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Whitley shoots Jabloteh into F.A. quarterfinals.
By: Randy Bando (ttproleague).[/size]
Substitute Aurtis Whitley became defending FA Cup Champions CL financial San Juan Jabloteh’s hero shortly after the hour mark, when he scored the only goal of the match to beat fellow Pro League outfit B Mobile Joe Public 1-0 in the opening round of FA Trophy action at the Larry Gomes Stadium on Wednesday.
This was Jabloteh’s second consecutive 1-0 win over the Eastern Lions this week.
Jabloteh put on a second period performance to show how determined they were on defending their FA trophy and it was no fluke in Saturday’s win in the second round of Lucozade Sport Big Six competition last Saturday.
But it was Joe Public who looked better with attacks in the first period as they tried to get revenge for their 1-0 loss over the weekend.
Striker Roen Nelson burst past defenders Akiel Guevara and Nigel Daniel in the 14th minute to send a low shot past oncoming goal keeper Daurance Williams but striker Gary Glasgow somehow failed to make contact with the ball in front of an open net.
Later in the 22nd minute striker Glasgow created space for himself in midfield but shot well wide of the Jabloteh’s goal.
And two minutes later Jamaican striker Wolry Wolfe got into the action himself and had a long range shot which skidded wide of the post also.
Then Jabloteh’s closest chance came in the 27th minute when young sensation Lester Peltier played a pass into the penalty area for Peter Prosper, but he missed the entire ball as he attempted a shot on goal under pressure from defender Lyndon Diaz.
And in the same minute Public’s Gary Glasgow was played into the Jabloteh area with a neat pass from Dale Saunders but he squandered it wide.
Jabloteh’s national defender Nigel Daniel then wasted a 20 yard free kick well wide of goal keeper Jacomeno Barett in the 37th minute.
Three minutes later midfielder Kerry Batiste released a low long pass from the centre circle splitting Public’s defence and finding Jason Marcano, but his left footed shot crashed into the side netting.
As Joe Public pushed forward with every given chance, a golden opportunity fell to the feet of striker Gary Glasgow who was free on top of the penalty area in the 43rd minute but he failed to shoot past oncoming goal keeper Daurance Williams who came well off his line.
The Macoya based team then had to make a premature substitution just before the half when Jason Springer fell awkwardly injuring his left arm as Coach Michael Mc Commie introduced Michael Lee Celestine.
With no goals and heated players, temperatures rose and five minutes into the second period a tussle between both teams occurred after Jabloteh’s Lester Peltier and Public’s Abbssi Mc Pherson clashed which saw Kerry Baptiste being booked by referee John Danouse.
But from then on Jabloteh took control of the match denying the ‘Macoya Men’ any further attacks on goal.
In the 55th minute the Public goal was threatened by three consecutive shots—the first two coming from Jason Marcano and Peter Prosper and the final shot coming from Kerry Baptiste, which was saved by goal keeper Barett.
Coach Terry Fenwick then boosted his team replacing Akiel Guevara with World Cup midfielder Aurtis Whitley in the 59th minute and the Public defence felt his presence almost immediately.
Whitley sent former teammate and Public’s newcomer Dexter Franklyn both ways before having a 24-yard shot wide of goal.
Dexter Franklyn playing in his first match for the Macoya based unit surely pleased his new boss with a solid performance at the back.
In the 66th minute world cup sensation Whitley punished goalkeeper Barett from 20 yards out to put Jabloteh 1-0 up with his right-footed blast after a scrambled ball fell nicely for him.
The ‘San Juan Kings’ continued to move forward with attack after attack and in the 69th minute Kerry Baptiste did extremely well to meet substitute Anthony Wolfe’s cross but volleyed it wide first time.
In the 75th minute Wolfe got into action again pairing up with Jason Marcano but the end result was poor after Peter Prosper fired high over bar from inside the penalty area.
Soon afterwards the encounter turned ugly with a flow of fouls and two Joe Public players being booked as Jabloteh maintained control of the match to the final whistle. Jabloteh moving on in the F.A. Cup, while the Eastern Lions have experienced another early exit from a knockout competition this season.
Teams
San Juan Jabloteh:[/b] – Daurance Williams, Cyd Gray (capt), Akiel Guevara (Aurtis Whitley 59th), Trent Noel, Kerry Baptiste, Jason Marcano, Ian Gray, Keston Pierre, Nigel Daniel, Peter Prosper, Lester Peltier (Anthony Wolfe 68th).
Goal Scorer – Aurtis Whitley (66th)
Coach – Terry Fenwick
Joe Public: – Jacomeno Barett, Lyndon Diaz, Dexter Franklyn, Wolry Wolfe (Jorge Da Silva 74th), Seon Power, Dale Saunders (capt), Abassi Mc Pherson, Lyndon Andrews, Jason Springer (Michael-lee Celestine 44th, Silas Spann 68th), Gary Glasgow, Roen Nelson.
Coach – Michael Mc Commie
Match Referee – John Danouse
Jabloteh v Joe Public
1 Goals 0
5 Shots on Target 1
5 Corners 3
3 Offsides 2
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
9 Fouls 16
Young Connection stroll past QPCC in F.A.
By: Jovan Ravello (ttproleague).[/size]
A youthful W Connection outfit scored a convincing 3-0 win over Queens Park in the TTFF’s F.A. Trophy Round of 16 match at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella on Wednesday evening.
Despite Connection being the obvious favorites there were early indications in the midfield that QPCC did not make the trip to South Trinidad just to show up.
The North Zone campaigners kept their shape well in the early exchanges to keep the Savonetta Boys in check. That was until an 11th minute penalty gave Connection the lead.
A new Brazilian import Diego Fernando Zanetti and QPCC defender Warren Rostant went up for a Silvio Spann right sided cross, Rostant was adjudged by the referee to have handled the ball and the kick was awarded.
Another young Connection player Christian Almas obligingly put the spot kick away for a 1-0 connection lead.
The goal added to Connection’s confidence and they began to stroke the ball around the midfield in search of another.
In the 16th Silvio Spann shot wide from eight yards out off Andrei Pacheco’s early cross, two minutes later Almas had a chance to make it 2-0 but his shot at the end of Gefferson Goulart’s through ball was parried wide by Shepard.
Brenton De Leon’s 19th minute right sided cross was quickly cleared by Rostant with Zanetti in close attendance as Connection continued to apply pressure from the right wing with the lanky Zanetti being the main target for a series of well-weighted sharp crosses.
Despite this, QPCC never looked badly beaten and their strong-armed approach to the match would have earned them some on-field respect.
QPCC got its first look at goal in the 32nd but Atiba Roberts could not round Connection Kerwin Beckles after a sharp passing sequence cut open the Connection defence and left him alone with the ‘keeper.
In the 34th minute QPCC had its first free-kick at the edge of the Connection box hit well over by Bryan Cumberbatch.
Husani Thomas hit the base of Shepard’s near post with a stiff low shot in the 38th the shot was all that the half had remaining in it and it brought an end to a well contested first 45 minutes.
On the restart things remained the same as Connection continued to hold the ball for lengthy periods and QPCC sought to equalize on the counter-attack.
With neither team giving up anything in defence there was hardly any goalmouth action instead the match became a keen midfield battle Connection was however, still looking for the goal that would end the game as a contest and in 62nd Goulart cracked a shot over bar from just 25 yards out.
In the 68th Pacheco’s shot at the end of a blistering solo run was spilled by Shepard, but there was no one to pick up the scraps.
A minute after Spann had to be stretchered off to mark the end of a steady night’s work.
Second-half substitute Kerron Smith could have doubled his team’s advantage but for Shepard’s aggressive goalkeeping, the custodian coming off his line to smother the chance.
Then Christian Viveros was denied by another spectacular Shepard save off the resulting corner.
Goulart’s scuffed effort off Dwight Scott’s early cross in the 77th minute was easily wrapped up by Shepard, who was answering all questions asked of him on the evening.
In the 82nd minute he gave away a free-kick after leaving his area with the ball in hand. Anthony was sent off for using obscene language to Ramkallawan during the melee surrounding the kick, but luckily Almas shot was hit straight into the wall and ten-man QPCC fought on.
Kerron Smith, a 51st minute sub’ for Zanetti, put away a sitter in the 87th after Almas cross from inside the area left Shepard stranded and the goal open to kill the match off late on.
In the 89th, Goulart put yet another shot over bar.
And in the last minute of extra time, just before the final whistle, Pacheco got the goal his efforts deserved as his shot from 20 yards out took a meaty deflection and wrong footed Shepard on its way in. The defending Pro League Champions coming away 3-0 winners and will now move on to the quarterfinals of the F.A. Cup.
