The first Lions to become Loons are in the books. Minnesota United has traded $650,000 in general and targeted allocation money to Orlando City for attacker Kevin Molino andgoalkeeper Patrick McLain. Under terms of the deal Orlando City will receive a portion of any transfer fee if Molino is sold onto another team outside of […]
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What They're Saying: Jack Warner
“He believes football is of course like Nescafe — quick fix. He doesn’t know that in football there is no quick fix. There is instant coffee, there is instant chocolate, there is notinstant in football.” — Former Trinidad & Tobago soccer boss Jack Warner (fighting extradition on Federal corruption charges) on DavidJohn-Williams, the Trinidad & Tobago […]
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Trinidad & Tobago mess is no laughing matter
Shaka Hislop tweeted that he didn’t know whether to laugh or cry about the state of Trinidad & Tobago, then added, “I’ve had hangovers that lasted longer than Saintfiet.” That would have been a pretty long hangover, but Hislop, the formerT&T goalkeeper who now works as an ESPN analyst, makes his point about Belgian […]
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Trinidad & Tobago ousted in wild Gold Cup playoff
Trinidad & Tobago was eliminated from Gold Cup contention when it lost its second game at home in overtime, falling to Haiti, 4-3, on former MLS defender Andrew Jean-Baptiste‘s goal. T&T twice blew one-goal leads in the first half but still had a chance after 90 minutes as the CFU rules required that a draw […]
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Will new T&T coach even last until Hexagonal resumes?
Like the USA, Trinidad & Tobago opened the Hexagonal with a pair of losses. And like the USA, T&T fired its coach. Trinidad & Tobago Football Association president DavidJohn-Williams said he was going to give T&T’s new coach, Belgian TomSaintfiet, two Hexagonal games to turn the Soca Warriors around. But Saintfiet might not last that […]
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What They're Saying: Phyllis Andrews
“You can drop [Cyrus] for any other reason but don’t say he was stink of alcohol. That boy never came in my house stink of alcohol. And I open the door most of the time for him because healways loses his keys… So I want them to clear that up.” — Phyllis Andrews, the “aunt” […]
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Hex Files: T&T falls in Saintfiet debut game
A change of coaches has not, in the short term, changed the fortunes of Trinidad & Tobago. The Soca Warriors, who like the USA lost their first two games in the Hexagonal, dropped their first gameunder new Belgian coach Tom Saintfiet. In the first of two late December friendlies, Nicaragua’s 2-1 win was its first […]
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Hex Files: Jones out, Molino back in T&T squad
Saying he wanted more speed up front, newly appointed Trinidad & Tobago head coach Tom Saintfiet has dropped Atlanta United’s Kenwyne Jones, the Soca Warriors captain, from the squadpreparing to face Nicaragua Dec. 27 and 31 in preparation for Gold Cup playoff games against Suriname and Haiti on Jan. 4 and 8. Back in is […]
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New T&T coach gets job by default — and supposedly why Klinsmann said no
After the USA lost its first two games in the Hexagonal, U.S. Soccer fired Jurgen Klinsmann and hired old-hand Bruce Arena. Say what you want about the merits of rehiring acoach who had been fired 10 years earlier, Arena is an accomplished coach, having had plenty of success since leaving the national team with three […]
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Hexagonal: Trinidad & Tobago shows no Hart
Trinidad & Tobago didn’t wait long to follow the USA in making a coaching coach after two defeats to open the Hexagonal. After a meeting of Trinidad & Tobago Football Association executives –at a Ruby Tuesday’s — head coach Stephen Hart was fired on Thursday. T&T has seen heavy turnover in the last year. Technical […]