It is a member of FIFA and is responsible for governing amateur and professional football and including the men's and women's national teams.

The team earned some international respect after a draw with Sweden in their opening game and managing to hold England scoreless for 83 minutes.

The sixteen players were Marvin Andrews, Chris Birchall, Atiba Charles, Ian Cox, Cornell Glen, Cyd Gray, Shaka Hislop, Kelvin Jack, Avery John, Stern John, Kenwyne Jones, Collin Samuel, Brent Sancho, Aurtis Whitley, Evans Wise, and Anthony Wolfe.

[4] Following an August 2007 inquiry by their lawyers to the Trinidad and Tobago government under the Freedom of Information Act, it was revealed that the TTFF had understated its income by at least TT$173.5 million.

This was not including a TT$32 million bonus paid by the government and television revenue from friendly matches played in Europe prior to the World Cup.

However, on 9 Jan 2009 the proceedings never progressed as the TTFF were no longer interested in arbitration hearings in London and shifted their dispute to the Port of Spain Higher Court.

The TTFF argued that the change was due to lawyers representing the 16 players breached the confidentiality clause in comments made to a local newspaper and other international media houses.

[clarification needed] In August 2012, the Federation relocated to new offices in Woodbroke as a consequence of having its equipment seized in a court order relating to unpaid payments.

This consequently led to all FIFA membership rights being reinstated; this includes the inclusion in international football tournaments.

It is understood a number of sponsors such as Caribbean Chemicals, AVEC, and Digicel are owed vast amounts of money through undelivered sponsorship agreements.