Trinidad and Tobago national football team

Trinidad and Tobago

Nickname(s)	The Soca Warriors
Association	Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Francisco Maturana
Captain	Aurtis Whitley
Most caps	Angus Eve (117)
Top scorer	Stern John (69)
Home stadium	Hasely Crawford Stadium
FIFA code	TRI
FIFA ranking	78
Highest FIFA ranking	25 (June 2001)
Lowest FIFA ranking	102 (July 2008)
Elo ranking	63
Highest Elo ranking	35 (January 1929)
Lowest Elo ranking	116 (September 1987)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Trinidad and Tobago 3 - 3 Dutch Guiana (Trinidad and Tobago; August 6, 1934)
Biggest win
Trinidad and Tobago 11 - 0 Aruba (Grenada; June 4, 1989)
Biggest defeat
Mexico 7 - 0 Trinidad and Tobago (Mexico City, Mexico; October 8, 2000)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2006)
Best result	Round 1, 2006
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Appearances	7 (First in 1991)
Best result	Semifinals, 2000

The Trinidad and Tobago national football team, nicknamed The Soca Warriors, is the national team of Trinidad and Tobago and is controlled by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation. The country has produced several Premiership players, such as Dwight Yorke, Carlos Edwards, Kenwyne Jones, Stern John and Shaka Hislop, and reached the first round in the 2006 FIFA World Cup under the management of Leo Beenhakker.

The separate Trinidad and Tobago football teams are not related to the national team and are not directly affiliated with the game's governing bodies of FIFA or CONCACAF but are affiliated with the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation.

Home Ground

The national team plays their home games generally in one of three stadia in the country. Games of significant importance are usually played at the Hasely Crawford Stadium. However, many World Cup qualification matches have been played at the Queen's Park Oval, a multipurpose, but primarily cricket, stadium. Low profile games, such as international friendlies against other islands in the Caribbean, are played at the Marvin Lee Stadium.

FIFA World Cup

1974 World Cup

At the 1973 CONCACAF Championship held in Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago fell two points short of qualifying for the 1974 World Cup Finals hosted by West Germany in controversial fashion. Captained by Selwyn Murren and starring top goalscorer Steve David, T&T lost a crucial game on December 4, 1973 against hosts Haiti 2-1 having five of their goals disallowed. The referee, Jose Enrique of El Salvador and a Canadian linesman James Higuet were subsequently banned for life by FIFA for the dubious circumstances in the match. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Members of the team also included Everald Cummings, Warren Archibald, Leo Brewster, Raymond Roberts, Sammy Llewellyn, Leroy Spann and Winston Phillips.

1990 World Cup

Trinidad and Tobago came within one game of qualifying for the 1990 FIFA World Cup Finals in Italy. Dubbed the Strike Squad during the qualifying campaign, T&T needed only a draw to qualify in their final game played at home against the United States on November 19, 1989. In front of an over capacity crowd of over 30,000 at the National Stadium on Red Day ^[4], Paul Caligiuri of the USA scored the only goal of the game in the 38th minute dashing T&T's qualification hopes. ^[5] For the good behaviour of the crowd at the stadium despite the devastating loss and overcrowded stands, the spectators of Trinidad and Tobago were awarded the FIFA Fair Play Award in 1989. ^[6]

The team was captained by Clayton Morris and coached by Everald Cummings. Members of the Strike Squad included Michael Maurice, Elliot Allen, Russell Latapy, Marlon Morris, Leonson Lewis, Philibert Jones, Dexter Lee, Kerry Jamerson, Maurice Alibey, Marvin Faustin, Brian Williams, Hutson Charles, Dexter Francis and Dwight Yorke. Yorke and Latapy were the only two players from the team that eventually got to play in the World Cup in 2006.

2006 World Cup

Main article: Trinidad and Tobago at the 2006 FIFA World Cup

Trinidad and Tobago qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup Finals in Germany, its first ever qualification to the tournament. During their qualifying campaign, they sat at the bottom of the table in the Final round of qualifying with one point from three games. But after the arrival of Leo Beenhakker as the team coach and the recalling of veteran players Dwight Yorke and Russell Latapy, Trinidad and Tobago reversed its fortunes and placed 4th in the group. They qualified via a playoff against Bahrain, recovering from a 1-1 draw at home to win 1-0 away from home in Manama to book a place in the finals.

