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Nickname = The Soca Warriors | |
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Revision as of 09:36, 14 June 2006
| Shirt badge/Association crest | |||
| Nickname(s) | The Soca Warriors | ||
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| Association | Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation | ||
| Head coach | Leo Beenhakker, 2005- | ||
| Most caps | Angus Eve (118) | ||
| Top scorer | Stern John (64) | ||
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| 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 ?, 1989) | |||
| Biggest 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
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Usually considered one of the best teams in the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago has won the Caribbean Cup eight times and is one of the few Caribbean countries to qualify for the FIFA World Cup.
Trinidad & 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.
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 (with a Dennis Lawrence header) in Manama to clinch their first ever qualification for the World Cup, becoming the smallest nation ever to qualify for the World Cup finals. [1]
Their group for the World Cup 2006 in Germany was group B, which also contained Sweden, England, and Paraguay.
Trinidad & Tobago made a dream start to their first World Cup by holding Sweden to a 0-0 draw even after Avery John was sent off after receiving his second yellow card in the 46th minute, forcing the team to play with 10 men for the remainder of the match.
World Cup record
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
Notable Players
- Marvin Andrews
- Christopher Birchall
- Angus Eve
- Cornell Glen
- Shaka Hislop
- Clayton Ince
- Avery John
- Stern John
- Kenwyne Jones
- Russell Latapy
- Jason Scotland
- Dwight Yorke
2006 World Cup Squad
Head coach: Leo Beenhakker
- Silvio Spann was originally in the squad, but had to drop-out after sustaining a hamstring injury in the run-up to the tournament. He was replaced by Evans Wise [1].
2006 World Cup Information
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Trinidad and Tobago had a good start in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, holding a very strong Swedish side to a 0-0 draw. Another factor that made this achievement more remarkable is that Trinidad and Tobago had Avery John sent off not 30 seconds into the second half, and had to survive the remainder of the match with 10 men. Their next game is against England in Nuremberg on the 15th of June.
Footnotes
- ^ "The World Cup's smallest team". BBC article. Retrieved June 11.
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External links
- Official Site of the Soca Warriors
- Official site of Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation
- SocaWarriors.net
- Information on their matches
- The Warrior Nation (Soca Warriors Supporters Club)
- T&T World Cup Blog
International association football | ||
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| World (FIFA) |  | |
| Asia (AFC) | ||
| Africa (CAF) | ||
| North America (CONCACAF) | ||
| South America (CONMEBOL) | ||
| Oceania (OFC) | ||
| Europe (UEFA) | ||
| Inter-Continental |
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| Non-FIFA | ||
2006 FIFA World Cup finalists | |
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| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Third place | |
| Fourth place | |
| Quarter-finals | |
| Round of 16 | |
| Group stage | |
