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Well, it was difficult task speaking after last night's disappointment...

Yet Dwight Yorke sucked it up and faced the media as he was probed on the present and the future...including his as the national team Head Coach...


Transcript
00:00The feeling of disappointment and dejection was palpable through the corridors, the dressing
00:05room, and on the face of the players following last night's 1-1 draw to Jamaica.
00:10The World Cup dream was officially over, and Dwight York summed up the mood not only on
00:15that night, but for the campaign.
00:17DWIGHT YORK, We really felt that we had done enough to win the game again.
00:20And I think, you know, again, if you look at the stats, it suggests all of that.
00:24So it does feel like a defeat, although we haven't lost the game, but we seem like a
00:31common theme.
00:32We played Curaçao, it's a similar feeling.
00:34We played Jamaica even when they beat us.
00:38You know, we felt like we gifted them the goals, but, you know, I don't want to look too much
00:45on the negative.
00:46It is where we are, but I certainly believe in these players, and I think that if you're
00:54fair to these young boys, which most of them are, from where we were to where we are now,
01:02it's incredible.
01:03While elimination is a tough pill to swallow, York is focused on the growth achieved.
01:08For me, as I said, it would take some time for us to get to the level.
01:15It's just the way how the nature works.
01:17But unfortunately, results keep you in the job, you've got to make sure you get results
01:21along the way.
01:22But I think everyone can see that this Trinidad and Tobago team is, it's a very good team.
01:29It's a very good team.
01:30And I'm so proud to be the coach of these young boys that will continue to grow, and I think
01:38the future is really bright for Trinidad and Tobago football.
01:40Scoring goals has been an Achilles heel for the national team, with only five goals scored
01:45in five deep matches, a problem York is continuing to address.
01:49It's an area that is a dying breed in the world of football.
01:53You know, there's not too many great number nines out there.
01:55There's only probably a handful of them.
01:58And so it's an area that we're trying to improve, but we overall in terms of the style of play
02:04and what we, our philosophy and the structure and the balance of the team is really good.
02:10It's just that final turn, that's that little turn.
02:13And I feel like we haven't got, you know, the football gods on our side this time around.
02:20We have, we needed a little bit of luck here or there, a little ricochet, the shots on target
02:25straight to the goal.
02:26Those little moments, you know, makes a difference.
02:29When the former Manchester United striker was appointed head coach a year ago, the TTFA
02:34president Karen Edwards summed up York's mission by saying, it's qualifying for the World
02:38Cup or nothing.
02:40So with the World Cup now out of the picture, York addressed his future.
02:44I made it very clear.
02:45This is one of the proudest moment when the job was handed to me after the conversation
02:52with the president.
02:53The indication was clear within the 12 months to try and get us to the World Cup.
03:01And yeah, listen, it's, it's disappointed, I have to say, but I only have another six months
03:08or so on the, on the contract.
03:09Again, we will talk to see if they want me to carry on, but I'm very happy with where
03:16we are as a, as a team, as a country in terms of the football.
03:20And I'm sure we'll be disappointed that we're not in a position to, to qualify for the World
03:25Cup.
03:26But the work begins now, maybe, you know, whatever I built, whatever the outcome is,
03:32Toronto and Tobago football is in a good place.
03:34And I would think that they can certainly improve on that, whether I'm the person to
03:40take them forward or not.
03:41And though the future is not in its hands, York plays his year as head coach from this
03:46perspective.
03:47I encourage people to look at the numbers, but they will say numbers doesn't win your games.
03:52And although we haven't lost the game, it feels like a defeat.
03:56And that's where Trinidad and Tobago football is at the moment.
03:59And that's something that wasn't there 12 months ago.
04:02Let's go.
04:03Terrence Glock, TV6 Sport.
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