reply #283 on: October 07, 2019, 01:22:09 PM »
Just curious on an observation this weekend with the Beach football facility at the "home of football"

It was the first time I really took it in before heading to the game.

Is that field there the standard size beach soccer field?
It looked real small when driving pass, hopefully it was just the angle i was seeing it at.

Would hope the facility would be at the standard int'l size.


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« Reply #284 on: December 02, 2019, 10:34:23 AM »
Portugal win second beach soccer world title
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Portugal are the world champions of beach soccer for the second time following their 6-4 victory over Italy in the final of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Paraguay 2019.

Emmanuele Zurlo opened the scoring with his tenth of the tournament. He’s scored in every knockout stage match.

Leo Martins equalised with a well-hit free-kick that found the bottom corner to bring the teams level at the first interval. Portugal took a two-goal lead heading into the second and final interval thanks to goals from Jordan and Andre Lourenco’s follow-up tap-in from Jordan’s long-distance free-kick.

Jordan and Leo Martins both scored early in the third to both grab braces on the evening, while goalkeeper Andrade did his part, too, most notably saving a penalty from the tournament’s top scorer Gabriele Gori. As they've shown all tournament, Italy fought back into the game and found two goals from Andrea Ramacciotti and Josep Junior Gentilin to come to within two goals of the Portuguese.

However, Jordan converted a late free-kick to complete his hat-trick and bring Portugal a deserved victory, leading them to their second Beach Soccer World Cup title following triumph on home soil in 2015.

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Re: Beach Soccer Thread
« Reply #285 on: December 02, 2019, 11:11:40 PM »
Question concerning the beach football facility at the Home of Football

I've never been on a regulation sized field before, but is it me or is the beach football pitch @HOF REAL small compared to a regulation sized beach football field??
From passing it the last few times, it just looking small ---and if it is, that defeating the purpose of having that there no?
i mean they could still do good work there but shouldnt it at least have the correct dimensions available for them to train ?


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« Reply #286 on: December 04, 2019, 11:03:39 AM »
Beach Soccer strikes me as an area in which the new federation admin could make an appreciable advance in the standing of the national team and in the delivery of the game within the country ... with a modest injection of financial support and the on-boarding of sponsors particularly interested in this niche sector.

Of the Top 50 teams in the world, only SIX are from CONCACAF. None are in the Top 10. Four are in the Top 25. There are TWENTY UEFA nations in the Top 50 and ALL of the 10 CONMEBOL nations are in the Top 50 (the lowest is Bolivia at 45)

Rankings in brackets

Mexico (11)
El Salvador (16). This represents a jump from 18 to 16.
USA (18)
Panama (24)
Bahamas (32)
Trinidad and Tobago (43)

It's notable that Jamaica is at (79) and Costa Rica at (72).

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« Reply #287 on: March 04, 2021, 02:31:55 AM »
Ex Barca player appointed T&T Beach Soccer coach.
T&T Guardian Reports.


Former Barcelona and Spanish beach football star Ramiro Amarelle is T&T's new beach football coach.

The 43-year old, is expected to officially take up his appointment later this month, after arriving on local soil last week. Amarelle will begin T&T's preparations for the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship in Alajuela, Costa Rica in May.

He will be joined by assistant coach and analyst Jaime Paz in a few days while Maria Gordo, another assistant and mental coach, is already in T&T undergoing quarantine at the Home of Football in Balmain Couva.

All three coaches will serve for the preparation phase, as well as for the CONCACAF Qualifiers, which run from May 17-23 at the Complejo Deportivo FEDEFUTBOL Plycem, in Alajuela, Costa Rica.

Amarelle, who spoke to the T&T Football Association media upon his arrival said: “It is an honour for me and my assistants to get this opportunity to prepare the national beach soccer team of T&T for the CONCACAF Championship.”

“It is an exciting challenge that will require a total team effort. We are looking forward to working with all the players, the other members of the staff and everyone at the Federation to make this the best possible preparation of the team,” he added.

