I was elated like every one else when we qualified for the World Cup.I'm sure I speak for everyone , it was a lifelong dream,some longer than others.However I see a pattern in Trinidad sports for a long time now and I did'nt mention it before to see if football will be different.
The pattern is, after we've reach a historic landmark,there is absolutely no momentum to continue or follow through.We just don't build.It takes us years to even get back to where we were,farless move forward.
Remember Crawford '76,no more Olympic gold and only Boldon two decades after bring some glimmer of hope.World Netball Team of '79,World Champions,dominated the Caribbean Netball for over 10 yrs straight,now sometimes we placing 4th in the Caribbean.Claude Noel and Leslie Stewart world boxing champions in the '80's.We doh even have a boxer (except female) in the top 10 in any weight class.The list can go on and on.We weren't even mention, the great weightlifting champions we had ,who were world beaters like Rodney Wilkes and Brandon Bailey,now the sport is almost defunct in T&T.
This brings me to our football.I've advocated on this forum for years and a few other too,we cannot settle on building a team or teams but an entire program.We have to spread the net real wide capturing talent everywhere without bias.Our football has began to slide like the others after the historic occasion.If we don't watch ourselves we'll be taking some steps backward too.Can we build on this momentum or is it lost already ?