Dwight Yorke FINALLY lands another management job – almost two years after he was sacked by Macarthur FC

Manchester United great Dwight Yorke has landed another coaching job, taking the reins of Trinidad and Tobago’s national team almost two years following his controversial sacking by A-League club Macarthur FC.

The 52-year-old has talked of the difficulty of finding a coaching role since his 2023 dismissal, which ended with the Sydney club being ordered to pay Yorke almost $300,000 in compensation following a Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling that he’d been sacked unfairly.

The decorated striker with the Red Devils was just 13 games into a two-year contract. 

Yorke, is a national sporting hero in Trinidad and Tobago after captaining the team at the 2006 World Cup in Germany and also having been assistant boss in 2009.

In a statement from the Caribbean country’s FA on Friday, Yorke stated: ‘I am proud and privileged to receive the honour of leading the Trinidad and Tobago national team.

‘The opportunity to work with this talented, close-knit group of players is something I look forward to.

‘Having helped Trinidad and Tobago to the semi-finals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2000, captained the side at the 2006 World Cup and been assistant manager, my love and commitment to my national team is well documented.

‘I saw first hand as a player how working together to achieve our targets brought joy and united our country. I see that same ambition and desire at all levels of the current set-up.

Yorke was sacked by A-League club Macarthur FC just 13 games into a two-year contract in 2023

‘As a player I experienced some incredible moments in a Trinidad and Tobago shirt. 

‘With this squad I hope they can continue as head coach.’

After CAS found Macarthur had breached their contract, Yorke said: ‘I am delighted to have been vindicated.

‘That I was denied the chance to build on my work with Macarthur – which has already yielded short-term results – will always be a source of sadness.’

The sacking unfolded after Yorke’s outburst following a defeat by Adelaide United when he reportedly described Macarthur as a ‘pub team….run by muppets from the top to the bottom.’

Macarthur said the savage comments ‘damaged the reputation and interests of the club’ after it became publicly known and was reported by the media.

The club said in a statement the two parties agreed to mutually part ways – with Yorke deciding to ‘pursue other opportunities.’

But a FIFA Players’ Status Chamber found in June 2023 that Macarthur terminated Yorke’s contract without just cause.