The Trinidad and Tobago national football team, nicknamed The Soca Warriors, is the national team of Trinidad and Tobago and is controlled by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation. The country has produced several Premiership players, like Dwight Yorke, Stern John and Shaka Hislop, and reached the first round in the 2006 FIFA World Cup under the management of Leo Beenhakker.
| Shirt badge/Association crest | |||
| Nickname(s) | The Soca Warriors | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation | ||
| Confederation | CONCACAF (North America) | ||
| Head coach |  Wim Rijsbergen | ||
| Most caps | Angus Eve (118) | ||
| Top scorer | Stern John (64) | ||
| Home stadium | Hasely Crawford Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | TRI | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 67 | ||
| Highest | 25 (June 2001) | ||
| Lowest | 95 (April 1994) | ||
| First international | |||
 Trinidad and Tobago 3 - 3 Dutch Guiana (Trinidad and Tobago; August 6, 1934) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Trinidad and Tobago 11 - 0 Aruba  (Grenada; June 4, 1989) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Mexico 7 - 0 Trinidad and Tobago (Mexico City, Mexico; October 8, 2000) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2006) | ||
| Best result | Round 1, 2006 | ||
| CONCACAF Gold Cup | |||
| Appearances | 6 (first in 1991) | ||
| Best result | Semifinals, 2000 | ||
On 6 March 2007, the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation announced it had been forced to suspend activity related to all national teams except the U-17 boys' team, which was attempting to qualify for the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup. The federation announced it might be forced to withdraw its senior men's national team from the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup, although it was drawn in the tournament the same day. [1]
World Cup record
Gold Cup record
Notable Players
Current squad
(May, 2007)
History
Usually considered one of the best teams in the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago has won the Caribbean Cup eight times and is one of four Caribbean countries to ever qualify for the FIFA World Cup. During the 1974 World Cup qualification the team came within one point of qualifying for the World Cup in place of Haiti. The Soca warriors managed to inflict Mexico's only loss during the tournament(4-0). Trinidad made another run in the 1990 World Cup qualifying once again coming within one point. Trinidad won their semifinals group in 2002 in a group that included Mexico and Canada however came in last winning only one game in the final round.
Trinidad and Tobago played Demerara and Barbados for the Martinez Shield between 1923 and 1933. Technically, their first ever match was a 1-1 draw against Demerara, but no exact record and no exact dates for those matches exist.
Notes
- ^ TTFF Suspends Its Football Programs, [http://www.socawarriorstt.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=926&Itemid=2