World Cup 2006

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	77
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.

Contents 1 Home Ground 2 FIFA World Cup 2.1 1974 World Cup 2.2 1990 World Cup 2.3 2006 World Cup 2.4 2010 World Cup Qualification 2.4.1 Fourth Round 3 World Cup record 4 CONCACAF Championship record 5 CONCACAF Gold Cup record 6 Caribbean Cup record 7 Player Records 7.1 Most Capped Players 7.2 Leading Goalscorers 8 Recent Results and Upcoming Fixtures 9 Current Squad 9.1 Recent call ups 10 Manager history 11 See also 12 References 13 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] FIFA World Cup

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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 –

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Player Records

[edit] Most Capped Players

0 # 0	0 Name 0	0 Career 0	0 Caps 0	0 Goals 0
1	Angus Eve	1994–2005	117	34
2	Stern John	1995–	104	69
3	Marvin Andrews	1996–2006	99	10
4	Russell Latapy	1988–	74	29
	Dennis Lawrence	2000–	74	4
6	Arnold Dwarika	1993–2004	70	27
7	Ansil Elcock	1994–2004	69	0
8	Anthony Rougier	1995–2005	68	5
9	Clayton Ince	1997–	67	0
10	Stokely Mason	1996–2004	61	4
	Avery John	1996–2008	61	0
	Carlos Edwards	1999–	61	1

[edit] Leading Goalscorers

0 # 0	0 Name 0	0 Career 0	0 Caps 0	0 Goals 0
1	Stern John	1995–	104	69
2	Angus Eve	1994–2005	117	34
3	Russell Latapy	1988–	74	29
4	Arnold Dwarika	1993–2004	70	27
5	Leonson Lewis	1988–1996	30	21
6	Nigel Pierre	1999–2005	58	20
7	Steve David	1972–1976		16
	Dwight Yorke	1989–	59	16
9	Cornell Glenn	2002–2006	38	11
	Jerren Nixon	1994–2004	38	11
	Gary Glasgow	1997–2007	53	11

Source: RSSSF ^[7] and Soca Warriors Online

[edit] 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 [10]	Hasely Crawford Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago