Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation - TTFF

Just as they did in 2008, Trinidad and Tobago will host Bermuda in its opening match of the 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign on Friday September 2. The "Soca Warriors" were shocked 2-1 by the Bermudans in their  opening match of the 2010 campaign on June 15 at the Marvin Lee Stadium with Francisco Maturana at the helm of the team. That loss came on the heels of nine friendly internationals including two creditable draws with  Jamaica, one in Kingston, a  friendly international versus England as well as a 1-0 victory over El Salvador.

A proposed friendly this time around against Haiti has been cancelled and it appears Otto Pfister's team may not have the luxury of that many warm-ups ahead of their opening qualifier set to kick off in just over a month. But experienced midfielder Densill Theobald is not too worried. "We just have to put our minds to it and get the job done in these opening set of games. We have been in training for quite some time under the new coach and the guys are in good touch now especially with the Pro League season approaching. Then you have the overseas pros who will match-fit also coming into the team," the Caledonia AIA man told TTFF Media.

T&T's second game is September 6 away to Barbados and they then travel to Bermuda for the away match on  October 7.  Four days later T&T will host Barbados before closing off away to Guyana on November 11 and at home to the latter four days later.

"It's a hectic little schedule but definitely a round we are looking forward to. I don't want to underestimate or bring down the value of the other teams in that second round but obviously the bigger challenge we are looking ahead to is in the semi-final round. We will have to be in prime condition to get through to the final round but the coach knows his work and he knows what has to be done and so do we as players," Theobald ended.

The team continues its training sessions this Monday at the Ato Boldon Stadium. (Shaun Fuentes,July 31,2011)

This is the complete CONCACAF second-round World Cup qualifying schedule

Games will run from Sept. 2 through Nov. 15.

Friday, September 2
Group A

El Salvador vs. Dominican Republic
Suriname vs. Cayman Islands

Group B
Trinidad & Tobago vs. Bermuda
Guyana vs. Barbados

Group C
Panama vs. Bahamas
Dominica vs. Nicaragua

Group D
Canada vs. St. Lucia
St. Kitts & Nevis vs. Puerto Rico

Group E
Grenada vs. Belize
Guatemala vs. St. Vincent & the Grenadines

Group F
Haiti vs. U.S. Virgin Islands
Antigua & Barbuda vs. Curacao

Tuesday, September 6
Group A

Cayman Islands vs. El Salvador
Dominican Republic vs. Suriname

Group B
Barbados vs. Trinidad & Tobago
Bermuda vs. Guyana

Group C
Nicaragua vs. Panama
Bahamas vs. Dominica

Group D
Puerto Rico vs. Canada
St. Lucia vs. St. Kitts & Nevis

Group E
St. Vincent & the Grenadines vs. Grenada
Belize vs. Guatemala

Group F
Curacao vs. Haiti
U.S. Virgin Islands vs. Antigua & Barbuda

Friday, October 7
Dominican Republic vs. El Salvador
Cayman Islands vs. Suriname

Group A

Group B
Bermuda vs. Trinidad & Tobago
Barbados vs. Guyana

Group C
Bahamas vs. Panama
Nicaragua vs. Dominica

Group D
St. Lucia vs. Canada
Puerto Rico vs. St. Kitts & Nevis

Group E
Belize vs. Grenada
St. Vincent & the Grenadines vs. Guatemala

Group F
U.S. Virgin Islands vs. Haiti
Curacao vs. Antigua & Barbuda

Tuesday, October 11
El Salvador vs. Cayman Islands
Suriname vs. Dominican Republic

Group A

Group B
Trinidad & Tobago vs. Barbados
Guyana vs. Bermuda

Group C
Panama vs. Nicaragua
Dominica vs. Bahamas

Group D
Canada vs. Puerto Rico
St. Kitts & Nevis vs. St. Lucia

Group E
Grenada vs. St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Guatemala vs. Belize

Group F
Haiti vs. Curacao
Antigua & Barbuda vs. U.S. Virgin Islands

Friday, November 11
Suriname vs. El Salvador
Dominican Republic vs. Cayman Islands

Group A

Group B
Guyana vs. Trinidad & Tobago
Bermuda vs. Barbados

Group B
Dominica vs. Panama
Bahamas vs. Nicaragua

Group D
St. Kitts & Nevis vs. Canada
St. Lucia vs. Puerto Rico

Group E
Guatemala vs. Grenada
Belize vs. St. Vincent & the Grenadines

Group F
Antigua & Barbuda vs. Haiti
U.S. Virgin Islands vs. Curacao

Tuesday, November 15
Group A
El Salvador vs. Suriname
Cayman Islands vs. Dominican Republic

Group B
Trinidad & Tobago vs. Guyana
Barbados vs. Bermuda

Group C
Panama vs. Dominica
Nicaragua vs. Bahamas

Group D
Canada vs. St. Kitts & Nevis
Puerto Rico vs. St. Lucia

Group E
Grenada vs. Guatemala
St. Vincent & the Grenadines vs. Belize

Group F
Haiti vs. Antigua & Barbuda
Curacao vs. U.S. Virgin Islands

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