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Trinidad and Tobago has been granted a third qualifying spot for the 2012 Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Championship following a request by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation.

The ‘special token’ was picked up by T&TEC FC (19 points) which finished third in the qualifying, joining fellow Pro League outfits Caledonia AIA (22 points) of Morvant/Laventille and W Connection (21 points).

It’s a debut for the ‘Electric Boys’ in the regional tournament, while Caledonia enjoys its second consecutive qualification and W Connection, a regular in the tournament during the last decade, have been the most successful club winning the tournament three times.

T&TEC FC manager Peter Mohan believes that his club is capable of making Trinidad and Tobago, the TT Pro League and the Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission proud at the regional level by advancing into the CONCACAF Champions’ League.

He told ttproleague.com, “I am very confident that we will make T&T, the League and T&TEC very proud in the CFU by qualifying for the CONCACAF Champions’ League.”

Moham backed his statement by announcing that his club is currently in talks with a forward and defender.

“We have sufficient players, but for the CFU we are looking at two players which we are in discussions with. It’s a defender and a forward. We realize that we need more firepower, especially upfront looking at our past few games,” he added.

The CFU Club Championship is scheduled to begin in March.

“From the club’s perspective, being able to qualify for the CFU in our first season at the Pro League level is a really great accomplishment,” said the Football Club manager.

“We have already begun putting things in place for the tournament and looking at our budget because the first round is a home and away series and funding will come from the company (T&TEC).”