In Germany, T&T was grouped with England, Sweden and Paraguay in group B. They drew their first game 0-0 against Sweden despite going down to 10 men early in the second half. They lost both their remaining games against England and Paraguay by a 2-0 margin.

They became the smallest country to qualify for the FIFA World Cup in 2006, replacing Haiti for the title.

2010 World Cup Qualification

Trinidad and Tobago will be attempting to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa following their first ever qualification to the tournament in 2006. They began their campaign in the Second Round with a home and away series against Bermuda. T&T lost the first game at home 1-2 on June 15 but bounced back to win the away leg in Bermuda 2-0 to progress to the Third Round 3-2 on aggregate.

T&T played in Group 1 alongside the United States, Guatemala and Cuba. T&T progressed to the Fourth Round placing second in the group with 11 points from six games. The Fourth Round is also played in a home and away series amongst the six teams involved. The other teams in the Fourth Round include the United States, Honduras, Mexico, Costa Rica and El Salvador The top three teams in the Fourth Round qualify for the World Cup while the fourth placed team enters a home and away playoff against the fifth placed CONMEBOL team for a qualification spot.

Fourth Round

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Honduras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  El Salvador 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Costa Rica  – Apr 01 Feb 11 Sep 05 Oct 10 Jun 03 El Salvador  Sep 09 – Oct 14 Jun 06 Feb 11 Mar 28 Honduras  Aug 12 Jun 10 – Apr 01 Sep 05 Oct 10 Mexico  Mar 28 Oct 10 Sep 09 – Jun 10 Aug 12 Trinidad and Tobago  Jun 06 Aug 12 Mar 28 Oct 14 – Sep 09 United States  Oct 14 Sep 05 Jun 06 Feb 11 Apr 01 –

World Cup record

Year	Round	Year	Round
1930	Did not enter	1974	Did not qualify
1934	Did not enter	1978	Did not qualify
1938	Did not enter	1982	Did not qualify
1950	Did not enter	1986	Did not qualify
1954	Did not enter	1990	Did not qualify
1958	Did not enter	1994	Did not qualify
1962	Did not enter	1998	Did not qualify
1966	Did not qualify	2002	Did not qualify
1970	Did not qualify	2006	Round 1
Total	1/18

CONCACAF Championship record

• 1963 - Did not enter
• 1965 - Did not enter
• 1967 - 4th place
• 1969 - 5th place
• 1971 - 5th place
• 1973 - 2nd place
• 1977 - Did not qualify
• 1981 - Did not qualify
• 1985 - Round 1
• 1989 - 3rd place

CONCACAF Gold Cup record

Trinidad and Tobago has appeared in seven CONCACAF Gold Cup finals to date. T&T's best performance was in 2000 when they reached the Semifinals, losing to eventual winners Canada 0-1.

• 1991 - Round 1
• 1993 - Did not qualify
• 1996 - Round 1
• 1998 - Round 1
• 2000 - Semifinals
• 2002 - Round 1
• 2003 - Did not qualify
• 2005 - Round 1
• 2007 - Round 1

Caribbean Cup record

Trinidad and Tobago has won eight out of thirteen Caribbean Cups since its inception in 1989.

• 1989 - Winner
• 1991 - Runners up
• 1992 - Winner
• 1993 - Third place
• 1994 - Winner
• 1995 - Winner
• 1996 - Winner
• 1997 - Winner
• 1998 - Runners up
• 1999 - Winner
• 2001 - Winner
• 2005 - Third place
• 2007 - Runners up

Player Records

Most Capped Players

Leading Goalscorers

Source: RSSSF ^[7] and Soca Warriors Online

Recent Results and Upcoming Fixtures

Below is a table containing the results of recent matches involving the Men's Senior National team and known upcoming fixtures.

