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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Francisco Maturana was a winner on the football field again on Tuesday night with a 2-0 triumph against Guyana at Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya. It was his sixth win from ten matches since inheriting the post of Trinidad and Tobago head coach. But the performance, against a disinterested Guyanese team-already eliminated from the 2010 World Cup qualifiers-would have done little to convince football stakeholders...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
Maturana: Time to take care of businessSoca Warriors leave on do-or-die missionThursday, June 19th 2008Trinidad and Tobago's Senior footballers will depart for Hamilton Bermuda at 7 a.m. this morning for what is definitely a much earlier than expected crucial 2010 World Cup qualifier against that country on Sunday. Following a final training session on home soil last evening, the squad will regroup...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
TAKING RESPONSIBILITY: Trinidad and Tobago coach Francisco Maturana gestures during T&T's opening World Cup qualifier against Bermuda at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya on Sunday. Maturana assumed the blame for T&T's shock 2-1 defeat to the Bermudans. - Photo: Robert Taylor"I assume full responsibility, I absolve the players from responsibility and take it all upon myself." These...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
... the back, the Dutch-speaking islanders are the lastest in a string of inferior teams to test coach Francisco Maturana's men. FIFA vice-president and Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (T&TFF) special adviser Jack Warner justifiably moaned that the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs should adjust their stadium rental fees according to the opposition. Yet, surely the same criteria...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
DENSIL THEOBALD spoilt a good return to the Trinidad and Tobago senior team by missing a penalty, but two others who were also given an international reprieve by head coach Francisco Maturana made full use by scoring in a 2-0 victory over the Netherlands Antilles on Thursday night at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya. Andre Toussaint, who last saw action in the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup, broke...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
COVENTRY CITY midfielder Chris Birchall is eager to get into action soon, following his recent recall to the Trinidad & Tobago national football team by Colombian head-coach Francisco Maturana. Birchall, who last saw action at the World Cup two years ago, is one of seven World Cup players recently recalled to the national team, including Dwight Yorke, Avery John, Cyd Gray, Silvio Spann...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Densill Theobald has been recalled to the national senior team for tomorrow's friendly international against the Netherlands Antilles. Theobald, captain of the team for much of 2007, has not worn national colours since Trinidad and Tobago's 0-0 draw with Guadeloupe on Ash Wednesday. Theobald said he only recently found out that the reason for his non-selection since February was coach Francisco...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Trinidad and Tobago's Senior Footballers will continue their build up to the semi-final round of 2010 World Cup qualifying action with another friendly international against Netherlands Antilles on Thursday at Guaracara Park, Point-a-Pierre from 7:30pm. Head coach Francisco Maturana, following his team's 2-0 win over Guyana last week, has called up basically the same squad but has invited...
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Daily Star (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
... on Monday at his request," Warner said."Dwight offered to play for the national team. The coach (Francisco Maturana) was happy to hear about Dwight's availability."Yorke, who has had spells at Aston Villa, Manchester United and Blackburn, featured in the 3-0 loss to England in June in what was scheduled to be a one-off appearance after he announced his intention to retire following...
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Daily Express (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
... on Monday at his request," Warner said."Dwight offered to play for the national team. The coach (Francisco Maturana) was happy to hear about Dwight's availability."Yorke, who has had spells at Aston Villa, Manchester United and Blackburn, featured in the 3-0 loss to England in June in what was scheduled to be a one-off appearance after he announced his intention to retire following...
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Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
... on Monday at his request," Warner said."Dwight offered to play for the national team. The coach (Francisco Maturana] was happy to hear about Dwight's availability."Yorke, who has had spells at Aston Villa, Manchester United and Blackburn, featured in the 3-0 loss to England in June in what was scheduled to be a one-off appearance after he announced his intention to retire following...
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News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
... on Monday at his request," Warner said."Dwight offered to play for the national team. The coach (Francisco Maturana] was happy to hear about Dwight's availability."Yorke, who has had spells at Aston Villa, Manchester United and Blackburn, featured in the 3-0 loss to England in June in what was scheduled to be a one-off appearance after he announced his intention to retire following...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
... to the trainer. Closer to home, on Tuesday night at the Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya, Colombian Francisco Maturana, Trinidad and Tobago's national team football coach, might have been schooling in public. The T&T Soca Warriors came away comfortable enough 2-0 winners over Caribbean rivals Guyana in their friendly international, using a defensive system. It might be argued that a 4-5-1...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Both coaches poured healthy portions of self-belief, discipline, harmony and desire in their squads. They were stubborn, charismatic men who were able to get their dressing rooms and then a nation to believe in the success of their philosophy. But what do we make of their Colombian successor, Francisco Maturana? It would be foolhardy to mock his coaching know-how. Maturana, a qualified...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
Trinidad and Tobago's national footballers will have their first training session in Bermuda from 5 p.m. (4 p.m. T&T Time) today following their arrival in Hamilton last night. The Francisco Maturana-coached team arrived at around 8 p.m. and were welcomed by a group of Trinidadians living on the island before checking into the  Grotto Bay Resort Hotel in Hamilton. The 18-man squad,...
