November 3 – Former Manchester United star Dwight Yorke has been named the brand new supervisor of his native Trinidad and Tobago. He’ll succeed Angus Eve.
In a press release, the Trinidad and Tobago Soccer Federation (TTFA) revealed that the talisman Yorke will take cost of the Soca Warriors with a view to subsequent yr’s World Cup qualifiers.
“With World Cup qualification in our sights, we’re thrilled to welcome Dwight Yorke as the brand new head coach of our Males’s Nationwide Staff,” stated TTFA president Kieron Edwards. “Dwight’s expertise, management, and dedication to the purple, white, and black are precisely what we have to encourage our gamers and our nation.”
“Dwight’s journey from a standout participant to a seasoned chief in soccer brings a singular imaginative and prescient that aligns with our ambitions.”
Yorke’s managerial expertise is restricted to a seven-month stint at Macarthur in Australia. He guided the membership to their first-ever Australia Cup title, however his reign led to acrimony after 13 matches – Yorke had referred to as his staff a ‘pub staff’.
In September, the Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) awarded him $290,000, ruling that the membership had breached the events’ contract, ending the employment with out simply trigger. Final month, FIFA slapped Macarthur with a switch ban till 2026 except the membership pays Yorke.
The phrases of Yorke’s new contract at dwelling weren’t launched, nor had been particulars of the size of his contract or his backroom employees.
“The chance to work with this proficient, close-knit group of gamers is one thing I sit up for,” stated Yorke. “Having helped Trinidad and Tobago to the semi-finals of the Concacaf Gold Cup in 2000, captained the aspect on the 2006 World Cup and been an assistant supervisor, my love and dedication to my nationwide staff are properly documented.”
Yorke retired after a profession that included stints at Manchester United, Aston Villa, Blackburn, and Birmingham. He scored 18 objectives in 73 internationals for Trinidad and Tobago and is the nation’s most well-known participant.
He captained the island nation on the 2006 World Cup in Germany the place the Soca Warriors completed backside of a bunch that included England, Sweden and Paraguay. In 2018, the staff prevented the US from making that yr’s World Cup in Russia beneath one other of the 2006 World Cup legends, Dennis Lawrence.
Yorke’s first job might be to information Trinidad and Tobago to qualification for the 2025 Gold Cup. In 2023 the nation certified through the preliminary spherical play-offs, coming third in a bunch that contained the USA and Jamaica.
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