TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM

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, Stern John and Shaka Hislop, and reached the first round in the 2006 FIFA World Cup under the management of Leo Beenhakker.
On 6 March 2007, the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation announced it had been forced to suspend activity related to all national teams except the U-17 boys' team, which was attempting to qualify for the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup. The federation warned that it might be forced to withdraw its senior men's national team from the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup, although it did eventually compete, albeit with a weakened team. ^[1]

Contents

World Cup record

Gold Cup record

Notable Players

Current Squad

History

Notes

External links

World Cup record

★ 1930 to 1962 - ''Did not enter''

★ 1966 to 2002 - ''Did not qualify''

★ 2006 - Round 1

Gold Cup record

★ 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

Notable Players

★ Dwight Yorke

★ Stern John

★ Carlos Edwards

★ Marvin Andrews

★ Christopher Birchall

★ Angus Eve

★ Cornell Glen

★ Shaka Hislop

★ Clayton Ince

★ Avery John

★ Kenwyne Jones

★ Russell Latapy

★ Jason Scotland

★ Brent Sancho

Current Squad

The following squad was selected for the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup:
''Some players who participated in the 2006 FIFA World Cup boycotted the national team because of a dispute over the distribution of World Cup sponsorship revenue.''

History

Usually considered one of the best teams in the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago has won the Caribbean Cup eight times and is one of four Caribbean countries to ever qualify for the FIFA World Cup. During the 1974 World Cup qualification the team came within one point of qualifying for the World Cup in place of Haiti.
The Soca warriors managed to inflict Mexico's only loss during the tournament(4-0). Trinidad made another run in the 1990 World Cup qualifying once again coming within one point. Trinidad won their semifinals group in 2002 in a group that included Mexico and Canada however came in last winning only one game in the final round.
Trinidad and Tobago played Demerara and Barbados for the Martinez Shield between 1923 and 1933. Technically, their first ever match was a 1-1 draw against Demerara, but no exact record and no exact dates for those matches exist.

Notes

1. ''TTFF Suspends Its Football Programs'', [http://www.socawarriorstt.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=926&Itemid=2

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)

★ T&T World Cup Blog