Trinidad and Tobago
Nickname
The Soca Warriors
Association
Trinidad and Tobago
Football Federation
Coach
Leo Beenhakker,
2005-
Most
caps
Angus Eve (118)
Top scorer
Stern John (64)
Home colours
Away colours
First international
Trinidad and Tobago 3 - 3
Dutch Guiana
(
Trinidad and Tobago;
August 6,
1934)
Largest win
Trinidad and Tobago 11 - 0
Aruba
(
Grenada;
June ?,
1989)
Worst defeat
Mexico 7 - 0 Trinidad and Tobago
(
Mexico City,
Mexico;
October 8,
2000)
World Cup
Appearances
1 (First in
2006)
Best result
-
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Appearances
6 (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, like
Dwight Yorke,
Stern John and
Shaka Hislop, and qualified for the
2006 World Cup.
Usually considered the best team in the
Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago has won the
Caribbean Cup eight times.
On
October 12,
2005, Trinidad and Tobago beat
Mexico 2-1, with a brace of goals from Stern John. This win allowed them to finish in 4th place in the
CONCACAF final qualification round, and therefore participated in
a playoff with the fifth place Asian team
Bahrain for a chance to enter the 2006 World Cup. After a 1-1 draw in
Port of Spain, the team beat Bahrain 1-0 to clinch their first ever qualification for the World Cup.
T&T 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.
Contents
1 World Cup record
2 Gold Cup record
3 Selected famous players
4 2006 World Cup Squad
5 External links
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see
2006 FIFA World Cup...
see
World Cup 2006 - Teams...
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