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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 23/11/2008
It's going to be a tough grind to get to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, but Trinidad and Tobago seem to have gotten the chance of a great start with their first two games against teams which, on paper, they have a chance of defeating. Both T&T's Colombia head coach Francisco Maturana and Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) special adviser Jack Warner attended the...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
T&T head coach Francisco Maturana has made changes to his initial 18-man squad for the World Cup qualifier against Cuba next Wednesday. Even after submitting his final 18-man squad to manager David Muhammad on Saturday, Maturana subsequently indicated that he still wasn't firm on his final selections. And on Tuesday he brought in defenders Cyd Gray and Aklie Edwards at the expense...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
INCONSISTENT: Francisco MaturanaTrinidad and Tobago head coach Francisco Maturana is consistent only in his inconsistencies when it comes to squad selection. And, after confusing the nation with such gems as the exclusion of Dennis Lawrence in Chicago and the demotion of Stern John in Bermuda, there was probably only one person left for him to surprise. So, on Sunday night,...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
... has featured in just three of 25 matches under Trinidad and Tobago's Colombia-born coach Francisco Maturana and managed only one outing, thus far, in the 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign-he kept a clean sheet in Trinidad and Tobago's crucial 2-0 away win over Bermuda in June. He is desperate to win his place back. On November 19, 2008, Williams looked on from the stands as the...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | yesterday
It started with the persistent selection of out-of-contract teenaged midfielder Khaleem Hyland and now, according to some coaches and observers, has spread like a cancer throughout the Trinidad and Tobago national football team's ranks. Domestic form or whether a player bothers to show up for his club at all no longer seems to matter to national coach Francisco Maturana and W Connection...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
Trinidad and Tobago head coach Francisco Maturana has recalled Errol McFarlane to the national team to contest the upcoming Digicel Caribbean Championships in Jamaica. The St Ann's Rangers striker, who has been on loan to Lebanese club Al Mabarrah, has been included in the 20-man squad which leaves for Kingston tomorrow morning ahead of their opening Group A fixture against Grenada on...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 23/11/2008
EL SALVADOR FIRST UPSoca Warriors kick off World Cup qualifiers away February 11 Sunday, November 23rd 2008OPTIMISTS: FIFA vice-president and Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation special adviser Jack Warner, right, and T&T head coach Francisco Maturana following the draw for the Final Round of CONCACAF Qualifying for the 2010 World Cup in Johannesburg, South Africa yesterday. -Photo...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
... to make an emphatic statement at the expense of our Spanish Caribbean neighbours. Whether or not Francisco Maturana can get the message across via his interpreter, none of our very experienced players should be worrying about the essential message being lost in translation, seeing as they've been around long enough, and experienced more than enough agonising heartbreak in national...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
... for a December 11 semi-final match. The final is scheduled for December 14. Under Colombian coach Francisco Maturana, T&T have had extensive preparations against Caribbean teams and have already beaten Grenada (2-0) and Barbados (3-0) in 2008, while playing to two exciting draws with Jamaica. Their first meeting in March saw the Soca Warriors battle back from a two-goal deficit to...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
... we have to take into account that the latest incarnation of the national team as selected by Francisco Maturana did not feature any of the high-profile foreign-based professionals, and the team that takes on Cuba next Wednesday at the Hasely Crawford Stadium will be a truer reflection of the best that this country has to offer on the international football stage. Also, we cannot ignore...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
... he never appears hurried. Of course from a functional viewpoint, Toussaint is expendable. In coach Francisco Maturana's crowded frontline, Toussaint lacks Cornell Glen's searing pace, Jason Scotland's strength, Kenwyne Jones' aerial prowess and Stern John's menace. Toussaint's 28 international appearances so far yielded an average five goals, while Daniel, from midfield, has six items...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
... up being hard-earned, even against Guyana, who they have beaten five times this year. Head coach Francisco Maturana got the improved showing he was hoping for against St Kitts-Nevis two nights ago, but his mainly locally-based team is still a work in progress. The Soca Warriors are scoring three goals when they could have half-dozen, and also conceding against mediocre teams. It took...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
... ended, Andre Toussaint still had time to spoon a perfect set-up from Hyland. T&T's Colombian coach Francisco Maturana made two changes at the start of the second half, giving Under-20 keeper Glenroy Samuel his first senior cap as a replacement for Marvin Phillip. And Cyd Gray also replaced Power at the interval.
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
... and Tobago's sport, it would seem, age discrimination has also been mortally wounded. Head coach Francisco Maturana should be neither applauded nor ridiculed for this fact. His predecessor, Leo Beenhakker, cared about results not the dates of birth of his squad. Maturana's mistake was to pigeon-hole himself by pontificating about the wisdom of fast tracking talented but inexperienced...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
... warm-up. The lethargic showing by T&T's senior footballers left their Colombian head coach Francisco Maturana in sarcastic mood when asked to explain an early double change he made when introducing 35-year-old veteran midfielder Arnold Dwarika for captain Aurtis Whitley, and also bringing on USA-based striker Scott Sealy for Anthony Wolfe after just 39 minutes. "In the first 30 minutes,...