“Of course the main ambition is to qualify but this will also be a process to improve beach soccer and create a better environment and awareness for beach football in the country. We will aim to improve many different aspects of the game here,” Amarelle noted.

Twelve nations will contest the early stage of the qualifiers, namely Bahamas, Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, T&T, Turks and Caicos Islands and the USA.

For the group stage, the 12 participating teams will be divided into three groups of four teams each. After a round-robin play-off between May 17-19, the first and second-place finishers in each group, and the two best third-place finishers will advance to the knockout stage.

The knockout stage will begin with the quarterfinal matches on May 21, followed by the semifinals on May 22.

In addition to qualifying for the competition’s final, the two semifinal winners will earn a spot in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Russia 2021. The final is scheduled for May 23.

T&T reached the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Championship in 2015, 2017 and 2019. Mexico is the defending Champions.

Amarelle is also a FIFA instructor and advisor and holds a UEFA Pro License coaching badge.

The rest of the T&T team’s technical staff comprises Ryan Augustine (Player/Assistant Coach), Dr Jason Pilgrim (Athletic trainer), Dr Oba Gulston (Team Manager) and Yuri Chapman (Assistant Manager/Kitman)

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« Reply #288 on: March 04, 2021, 02:51:24 PM »
It's so wonderful to have all these volunteers, from foreign even. Nice ! I guess even the players volunteering. I know they are cause everyone saying there is no funds, and so much debts.Besides the National Football coach have stuff coming up as well.  right ?  ???

Meanwhile, Poor TF, might have to turn to Youtube and his scouts again. I guess the guys he training not getting any better. Maybe Ramiro could do something with them, but wait, TF don't need help, he only need players trained elsewhere.

https://newsday.co.tt/2021/03/03/fenwick-unsure-about-squad-to-face-guyana-p-rico/
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« Reply #289 on: March 06, 2021, 07:18:51 AM »
Ex Barca player appointed T&T Beach Soccer coach.
T&T Guardian Reports.


Former Barcelona and Spanish beach football star Ramiro Amarelle is T&T's new beach football coach.

The 43-year old, is expected to officially take up his appointment later this month, after arriving on local soil last week. Amarelle will begin T&T's preparations for the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship in Alajuela, Costa Rica in May.

He will be joined by assistant coach and analyst Jaime Paz in a few days while Maria Gordo, another assistant and mental coach, is already in T&T undergoing quarantine at the Home of Football in Balmain Couva.

All three coaches will serve for the preparation phase, as well as for the CONCACAF Qualifiers, which run from May 17-23 at the Complejo Deportivo FEDEFUTBOL Plycem, in Alajuela, Costa Rica.

Amarelle, who spoke to the T&T Football Association media upon his arrival said: “It is an honour for me and my assistants to get this opportunity to prepare the national beach soccer team of T&T for the CONCACAF Championship.”

“It is an exciting challenge that will require a total team effort. We are looking forward to working with all the players, the other members of the staff and everyone at the Federation to make this the best possible preparation of the team,” he added.

“Of course the main ambition is to qualify but this will also be a process to improve beach soccer and create a better environment and awareness for beach football in the country. We will aim to improve many different aspects of the game here,” Amarelle noted.

Twelve nations will contest the early stage of the qualifiers, namely Bahamas, Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, T&T, Turks and Caicos Islands and the USA.

For the group stage, the 12 participating teams will be divided into three groups of four teams each. After a round-robin play-off between May 17-19, the first and second-place finishers in each group, and the two best third-place finishers will advance to the knockout stage.

The knockout stage will begin with the quarterfinal matches on May 21, followed by the semifinals on May 22.

In addition to qualifying for the competition’s final, the two semifinal winners will earn a spot in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Russia 2021. The final is scheduled for May 23.

T&T reached the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Championship in 2015, 2017 and 2019. Mexico is the defending Champions.

