Bloomberg reported on Friday that Concacaf has sued its formerpresident, Jack Warner, for more than $50 million. I say, Good luck! The fraud suit is in connection with the Centre of Excellence, the soccer academy that was built in Trinidad& Tobago to train players in the Caribbean but has turned out to be the greatest […]
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Decision of Warner extradition appeal to be made on June 17
Jack Warner — remember him? — will have a Trinidadian High Court judge rule on June 17 whether the United States will be included as an interested party in the lawsuit filed by the formerConcacaf president challenging his extradition on corruption charges issued on May 27, 2015. Justice James Aboud heard submissions in the matter […]
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WCQ: Mexico secures first Hex berth
Mexico became the first team to clinch a berth in the Hexagonal, the final round of World Cup 2018 qualifying in the Concacaf zone thanks to its fourth win in four games, a 2-0 victory over Canada.Costa Rica and Trinidad & Tobago, the other group leaders, only need ties in their next games to advance. […]
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WCQ: USA will play T&T in Jacksonville
The USA will close out the semifinal round of World Cup 2018 qualifying against Trinidad & Tobago Sept. 6 at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Florida. U.S. Soccer also announced pre-Copa Centenariofriendly games against Ecuador on May 25 at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, and Bolivia on May 28, at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, […]
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WCQ: T&T and Guatemala move ahead of USA
Wins by Trinidad & Tobago and Guatemala dropped the USA into third place in their Concacaf World Cup 2018 qualifying group. Mexico beat Canada, 3-0, before 54,798 fans at BC Place inVancouver and will become the first Concacaf team to clinch a berth in the Hexagonal with another win over Canada on Tuesday. El Tri […]
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U.S. women are headed to Olympics after easy win
The USA easily qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics with a 5-0 win over Trinidad & Tobago in the semifinals of Concacaf Olympic women’s qualifying at Houston’s BBVA Compass Stadium. It will joinCanada, a 3-1 winner over Costa Rica, as the Concacaf representatives at the 12-team women’s soccer competition. Alex Morgan scored her third career […]
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MLS SuperDraft: Our Top 15 picks
By Paul Kennedy (@pkedit) The journeys of our projected top 15 picks in Thursday’s MLS SuperDraft have some commonalities. Many areexcellent students. No. 1 Joshua Yaro, the son of Ghanaian school teachers, has a photographic memory. North Carolina has three players on our list, and Georgetown and Stanford have two apieceas their strong academics attract […]
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Panama and Haiti complete Copa Centenario field
The final two teams in this summer’s Copa America Centenario were determined as Panama and Haiti won Concacaf play-in games in Friday in Panama City. The host Canaleros crushed Cuba, 4-0, while Haitiedged Trinidad & Tobago, 1-0. Panama and Haiti join 2015 Gold Cup champion Mexico, 2013 Gold Cup champion and host United States, reigning […]
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U.S.-based players called up for Copa Centenario play-ins
Four current MLS players — Panamanian Anibal Godoy (San Jose) and Trinidadians Cordell Cato (San Jose), Kevan George (Columbus) and Joevin Jones (Chicago) — are among theplayers in camp for Friday’s Copa Centenario play-in matches in Panama City: Panama vs. Cuba and Trinidad & Tobago vs. Haiti. Players from the NASL and USL were also […]
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Orlando City target Cummings shot in Trinidad
Trinidad & Tobago playmaker Keron Cummings, who played for the Soca Warriors in their 0-0 tie with the USA in World Cup 2018 qualifying in November and trialed with Orlando City inSeptember, was shot by a masked assailant in the leg and suffered a broken thigh bone in a shooting Sunday morning outside his home […]