The official Trinidad and Tobago South Africa 2010 campaign thread

For those who missed it, the announcement of Maturana's (interim) appointment can be found here

Its a new year, and the powers that be have obviously decided to take a new direction, new coach, new player selection directives, hopefully it won't be a case of the same crap.

Soca Warriors 2007 Official Calendar

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 26/02 : (FRI) [COLOR="Red"]TNT[/COLOR] vs Guadeloupe - PoS
 26/03 : (FRI) Jamaica vs [COLOR="Red"]TNT[/COLOR] - Kingston
 14/06 : (WCQ) [COLOR="Red"]TNT[/COLOR] vs [B]Bermuda[/B]/Cayman Islands - PoS
 21/06 : (WCQ) [B]Bermuda[/B]/Cayman Islands vs [COLOR="Red"]TNT[/COLOR] - Hamilton/George Town?
*20/08 : (WCQ) Aruba/Antigua & Barbuda/[B]Cuba[/B] vs [COLOR="Red"]TNT[/COLOR]
*06/09 : (WCQ) [COLOR="Red"]TNT[/COLOR] vs Turks & Caicos/St. Lucia/[B]Guatemala[/B] - PoS
*10/09 : (WCQ) Dominica/Barbados/[B]USA[/B]  vs [COLOR="Red"]TNT[/COLOR]
*11/10 : (WCQ) Turks & Caicos/St. Lucia/[B]Guatemala[/B] vs [COLOR="Red"]TNT[/COLOR]
*15/10 : (WCQ) [COLOR="Red"]TNT[/COLOR] vs Dominica/Barbados/[B]USA[/B] - PoS
*19/11 : (WCQ) [COLOR="Red"]TNT[/COLOR] vs Aruba/Antigua & Barbuda/[B]Cuba[/B] - PoS

*      - dependent on aggregate victory over Bermuda/Cayman Islands
[B]Team[/B]   - expected opponent

 

Here are the foreign based players called up for the friendly against Guadeloupe (06/02):

Clayton Ince - GK (Walsall - English League 1)
Darryl Roberts - MF (Sparta Rotterdam - Dutch Eredivisie)
Carlos Edwards - MF (Sunderland - English Premiership)
Silvio Spann - MF (Wrexham - English League 2)
Denzil Theobald - MF (Ujpest FC - Hungarian Nemzeti Bajnokság I)
Jason Scotland - FW (Swansea City - English League 1)
Stern John - FW (Coventry City - English Championship)
Kenwyne Jones - FW (Sunderland - English Premiership)
Colin Samuel - FW (Toronto FC - American MLS)

 

Officially everything has been resolved and bygones are bygones.

There have been a few puzzling omissions among the last call ups.
Here's the breakdown. Only time will tell.

The Radical 16:

Avery John - No
Anthony Wolfe - CALLED
Atiba Charles - No
Aurtis Whitley - No
Brent Sancho - No
Christopher Birchall - No ("was not considered in a list of overseas pros that had been previously drawn up by Wim Rijsbergen. But Corneal said Birchall and others are still in the overall pool." - TTFF Media)
Collin Samuel - CALLED
Cornell Glen - CALLED
Cyd Gray - No ("is off to India" - TTFF Media)
Evans Wise - No
Ian Cox - No
Kelvin Jack - No
Kenwyne Jones - CALLED
Marvin Andrews - No
Shaka Hislop - Retired
Stern John - CALLED

Remaining World Cup Squad:

Carlos Edwards - CALLED
Clayton Ince - CALLED
Dennis Lawrence - Retired
Densill Theobald - CALLED
Dwight Yorke - Retired
Jason Scotland - CALLED
Russell Latapy - Retired

 

Another article published today has Glen going back to Jabloteh.

http://www.socawarriors.net/forum/index.php?topic=34136.0

 

http://www.socawarriors.net/forum/index.php?topic=34145.30
Jabloteh withdraw players from El Salvador friendly.
By: Lasana Liburd (Express).

Trinidad and Tobago national team head coach Francisco Maturana might be forced to summon replacements for his present squad after CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh announced the withdrawal of their players for the March 19 international friendly against El Salvador.

The scheduled fixture, which will be played in Trinidad, falls outside of the FIFA international calendar and, as such, clubs are not obliged to release players for the outing.

Jabloteh leave for Scotland on March 13 for a two-week tour, which is part of their new three-year deal with Scotland Premier League (SPL) giants, Celtic.

The 2007 T&T Pro League champions, according to coach Terry Fenwick, have no intention of leaving their best players behind.
...
Fenwick cannot stand in the way of his players returning to represent their country in the March 26 fixture against Caribbean rivals, Jamaica, but there was a caveat.

"We will expect the T&TFF to pay (the players' airfare) for them to come back and represent their country," said Fenwick.
....
Jabloteh's relationship with the T&TFF has been strained for the past 15 months and the local administration refused to pen a recommendation letter for starlet Lester Peltier last August in support of his work permit appeal to join England Premiership team, Portsmouth.

However, the San Juan club insisted they were the aggrieved party in the clash of training schedules and maintained they are willing to support the "Soca Warriors" in an atmosphere of mutual respect.