Date	Location	Opponent	Score1	Competition	T&T scorers	Opponent scorers
June 15, 2008	Marvin Lee Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago	Bermuda	1-2 L	WCQ Round 2	Stern John 22'	John Barry Nusum 8' 40'
June 22, 2008	Bermuda National Stadium, Bermuda	Bermuda	2-0 W	WCQ Round 2	Darryl Roberts 9' Stern John 66'
July 8, 2008 [8]	Marvin Lee Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago	Guyana	2-0 W	F	Clyde Leon 7', Keon Daniel 69'
July 17, 2008 [9]	Marvin Lee Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago	Netherlands Antilles	2-0 W	F	Andre Toussaint 63', Anthony Wolfe 90'
July 30, 2008 [10]	Marvin Lee Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago	Haiti	2-0 W	F	Keyeno Thomas 61', Cornell Glenn 68'
August 10, 2008 [11]	Port-Au-Prince, Haiti	Haiti	0-1 L	F		Fucien Brunel 50'
August 14, 2008 [12]	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, USA	El Salvador	3-1 W	F	Cornell Glenn 18' 80', Anthony Wolfe 75'	Cristian Castillo 31'
August 20, 2008	Cuba	Cuba	3-1 W	WCQ Round 3	Keon Daniel 21' 61', Cornell Glenn 66'	Jeniel Marquez 89'
September 3, 2008 [13]	Hasely Crawford Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago	Guyana	3-0 W	F	Carlos Edwards 59', Cornell Glen 62', Dennis Lawrence 88'
September 6, 2008	Hasely Crawford Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago	Guatemala	1-1 D	WCQ Round 3	Keon Daniel 84'	Carlos Gallardo 90'
September 10, 2008	Toyota Park, United States	United States	0-3 L	WCQ Round 3		Michael Bradley 9',Clint Dempsey 17', Brian Ching 57'
October 8, 2008 [14]	Hasely Crawford Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago	Dominican Republic	9-0 W	F	Jason Scotland 29' 32' 35', Federico Rodriguez (OG)44', Cornell Glen 51' 68' 73', Anthony Wolfe 82', Darryl Roberts 87'
October 11, 2008	Guatemala	Guatemala	0-0 D	WCQ Round 3
October 15, 2008	Hasely Crawford Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago	United States	2-1 W	WCQ Round 3	Russell Latapy 62', Dwight Yorke 79'	Charlie Davies 75'
November 5, 2008	Marvin Lee Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago	Antigua and Barbuda	3-2 W	Caribbean Nations Cup 2008	Cornell Glen 69' Arnold Dwarika 73' Andre Toussaint 88'	Peter Beyers 24' Randolph Burton 90'
November 7, 2008	Marvin Lee Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3-1 W	Caribbean Nations Cup 2008	Keon Daniel 37', Khaleem Hyland 65', Devon Jorsling 67'	Jevon Francis 88'
November 9, 2008	Marvin Lee Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago	Guyana	1-1 D	Caribbean Nations Cup 2008	Devon Jorsling 82'	Gregory Richardson 58'(pen)
November 19, 2008	Hasely Crawford Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago	Cuba	3-0 W	WCQ Round 3	Kenwyne Jones 67', Dwight Yorke 69', Keon Daniel 89'
December 3, 2008	Independence Park, Jamaica	Grenada		Caribbean Nations Cup 2008
December 5, 2008	Greenfield-Trelawny, Jamaica	Barbados		Caribbean Nations Cup 2008
December 7, 2008	Greenfield Trelawny, Jamaica	Jamaica		Caribbean Nations Cup 2008

¹ - T&T score always listed first

Key

• F = Friendly International
• GCF = Gold Cup Finals
• WCQ = 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers

Current Squad

Squad for the friendly match against Guatemala on October 11, 2008.