Teams:
W Connection:[/b] - Kerwin Beckles, Brenton De Leon, Husani Thomas, Andrei Pacheco, Diego Fernando Zanetti (Kerron Smith 51st), Christian Almas, Jerren Johnson, Felinto Dos Santos, Gefferson Goulart, Silvio Spann (Dwight Scott 71st), Christian Viveros.
QPCC: - Jason Shepard, Bisharda Anthony, George Busby, Warren Rostant, Bryan Cumberbatch (Mark Pierre 73rd), Dale Tavares, Atiba Roberts, Stuart Rostant (Maurice Simpson 65th), Dexter Gill, Colm De Freitas, Brendon Barry.
North East Stars stumbles past ‘Dread’ in FA.
By: Randy Bando (ttproleague).[/size]
Two-second half goals were needed by Pro League outfit North East Stars against House of Dread for a 2-1 win as they secured their spot in the quarterfinals of the 2006 FA Trophy Competition when they faced each other at the Squadron Ground, Arouca.
After leading the Sangre Grande based team 1-0 after the first period, House of Dread failed to hold on to their lead after the half as North East Stars equalized then finished things off with a late penalty.
The Pro League outfit looked promising from the 8th minute of play when striker Oneke Forde notched the ball to the back of House of Dread’s net but it was ruled offside by the assistant referee.
North East Stars started showing early signs of frustrations playing on an unfamiliar muddy unleveled surface with the ball holding up on many occasions.
Then House of Dread got into their game and showed how much they were accustomed playing on their home ground making the ‘Sangre Grande Boys’ miserable.
The home team nearly made North East pay in the early stages with a mistake by the defence when Rondell Shields fired a shot across the face of goal in the 11th minute.
Soon afterwards ‘Stars’ striker Oneke Ford shot over bar from 18 yards out after Jesse Martinuez worked his way down the muddy left to swing in a cross.
In the 18th minute ‘Dread’s Rodell Shields had another shot wide and three minutes later Stevon Stoute raced down the left to sting a shot across the face of goal forcing a corner.
The home team continued to attack and in the 23rd minute Akiel Paynter header on goal from a Joel Waldron’s cross was to weak for goalkeeper Curtis Granger.
North East Stars Oneke Ford and Kenwin Matthew seemed heavy as they both failed to get a shot on goal after beating the home defence in the 32nd minute.
A short while later former national player Stokley Mason tried to place to ball into the net from on top of the penalty area but his effort was easily collected by House of Dread goalkeeper, Shawn Farrier in the 36th minute.
House of Dread then took the lead in the 40th minute after Steven Stoute shot past goalkeeper Curtis Granger with a pass from Oral Burgess for the 1-0 lead shocking the North East bench.
As North East tried desperately to get familiar with the surface, winger Marc Leslie made room for himself above the penalty area but skied his effort over bar just before the break.
House of Dread returned to the field in control while the North East players were slipping and sliding all over the place.
North East then tried to make the best of Kevin Jeffrey’s 19 yard free kick but Vernon Bailey headed over bar after beating the defenders to the ball in the 60th minute.
Two minutes later Marc Leslie missed another clear chance after a defensive error when he shot directly at goal keeper Farrier.
And as coach Everald ‘Gally’ Cummings was about to replace striker Kenwin Matthew a change a luck
hit the player as he netted the equalizer in the 62nd minute causing his coach to hold back on his substitution. Matthew rocketed the ball past goalkeeper Farrrier from inside the penalty area to level the score at 1-1.
Boosted by his teammate goal Vernon Bailey worked a shot of his own two minutes later to lift the spirits of the entire North East team although his attempt flew high.
The ‘Sangre Grande Boys’ surely proved they were professionals over the House of Dread team and played them on fitness.
North East then continued to have the better buildups and more attacks on goal. In the 75th minute substitute Keryn Navarro saw his shot on goal desperately cleared off the line by Alvin Gueverra and three minutes later Vernon Bailey’s 18-yard shot was saved by goal keeper Farrier.
In the 82nd minute of play goal keeper Farrier brought down Stokley Mason on his way to goal inside his area as referee Mc Phie awarded the Pro League outfit a penalty.
Vernon Bailey grasped the opportunity and made sure he scored blasting the ball into the roof of the House of Dread net giving goal keeper Farrier no chance as North East Stars took and held on to a 2-1 advantage.
Teams
North East Stars: – Curtis Granger, Charles Pollard (capt), Akeno Morgan, John Stewart, Jesse Martinuez, Kenwin Matthew, Kevin Jeffrey, Marc Leslie (Kern Navarro 71st), Oneke Ford (Davidson Neptune 55th), Stokley Mason, Vernon Bailey.
Goal Scorer – Kenwin Matthew (62nd), Vernon Bailey (83rd pen.)
Coach – Everald ‘Gally’ Cummings
House of Dread: – Shawn Farrier, Zambo Swift, Chevon Legendre, Akil Paynter, Rondell Shields (Fabien Scantlebury), Joel Waldron, Rodney Rose (Kevin McCollin 46th), Stevon Stoute, Oral Burgess, Junior Waldron, Alvin Gueverra.
Goal Scorer – Stevon Stoute (40th)
Coach – Trevor Spicer
Match Referee – Rashby Mc Phie
North East Stars v House of Dread
2 Goals 1
6 Shots on Target 5
3 Corners 3
6 Offsides 3
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
14 Fouls 9
Jagdeosingh leads Caledonia to F.A. Quarters.
By: Gordon Pierre (ttproleague).[/size]
In a game marred by questionable refereeing decisions, Caledonia AIA got pass Joe Public(EFA) 4-1 as the opening round of the F.A. trophy competition kicked off on Wednesday evening.
The game saw the two teams take a while to settle and it was Caledonia that had the first chance on goal, when Conrad Smith shot wide in the 5th minute.
After this both teams tried to control the game and it was not until the 17th minute that any team had a chance at goal when Hayden Tinto dispossessed Dominic Hutchinson but he shot wide. A minute later Jamel Lewis turned a Kareem Joseph cross into his own goal for a 1-0 Caledonia lead.
In the 24th minute Conrad Smith hit wide after a good build up between Stephen Cruickshank and Kareem Joseph.
Dexter Thornhill got Public on level terms in 44th minute when he ran on to a Travis Mulraine through ball, 1-1 at the half.
The second half started with a lot of action and in the 48th minute Caledonia was awarded a questionable penalty after Jovan Rochford was adjudged to have fouled Kareem Joseph in the penalty box.
Jagdeosingh scored the resulting penalty, 2-1 Caledionia’s lead restored. Four minutes later Jageosingh could have had an early double but he shot straight at Joe Public’s keeper Jevon Bourne after a good cross by Kareem Joseph.
In the 54th minute Jagdeosingh was to make amends when he fired home a bullet from on top the 18 yard box after Joe Public keeper was hurt in a collision with Hayden Tinto 3-1.
The game then got very physical with the referee seeming to be unable to control the game. In the 69th minute Jagdeosingh should have had his hattrick but his header was weak after a good cross by Kareem Joseph.
Three minutes later national midfielder Densill Theobald had his shot brilliantly saved by keeper Bourne.
In the 75th minute the upright denied Jagdeosingh his hattrick for a second time, with time winding down Caledonia sub Anthony Thompson scored after a mix up in the Joe Public defence—4-1 Caledionia with 2 minutes remaining. Caledonia moving on and will now await the quarter final draw.
Teams:
Caledonia:[/b] - Jhonny Cardona, McKenzie Cadette, Julio Cesar De La Rosa, Marcus Ambrose, Stephen Cruikshank (64th Anthony Thompson), Kareem Joseph, Conrad Smith (76th Nigel Pierre), Abdallah Phillips (23rd Jason Cudjoe), Densill Theobald, Kendall Jagdeosingh, Hayden Tinto.
Coach: Jerry Moe
Joe Public: - Jevon Bourne, Jamel Lewis, Jovan Rochford, Dominic Hutchinson, Kempess Villafana, Travis Mulraine, Terrance Mc Allister, Kashie Clarke (76th Kester Alexander) Joel Lewis, Kwesi Thomas, Dexter Thornhill.
Coach: Ralph Nelson
Caledonia AIA v Joe Public EFA
4 Goals 1
11 Shots on Target 3
10 Corners 2
1 Offsides 3
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
7 Fouls 20
Full Results - FA Trophy Round of 16 results:
Caledonia AIA 4 (Kareem Joseph 18th, Kendall Jagdeosingh 48th, 55th, Anthony Thompson 87th) vs Joe Public FC (East Zone) 1 (Dexter Thornhill 45th).
Joe Public FC 0 vs San Juan Jabloteh 1 (Aurtis Whitley 66th).
Crab Connection 0 vs WASA Clean & White 2 (Darren Lewis 10th, Wesley Noriega 45th).
Police FC 3 (Kelon Williams 25th, 31st, Haydon Jones 81st) vs Palo Seco SC 2 (Devon Clemant 10th, Jason Gross 56th).
