by Paul Kennedy @pkedit, Dec 27, 2015

Trinidad & Tobago playmaker, who played for the Soca Warriors in their 0-0 tie with the USA in World Cup 2018 qualifying in November and trialed with Orlando City in September, was shot by a masked assailant in the leg and suffered a broken thigh bone in a shooting Sunday morning outside his home after he returned from a boat cruise with his girlfriend.Cummings, 27, plays for Trinidad & Tobago's North East Stars FC and was supposed to join the T&T national team in training for the 2016 Copa Centenario playoff against Haiti on Jan. 8 in Panama City. He scored twice for the Soca Warriors in their 4-4 tie with Mexico that earned them first place in their group at the 2015 Gold Cup.“It is a great shock to us and everybody is saddened,” Stars coach told Wired868 . “He is our marquee player and very popular in the team. Outside of that, his future can also be hampered. In January, he was supposed to sign with Orlando City and I think he already has a pre-agreement in place. It is really sad to wake up this morning to hear this kind of news.”Cummings was taken at the Port of Spain General Hospital, where he was waiting for surgery.