Amarelle is also a FIFA instructor and advisor and holds a UEFA Pro License coaching badge.

The rest of the T&T team’s technical staff comprises Ryan Augustine (Player/Assistant Coach), Dr Jason Pilgrim (Athletic trainer), Dr Oba Gulston (Team Manager) and Yuri Chapman (Assistant Manager/Kitman)

With the way the TTFA does operate maybe some of these expertise could be on loan to the national team? I am sure we could use ah mental coach- all man book in fun therapy session- starting with head coach- next each player- I think there was a time when for a footballer growing up in TnT the biggest dream was to wear the national colours - to bleed red white and black- to take on any team - to represent - to hear - "forge from ....... in -
So yeah Leah we see how this one will play out- but the set up sounding like all in place.

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« Reply #290 on: March 07, 2021, 06:28:25 PM »
T&T to know Concacaf Beach Soccer rivals Monday.
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This country will find out its opponents for the 2021 Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship in Alajuela, Costa Rica in May when the confederation stages in live draw from 11am on Monday.

Twelve nations will contest the early stage of the qualifiers, namely Bahamas, Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, T&T, Turks and Caicos Islands and the USA.

For the group stage, the 12 participating teams will be divided into three groups of four teams each.

After a round-robin play-off between May 17-19, the first and second-place finishers in each group, and the two best third-place finishers will advance to the knockout stage.

The knockout stage will begin with the quarterfinal matches on May 21, followed by the semifinals on May 22.

In addition to qualifying for the competition’s final, the two semifinal winners will earn a spot in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Russia 2021. The final is scheduled for May 23.

T&T reached the quarterfinals of the Concacaf Championship in 2015, 2017 and 2019. Mexico is the defending Champions. The T&T will be under the supervision of former Barcelona and Spanish beach football star Ramiro Amarelle.

The 43-year old Amarelle, is expected to officially take up his appointment later this month, after arriving on local soil last week.

He will be joined by assistant coach and analyst Jaime Paz in a few days while Maria Gordo, another assistant and mental coach, is already in T&T undergoing quarantine at the Home of Football in Balmain, Couva.

All three coaches will serve for the preparation phase, as well as for the Concacaf Qualifiers, which takes place at the Complejo Deportivo FEDEFUTBOL Plycem, in Alajuela, Costa Rica.

Amarelle is also a FIFA instructor and advisor and holds a UEFA Pro License coaching badge.

The rest of the T&T team’s technical staff comprises Ryan Augustine (player/assistant coach), Dr Jason Pilgrim (athletic trainer), Dr Oba Gulston (manager) and Yuri Chapman (assistant manager/kitman).

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« Reply #291 on: March 09, 2021, 02:18:04 AM »
T&T gets tough Concacaf Beach Soccer draw.
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T&T will come up against the USA and host Costa Rica among its three Group C round-robin matches when the 2021 Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship takes place in Alajuela, Costa Rica from May 17-23.

This was confirmed following the 12-team draw for the competition held via live stream from Miami, Florida, USA on Monday.

The Concacaf Beach Soccer rankings as of December 19 were used to distribute the 12 teams into four pots, with the draw dividing the teams into three groups of four teams.

The T&T squad will open its campaign versus Costa Rica on Monday, May 17, before facing the USA a day later and Turks and Caicos Islands in their final match.

Group A comprises defending champions Mexico, Panama, Guadeloupe, and Belize while Group B consist of 2019 runners-up El Salvador, Bahamas, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic.

After round-robin play, the top two finishers in each group and the two best third-place teams will advance to the knockout stage.

The knockout stage will begin with the quarterfinal matches on May 21, followed by the semifinals on May 22.

In addition to qualifying for the competition’s final on May 23, the two semifinal winners will earn a spot in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Moscow Russia from August 19-29, 2021.

T&T has reached the quarterfinals of the Concacaf event three times, in 2015, 2017 and 2019 and for this year’s qualifiers will be under the charge of former Barcelona and Spanish beach football star Ramiro Amarelle.

