One influential Tobagonian wants his smallish island (population, 51,000) to have the right to secede from its union with larger Trinidad.
Elma is the sister-in-law of one of the original members of Taspo, the first steel band to come to Britain from Trinidad in 1951.
Trinidad and Tobago's federation, which had to find the funds to pay for players' visas, was already working to secure additional money for the team when the plea went out.
"I don't think there are any barriers to coloured dancers at all," says 24-year-old Gittens, who was born in Trinidad and coached by her ballet-teacher mother.
But there were renewed calls in Trinidad & Tobago to explain what he did with the cash and why it was paid.
On Wednesday, Trinidad and Tobago's coach, Randy Waldrum, issued an urgent plea on Twitter.
To hoots and applause from supporters in Trinidad, Warner said: "If I have been thieving Fifa money for 30 years, who gave me the money?
Jack Warner, the former Concacaf president, and former Fifa vice president, left a jail in Trinidad by ambulance on Thursday, a day after he was charged in the US corruption case.
Three times in 2007 Warner wrote to Thompson asking whether England would be willing to play in Trinidad, receiving only a lukewarm response which gave him little cause for optimism.
Another option would be for Trinidad to serve out his sentence in Colombia or a third country, such as Norway, one of the countries that is accompanying the peace process.
Though US officials have denied that a pardon or commutation of sentence for the convicted rebel has even been discussed, Jaramillo told the BBC this month that Trinidad would have to be part of any agreement with the Farc.