Caps and goals as of September 4 2008.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Marvin Phillip 1 August 1984 (1984-08-01) (age 25) 14 0 W Connection GK Clayton Ince 12 July 1972 (1972-07-12) (age 37) 67 0 Walsall FC DF Julius James 9 July 1984 (1984-07-09) (age 25) 2 0 Toronto FC DF Aklie Edwards 17 June 1985 (1985-06-17) (age 24) 10 1 Defence Force DF Keyeno Thomas 29 December 1977 (1977-12-29) (age 31) 58 3 Joe Public FC DF Avery John 18 June 1975 (1975-06-18) (age 34) 65 0 Miami FC DF Makan Hislop 9 March 1985 (1985-03-09) (age 24) 28 0 United Petrotrin DF Cyd Gray 21 November 1973 (1973-11-21) (age 35) 48 1 Pune FC DF Dennis Lawrence January 18, 1974 (1974-01-18) (age 35) 74 4 Swansea City MF Christopher Birchall 5 May 1984 (1984-05-05) (age 25) 27 4 Coventry City MF Khaleem Hyland 5 June 1989 (1989-06-05) (age 20) 15 1 S.V. Zulte Waregem MF Keon Daniel 16 January 1987 (1987-01-16) (age 22) 14 4 United Petrotrin MF Clyde Leon 8 December 1983 (1983-12-08) (age 25) 8 1 W Connection MF Carlos Edwards 24 October 1978 (1978-10-24) (age 31) 62 2 Sunderland MF Dwight Yorke (captain) 3 December 1971 (1971-12-03) (age 37) 60 18 Sunderland MF Russell Latapy 2 August 1968 (1968-08-02) (age 41) 67 28 Falkirk FW Anthony Wolfe 23 December 1983 (1983-12-23) (age 25) 15 4 North East Stars MF Collin Samuel 27 August 1981 (1981-08-27) (age 28) 22 5 St. Johnstone FW Andre Toussaint 26 August 1981 (1981-08-26) (age 28) 21 7 W Connection FW Jason Scotland 18 February 1979 (1979-02-18) (age 30) 32 5 Swansea City FW Darryl Roberts 26 September 1983 (1983-09-26) (age 26) 16 2 Denizlispor FW Stern John 30 October 1976 (1976-10-30) (age 32) 104 69 Southampton

Recent call ups

The following players have been called up for the team in 2008.

