FOOTBALL

MLS expansion club Atlanta United continued to build their roster Friday, announcing that they have signed veteran Trinidad and Tobago striker Kenwyne Jones.

DAVID JOHN-WILLIAMS, president of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TT FA), is eager to see an upward shift in the domestic football involving clubs throughout the twin-island republic.

Portugal struggled to win games in normal time, kept clean sheets in their knockout games, beat the hosts 1-0 in the final thanks to an unlikely goalscorer and were led by a manager who knows Greek football inside out. Sound familiar?

Captain of the Soca Warriors, Kenwyne Jones, continues to fly the flag of red, white and black high in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, as his Al Jazira Football Club edged past Al Ain to snag the highly- contested President’s Cup 2016 on Sunday evening.

Unloved at Swansea and a controversial pick at international level for Portugal, the 28-year-old striker had the last laugh in the final against France

Sports commentator Selwyn Melville may soon be smiling all the way to the bank after the board of the T&T Football Association (TTFA) agreed he was the one who coined the phrase “Soca Warriors.”