Articles tagged with "soca-warriors"
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | Jun 10th, 2006
After weeks of waiting, I finally got my Soca Warriors shirt from Subside Sports. It's the white away kit, because the red was sold out ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | Jun 10th, 2006
That, at least, is what midfield Warrior Chris Birchall hopes will happen.
Karibik News quotes 'Me Mum' : "Of course I would love to beat England, ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | Jun 10th, 2006
Over at the Caribbean Beat Blog, JT describes the Warrior fever that has gripped Trinidad:
Up at the airport, the roundabout is festooned with flags and ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | Jun 9th, 2006
T&T defender Marvin Andrews will miss our game against Sweden on Saturday, and is in doubt to start against England on the 15th.
Dog has ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | Jun 9th, 2006
I'm counting down the hours, the minutes, the seconds to the World Cup kickoff.
Today, I finished the last examination of my undergraduate career. Tomorrow, the ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | Jun 8th, 2006
If you're an avid reader of this blog, you'll know that Carlos Edwards is writing for the Guardian UK, that Russell Latapy has a column ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | Jun 7th, 2006
Ah, predictions.
Who would you pick for Saturday's game against Sweden? I've been playing with the BBC's Squad Selector for T&T (I'm clearly not acing ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | Jun 6th, 2006
As previously reported on this blog, the people of Rotenburg - where the Warriors will be staying throughout the tournament - have gone all out ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | Jun 6th, 2006
I can't take it. It's just not fair. All around me friends, family and fellow members of the Warrior Nation are boarding flights bound for ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | Jun 5th, 2006
Jason Scotland is even more of a media darling than the rest of his teammates.
Now, "Scotland, Scotland...Jason Scotland" by the Trinidad and Tobago Tartan ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | Jun 4th, 2006
Football might contribute to improved relations between countries, or it might act as a catalyst for war; it may foment secessionist fervour or solidify international ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | Jun 3rd, 2006
Although it was the delegate from Togo who took home the title of the first Miss World Cup, T&T's own Meagan Monsegue did a fine ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | Jun 3rd, 2006
I'm going to start this post-game commentary with a quote from the Warrior Chief, because it expresses - succinctly - what I'm shortly going to ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | Jun 3rd, 2006
In two hours I'll be at the Famous 3 Kings pub in London to watch the game.
No liveblogging - what is it with the ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | Jun 2nd, 2006
Quick re-cap of our friendly results so far:
T&T v Iceland 2-0
T&T v Peru 1-1
T&T v Wales 1-2
T&T v Slovenia 1-3
We've conceded 6 goals and scored ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | Jun 1st, 2006
The most (the only) impressive thing about our recent friendly against was Birchall's goal in the 26th minute: a low, hard and accurate shot taken ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | May 31st, 2006
3-1 to Slovenia - Hislop completely buggers up and gifts Novakociv with a hattrick.
The commentators are going to leap all over this. It doesn't look ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | May 31st, 2006
Sigh.
2 goals down - dare I say, defensive issues?
Chris Birchall nets a 25-yard stunner to put us on the board. Birchall, your Warrior credentials are ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | May 31st, 2006
Oh no, Silvio.
Silvio Spann has been dropped from the T&T squad with a hamstring injury.
The 24-year-old midfielder will be replaced by Evans Wise, who ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | May 30th, 2006
Continuing our rigorous schedule of pre-World Cup friendlies, we'll be meeting Slovenia tomorrow at 19:15 (London time).
Needless to say that I'll be tuning in, ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | May 29th, 2006
Leo 'Warrior Chief' Beenhakker has been making waves with his declarations lately. His latest announcement is a calculated jibe at the English lions.
Speaking at a ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | May 27th, 2006
At the final whistle (with no extra time) : 2-1 to the Welsh.
I maintain that the Welsh didn't beat us - we lost this match ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | May 27th, 2006
In just a couple of hours the Soca Warriors will be lining up in Graz, Austria against the Welsh for an important friendly.
As has been ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | May 27th, 2006
After the outpouring of support from the Irish, the Welsh and the 'Trinidad and Tobago Tartan Army', I suppose it was only a matter of ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | May 25th, 2006
Popular Trinidadian soca artiste Iwer George has a Soca Warrior tribute tune entitled We Reach. Catchy chorus: "Tell them we reach / we going World ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | May 24th, 2006
What makes a World Cup song 'official'? Is it the sanction of the country's football federation or its adoption by adoring fans? These questions are ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | May 23rd, 2006
It's one of those days when all the things I want to post about require slightly more research than I have time for (week from ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | May 22nd, 2006
Good old Alex Ferguson. He and Svengali are already in a bit of a spat because of the England coach's insistence on taking (a rapidly ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | May 21st, 2006
Continuing in this weekend's multimedia trend, here's a video clip of the Soca Warriors on the pitch against England, including a stunning shot of Latapy ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | May 20th, 2006
There's a short but insightful video clip on the Warriors over at the Scotland Today website. Props to the Tartan Army.
