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Local fans can expect to see a revamped Trinidad and Tobago Senior team within the next few weeks. And if it means seeing one or two new faces or a couple regular faces off the team, then so it will bet. That was the indication coming from newly appointed head coach Leo Beenhakker as he got ready to depart the Crowne Plaza on his way back to the Netherlands on Thursday afternoon.
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DUTCHMAN Leo Beenhakker does not officially begin his contract as Trinidad and Tobago national football coach until May 1 but he has already began to make a significant impact. First, Beenhakker has offered former national captain David Nakhid a role as a player rather that as an assistant-coach and is also due to begin his programme without the services of Scotland-based Russell Latapy, his other assistant. He says that the seriousness of T&T's situation means they cannot wait until the middle of June when Latapy is due to finish his seasoning Scotland as player/coach with First Division Falkirk.
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IT WAS reported that Bertille St Clair was fired as Trinidad and Tobago's football coach on March 30, following the team's poor run of form in the CONCACAF World Cup Final Round Qualifications. But, like the American Terri Shiavo, St Clair's reign as coach was actually in a comatose state long before his removal. In fact, St Clair's role as coach really ended on November 20, 2004, following a three-hour long "Meeting of the Minds" at the Dr Joao Havelange Centre of Excellence, Macoya, Tunapuna. The meeting, which was hastily arranged by Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) special advisor Jack Austin Warner, came three days after a 2-1 victory over St Vincent in a World Cup qualifier at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo a match described by many who saw it as one of the worst displays by a TT football team.
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