Yet Another Loss

The Soca Warriors game on Wednesday night was one that illustrated to me just how long the road is for that team to reach world class. As it is presently, I’m not sure that we can beat some of the PFL teams that are based on this small twin island. Our impotence in front of the goal together with the extreme lack of experience by our coaching staff was made all too apparent by a USA team that came for their 3 points. The disappointing home crowd was used as a means of protest by the sporting fans in this country. We cannot continue to sit idly by and watch what remains of our pride in the national team to be destroyed by lack of organization at the highest level for our senior team.

As a fan I was hurt after that game, not so much by the loss, but by the way our team crumbled under pressure; and also in no small part by the lack of support shown to the boys. The team has a captain but no true leaders. Without a Dwight Yorke or a Russel Latapy on the field the team looks brainless. Mind you this is not a call for these players to jump out of retirement to lead these boys, but rather a call for the current crop of players to step their game up.

Everyone has been talking about turning their attention to the Under 20 team that is currently representing us in Egypt, but there is still a way for them to go before they represent us at the senior level. If certain things are not remedied with this senior team now, who is to say that a new crop of players under the same ‘circumstances’ will fair better? Everyone needs to take ownership for their stake in the national team setup; I’m talking from the fans that go to the games all the way up to the minister of sport. We all need to become a lot more dedicated to our team.