WHY did Trinidad and Tobago’s football team play Louisville City FC?

The stands were packed. The excitement was building, and the Strike Squad football team was all set. But unbeknownst to the crowd, the team and many others, a grim crisis had already engulfed T&T. Within moments, key members of the football team would trade their cleats for combat boots, stepping directly into the unfolding chaos of the 1990 attempted coup. And they were certainly ready for action.

In Louisville City FC’s first game against a senior national team, a player making his first LouCity start scored his first goal for the club, as Louisville took a 1-0 victory over the Trinidad and Tobago men’s national team at Lynn Family Stadium.

Trinidad and Tobago senior men’s head coach Derek King has named seven uncapped players in a 20-man squad for the friendly against American USL Championship side Louisville City FC tomorrow at Lynn Family Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky. Kick-off is 8 p.m.

Like many of us, I have been captivated by the machinations of the FIFA World Cup, both on and off the field.

Did you see that Denzil Smith super save? Did you catch the Levi Garcia curler that found nothing but net?

Rotherham United are delighted to confirm the signing of defender Kieran Ngwenya on a two -year-deal, subject to EFL and FA ratification and international clearance.

Inter Miami CF Academy goalkeeper Levi Williams represented the Club at the 2026 MLS NEXT All-Star Game, capping off a memorable experience that included training alongside the league's top youth talents before helping the East defeat the West with a 6-1 result on Monday night.

The Colorado Rapids announced today the club has signed midfielder Wayne Frederick to a multi-year contract through the 2029-30 MLS season, with a club option for 2030-31. 

The Halifax Wanderers have signed teenage Canadian/Trinidadian midfielder Caden Trestrail to an Exceptional Young Talent contract through the 2028 CPL season with a club option for 2029. 

New York City FC announced today that Goalkeeper Greg Ranjitsingh has signed a contract extension through the 2027-28 season with an option for the 2028-29 season. 

Corporal Elise Franco is consumed by soccer. Since her days of playing as the only nine-year-old girl in a team of boys, her passion propelled her to selection at the Queensland Academy of Sport, and playing for the Brisbane Roar FC at 17.

Central West FC has officially launched its preparations for the 2026–2027 professional football season, announcing 15 of the players who will represent the club.

Dexter Cyrus, coach of T&T Premier Football League (TTPFL) 2025/2026 Tier I Division third-place finisher T&T Prison Service FC, has put his team's exit from the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Shield down to too many mistakes. Prison Service fell 4-3 to Guyana's Slingerz FC in the round of 16 at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Mucurapo, Port-of-Spain, on Saturday night.

The occasion of making their CONCACAF Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Shield debut proved too grand for Prisons FC, whose historic first outing in regional club football unravelled through a series of costly defensive errors, ending in a 4-3 Round of 16 defeat to Guyanese champions Slingerz FC yesterday at the Hasely Crawford Stadium.

Dexter Cyrus, coach of T&T Premier Football League 2025/2026 Tier I Division third-place finishers T&T Prison Service, has bolstered his team’s attack ahead of their debut in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) 22-team Club Shield competition with the addition of T&T striker Ezekiel Kesar.

Arouca Beatniks, once a household name in East Trinidad in the sport of football, is returning to prominence after winning three titles this year alone.

The 2026 Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) National Youth League has laid the groundwork for a more sustainable future for youth football despite several operational challenges encountered during its inaugural season under a new decentralised model.

Issues with alleged player indiscipline must be dealt with inside the locker room and not in public.

Another World Cup dream lies in ruins. Another Trinidad and Tobago football team has fallen short. And Kenneth Butcher, the former national player, coach, and government sports minister, has seen enough.

DAMIAN BRIGGS has stressed the need for patience and stability in Trinidad and Tobago’s football development, warning that progress cannot be rushed as he aligned himself with former national coaches calling for greater continuity in the country’s national team programmes.

Trinidad and Tobago’s senior women’s football team will not be going to the 2026 CONCACAF Women’s Championship in November after suffering a 2–0 defeat to El Salvador at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo, yesterday.

Trinidad and Tobago’s senior women’s football team will play their most significant match in over a decade when they face El Salvador for a place in the November 2026, CONCACAF Women’s Championship this evening. It is their biggest fixture since the intercontinental playoff for the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup — a campaign that saw T&T come agonisingly close to an historic qualification.

Head coach Damian Briggs says that apart from a few small niggles, his team is ready for its huge assignment on Friday.