U-17

Trinidad and Tobago were officially announced as hosts of the 2010 FIFA Women's Under-17 Football World Cup yesterday by Joseph Sepp Blatter, the president of FIFA, the governing body for world football.

T&T’s Soca Princesses will go into their last round-robin match against USA today in Group “A” needing a draw to reach the semi-finals of the Concacaf Under-17 Football Championship.

Former national footballer Alvin Corneal had expressed in the Arena issue of July 6, the idea that the TTFF must not depend on the T&T women players who are resident in the USA to improve the level of the sport but must look locally for players. He was disappointed that 13 girls from the USA represented T&T in the recently concluded Concacaf Under-17 World Cup qualifying tournament. Today, T&T Football Federation (TTFF), technical director Lincoln Phillips gives a response to Corneal where he totally disagrees with his thoughts.

It was a first for Trinidad and Tobago, beating up on someone other than Caribbean rivals in an international football match. El Salvador were the unlucky victims, impressively defeated 5-1 by the junior Soca Princesses on Friday night, when hosts T&T opened their bid to qualify for the 2008 FIFA Under-17 Women's World Cup with an impressive victory at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya.

The U.S. Under-17 Women’s National Team won Group A of the 2008 CONCACAF Under-17 Women’s Championship with a 9-1 win against Trinidad & Tobago in their final group match Tuesday night at Marvin Lee Stadium.