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Blast from the Past 

All the United States needed Sunday was a goal by defender Paul Caligiuri early in the first half and the U.S. team held on for a 1-0 victory in a 1986 World Cup qualifier versus Trinidad and Tobago

Caliguiri,  headed the ball past Trinidad goalkeeper Michael Maurice off a cross from the right side from Perry Van Der Beck at 14:50 of the first half of the game played at El Camino College.Hugo Perez, who plays for the San Diego Sockers of the Major Indoor Soccer League, failed to score on a penalty kick with 12 minutes. His shot sailed wide to the right.

Trinidad & Tobago's best scoring opportunity came three minutes into the second half, but a header from in close by Craig Garnet was knocked wide by a diving Arnold Mausser, the U.S. goalie.Trinidad forward Philbert Jones also had two good opportunities to score.May 20,1985, St Petersburg Independent/TTfootballhistory.

 

 



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After falling behind 1-0 to Mexico, Stern John scored in the 42nd and 61st minutes to ensure Trinidad and Tobago claimed fourth place in the final round of CONCACAF qualifying ahead of Guatemala, which beat Costa Rica 3-1 in Guatemala City. The win set up a playoff with Bahrain. The game was played before a partizan crowd at the Hasely Crawford Stadium - October 13,2005

 

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"Life is full of surprises, isn't it?Football is unpredictable. The important thing is the country is behind us, supporting us, backing us at every turn."
Dwight Yorke on T&T's qualification for Germany 2006

 

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“As a player and as a forward especially the first job on the field is to score so to come and score is satisfying to some extent. It was a bit  disappointing that the team couldn’t progress on to the second round but we saved some sort of pride in that we came out here and didn’t lose every game and I felt that was important to this team." Errol McFarlane after scoring an 87th minute equalizer in a 1-1 draw with Guatemala in Gold Cup Group match at the Foxboro Stadium, Boston. June 13,2007

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T&T's National Under 15 footballers, all making their debut, proved to be too much to handle for Bahamas as they completed a 9-0 rout of their opponents in the second game of a double header on the opening day of the Caribbean Football Union Youth Cup at the Hasely Crawford Stadium.

T&T, coached by Reynold Carrington, were originally slated to face Aruba but had different opposition after the latter and Grenada had problems getting into the country and are scheduled to arrive tonight.

Captain Jerrell Britto, who had been a member of the training squad for the current National Under 17 team now in Korea, was the standout, netting four times while Shahdon Winchester (38th), Dinnell Lopez (47th), Anslem Jackson (52nd), Akeems Grant (65th) and Shaquille Stewart (72nd) got the other goals. - August 17,2007



"I was already West Indian in my outlook before I went there," the 63-year-old said. "It was the same in Mexico. For me, Mexico was paradise in professional and personal life. Somehow I am connected to this world, this Latin American, Caribbean world. I love to be there. The point is, over the whole world there's only one football culture and if you want to be successful - because basically that's what it's all about - you have to embrace the football culture, whatever the social culture you have been brought up with.


"These guys (his squad) might have a totally different mentality to the European guys - not better or worse, but different."And they come into my football world, and my football culture, then it's the same job whether it's in Spain, Switzerland or Saudi Arabia." - Former T&T coach Leo Beenhakker, talking about his love for the Caribbean, prior to T&T's first match vs Sweden, June 9,2006


"Dwight was the reason I came back. And also I've never turned my back on my country and it was the perfect chance to come back and contribute as best as I could. I realised it was really the last chance to fulfil a lifelong dream for me and for Dwight. .Every kid dreams to play in the World Cup. But saying it as a kid and doing it at the twilight of your career are two totally different things. – Russell Latapy, on T&T’s qualification for Germany 2006,(May 2006)

“This really is the biggest game of our lives. I’m just thinking about playing to the best of our ability and getting over the game. I think the worst result we can have is a draw. We know the situation with Ghana. They won the World Cup twice but we are just prepared to go out there tomorrow and play with all heart and come away with a win and if not, a draw for the least – Leston Paul, captain of U-17 team on the eve of T&T’s opening match vs Ghana at The FIFA U-17 World Cup in Korea.
(Aug 19,2007)

 


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