Port of Spain: The West Indies have won the cricket series, and how. But somehow on the streets of Trinidad, cricket seems to matter very little these days.
This is simply because in a little over a week, Trinidad and Tobago will experience their biggest sporting moment.
They will make their first appearance in the football World Cup kickstarting on June 9.
Former national player and coach Everald Cummings is watching the "Soca Warriors", Trinidad and Tobago's national team take on Wales in a pre-World Cup friendly.
For Cummings this is the fulfillment of a long cherished dream.
In 1973, as a player he watched in disbelief as the referee disallowed five of his team's goals against Haiti to deny them a place in the World Cup.
As coach in 1989, the Soca Warriors stumbled on the verge of qualification, missing out by a solitary point. But Germany 2006 offers redemption.
On the streets of Port of Spain, the celebrations have already begun. The city is painted red in anticipation of the day when Dutch coach Leo Beenhakker's men will take the field.
Trinidad and Tobago are the second West Indian nation after Jamaica in 1998 to have qualified for the World Cup.
Their style of play is the most unique in the region, comparable in some ways to the greatest nation to have played the beautiful game – Brazil.
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