The date, time, and venue have been locked in for the crucial Concacaf W Qualifier between Trinidad and Tobago's women's football team and El Salvador. The encounter is a must-win one for the TT women and will be played from 6 pm at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo, on April 17. The match details were confirmed via a release from Concacaf earlier today (March 9).

Next month's match is the last for either team in the qualifying round as they aim to advance to the Concacaf W Championships. El Salvador are currently first in group F with six points after wins over Honduras (3-0) and Barbados (13-0), with TT second in the group on four points after salvaging a 2-2 draw away to Honduras last week. TT opened up the qualifiers with a resounding 5-0 win away to Barbados in December. Only the group winner will advance to the Concacaf W Championship.

The Concacaf W Championship is the region's qualifying tournament for the 2027 Fifa Women's World Cup and the 2028 LA Olympics. The region's two highest-ranked teams, Canada and the US, received a bye to the Concacaf W Championship.

In their match versus Honduras in Tegucigalpa on March 4, TT fell behind 2-0 midway through the first half. TT's fightback started late in the first half, as left back Kedie Johnson scored a penalty, before teenage sensation Nikita Gosine calmly scored a penalty of her own in the 87th minute to earn her team a share of the spoils.

In just over five weeks, the TT women will need all three points against El Salvador if they are to keep their World Cup dreams alive.