Maturana might lament the absence of six players from his initial shortlist, including promising 18-year-old central midfielder Khaleem Hyland and skilful winger Jason Marcano.
...
Injuries to the Joe Public trio of Seon Power, Gary Glasgow and Keyeno Thomas kept them out of the training squad, while schoolboys Leston Paul, Jamaal Gay and Akeem Adams juggled national senior and youth team commitments with academic responsibilities.

Peltier, Hyland and Vibe CT 105 W Connection full back Kern Cupid missed out through overseas trials, while Tobago-based Under-17 World Cup player Daniel Cyrus was another absentee.

The Colombian coach will finalise his squad to face El Salvador before March 13 when the Warriors regroup for their final preparation. The likes of Hyland, Ataullah Guerra and Marvin Oliver might be on a plane for Glasgow on other business, though.

 

Recap of friendlies played in 2008

26 Jan Puerto Rico-TNT (2-2)
Scorers K. Baptiste 57th(p), S. Power 70th)
M. Phillip, S. Power, K. Williams, O. Telesford, A. Edwards (K. Cupid 75th), K. Hyland (S. David 68th), K. Baptiste (N. Thomas 64th), Trent Noel ©, C. Smith (L. Peltier 46th), A. Wolfe (A. Toussaint 58th), J. Marcano (C. Baptiste 46th)

29 Jan TNT-Guyana (2-1)
Scorers K. Daniel 58th, D. Jorsling 64th
D. Williams (T. Charles 46th), T. McAllister (K. Smith 46th), D. Jack,J. Springer (K. Cupid 46th), N. Daniel, A. Pacheco (C. Leon 46th), M. Oliver (K. Daniel 46th), D. Theobald ©, K. Noray (H. Tinto 46th), D. Jorsling, R. Roy (K. Jagdeosingh 46th)

06 Feb TNT-Guadeloupe (0-0)
C. Ince S. Power, A. Edwards, O. Telesford, N. Daniel, K. Hyland, C. Samuel (K. Daniel 79th), D. Theobald (M. Oliver 46th), S. Spann(H. Tinto 46th), K. Jones (vc), S. John (c) (J. Scotland 46th)

Upcoming fixtures:
TNT-El Salvador 19 March
Jamaica-TNT 26 March

 

Soca Warriors 2007 Official Calendar

Code:

  
 26/02 : (FRI) [COLOR="Red"]TNT[/COLOR] vs Guadeloupe - PoS
 26/03 : (FRI) Jamaica vs [COLOR="Red"]TNT[/COLOR] - Kingston
 14/06 : (WCQ) [COLOR="Red"]TNT[/COLOR] vs [B]Bermuda[/B]/Cayman Islands - PoS
 21/06 : (WCQ) [B]Bermuda[/B]/Cayman Islands vs [COLOR="Red"]TNT[/COLOR] - Hamilton/George Town?
*20/08 : (WCQ) Aruba/Antigua & Barbuda/[B]Cuba[/B] vs [COLOR="Red"]TNT[/COLOR]
*06/09 : (WCQ) [COLOR="Red"]TNT[/COLOR] vs Turks & Caicos/St. Lucia/[B]Guatemala[/B] - PoS
*10/09 : (WCQ) Dominica/Barbados/[B]USA[/B]  vs [COLOR="Red"]TNT[/COLOR]
*11/10 : (WCQ) Turks & Caicos/St. Lucia/[B]Guatemala[/B] vs [COLOR="Red"]TNT[/COLOR]
*15/10 : (WCQ) [COLOR="Red"]TNT[/COLOR] vs Dominica/Barbados/[B]USA[/B] - PoS
 [I]01/11[/I] : (CCQ) [COLOR="Red"]TNT[/COLOR] vs [B]Guyana[/B]
 [I]03/11[/I] : (CCQ) [COLOR="Red"]TNT[/COLOR] vs [B]Bermuda[/B]
 [I]07/11[/I] : (CCQ) [COLOR="Red"]TNT[/COLOR] vs Barbados/Netherland Antilles/Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
*19/11 : (WCQ) [COLOR="Red"]TNT[/COLOR] vs Aruba/Antigua & Barbuda/[B]Cuba[/B] - PoS
+[I]01/12[/I] : (CC) Jamaica vs [COLOR="Red"]TNT[/COLOR] - Kingston
+[I]05/12[/I] : (CC) [COLOR="Red"]TNT[/COLOR] vs [B]Martinique[/B] - Kingston
+[I]09/12[/I] : (CC) [COLOR="Red"]TNT[/COLOR] vs [B]Grenada[/B] - Kingston
&[I]13/12[/I] : (CC) [COLOR="Red"]TNT[/COLOR] vs [B]Cuba/Haiti[/B] -Kingston
&[I]17/12[/I] : (CC) [B]Jamaica/Cuba/Haiti[/B] vs [COLOR="Red"]TNT[/COLOR] Kingston

*      - dependent on aggregate victory over Bermuda/Cayman Islands
+      - dependent on winning group in November
&      - dependent on finishing first or second in CC group stage
°       -dependent on whether winner or loser of semifinal
[I]01/11[/I]    -approximative date
[B]Team[/B]   - expected opponent

 

http://www.socawarriors.net/forum/index.php?topic=34500.msg404239#msg404239
March 13, 2008
New boys join the camp ahead of Wednesday's warm up.
By: Shaun Fuentes (TTFF).

 

http://www.socawarriors.net/forum/index.php?topic=34724.msg407771#msg407771
Warriors off to Kingston for Jamaica warm up.