Russell Latapy and the Trinidad & Tobago National Team have added former England U-21’s Bobby Zamora and Jlloyd Samuel ahead of their CONCACAF World Cup Qualifiers against Honduras and the United States.
SoccerInsider reports that 17,000 tickets have been sold for Wednesday’s 7:30pm ET (ESPN2/Galavision) match between the US and Trinidad-Tobago with a nice night and a possible decent walk-up crowd predicted . BTW, TnT beat us 2-1 in October in Trinidad last time we played.
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After initially handing down a Four game suspension and $4,200 fine to Trinidad & Tobago Captain Dwight Yorke, FIFA’s disciplinary committee in Zurich decided to halve the 37 year old’s suspension to two matches following the T&T Football Federation’s successful appeal.
The US will play Trinidad and Tobago WCQ Match on April 1st in Nashville at LP Field.
American Outlaws are taking deposits on tickets here.
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That was dope!
With the US National team playing down in Trinidad tonight, I couldn’t help but bring up this goal. Without doubt our boy Paul’s goal changed soccer in the United States. Without this goal the US doesn’t qualify for Italia 90, which means the US doesn’t host the World Cup, which was a huge catalyst for getting MLS off the ground. So this goal is a monumental goal.
Crazy that 19 years after this goal, the US is back in T&T, having already qualified for the Hexagonal allowing the next generation of US players the opportunity to get some experience. The sport has come a long way here in the US, both on and off the field and what kind of growth lies ahead is exciting. We still have a long way to go in a lot of areas with the sport, but every once in a while I think it’s important to sit back and applaud how far the sport has come here.