The 43-year old Amarelle, is expected to officially take up his appointment later this month, after arriving on local soil last week.

He will be joined by assistant coach and analyst Jaime Paz in a few days while Maria Gordo, another assistant and mental coach, is already in T&T undergoing quarantine at the Home of Football in Balmain Couva.

All three coaches will serve for the preparation phase, as well as for the Concacaf Qualifiers, which takes place at the Complejo Deportivo FEDEFUTBOL Plycem, in Alajuela, Costa Rica.

Amarelle is also a FIFA instructor and advisor and holds a UEFA Pro License coaching badge.

The rest of the T&T team’s technical staff comprises Ryan Augustine (player/assistant coach), Dr Jason Pilgrim (athletic trainer), Dr Oba Gulston (manager) and Yuri Chapman (assistant manager/kitman).

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T&T in tough Beach Soccer draw.
By Jonathan Ramnanansingh (T&T Newsday).


T&T has been drawn in Group C alongside USA, Turks & Caicos and hosts Costa Rica for the upcoming Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship in May.

The national team is gearing up for a tough test against some of Concacaf’s more competitive teams as they seek qualification to the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Russia, from May 19-21.

Defending Concacaf champions Mexico are in Group A, in addition to Panama, Guadeloupe and Belize. El Salvador, Bahamas, Guatemala and Dominican Republic make up Group B.

After round-robin play, during May 17-19, the first and second-place finishers in each group and the two best third-place finishers will advance to the knockout stage. The knockout stage begins with quarter-final matches on May 21, followed by the semi-finals on May 22.

In addition to qualifying for the competition’s final, the two semi-final winners will earn a spot in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. The final is scheduled for May 23.

T&T have, however, reached the quarter-finals of the Concacaf championships in 2015, 2017 and 2019.

On Thursday, former Spain national and Barcelona beach soccer player Ramiro Amarelle was appointed coach of the T&T men’s beach soccer team and is tasked with getting the squad ready for the championships.

Amarelle arrived in T&T last week and will take up duties with the national squad later this month to lead preparations. He will soon be joined by Maria Gordo, an assistant as well as a mental coach, and assistant coach and analyst Jaime Paz.

According to a statement issued by the TT Football Association (TTFA), on Wednesday, all three coaches will serve for the preparation phase and duration of the Concacaf qualifiers. The tournament kicks off at the Complejo Deportivo FEDEFUTBOL Plycem, in Costa Rica.

In a recent interview with the TTFA, Amarelle said, “It’s an honour for me and my assistants to get this opportunity to prepare the national beach soccer team of T&T for the Concacaf championship.

“It is an exciting challenge and will require a total team effort. We are looking forward to working with all the players, the other members of the staff and everyone at the federation to make this the best possible preparation of the team.

“Of course the main ambition is to qualify but this will also be a process to improve beach soccer and create a better environment and awareness for beach soccer in the country. We will aim to improve many different aspects of the game here,” said Amarelle.

The new national coach is a FIFA instructor and advisor and also holds a UEFA Pro License coaching badge.

The rest of the T&T team’s technical staff comprises Ryan Augustine (player/assistant coach), Dr Jason Pilgrim (athletic trainer), Dr Oba Gulston (manager) and Yuri Chapman (assistant manager).

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« Reply #292 on: March 09, 2021, 11:38:13 AM »
WATCH Newly appointed Trinidad & Tobago Beach Soccer National Team coach, Ramiro Amarelle, and assistant/mental coach Maria Gordo, in conversation with TTFA Media Officer, Shaun Fuentes. Ramiro previously coached China's Beach Soccer National Team.

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« Reply #293 on: March 21, 2021, 06:22:57 PM »
WATCH Coach Amarelle aims high with T&T Men's Beach Soccer team.

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« Reply #294 on: March 22, 2021, 01:18:58 AM »
Amarelle gets down to work with beach soccer men.
T&T Guardian Reports.


