Trinidad And Tobago Soccer Team

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Trinidad And Tobago Soccer Team General Information
Country - Trinidad and Tobago
Capital City - Port-of-Spain
Continent - North, Central America and the Caribbean
Manager - Leo Beenhakker

Trinidad And Tobago Soccer Team History
Founded 1908
Affiliated 1963

WC participationsNONE
WC honours NONE
Continental Titles NONE

World Cup Record:
Year Host Performance
1930 Uruguay -
1934 Italy -
1938 France -
1950 Brazil -
1954 Switzerland -
1958 Sweden -
1962 Chile -
1966 England -
1970 Mexico -
1974 West Germany -
1978 Argentina -
1982 Spain -
1986 Mexico -
1990 Italy -
1994 U.S.A. -
1998 France -
2002 S.Korea/Japan -
2006 Germany in Group B with England, Sweden, Paraguay
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Football Team for 2006 FIFA World Cup

Coach:
Leo Beenhakker

Goalkeepers:
Shaka Hislop, Kelvin Jack, Clayton Ince.

Defenders:
Ian Cox, Avery John, Marvin Andrews, Brent Sancho, Dennis Lawrence, Cyd Gray, Atiba Charles.

Midfielders:
Christopher Birchall, Aurtis Whitley, Russell Latapy, Carlos Edwards, Silvio Spann, Densill Theobold, Dwight Yorke, Anthony Wolfe.

Forwards:
Collin Samuel, Cornell Glenn, Stern John, Kenwyne Jones, Jason Scotland.

Trinidad & Tobago Statistics Participating for the First time in the World Cup Finals in Group B with England, Sweden, Paraguay
The team is known as 'Soca Warriors'
Jersey No. Name of the Player
1 Shaka Hislop
2 Ian Cox
3 Avery John
4 Marvin Andrews
5 Brent Sancho
6 Dennis Lawrence
7 Christopher Birchall
8 Cyd Gray
9 Aurtis Whitley
10 Russell Latapy
11 Carlos Edwards
12 Collin Samuel
13 Cornell Glenn
14 Stern John
15 Kenwyne Jones
16 Silvio Spann
17 Atiba Charles
18 Densill Theobold
19 Dwight Yorke
20 Jason Scotland
21 Kelvin Jack
22 Clayton Ince
23 Anthony Wolfe

Trinidad And Tobago Soccer Team is playing in Group B along with England, Paraguay and Sweden. It is time for the team to celebrate as they'll be playing for the first time in the World Cup. They are nicknamed the Soca Warriors. They had a poor start to their qualifying campaign. So Dutch coach Leo Beenhakker was roped in to help them reach their first-ever finals. Dwight Yorke will be captaining the side.

In the group series the Trinidad And Tobago Soccer Team first played Dominican Republic. In the next phase they played the mighty Mexicans. They lost both the matches. But they made it to the final qualifying stage with a win over neighbours St Kitts & Nevis and St Vincent & the Grenadines. The Soca Warriors progressed to the Final Stage of the CONCACAF Zone, which included the United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama and Guatemala.

They picked just one point from their first three matches. At this crucial juncture, the arrival of experienced Dutch coach Leo Beenhakker rejuvenated the team's spirits.

Under his guidance the Trinidad And Tobago Soccer Team got off to an amazing start with a 2-0 win over Panama. They were defeated 2-0 by Mexico in Mexico. Next, the Soca Warriors were defeated 1-0 in the USA. They then secured a nail-biting 3-2 win over direct rivals Guatemala. They were defeated 2-0 by Costa Rica in San Jose. They then defeated Panama 1-0. They went into their final game against CONCACAF superpowers Mexico. It was a very crucial match for them. They came out in flying colors and secured a 2-1 triumph in Port of Spain. This secured their place in a play-off with the Asian 5th placed team, Bahrain. In the home play-off they drew 1-1 and in the away play-off they won 1-0, thus qualifying for the World Cup finals in Germany.

In 1989, the Soca Warriors were just a game away from the FIFA World Cup qualification. But unfortunately they suffered a 1-0 home defeat by the USA.

Trinidad and Tobago was the last team to qualify for the FIFA World Cup to be held in Germany. With their qualification coach Leo Beenhakker has become a legend for the fans in that nation. This FIFA World Cup is also special for the very reason that the country's best ever player, Dwight Yorke will get to represent the country at the highest level of soccer before he retires. Other players to watch are forward Stern John, Christopher Birchall and Russell Latapy.

This FIFA season the Soca Warriors will definitely bring some Caribbean colour to the FIFA World Cup.