Shaka Hislop vs Stern John
Trinidad & Tobago against Trinidad & Tobago. The almanac states its case, the crowd votes, you decide.
Shaka Hislop
Trinidad & Tobago · 1998–2006 · GK
- Almanac rating
- 82
- Rank in Trinidad & Tobago
- #3 of 33
- Clubs
- Reading, West Ham United, Portsmouth
Dortmund, 10 June 2006: Hislop, 37, kept Zlatan Ibrahimović and Henrik Larsson out for 45 minutes with ten men, and Trinidad and Tobago drew their first World Cup match 0-0 in front of 62,959. First Division title with Portsmouth in 2003, Premier League runner-up twice with Newcastle, FA Cup finals in 1998 and 2006, 26 caps, and the first of the 2006 squad into his country's Sporting Hall of Fame. Career record: club career at Reading, West Ham United, Portsmouth.
Stern John
Trinidad & Tobago · 1996–2006 · CAM
- Almanac rating
- 82
- Rank in Trinidad & Tobago
- #4 of 33
- Clubs
- Nottingham Forest, Birmingham City, Coventry City
Columbus Crew gave him his first MLS season in 1998 and he answered with 26 goals in 27 games, three hat-tricks among them, the first player in the league to manage that in one year, and he took the Golden Boot. Seventy goals in 115 caps stand as the Trinidad and Tobago record, alongside Caribbean Cup wins in 1996, 1999 and 2001, all three games at the 2006 World Cup, and a Championship title with Sunderland. Career record: club career at Nottingham Forest, Birmingham City, Coventry City.
The verdict
The almanac cannot separate them: both are rated 82.
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