W Connection 3 (Christian Almas 11th, Kerron Smith 86th, Andrei Pacheco 90th) vs QPCC 0.
Phoenix FC 2 (Floyd Blacks 53rd, Lejandro Williams 90th) vs Mathura Reunited 0.
St Clair Coaching School 5 (Trevin Caesar 5th, Tyrone Walters 7th (pen), Dominique Adams 16th, Keon Price 62nd, 84th) vs Maraj A/C Strikers 1 (Wade Elcock).
House of Dread 1 (Stevon Stoute 40th) vs North East Stars 2 (Kenwin Matthew 63rd, Vernon Bailey 83rd).
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It ridiculous the amount of over bar and shot wide that I read in these articles. Man getting one and one with keeper and failing to convert. It sounds like the guys need to do some shooting drills.
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It was a nice goal
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FA TROPHY SEMI FINALS ON AT HC STADIUM FA TROPHY SEMI FINALS ON AT HC STADIUM
The battle for places in the 2006 Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation FA Trophy Final will take place with two exciting semi-final match ups at the Hasely Crawford Stadium from 5pm on Wednesday.
With a first prize of $40,000 at stake in the final, Super League outfits Police and WASA FC will do battle from 5pm while Pro League teams North East Stars and Caledonia AIA will clash from 7pm.
All four teams booked their places in the last four by way of impressive victories in the quarter finals last week.
Caledonia enjoyed a goal rout of St Clair Coaching School, winning 9-4 with National midfielder Densill Theobald being among the scorer. Conrad Smith also got a double while recent national team addition Kendall Jagdeosingh bagged a hattrick . Quincy Charles also struck once while Abdallah Phillips notched a double for the Caledonia side.
Their opponents, North East, are coming off a much more hardfought win, edging CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh 1-0 courtesy a Marc Leslie strike on 72 minutes.
Police also scored an upset 1-0 win over W Connection with Christopher Sam grabbing the second half winner. Their rivals , WASA FC had to thank Keston Thomas for strikes in the 50th and 85th minutes after Alvis Faura opened the scoring on 32 minutes. Billydee Scantlebury got the final item three minutes from time.
The grand final takes place on December 13 from 5pm at the Ato Boldon Stadium.
The winners will take home $40,000, the FA Trophy and 25 gold medals, while the runners up will receive $20,000 and the two losing semi finalists will go home with $10,000 each. The tournament’s Most Valuable Player will get $1,000 and a trophy and the same will go to the topscorer.
The most disciplined team will receive $5,000. (Dec 5, 2006)
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big double header at the marvin lee
joe public vs petrotrin 5 pm
league leaders jabloteh vs second placed in the leage calidonia 7pm
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big double header at the marvin lee
joe public vs petrotrin 5 pm
league leaders jabloteh vs second placed in the leage calidonia 7pm
go jabloteh
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Bitter rivals San Juan Jabloteh and Joe public avoided each other when the draw for the semifinal round of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation FA Trophy competition took place at the TTFF Dundonald Street head office on Tuesday.
In the opening match of Thursday’s semi-final double header at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Joe Public will meet United Petrotrin in the first match beginning at 5pm.
While San Juan Jabloteh will face another fierce rival of theirs, Caledonia AIA in the second match two hours later.
Both Jabloteh and Caledonia have been battling the top spot on the TT Pro League standings throughout the season. Jabloteh are currently on top of the standings but with just one point ahead of the ‘Morvant Stallions’ on 55.
The top prize for this year’s tournament includes $60,000 plus 25 gold medals, while the runners up will get $25,000 and the third placed team $15,000.
FA Trophy Competition Semi-Finals
Thursday 6th December 2007
Joe Public vs United Petrotrin—5pm
San Juan Jabloteh vs Caledonia AIA—7pm
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WE BEAT JABLOTEH!!!!!!
although it was 1-0 conrad throw way bout 5 in the first half alone
tinto and dwight peters do so much damage to the defence that ian gray come off in the first half and cyd had he tounge out he mouth and had to tke it early in the second half
big up to cali
bring on joe in the finalsss
bm sm to bad.......so sad
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F#CK
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A ninth minute strike by Conrad Smith was enough for Caledonia AIA to get past rivals San Juan Jabloteh in the semi-final round of the 2007 FA Trophy competition on Thursday night at the Marvin Lee Stadium.
Caledonia now meet Joe Public in the final on Wednesday, which is expected to take place at the same Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya.
Joe Public edged United Petrotrin 2-1 in the earlier match of the semi-final double header.
But Jabloteh would have themselves to blame for what can be described as a scrappy performance.
The ‘San Jun Kings’ missed out the first real chance of the match when in the 8th minute Antiguan striker Peter Byers scrapped the far post with his shot on goal.
But less than a minute later Conrad Smith had the ball in the back of the net for Caledonia lobbing goalkeeper Cleon John brilliantly for a 1-0 advantage.
Caledonia had a decent opportunity to double their advantage in the 20th minute after Hayden Tinto sent substitute Dwight Peters down the right and he made a telling cross inside the Jabloteh area, only for Conrad Smith to crossover and Marvin Oliver to control and spike high and wide.
Five minutes later Smith had a powerful go at goal from inside the area but Cleon John wasn’t intimidated making a strong block.
Conrad Smith had another opportunity for the ‘Stallions’ in the 34th minute but the T&T international struck wide.
Jason Marcano tried a similar Conrad Smith strike in the 35th minute for Jabloteh when he tried to lob the ball into the back of the net after a collision between goalkeeper and defender, but his finish ended on top of the net.
In the 42nd minute Charles Pollard was close to converting into the back of his own net in a desperate clearance from inside his area.
Disappointingly Conrad Smith spilled another one wide for Caledonia from inside the area shortly before the half time whistle, but the ‘Stallions’ were able to maintain their 1-0 lead heading in at the interval.
Jabloteh may have enjoyed living in Caledonia’s half in the second period but soured with their few chances—Peter Byers flying a Lester Peltier cross high over bar on the hour mark being one of those dreadful moments.
One minute later Jason Marcano had a tame roll of a shot at goalkeeper Andre Durant on loan from Tobago United.
In the 66th minute Marvin Oliver had a 23yard free kick on target for the ‘Stallions’ but without pace and was covered by Cleon John.
Jabloteh never found rhythm but were able to struck the upright in their best effort. It was two minutes after coming on, Cornell Glen struck the upright in the 74th minute after a long throw-in by Peter Byers and a header back on top of the area by Marcano created the opportunity.
The ‘San Juan Kings’ ended their poor performance with the sending off of midfielder Khaleem Hyland in added on time after receiving consecutive yellow cards by referee Lee Davis.
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Teams
Caledonia AIA—Andrew Durant(GK), Sheldon Emmanuel(Capt.), Howard Lowe, Dexter Franklyn, Stephan David, Conrad Smith(Nigel Codrington 83rd), Marvin Oliver, Abdullah Phillips(Dwight Peters 16th), Charles Pollard, Walter Moore, Hayden Tinto
Goalscorer—Conrad Smith 9’
Coach—Jamaal Shabazz
San Juan Jabloteh—Cleon John(GK), Trent Noel(Capt.), Cyd Gray(Julien Landeau 80th), Karlon Murray, Ian Gray(Dwayne Jack 22nd), Elton John, Khaleem Hyland, Lester Peltier, Jason Marcano, Peter Byers, Gason Gregory(Cornell Glen 72nd)
Coach—Terry Fenwick
Match Referee—Lee Davis
Man of the Match—Cleon John(San Juan Jabloteh)
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Connection survive fresh farce
By Lasana Liburd (Trinidad Express)
W. Connection escaped another rescheduled fixture yesterday evening as the late intervention of an electrician rescued their T&TFF FA Trophy clash with A to Z United, which was initially called off due to malfunctioning lights at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva.
It was the only scare Connection received yesterday evening as they cruised to a 5-1 win over the Central Football Association (CFA) team after being three goals clear by the halftime break.
The 2008 Pro League runners-up started a largely second string outfit but were still easily superior. Connection cruised to a three-goal lead within the opening 20 minutes as Teba McKnight, Ishmael Daniel and Kerron Smith all cashed in on the nerves-if not the poor technical skills-of A to Z custodian John Richardson.
After a half hour punctuated by dropped catches, Richardson was furiously rubbing the back of his head while looking imploringly at the near empty substitute's bench. A to Z, as it turned out, failed to walk with proper identification for six of their players and managed to register just 14 players for their biggest game this season.
There seemed to be a reprieve of sorts for Richardson at the halftime interval when lights went out at the Couva venue, the operational base for the Sports Company of Trinidad and Tobago, and several players had already showered when, after a 45-minute lapse, the lights flickered back on.
