After just five months on the job and talks of commitment to the T&T team, the Welshman has opted to take up the coaching job at a professional Women’s club in the United Kingdom.
Yesterday the T&T Football Association confirmed his exit via a release which said: "The T&T Football Association (TTFA) can confirm that senior women’s national team head coach James Thomas has resigned to take up a role at a club in the professional women’s league in the UK.
"The move, which will be formally confirmed by the club later this week, will see Thomas accept a multi-year contract. Thomas turned down multiple approaches from the UK-based club over the last few weeks; however their latest offer proved too good for the Welsh native to turn down.”
Thomas had been on a one-year contract at the helm of T&T women’s football and was expected to take the unit into World Cup qualifying action next month, during the Women’s FIFA window.
Thomas in a short comment said: "This has been an incredibly tough decision to make. It’s disappointing because you have a fantastic group of players here,” said Thomas. “This is an opportunity that came up for the third time and it was too difficult to turn down again.
“Stepping away, I know the T&T team will go on and be successful and continue on the route that we have been working on over the last few months. I wish the Normalisation Committee, association’s staff, the team staff and the players the absolute best."
In the meanwhile, senior women’s national team assistant coach Charlie Mitchell, who is also from Wales, will run the team’s training sessions while the TTFA explores its options to appoint a head coach to lead the team into the October 2021 International Women’s football window, the CONCACAF W Qualifiers versus Nicaragua on November 25 and Dominica on November 28.
According to the release, "The TTFA can also confirm that the senior women’s team will play two friendly international matches in the October 2021 window at the Ato Boldon Stadium (Couva) after receiving permission from the Ministry of Health to stage the matches. These friendlies will provide welcomed match preparation for the team in the build-up to the November Qualifiers.”