Turks and Caicos Islands national football team

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Turks and Caicos Islands

Association

Turks and Caicos Islands
Football Association

Confederation

CONCACAF (North America)

Head coach

Matthew Green

Most caps

Errion Charles (7)

Top scorer

Gavin Glinton (4)

Home stadium

TCIFA National Stadium

FIFA code

TCA

FIFA ranking

167

Highest FIFA ranking

158 (February 2008)

Lowest FIFA ranking

204 (May 2006)

Elo ranking

213





First kit





Second kit

First international

Bahamas 3 - 0 Turks and Caicos Islands

(Nassau, Bahamas; February 24, 1999)

Biggest win

Cayman Islands 0 - 2 Turks and Caicos Islands

(Havana, Cuba; September 4, 2006)

Biggest defeat

Saint Kitts & Nevis 8 - 0 Turks and Caicos Islands

(Basseterre, SK&N; March 18, 2000)

The Turks and Caicos Islands national football team is the national team of the Turks and Caicos Islands and is controlled by the Turks and Caicos Islands Football Association. The current coach is Matty Green, who is currently preparing the squad for the upcoming World Cup Qualifiers. The next game is to be played at the TCI National Stadium against St Lucia. It is a home-away tie, with the winners going on to play Guatemala in the next round.

TCI won its first match on September 4, 2006, a 2-0 win over the Cayman Islands in the Digicel Cup.

1 History
2 World Cup record
3 Gold Cup record
4 Current Squad
5 References
6 External links

[edit] History

Having formed a football association in 1996 and joined FIFA in 1998, Turks and Caicos Islands made its first appearance at an official FIFA competition when they entered the 2002 World Cup qualification. In March of 2000, the team was knocked out in the first qualification round by St. Kitts and Nevis 14-0 on aggregate.

At the 2006 World Cup qualifying competition, the side suffered a 7-0 aggregate loss against Haiti in February 2004.

In 2007, the federation completed construction of their first stadium, the Turks and Caicos National Stadium,[1] with the help of the FIFA Goal Programme, and have committed themselves to building a broad base of football participation and support.^{[citation needed]}

On February 6, 2008, the team achieved its first World Cup qualification win 2-1 against Saint Lucia in the CONCACAF first round at home, but in the second leg played March 26, 2008, they were eliminated after they fell short having lost the away leg 0-2 in Saint Lucia for a 2-3 aggregate score.^[1]

[edit] World Cup record

1930 to 1998 - Did not enter
2002 - Did not qualify
2006 - Did not qualify
2010 - Did not qualify

[edit] Gold Cup record

1991 to 1998 - Did not enter
2000 - Did not qualify
2002 - Did not enter
2003 - Did not enter
2005 - Withdrew
2007 - Did not qualify

[edit] Current Squad

The followig players were called for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying against Saint Lucia on February 6, 2008.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Ian Jones
2	MF	Duane Glinton	March 16, 1982	4	1	Ogden Outlaws
3	DF	Lee Coulton
4	MF	Stephen Savage				SWA Sharks
5	DF	Christopher Gannon				KPMG United
6	MF	Chris Bruno				SWA Sharks
7	MF	Lenford Singh
8	MF	Charles Cook	October 12, 1972			KPMG United
9	FW	David Lowery	January 20, 1984	1	1	SWA Sharks
10	FW	Gavin Glinton	March 1, 1979	5	4	San Jose Earthquakes
11	FW	Billy Forbes
12		Ajah Johnson
13	FW	Philip Shearer				Caribbean All Stars
14		Euan Fletcher
15		George Brough
16		Kevin Speer
17		Lagneau Brumvert
18	MF	James Slattery				KPMG United