A to Z started the second half with gusto but were soon four goals behind as Connection substitute Ronaldo Viana scored with a well placed free kick in the 60th minute. And, finally, Richardson was replaced by his imperiously named deputy, Gadaffie Mohammed.
Mohammed actually held on to a cross, albeit on the second attempt, and fended out a Smith drive before another experienced Connection sub, Hughton Hector, beat him with a fierce drive in the 77th minute.
But there was some consolation as, in a rare expedition in the opposing penalty area, Andy Garcia fell over while being embraced by Connection's Colombian defender Eder Gilmar Aras and a penalty was awarded.
Bobby Sookraj's spot kick was blocked by the legs of another Connection South American import, Brazilian goalkeeper Murilo Da Costa, but Sookraj followed up successfully with his head.
It was as good as it got for the vastly outplayed zonal outfit.
(http://www.trinidadexpress.com/shared/images/2008/12/04/s12.jpg)
GOAL-BOUND: St Ann's Rangers striker Shem Mc Farlane, second from right, heads in one of his team's goals during their FA Cup fixture against Hill United at the training ground, Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo yesterday. Also going up for the ball are United's Gerald Small, left and Rangers' Joseph Peters, while Small's teammate Warren Butler, right, looks on. Rangers won 5-0. -Photo: MICHEAL BRUCE
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Pro-League powerhouses mince FA opponents
By Randy Bando (ttproleague.com)
TT Pro League powerhouses CLICO San Juan Jabloteh and W Connection embarrassed their FA Trophy preliminary round opponents of the Central Football Association Harlem Strikers and A-Z United respectively at the Ato Boldon Stadium.
Jabloteh, winners of the 2008 Pro League Championship and Lucozade Sport Big Six titles, crushed Harlem 7-0 in the second fixture while W Connection had a handful, 5-1 against A-Z.
Up at the Hasely Crawford Stadium training ground, St Ann’s Rangers cruised past Hills United 5-0 and at the QRC Grounds Defence Force (Pro League) whipped T&T Coast Guard/Air Guard 6-0.
In the other Pro League related results neal and Massy Caledonia AIA downed Joe Public East Football Association club 2-0 at the Marvin Lee Stadium, defending FA Champions Joe Public whipped Atomic Youth Movement 3-1 at the Damarie Hill ground in Sangre Grande. And the clash between Pro League outfits United Petrotrin and North East Stars saw the Grande based club surface 1-0 winners at the Guaracara Park.
Teba McKnight opened the scoring in the 6th minute blasting past goalkeeper John Richardson from outside the area leaving the A-Z United goalie cluless as W Connection took an early grasp.
The Pro League boys where at it again with Ismael Daniel heading in W Connection’s second item past the hapless A-Z goalie from a freekick in the 17th minute for a 2-0 advantage.
And Kerron Smith made it 3-0 by the 23rd minute hitting past defender Brent Roberts after goalkeeper Richardson was left beating inside his six yard area.
Smith failed to add another in the 33rd minute when goalkeeper Richardson stuck his leg out to block out the Connection striker’s left footed effort.
Second half introduction Ronaldo Viana slipped the fourth item past Richardson from 23 yard free kick on the hour mark two minutes after Kerron Smith was denied at close range by the A-Z goalie.
A-Z then replaced goalkeeper Richardson with Gadafie Mohammed after the first choice in goal complained of a neck injury since the first period.
W Connection used the opportunity to make a couple changes themselves introducing Hughton Hector and Dwight Scott at the expense of Andrei Pacheco and Nicholson Thomas.
Hector got himself piece of the pie blasting past the substitute A-Z goalie Mohammed in the 77th minute powerfully from 25 yards out as the Savonnetta Boys enjoyed a healthy 5-0 score.
But 10 minutes from time A-Z was awarded a penalty after Colombian defender Eder Aras fouled Bobby Sookraj inside the area and pulled back a goal.
Sookraj made a diving header to put the ball past goalkeeper Murilo Da Costa after the W Connection goalie made a good block to keep out the initial kick from the spot as A-Z United pulled one back however the result was in favour of the Pro League outfit W Connection 5-1 in the end.
In the second encounter between the 2008 Pro League champions, Jabloteh and Harlem Strikers(CFA) the goal spree continued.
After a few wide efforts by Jabloteh, team captain Trent Noel led by example in the 35th minute piercing a right footed shot through Harlem Strikers goalie after a neat pass forward by Jason Marcano.
One minute later midfielder Atulla Guerra gave the San Juan Kings a 2-0 cushion blasting a 23 yard shot into the roof of the net after evading his man.
Harlem Strikers made one run inside the Jabloteh half in the first period but were short of the 18 yard area as the Pro League outfit dominated in full adding two more goals.
Lester Peltier made it 3-0 in the 40th minute hitting a powerful shot from inside the area and seconds later it was 4-0 when Beville Joseph walked past the Harlem Strikers defence to slip the ball past goalkeeper Ita Charles and into the net.
Jabloteh had a few late efforts midfielder Willis Plaza was wide by a couple feet of getting his name on the Jabloteh scoresheet three minutes from the break and in the 44th Trent Noel guided a as the 2008 TT pro League
Following the break Terry Fenwick never looked to back down and introduced ace forward Jerrol Forbes replacing Beville Joseph.
However Fenwick found himself out of favour with referee Phillip Jordan in the 57th minute for misconduct after disagreeing with a call made against his player by the official and was ejected from the Jabloteh bench.
But the Jabloteh charges continued adding the goals with substitute Jerrol Forbes smacking in the fifth item in the 68th minute after a brilliant run down the flank by substitute Julien Landeau to play the ball inside the area for the powerfully built forward as the Kings had total control 5-0.
And when Lester Peltier added the sixth item in the 73rd minute completing his double against Central Football Association club many would have thought that the Pro League club would be generous to settle for their 6-0 score.
But the Kings mounted even more pressure on the depleted Strikers with Marcano having a shot on goal which goalkeeper Ita Charles and Forbes flashing an effort wide.
Four minutes from time Peltier sneaked one past goalkeeper Ita Charles however denied by the upright after a blistering run down the flank.
And in the final minute of regular time Jason Marcano struck the lucky ‘seventh’ item when he looped the ball over displaced goalkeeper Ita Charles after a long clearance by Julien Landeau for a 7-0 win.
The next Round of the FA Trophy competition will come off on Sunday.
Wednesday’s Results
FA Trophy Round of 32
A to Z United 1—5 W Connection
Harlem Strikers (C.F.A.) 0—7 San Juan Jabloteh
Charlotteville United(received a bye) 3-0 National Under 20 Team
Angostura 1976 F.C.(received a bye) 3—0 Phoenix Harlem Strikers (S.L)
Harvard S.C. 2—0 Biche United
Q.P.C.C. 3—0 Strugglers F.C.
Malick Togetherness 2—1 Valencia United
Caledonia AIA 2—0 Joe Public F.C. (EFA)
T&TEC Sports Club 4—3 Roxborough Lakers
W.A.S.A. F.C. 2—1 Defence Force ( S.L.)
Siparia Spurs 1—2 Copious Suns
United Petrotrin 0—1 North East Stars F.C.
Defence Force (Pro) 6—0 T&T Coast Guard/Air Guard
St. Ann’s Rangers (Pro) 5—0 Hills United
Atomic Youth Movement 1—3 Joe Public F.C. (Pro)
St. Ann’s Rangers (NFA)(received a bye) 3—0 La Brea All Stars
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Jabloteh claims easy win in FA Trophy
By Kevin Sunich (T&T Guardian)
Clico San Juan Jabloteh rebounded fromits 4-0 pounding at the hands of bmobile Joe Public in the final of the 2009 Toyota Classic, with an 8-0 mauling of Queen’sPark Cricket Club’s North Zone team in the 2009 TTFF FA Trophy match at the Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar, yesterday. The San Juan Kings which won the tournament in 1998 and 2005, was led by a beaver-trick from Hector Sam, which included a first half hat-trick. National Under 17 player Jerrel Britto netted a double in the 25th and 83rd while Atulla Guerra scored in the 42nd and Willis Plaza in the 62nd.
At Guaracara Park Pointe -a-Pierre Jamal Clarence scored a second half hat-trick as United Petrotrin eased past Strugglers 4-1. The “Oilmen” broke the deadlock in the 20th minute compliments of a Luis Andre Lima strike to make it 1-0. At the end of the first half the scoreline remained unchanged, however two minutes into the second period Clarence scored the first of his three goals. He then added his second in the 72nd minute, before closing off seven minutes later. Kemuel Rivers scored a consolation goal for the name and nature “Strugglers” with a 89th minute strike.