Name	DOB	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Goalkeepers
Jan-Michael Williams	26 October 1984 (1984-10-26) (age 25)	Ferencvarosi TC	21 (0)	v El Salvador, August 14, 2008
Clayton Ince	12 July 1972 (1972-07-12) (age 37)	Walsall	67 (0)	v Bermuda, June 15, 2008
Glenroy Samuel	5 April 1990 (1990-04-05) (age 19)	Caledonia AIA	0 (0)	v Barbados, May 11, 2008
Defenders
Kern Cupid	11 April 1984 (1984-04-11) (age 25)	W Connection	8 (1)	v Guyana, July 8, 2008
Gyasi Joyce	31 October 1988 (1988-10-31) (age 20)	Caledonia AIA	2 (0)	v Guyana, July 8, 2008
Kareem Smith	18 January 1985 (1985-01-18) (age 24)	United Petrotrin	5 (0)	v Bermuda, June 15, 2008
Ancil Farrier	21 July 1986 (1986-07-21) (age 23)	Southern Connecticut State University	4 (0)	v Bermuda, June 15, 2008
Anton Pierre	23 September 1977 (1977-09-23) (age 32)	Defence Force	66 (1)	v Barbados, May 11, 2008
Akeem Adams	13 April 1991 (1991-04-13) (age 18)	W Connection	2 (0)	v Jamaica, March 26, 2008
Seon Power	2 February 1984 (1984-02-02) (age 25)	Joe Public	12 (1)	v Puerto Rico, January 26, 2008
Nickcolson Thomas	21 March 1982 (1982-03-21) (age 27)	W Connection	6 (0)	v Puerto Rico, January 26, 2008
Midfielders
Kerry Baptiste	1 December 1981 (1981-12-01) (age 27)	Joe Public F.C.	44 (6)	v Cuba, August 20, 2008
Silvio Spann	21 August 1981 (1981-08-21) (age 28)	Wrexham	35 (2)	v El Salvador, August 14, 2004
Aurtis Whitley	1 May 1977 (1977-05-01) (age 32)	W Connection	35 (2)	v El Salvador, August 14, 2008
Kevon Carter	14 November 1983 (1983-11-14) (age 25)	Defence Force	6 (1)	v Guyana, July 8, 2008
Stephan David	5 February 1979 (1979-02-05) (age 30)	Caledonia AIA	8 (0)	v Bermuda, June 22, 2008
Hayden Tinto	31 August 1985 (1985-08-31) (age 24)	Caledonia AIA	6 (0)	v Bermuda, June 15, 2008
Ataullah Guerra	14 November 1987 (1987-11-14) (age 21)	San Juan Jabloteh	2 (0)	v Barbados, May 11, 2008
Romauld Aguillera	7 February 1979 (1979-02-07) (age 30)	United Petrotrin	5 (0)	v Barbados, May 11, 2008
Silas Spann	8 November 1988 (1988-11-08) (age 20)	Joe Public	1 (0)	v El Salvador, March 19, 2008
Trent Noel	14 January 1976 (1976-01-14) (age 33)	Jabloteh	14 (0)	v Puerto Rico, January 26, 2008
Conrad Smith	4 December 1981 (1981-12-04) (age 27)	Caledonia AIA	17 (2)	v Puerto Rico, January 26, 2008
Lester Peltier	13 September 1988 (1988-09-13) (age 21)	Jabloteh	2 (0)	v Puerto Rico, January 26, 2008
Jason Marcano	30 December 1983 (1983-12-30) (age 25)	Jabloteh	2 (0)	v Puerto Rico, January 26, 2008
Christian Baptiste	25 January 1980 (1980-01-25) (age 29)	Defence Force	7 (0)	v Puerto Rico, January 26, 2008
Strikers
Darryl Roberts	26 September 1983 (1983-09-26) (age 26)	Denizlispor	16 (2)	v Cuba, August 20, 2008
Kevaughn Connell	23 July 1983 (1983-07-23) (age 26)	L'Entente SSG	5 (0)	v Haiti, July 30, 2008
Randi Patterson	16 April 1985 (1985-04-16) (age 24)	Charleston Battery	2 (0)	v Jamaicca, March 26, 2008
Kerry Noray	25 August 1980 (1980-08-25) (age 29)	Joe Public F.C.	7 (1)	v Guyana, July 8, 2008
Kendall Jagdeosingh	30 May 1986 (1986-05-30) (age 23)	Puerto Rico Islanders	2 (0)	v Guyana, July 8, 2008
Jerol Forbes	22 December 1984 (1984-12-22) (age 24)	United Petrotrin	5 (1)	v Guyana, July 8, 2008
Kenwyne Jones	5 October 1984 (1984-10-05) (age 25)	Sunderland	35 (3)	v England, June 1, 2008
Jamal Gay	9 February 1989 (1989-02-09) (age 20)	Joe Public	3 (1)	v Barbados, May 11, 2008
Devon Jorsling	27 December 1983 (1983-12-27) (age 25)	Defence Force	3 (1)	v Barbados, May 11, 2008

Manager history

Name	0 Nationality 0	From	To
Francisco Maturana		January 4, 2008	Present
Wim Rijsbergen		July 11, 2006	December 4, 2007
Leo Beenhakker		March 31, 2005	June 20, 2006
Bertille St Clair		January 16, 2004	March 31, 2005
Stuart Charles Fevrier		May 15, 2003	January 16, 2004
Zoran Vranes		April 2, 2003	May 14, 2003
Hannibal Najjar		October 23, 2002	April 1, 2003
Rene Simoes		June 2001	May 2002
Ian Porterfield		March 1, 2000	June 25, 2001
Bertille St Clair		May 1997	March 2000

Other former managers include Anton Corneal, Ronald La Forest, Zoran Vranes, Everald Cummings, Roderick Warner, Jan Zwartkruis and Edgar Vidale.

See also

• Association football in Trinidad and Tobago

References

External links

• Official Site of the Soca Warriors
• Official site of Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation
• SocaWarriors.net
• The Warrior Nation (Soca Warriors Supporters Club)

Trinidad and Tobago squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Hislop • 2 Cox • 3 A. John • 4 Andrews • 5 Sancho • 6 Lawrence • 7 Birchall • 8 Gray • 9 Whitley • 10 Latapy • 11 Edwards • 12 Samuel • 13 Glen • 14 S. John • 15 Jones • 16 Wise • 17 Charles • 18 Theobald • 19 Yorke • 20 Scotland • 21 Jack • 22 Ince • 23 Wolfe • Coach: Beenhakker

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