Coach Maturana under the microscope

PORT OF SPAIN, CMC – Trinidad & Tobago’s midweek drubbing by the United States has prompted a crisis meeting of the local football federation, with head coach Francisco Maturana’s job expected to come under the microscope.

The meeting, which will be held next Thursday at CONCACAF’s offices here, will be chaired by the country’s football mogul Jack Warner, who also serves as a special advisor to the T&T Football Federation.

Warner, who was a guiding force behind T&T’s debut at the 2007 World Cup, expressed his frustration about the team’s results in the 2010 World Cup qualifying final round following the 3-0 defeat in Tennessee on Wednesday night.

“I think it was way below expectations of a team that is aspiring to be among the qualifiers for the World Cup Finals in South Africa next year,” said Warner, also a FIFA vice-president and CONCACAF president.

“My concern is that we are not getting the required results. Results are all that matter at the moment and we have to start getting the right ones from the next match.”

The defeat left T&T at the bottom of the six-team standings on two points and without a win in three matches.

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