Forward Conrad Smith reflects on his season with Joe Public, in particular the 2009 FA Trophy in which his goal sealed the club's 3-2 win over W Connection in the final at the Marvin Lee Stadium. Smith also talks about his hope of making a return to the National Team.
For "Smithy" and his Joe Public teammates,five titles was the perfect filling for their Christmas stockings.
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation will be conducting screening sessions to select the Girls U-15 team on the 15th and 17th December 2009 at the Marvin Lee Stadium.
The sessions will be conducted under the watchful eyes of Jamaal Shabazz, Assistant Technical Director of Women’s Football and the Women’s U-20 team coach, Marlon Charles.
Screening takes place between the hours of 9:00am and 5:00pm each day.
This process brings to fruition the scouting for the Girls U-15 team which has been taking place at the zonal levels; coaches were assigned to identify and train the girls in the communities with a view to vie for national selection.
The screening session allows the national coaches to look at the U-15 girls in competition as it seeks to cream off the top thirty players for further development and training as we prepare for the Youth Olympics in Singapore in July 2010.
From these thirty players, the national team will be eventually selected.
Members of the media who wish to attend these sessions can contact Hema Ramkissoon at 489-7010 or Jinelle James at 743-1857 for further information. (Dec 13,2009)
With the 2010 World Cup campaign over and his 2009 MLS season also completed, we get the views of defender Julius James. He tells us his feelings on being part of the National Team during the latter stages of the qualifiers and he anticipates putting on the T&T uniform in the future. He also recounts his experience in Costa Rica. Click the video above to hear more from Juilus.
National Olympic team coach Zoran Vranes will hold just a few more sessions before heading off to Bermuda with a National Under 23 squad for three friendly matches in Bermuda later this month.
The local team, comprising mostly Under 20 players will depart for Bermuda on December 26 and will face the Bermuda Under 23 team in two matches on December 28 and January 1 and club side Devonshire Cougars on December 30 before returning on January 2.
Joe Public Football Club copped the fourth major title for 2009 when they held on with ten men to pull off a spirited 3-2 come from behind victory over W Connection in the TTFF’s FA trophy Final at the Marvin Lee Stadium on Wednesday night.
In what turned out to be match fitting of an FA final, Conrad Smith was the hero for the “Eastern Lions” as his clinical right foot finish two minutes from the end of extra time sealed the win and the $80,000 first prize.