T&T men’s beach soccer coach Ramiro Amarelle has wasted little time in getting down to work with this country’s players having undergone his mandatory quarantine at the Home of Football in Balmain, Couva, recently.

Last month, the former Barcelona and Spanish beach football star Amarelle was appointed head coach of the national team and along with his assistant coach and analyst Jaime Paz and Maria Gordo, another assistant and mental coach.

The 43-year-old Amarelle was tasked with leading at the Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship which takes place in Alajuela, Costa Rica from May 17-23 where T&T will come up against USA, host Costa Rica and Turks and Caicos Islands in Group C of the 12-team competition.

T&T opens their campaign versus Costa Rica on May 17, before facing USA a day later and Turks and Caicos in their final match on May 19.

Group A comprises defending champions Mexico, Panama, Guadeloupe, and Belize while Group B consist of El Salvador, Bahamas, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic.

After round-robin pool play, the top two finishers in each group and the two best third-place teams will advance to the knockout stage at the Complejo Deportivo FEDEFUTBOL Plycem in Alajuela, Costa Rica.

The two semifinal winners will earn a spot in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Moscow Russia from August 19-29.

T&T has reached the quarterfinals of the Concacaf event three times, in 2015, 2017 and 2019 and for this year Amarelle says he is targeting this country to its best-ever finish.

Speaking with TTFA media, Amarelle who is also a FIFA instructor and advisor and holds a UEFA Pro License coaching badge noted that the first thing he along with his staff has been working on is getting to know the players.

He said, “First thing we need to do is to adapt to the players so that we can understand each other and know each other. We have to understand personal issues and model because we have to remember they are not professionals and they have a job, most of them while others are also students.

“Then we need to listen to them, their lives, there needs and their requirements and their normal lives because based on that we have to create our training plan individually and a collective one.”

Expressing the importance of understanding each other, Amarelle said: “We cannot go ahead without listening and meeting with them because our main job is to help the players to improve and increase their level and for that, they are not professionals and we need to listen to them and try to provide them with the right tools and right context to develop the quality and capabilities."

With regards to the facilities for training at Couva, Amarelle said the sand was amazing and the facilities are good. However, he had one wish though, that he had more time with the players.

“We cannot be close to all the players because all the players are from different parts of the country and it's normal that they will need some time to arrive here (training).

“This is the only thing we have to understand and also added it to the personal issues at the end of the day, we have to train on evenings adapted to the players' jobs. And also on the weekend, it is our worse part but we have to adapt to that otherwise.

“We have everything and we have to try and provide the players with the best facilities possible and with the best human resources and I am sure we will try and listen to the requirements while also trying to help them to improve their needs they have to improve our resources to help and support them and their process.

Looking at his immediate goal, the Spaniard said, “Some of the players I know from a few years ago, but not personally to work with and we will need to adapt to each other, to bind together our process as a team because some of them who will join the team are new and younger and we need lots of information in general.

"After regarding physical requirements we will then try to show them the specific information and the intensity and recovery time they need to apply during their daily routine and weekly routine to be more adapted or as best as possible to the requirements of official competitions of high level.

“We want to achieve our best performance. This is our goal,” said Amarelle.

The rest of the T&T beach soccer team’s technical staff comprises Ryan Augustine (player/assistant coach), Dr Jason Pilgrim (athletic trainer), Dr Oba Gulston (manager) and Yuri Chapman (assistant manager/kitman).

Watch Amarelle aims high with T&T Beach Soccer Men

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« Reply #295 on: March 22, 2021, 04:22:10 AM »
This is refreshing to read and to listen to the views and approach of this beach football coach - humility, understanding, empathy. How did the TTFA select and procured his services?

 Could this be shared with our Men's national coach? Could. An arrangement be made to have TF sit observe and  learn from this coach?

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« Reply #296 on: April 19, 2021, 06:18:32 AM »
Guadeloupe withdraws from Concacaf Beach Soccer tourney
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Guadeloupe has withdrawn from the upcoming 2021 Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship which takes place in Alajuela, Costa Rica from May 17-23.