FA Results
Jabloteh 8 (Hector Sam 14th, 20th, 21st, 71st, Jerrel Britto 25th, 83rd, Atulla Guerra 42nd, Willis Plaza 62nd) vs QPCC (N.F.A)
United Petrotrin 4 (Luis Andre Lima 20th, Jamal Clarence 47th, 72nd & 79th) vs Strugglers 1 (Kemuel Rivers 89th)
Joe Public (S/L) 7 (Dorian Robinson 5th, 83rd, Dexter Thornhill 22nd, Michael Waldron 31st, Keyon Piper 33rd, Keston Jordan 55th, Kareem Jokim 85th) vs Valenci Utd 0
T&TEC 3 (Kern Peters 16th, Joel Bailey 71st, Sylvester Teesdale 89th) vs St Mary’s Utd 1 (Alpha Rodriguez 74th)
Siparia Spurs 1 vs Roxborough 1 (Spurs won 5-4 on penalty-kicks)
Defence Force (S/L) 4 vs Leeds 3
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Jevon Regis of Dathea Football Academy tries to avoid a challenge
from Jelani Cielto of Malvern during their FA Trophy match at the
Debe Recreation Ground, Maraval, yesterday. Photo: Anthony Harris
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Caledonia start FA defence in style with 6-0 win.
By Joel Bailey (T&T Newsday).
Caledonia AIA started their FA Trophy defence in style on Sunday night, spanking Queen’s Park (Super League) 6-0 in the second of back-to-back matches at the Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar.
National midfielder Keon Daniel netted a pair, in the 10th and 90th (penalty), while Randolph Jerome (29th penalty), Akim Armstrong (36th), Densil Theobald (38th) and Ryan Stewart (85th) adding one apiece.
The Parkites’ Northern Football Association (NFA) club fared no better, as they were thrashed 8-0 by San Juan Jabloteh, with Hector Sam recording a beaver-trick (18th, 21st, 22nd and 70th penalty), Jerrel Britto a double (25th and 83rd), Ataullah Guerra (45th) and Willis Plaza (61st).
Joe Public had a triple success on Sunday, with their three teams all emerging victorious.
At their home ground at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, Joe Public’s Super League team hammered Valencia United 7-0, with strikes from Dorian Robinson (fifth and 83rd), Dexter Thornhill (27th), Michael Waldron (31st), Keon Piper (33rd), Keston Jordan (56th) and Kareem Joachim (85th).
The Pro League kings registered the most lop-sided win, a 12-0 humiliation of Grand Lagoon United – Conrad Smith netted four goals (30th, 55th, 60th and 70th), Akiel Guevara got a hat-trick (25th, 35th and 44th penalty), Carlyle Mitchell (66th and 80th), and one apiece from Jesse Brown (own goal – eighth), Gorean Highley (75th) and Seon Power (85th).
Joe Public’s Eastern Football Association team completed a fine day for the Macoya-based outfit, as they edged Club Sando 1-0, through Kevaughn Cornwall (39th), in the second of back-to-back matches at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella.
TTEC took care of St Mary’s United 3-1 in the opening match at Marabella, with Kern Peters (16th), Joel Bailey (72nd) and Sylvester Teesdale (90th) on target for TTEC, while Alpha Rodriguez (77th) got the lone item for St Mary’s.
The pair of matches at the Plymouth Recreation Ground were one-sided affairs.
In the first encounter, Ma Pau spanked 1976 FC Phoenix 7-1 with strikes from Rennie Britto (third and 59th), Anthony Wolfe (45th and 63rd), Kevin Molino (fifth), Shandel Samuel (30th) and Trevin Caesar (81st) while Jeremy Stewart (66th) pulled one back for Phoenix.
And Defence Force’s Pro League squad cruised past Stokely Vale 5-0, with two goals apiece from Jerwyn Balthazar (17th and 70th) and Balondemu Julius (88th and 90th) and one from Kevon Carter (86th).
Two out of three matches on Sunday – the double-header at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva – were decided by kicks from the penalty spot.
W Connection overcame FC South End 3-0, following a 1-1 draw after 120 minutes of regulation and extra time, with Jose Carlos Diaz putting Connection ahead in the eighth minute but Eddison Smart equalised in the 90th.
Earlier at Couva, Valtrin United eliminated K Brands SC 3-0 in the shootout, after a 2-2 score-line. In normal time, Akil Paynter (11th) and Larnel St Hilaire (24th) put Valtrin 2-0 ahead before K Brands responded with items from Jonathan Marcelle (47th) and Lester Edwards (81st).
The other game which ended in a penalty shootout, saw Siparia Spurs getting the better of Roxborough Lakers 5-4, after the game was tied at 1-1. Kerwyn Baptiste broke the deadlock for Siparia in the 99th minute before Dwight Reid tied the scores in the 115th.
United Petrotrin cruised into the second round courtesy of a 4-1 thrashing of the aptly-named Strugglers at Guaracara Park, Pointe-a-Pierre. National Under-20 striker Juma Clarence netted a hat-trick (47th, 72nd and 79th) after Luis Lima put Petrotrin ahead in the 20th. Kemuel Rivers notched Strugglers’ consolation in the 89th.
Defence Force’s Super League squad also advanced to the next stage with a 4-3 win over Leeds FC. Dwight Scott, Allister Ramlochan, Keseon Theodore and Akil Pierre were the goal-getters for Defence Force while Rondell Harris, Marcus Blackette and Ryan Edwards replied for Leeds. Dathea Football Academy registered a 3-0 triumph over Malvern FC at the Dibe Recreational Ground, Maraval.
Two games were cancelled due to unfit grounds – Biche United against Palo Seco at the Biche Recreation Ground (Palo Seco won by default); and TT Air Guard/Coast Guard versus Economy Strikers at the Squadron Ground, Arouca.
The Second Round is scheduled to take place on November 23.
At Couva, Palo Seco will face Joe Public (EFA) while Connection will have a tough task against Jabloteh. At Marabella, the winner of the Air Guard/Coast Guard-Economy game will face Siparia while Petrotrin will meet TTEC.
At Arima, the Joe Public’s Super League and Pro League sides will meet Ma Pau and Dathea respectively while, at Macoya, the Defence Force’s Super League and Pro League outfits will oppose Valtrin and Caledonia respectively.
The double-headers will kick off at 5 pm.
Caledonia cruises into last 16.
By: Nigel Simon (T&T Guardian).
Caledonia AIA of Morvant/Laventille began its defence of the T&T Football Federation’s FA Trophy with a comfortable 6-0 bashing of Queen’s Park Super League outfit on Sunday night in the second match of a double header at the Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar. Caledonia opened the scoring in the 10th minute through Keon Daniel.
Guyana’s Randolph Jerome (28th penalty), Akim Armstrong (36th) and Densill Theobold (38th) also found the target for a 4-0 lead at the half.
Five minutes from fulltime Ryan Stewart made it 5-0 while Daniel chipped in with another in the 89th minute to complete a 6-0 drubbing and a miserable night for the Queen’s Park club, whose Northern Football Association players were peppered 8-0 by two-time FA winner, Clico San Juan Jabloteh in the first match at the same venue.
Caledonia will now tackle Defence Force in a last-16 in an all-Pro League clash on Sunday, after the “Teteron Boys”
The Pro League’s bmobile Joe Public, winners in 2001, 2004 and 2007 and chasing a fourth title for the season, had the biggest win of the round, 12-0 over Grand Lagoon United of the Eastern Counties Football Union, at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya.
Sunday’s T&TFF FA Round-32 Results:
Jabloteh 8 (Hector Sam 14th, 20th, 21st, 71st, Jerrel Britto 25th, 83rd, Ataullah Guerra 42nd, Willis Plaza 62nd) vs QPCC (NFA) 0.
Petrotrin 4 (Luis Andre Lima 20th, Jamal Clarence 47th, 72nd & 79th) vs Strugglers 1 (Kemuel Rivers 89th)
Joe Public (S/L) 7 (Dorian Robinson 5th, 83rd, Dexter Thornhill 22nd, Michael Waldron 31st, Kevon Piper 33rd, Keston Jordan 55th, Kareem Joachim 85th) vs Valencia Utd 0
T&TEC 3 (Kern Peters 16th, Joel Bailey 71st, Sylvester Teesdale 89th) vs St Mary’s Utd 1 (Alpha Rodriguez 74th)
Siparia Spurs 0 vs R/borough Lakers 0. Spurs won 5-4 on penalty kicks.
Defence Force (S/L) 4 (Keston Theodore 41st, Allister Ramlochan 81st, Dwight Scott 90th+3, Akil Pierre 90th+5) vs Leeds 3 (Marcus Blackette 1st, Ryan Edwards 15th, Stephen Jeremy 90th + 19).
Joe Public (EFA) 1 vs Club Sando 0.
Defence Force (Por) 5 (Jerwyn Balthazar 17th, 70th, Balendemu Julius 88th, 90th, Kevon Carter 86th) vs Stokelyvale 0.