The tournament was originally expected to feature 12 teams but will now be contested between 11 nations with T&T coming up against USA, host Costa Rica and Turks and Caicos Islands in Group C at the Complejo Deportivo FEDEFUTBOL Plycem.

T&T opens its campaign versus Costa Rica on, May 17, before facing USA a day later and Turks and Caicos Islands in their final match.

Group A comprises defending champions Mexico, Panama, and Belize while Group B consist of El Salvador, Bahamas, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic.

After round-robin play between May 17-19, the first and second-place finishers in each group and the two best third-place finishers will advance to the knockout stage.

The knockout stage will begin with the quarterfinal matches on May 21, followed by the semifinals on May 22. In addition to qualifying for the competition’s final, the two semifinal winners will earn a spot in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Russia 2021. The final is scheduled for May 23.

The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup is scheduled to take place August 19–29, 2021, in Moscow, Russia at which 16 FIFA Member Associations (two from Concacaf) will participate.

The T&T squad is currently in training under Spanish coach Ramiro Amarelle.

The former Barcelona and Spanish beach football star Amarelle was appointed head coach of the national team and along with his assistant coach and analyst Jaime Paz and Maria Gordo, another assistant and mental coach in February.

The 43-year old Amarelle has been asked with leading T&T to the World Cup for the first time.

T&T has reached the quarterfinals of the Concacaf event three times, in 2015, 2017 and 2019 and for this year Amarelle, who is also a FIFA instructor and advisor and holds a UEFA Pro License coaching badge says he is targeting this country to its best-ever finish.

The rest of the T&T Beach Soccer team’s technical staff comprises Ryan Augustine (player/assistant coach), Dr Jason Pilgrim (athletic trainer), Dr Oba Gulston (manager) and Yuri Chapman (assistant manager/equipment manager).

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« Reply #297 on: April 19, 2021, 06:21:06 AM »
Heck of a headline for an article that features one sentence about Guadeloupe.

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« Reply #298 on: April 19, 2021, 06:32:11 AM »
Heck of a headline for an article that features one sentence about Guadeloupe.

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« Reply #299 on: May 01, 2021, 12:50:16 AM »
Amarelle confident beach soccer team will do well
T&T Guardian Reports.


Despite challenges, T&T's Beach Soccer coach Ramiro Amarelle is confident the team can do well at the 2021 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship in Costa Rica, next month.

The Spanish-born coach has been working hard with a talented bunch of players whom he described as experienced with a lot of quality, and possess a good attitude.

Amarelle has highlighted a number of areas that need work on ahead of the championship, such as communication and their style of play, which he said he could not elaborate on, as fans will see it during the competition.

T&T has been drawn in Group C of the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championships. T&T will face the USA, hosts Costa Rica and the Turks and Caicos Islands in the championships carded for Alajuela, Costa Rica from May 17-23. The USA made it to the finals of the 2019 tournament in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

Group A is made up of defending champions Mexico, Panama, Guadeloupe, and Belize, while Group B comprises El Salvador, Bahamas, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic.

The top two teams from each group and the two best third-placed teams advance to the quarterfinals of the tournament. T&T must reach the finals of the tournament to qualify for the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Russia.

On Wednesday, Amarelle said his group of players has shown the ability and attitude to create a strong programme for the long term.

Amarelle has also seen welcomed improvement in communication, noting that once the communication area is worked out, then teammates will be able to talk to teammates during the game, teammates will be able to correct teammates and they can pass instructions during dead-ball or a wall situation.

With a team filled with players equipped with several years of experience, as well as some inexperienced ones, Amarelle said once they can get the younger players to produce, then he expects that his charges will do much better than they expected to do at the tournament.

He told TTFA Media that he is expecting no easy game at the tournament. He explained that his players will be going into the competition hoping to do the right thing and hoping to win every match that they play.

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