Ma Pau 7 (Rennie Britto 3rd, 69th, Anthony Wolfe 45th, 63rd, Kevin Molino 5th, Shandel Samuel 30th, Trevin Ceasar 81st) vs Phoenix 1 (Jeremy Stewart 66th).
Joe Public (Pro) 12 (Conrod Smith 30th, 55th, 60th, 70th, Akil Guevara 25th, 35th, 44th pen, Carlyle Mitchell 66th, 80th, Jesse Brown 8th o.g, Gorean Highley 75th, Seon Power 85th) vs Grand Lagoon Utd 0.
Caledonia 6 (Keon Daniel 10th, 89th pen, Randolph Jerome 28th pen, Akim Armstrong 36th, Densill Theobold 38th, Ryan Stewart 85th) vs QPCC (Super League) 0.
K-Brands 2 (Jonathan Marcelle 47th, Lester Edwards 81st) vs Valtrin Utd 2 (Akil Paynter 11th, Larnelle St Hillaire 24th). Valtrin won 3-0 on penalty-kicks.
W Connection 1 (Jose Carlos Diaz 8th) vs South End 1 (Edison Smart 89th). W Connection won 3-0 on penalty-kicks.
Dathea 3 vs Malvern 0.
Palo Seco 3 vs Biche Uted 0 - Palo Seco won by default due to unfit ground at Biche.
T&T AG/CG vs Economy Strikers - Did Not Play.
Round-of-16 matches:
November 22:
Joe Public (Pro) vs Dathea
Joe Public (Super League) vs Ma Pau
Petrotrin vs T&TEC
Palo Seco vs Joe Public (EFA)
W Connection vs Jabloteh
Siparia Spurs vs Strikers/TT AG/CG
Caledonia (Pro) vs Defence Force (Pro)
D/Force (Super League) vs Valtrin Utd.
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Who set up that draw Connection/Jabloteh, Cali/DF??????
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So between the 2 Queen's Park sides they get 14 goals in one day?
TERRIBLE
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Is "Pros" vs amateurs!!!
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Who set up that draw Connection/Jabloteh, Cali/DF??????
Very good question. Isn't it strange that all Joe Public's teams have easy passage. I have been informed that the draw was supposed to have been tomorrow (Wednesday), but lo & behold it was done yesterday without the Clubs being present. But then again in the land of the TTFF, Jack Warner/Joe Public is King.
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Who set up that draw Connection/Jabloteh, Cali/DF??????
Well don't blame the TTFF, blame de blasted clubs and them who NOT protesing it. If the fixtures was drawn up behind the clubs backs and they not doing anything about it, who to blame.
Everybody know the TTFF is crooks.
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Who set up that draw Connection/Jabloteh, Cali/DF??????
Well don't blame the TTFF, blame de blasted clubs and them who NOT protesing it. If the fixtures was drawn up behind the clubs backs and they not doing anything about it, who to blame.
Everybody know the TTFF is crooks.
Do you know who you protest to, it is CFU, who is CFU? Jack!!!!!! Matches were supposed to have been played every Sunday & the Final on the Wednesday 9th of Dec. that too was changed yesterday. The only protest would be to boycott but guess what this would just make it easier for Joe Public & you would be playing right into TTFF/Jack's hands.Then some of us would be calling the boycotting Clubs stupid etc.
Are you aware of the amount of disciplinary decisions made by the TT Pro League that have been overturned by the TTFF, eg Fenwick vs Goulart & most recently the incident between Petrotrin & Joe Public.
As long as Jack Warner has a team in local football there will always be the perception that his Club will receive special treatment from even Officials e.g the Referees because they depend on Jack for a bligh.
Joe Public have played two finals on their home turf recently, FCB vs DEfence Force & Toyota Cup against Jablo. Now don't come with the argument that Connection finals used to be played at Mannie Ramjohn, Connection's home ground is Ato Boldon this is where they train, not at Mannie whereas Marvin Lee is Joe Public's home ground, this is where they train every day.
If you could advise the other Clubs as to how to get around protesting against the TTFF, I am sure thay they would welcome it.
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Do you know who you protest to, it is CFU, who is CFU? Jack!!!!!! Matches were supposed to have been played every Sunday & the Final on the Wednesday 9th of Dec. that too was changed yesterday. The only protest would be to boycott but guess what this would just make it easier for Joe Public & you would be playing right into TTFF/Jack's hands.Then some of us would be calling the boycotting Clubs stupid etc.
Are you aware of the amount of disciplinary decisions made by the TT Pro League that have been overturned by the TTFF, eg Fenwick vs Goulart & most recently the incident between Petrotrin & Joe Public.
As long as Jack Warner has a team in local football there will always be the perception that his Club will receive special treatment from even Officials e.g the Referees because they depend on Jack for a bligh.
Joe Public have played two finals on their home turf recently, FCB vs DEfence Force & Toyota Cup against Jablo. Now don't come with the argument that Connection finals used to be played at Mannie Ramjohn, Connection's home ground is Ato Boldon this is where they train, not at Mannie whereas Marvin Lee is Joe Public's home ground, this is where they train every day.
If you could advise the other Clubs as to how to get around protesting against the TTFF, I am sure thay they would welcome it.
I understand where you coming from, but you telling me if every club in T&T protest to FIFA in public then nothing will change ?
Who Joe Public will play if all the other teams protest and deside to make a stand againt the TTFF (just asking) ?
If everybody stand up and say something together the TTFF will have to fix the problem. What happen behind close doors is another story.
This is realy bull shit by the TTFF, somebody needs to beat Jack like a Judas.
This man is unstopable.
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Sam, I fully agree with you, but protest to FIFA, what will they do. Check the amount of accusations levelled against Jack, most recently, the 2006 World Cup Tickets fiasco what did FIFA do.
The only thing to do is for all Football to cease in T&T, but you want to bet that there are a couple clubs including some in the Pro League who for one reason or the other are indebted to Jack who will find reasons as to why there should be no boycott. If the Government gets involved then FIFA will come in & ban T&T and many of us including some on this board will lambaste the Govt for interfering, & Jack is aware of all of this.
Honestly I am beginning to get fed up.
I am willing to bet that in the next round of the FA that the winner of Jablo/Connection will play the winner of Cali/DF. The team Joe Public is playing Dathea Football Academy (this is the first time that I am hearing about this Academy). Next round Joe Public Pro League will play Joe Public Super League or Joe Public East zone or some other weak side. I can give so many examples of wrongdoing by TTFF & Jack. Take for example all the years that Jablo & Connection have won the Caribbean Club Championship there was never ever a Trophy or medals, all they got was the title, but lo & behold the first year that Joe Public is in the final there is a Trophy & Medals but as the Good Lord would have it they lost & HarborView of Jamaica won. The only good thing is that now they have to continue giving the winners the Trophy and Medals, because to stop now would show them up.
Somebody please advise what can be done to right this so so very very wrong.
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Sam, I fully agree with you, but protest to FIFA, what will they do. Check the amount of accusations levelled against Jack, most recently, the 2006 World Cup Tickets fiasco what did FIFA do.
The only thing to do is for all Football to cease in T&T, but you want to bet that there are a couple clubs including some in the Pro League who for one reason or the other are indebted to Jack who will find reasons as to why there should be no boycott. If the Government gets involved then FIFA will come in & ban T&T and many of us including some on this board will lambaste the Govt for interfering, & Jack is aware of all of this.
Honestly I am beginning to get fed up.
I am willing to bet that in the next round of the FA that the winner of Jablo/Connection will play the winner of Cali/DF. The team Joe Public is playing Dathea Football Academy (this is the first time that I am hearing about this Academy). Next round Joe Public Pro League will play Joe Public Super League or Joe Public East zone or some other weak side. I can give so many examples of wrongdoing by TTFF & Jack. Take for example all the years that Jablo & Connection have won the Caribbean Club Championship there was never ever a Trophy or medals, all they got was the title, but lo & behold the first year that Joe Public is in the final there is a Trophy & Medals but as the Good Lord would have it they lost & HarborView of Jamaica won. The only good thing is that now they have to continue giving the winners the Trophy and Medals, because to stop now would show them up.
Somebody please advise what can be done to right this so so very very wrong.
As bad as the TTFF is, I don't want any T&T teams lose to Jamaican clubs. Sorry...
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Hector fires Connection into FA semifinals
By Nigel Simon (T&T Guardian)
Soca Warriors forward, Hughton Hector scored a hat-trick as Pro League giants W Connection hammered Eastern Football Association FA winners, Valtrin United 5-1 in their T&T Football Federation FA Trophy competition quarterfinal clash. This was in the first match of a double-header on a wet and rainy night at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva.
Hector, who made his international debut for T&T in the failed 2010 South Africa Concacaf World Cup qualifying campaign, opened the scoring in the second minute before he added another in the 31st minute for a 2-0 lead. Four minutes before the interval, Valtrin boasting a number of fomer Secondary Schools Football League players reduced the deficit through a strike from Nathan Lewis to give themselves hopes of an upset.
However, on the resumption, W Connection, FA winners in 1999, 2000 and 2002 asserted themselves and made it 3-1 via strike from Colombian defender Christian Viveros before Mexican Jose Carlos Diaz (81st) and Hector, four minutes from the end added to the scoring to complete a 5-1 drubbing and a chance at a second title this season, having won the Pro League's Lucozade Sports Goal Shield. Up at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, Kerry Daniel netted an 89th minute equaliser for title-holder, Caledonia AIA of Morvant/Laventille to earn a 1-1 draw at the end of regulation time with fellow Pro League club, Ma Pau which had taken a 13th minute lead thanks to a 13 minute header from Dwane James.
Daniel’s strike for Caledonia came as his team was applying some much needed pressure against Ma Pau which had been reduced to ten-men following the straight red card for defender Rashad Wint by referee Neil Brizan for a foul on Daniel. In the night’s two other quarterfinal matches, Pro League champions, bmobile Joe Public came up against their EFA clubmates at the Marvin Lee Stadium, while at Couva, United Petrotrin tackled Siparia Spurs.
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Caledonia wins it late against Ma Pau on penalties.
By: Randi Bando (ttproleague).
Defending FA Trophy champions Caledonia AIA of Morvant/Laventille had to be rescued by an injury time item by substitute Kerry Daniel against Ma Pau SC before winning the match 6-5 on penalties to advance into the semifinals of this year’s competition.
Ma Pau were leading following a first half item by Dwane James and thought they had the 1-0 victory with four minutes added-on time up on the board.
However following a careless challenge by midfielder Reshad Wint in the ninetieth minute—two minutes after making his appearance—on Kerry Daniel, Ma Pau were reduced to ten men followed by the Caledonia equalizer.
Daniel was left with little challenge above the area after picking up a pass from the right and the Caledonia substitute rescued his team with a low shot which eluded a fully stretched Shane Mattis to tie the score 1-1 which eventually led the match into extra time.
Either side failed to register a winning item after 30 minutes of injury time forcing the match to be decided on penalties.
And after seven kicks from either side, defending champs Caledonia were in celebration when Jamaican goalie Kevin Graham made a save on Sayid Freitas for a 6-5 penalty kicks victory.
Advancing into the semifinal stage of the FA along with Caledonia are W Connection, United Petrotrin, and Bmobile Joe Public after easing past their opponents on Monday night.
At the Ato Boldon Stadium a hattrick by Hughton Hector and a goal each by Christian Viveros and Jose Carlos Diaz gave Connection a 5-1 win over Valtrin in the first match. And in the second match United Petrotrin registered a 3-1 over Siparia Spurs with Luis Andre Lima, Gary Glasgow and Kennedy Hinkson hitting the mark for the Oilmen.
Digicel Pro League champions Joe Public playing in the second clash at the Marvin Lee Stadium trashed the Joe Public Eastern Football Association team 6-0 led by Kerry Baptiste who registered a beavertrick. Defender Seon Powers and an own goal by Dinelvi Tinto had the other items.
The semifinal draw for the FA Trophy will be announced on Tuesday by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation.
The most competitive of clashes in the quarterfinal stage was Caledonia against Ma Pau SC in the first match at the Macoya venue. Caledonia started strong however failed to find the back of the net.
Match Play
Marcus Ambrose crashed an effort onto the crossbar in the 10th minute after meeting Akim Armstrong’s cross from the right which was just too high for a towering Randolph Jerome as Caledonia squeezed Ma Pau on the defensive.
Six minutes later Kareem Joseph was just high and wide as his curling effort from above the area missed the far corner.
Dwane James had a rare go at goal for Ma Pau in the 24th minute however his effort spilled just wide of Graham’s far upright before Ma Pau were back on the defensive.
They were rescued by a brilliant save when goalkeeper Shane Mattis pushed out Kendall Velox’s shot from above the area for a corner. Mattis denied Velox seconds later from the angle before his defence somehow managed to clear the ball after Caledonia attack.
But against the run of play Ma Pau stunned Caledonia for a 1-0 advantage in the 39th minute after a brilliant set-piece which ended with Dwane James at far post heading in Meikel Williams cross.
Ma Pau was awarded the freekick some 22 yards out after Velox clipped Rennie Britto from behind, and from a very unfamiliar set play Williams was fed inside the area after making a smart run on the left and whipping over a cross which found James who headed past goalkeeper Graham for the advantage.
Ma Pau had a much better showing in the closing stages of the first half causing a couple stirs for Caledonia when Anthony Wolfe had to be brought down by Nuru Abdallah Muhammed in the 34th minute and three minutes from the break he headed over from a deep cross.
Ma Pau failed to double their advantage in the 58th minute after goalscorer Dwane James struck the far upright and the rebound was spilled wide by Rennie Britto.
One minute later Caledonia failed to level the scores when Velox was fed a great cross from the left but the veteran attacker directed his shot at goalkeeper Shane Mattis who gathered comfortably.
And when the match looked set for a 1-0 score in favour of Ma Pau in injury time the forecast changed when midfielder Reshad Wint picked up a direct red card by referee Neil Brizan for a challenge on Kerry Daniel two minutes after coming off the bench.
Daniel who also made a his appearance in the second period then pulled the scores level 1-1 in injury time with a low shot from distance which slipped just inside the upright to beat a fully stretched Mattis to send the match into extra time.
But after 30 minutes of extra time both sides failed to net the winner forcing the match to be decided on penalties.
Caledonia AIA (6) 1—1 (5) Ma Pau SC
Dwane James 39’ ; Kerry Daniel 90’+
Penalties
Caledonia AIA (6) Ma Pau SC (5)
Randolph Jerome (scored) Anthony Wolfe (scored)
Kareem Joseph (scored) Shandel Samuel (scored)
Walter Moore (missed) Lyndon Andrews (scored)
Stephan David(scored) Curtis Gonzales (scored)
Kerry Daniel (scored) Meikel Williams (missed)
Abdallah Phillips (scored) Rennie Britto (scored)
Marcus Ambrose (scored) Sayid Freitas (saved)
Caledonia AIA—Kevin Graham, Charles Pollard (capt.), Stephan David, Kareem Joseph, Ryan Stewart, Nuru Abdallah Muhammed (Yellow), Walter Moore (Yelow), Marcus Ambrose, Kendall Velox (Kerry Daniel 64th), Randolph Jerome, Akim Armstrong (Akim Parris 73rd).
Coach—Jamal Shabaaz.
Ma Pau SC—Shane Mattis, Lyndon Andrews (capt.), Rennie Britto, Anthony Wolfe, Sayid Freitas, Kerry Noray (Aquil Selby) (Yellow), Curtis Gonzales (Yellow), Kevin Molino (Reshad Wint 88th) (Red), Meikel Williams, Dwane James, Trevin Caesar (Shandel Samuel 46th).
Coach—Michael McComie.
Full FA Trophy quarterfinal round results
Caledonia AIA (6) 1—1 (5) Ma Pau SC
Kerry Daniel 90’+ ; Dwane James 39’
Joe Public (EFA) 0—6 Joe Public (Pro League)
Kerry Baptiste 27’, 54’, 71’, 76’, Seon Powers 31’, Dinelvi Tinto 72’ (own goal)
Valtrin SC 1—5 W Connection
Nathan Lewis 41’ ; Hughton Hector 2’, 30’, 86’ Christian Viveros 56’, Jose Diaz 79’
Siparia Spurs 1—3 United Petrotrin
Dave Collins 63’; Luis Lima 35’, Gary Glasgow 64’, Kennedy Hinkson 82’
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This hector is real promising. I hope he develop into real good player.
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when are d semifinal games to be played?
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must say i was eally impressed with this hector when i saw him in the Concacaf championship for W/connec,...didn't realise he was trinidadian ..reminded me of samuel Et'O ....anyone knows his age ?
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must say i was eally impressed with this hector when i saw him in the Concacaf championship for W/connec,...didn't realise he was trinidadian ..reminded me of samuel Et'O ....anyone knows his age ?
25...
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when are d semifinal games to be played?
Monday, December 7th at the Marvin Lee Stadium.
Connection vs United Petrotrin—5pm
Joe Public vs Caledonia AIA—7pm
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must say i was eally impressed with this hector when i saw him in the Concacaf championship for W/connec,...didn't realise he was trinidadian ..reminded me of samuel Et'O ....anyone knows his age ?
25...
thanks
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hector was always a decent player since INtercol...carried vessigny on his back for a couple seasons..But don't think he gonna be anything more than a decent pfl player. Man is 25 already unfortunately so not sure how much more he can improve.
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Jabloteh boot out defending FA champs Joe Public with extra time goals
By: ttproleague.com
Extra time goals by Jerrel Britto and Jason Marcano gave San Juan Jabloteh a 2-0 win over Bmobile Joe Public on Friday night at the Marvin Lee Stadium in the Round of 16 booting the 2009 winners out of this season’s competition.
It was the feature clash of the Round of 16 and after 90 minutes, it followed similar fashion of an earlier clash between Caledonia AIA and Defence Force Super League which went into extra time.
Seconds into extra time substitute Jerrel Britto was well positioned to tap into an open net when he was picked out by another substitute, Hector Sam from the left to give Jabloteh a 1-0 advantage.
Joe Public trouble doubled two minutes later when Jevon Morris was adjudged to have fouled Marcano inside the area when referee Nigel Roberts pointed to the spot.
Marcano poised himself over the ball and comfortably slotted it into the right corner beating goalkeeper Marvin Phillip who dived the wrong direction putting the scores 2-0.
Jabloteh who finished the match with 10-men following defender Jamal Jack’s red card sending off in the 110th minute joins fellow Pro League clubs Ma Pau SC, St. Ann’s Rangers, DIRECTV North East Stars, Defence Force and Caledonia AIA in quarterfinal round of the 2010 FA Trophy.
Jack who provided some good defending during regulation time sacrificed himself with a late tackle on Andre Toussaint just outside the area as the Joe Public attacker weaved his way towards the penalty area.
The goalless regulation time saw Jabloteh failing to hit the target in the 27th minute after a decent buildup towards goal after Willis Plaza and Marvin Oliver exchanged a number of passes before Plaza was set free on the right. However the makeshift forward’s effort was too high.
Joe Public winger Hayden Tinto had an excellent opening when a missed clearance landed the ball in his path, but despite being one on one with goalkeeper Cleon John, Tinto was unable to beat the Jabloteh custodian.
The Lions had another opening in the 58th minute however defender Jevon Morris failed to do best after meeting Kareem Young’s cross from the right when he headed overbar.
In the earlier clash on Friday night Caledonia AIA were on the winning side of a hardfought 2-1 score over the Super League Defence Force.
Joe Public 0—2 San Juan Jabloteh
; Jerrel Britto 91’, Jason Marcano 93’
Joe Public—Marvin Phillip, Kerry Baptiste (capt), Makan Hislop, Jevon Morris (Yellow), Kareem Young, Andre Toussaint, Trent Noel (Devon Jamerson 96th) (Gason Gregory 62nd), Hayden Tinto (Yellow), Yu Hoshide (Micah Lewis 62nd), Nigel Daniel, Marvin Manswell.
Coach—Derek King.
San Juan Jabloteh—Cleon John, Marvin Oliver (capt) (Yellow), Elijah Manners (Johan Peltier 77th), Ataullah Guerra, Robert Primus (Yellow), Jason Marcano, Kennedy Hinkson (Hector Sam 91st) (Yellow), Willis Plaza (Jerrel Britto 67th), Joel Russell (Yellow), Jamal Jack (Yellow) (Red), Sheldon Bateau.
Coach—Terry Fenwick.
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The FA is the best. I wish we could could seen some of the games. I bias because I win one with Essex.
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Anybody see tempo (http://www.socawarriors.net/forum/index.php?topic=51904.msg711068#msg711068) !!!!
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The biggest mistake for JP is when they took Tinto and Yu off in the 62nd minute at the same time.
- Not sure if Tinto was tired but he surely adds spark to the team. He torments the San Juan defenders but his ability to cross consistently lets him down sometimes. Maybe he was injured? IDK
- Yu is the ONLY player on JP that was keeping the ball and they took him off. What had me mind boggled was the fact that JP likes to keep the ball by finding players feet. Therefore, why take off the ONLY player that helps the team do that the best?
When both players were taken out, JP fell apart. There was NO spark and they had problems keeping the ball. I didn't understand it but the results showed.
All credit to San Juan though, there defense looked solid and very organized.
Overall, both teams showed POOR signs of professionalism. Players attitude on the field (towards their teammates and coaches) are PISS POOR. It was sad to see; but things can only get better (I hope?).
Anyways, good game San Juan. All the best moving forward.
Kingman
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Jabloteh beat Cali in FA Trophy semis
...meet North East Stars in final
By Kern De Freitas (Express).
Call it bravery, call it persistence, call it luck. But ten-man San Juan Jabloteh needed a little bit of each on Wednesday night to get past Caledonia AIA 7-6 on kicks from the penalty spot and into the FA Trophy final.
At the Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya, Jason Marcano missed Jabloteh's second shoot-out attempt. Two Caledonia tries later, it was Daneil Cyrus's effort that was only just saved by Caledonia goalkeeper Kevin Graham.
Jabloteh goalie Cleon John saved from Akim Armstrong in sudden death, and Sheldon Bateau netted the winner to spark Jabloteh celebrations.
Jabloteh will now face North-East Stars in the January 26 finale after the Sangre Grande outfit upset Defence Force 2-0 in the late match, at the same venue, through a brace by captain Charles Pollard.
That the action got that far was all due to a very entertaining second half and then, 30 gruelling minutes of extra time, all of which failed to alter the 2-2 regulation time deadlock.
After 59 minutes Jabloteh were cruising with a 2-0 lead, handed to them by Jason Marcano and Hector Sam within 17 minutes on either side of half-time.
But after Jabloteh lost left back Joel Russell to two bookable offences, Caledonia erased the advantage through strikes by Ryan Stewart, the second coming late on.
The first half belonged to Jabloteh, particularly since they wrested the half-time advantage through Marcano. Before they could seize control though, the Bourg Mulatresse side had to weather the early Caledonia storm.
But Caledonia let themselves down in the attacking third of the field. They should have been toasting the first goal when Conrad Smith stole into space on the right of Jabloteh's six-yard box, only to blast wide of John's near post.
After the first ten minutes Jabloteh grabbed the attacking momentum, yet their composure up front left something to be desired. Caledonia defender Cyrus was allowed to escape after a defensive blunder while for Jabloteh, right back Christon Thomas's ball was too long for left wing Jamal Jack.
Even captain Marvin Oliver missed a sitter from 18 metres, poking tamely at Graham.
But for Marcano, his 42nd minute chance was too easy as another "Cali" mistake saw the loose ball fall between Marcano and teammates Jerrel Britto and Atualla Guerra. Britto headed down after some hesitation and Marcano picked his spot low into Graham's near post.
Despite a Caledonia resurgence early in the second half, Jabloteh doubled their lead in the 59th.
On the break, Guerra laid off for Thomas on the right, and he whipped in a cross to Sam inside the left penalty area, whose deft chip found Graham's far post.
But the match changed when Russell was sent off for his second yellow card. His indiscipline put a damper on the contest, with his tortoise-like retreat from the field despite the urgings of both the referee and Jabloteh coach Terry Fenwick.
The other crucial moment was Caledonia's double substitution in the 61st by coach Jamaal Shabazz, with Densill Theobald and Armstrong replacing Travis Mulraine and Conrad Smith.
Three minutes later, Cali's comeback had officially started, with Theobald's perfect through-pass finding Stewart on the right of the penalty area, and his right-footed shot beat John first time to the far post.
Perhaps they had little choice with a player disadvantage, but Jabloteh defended deep into their own half, allowing Caledonia more room to attack.
Caledonia were rewarded in the 88th, leaving Fenwick fuming. Substitute Armstrong blazed down the right flank, leaving Jabloteh substitute Elijah Manners in his wake, and laid off for Stewart's right-footed far post finish.
And after 30 minutes of extra time, which Jabloteh controlled despite their disadvantage, it took a shoot-out to separate the teams.
But Jabloteh showed character after falling behind, through two crucial saves by John to strike the final winning blow.
Results.
San Juan Jabloteh 2 (Jason Marcano 42nd, Hector Sam 59th) vs Caledonia AIA 2 (Ryan Stewart 64th, 88th).
Jabloteh won 7-6 on penalties.
North East Stars 2 (Charles Pollard 24th, 45th+) vs Defence Force 0.
Pollard heads Stars into FA final.
T&T Guardian Reports.
San Juan Jabloteh and DirecTV North East Stars, both former winners will meet in the January 26 final of the T&T Football Federation FA Trophy competition after contrasting semi-final victories at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya on Wednesday.
In the first match of the night’s double-header, Jabloteh, winners in 1998 and 2005 squandered a 2-0 lead before getting the better of 2008 champion, Caledonia AIA 7-6 on sudden-death penalty kicks thanks to goalkeeper, Cleon John.
Three minutes before the halftime interval, Jabloteh took a 1-0 lead when a right-sided centre by, national Under-20 captain and Sporting Kansas City target, Sheldon Bateau ricocheted off team-mate Hector Sam’s chest into the path of fellow striker Britto, who then played the ball off to Jason Marcano to fire past Jamaican goalkeeper Kevin Graham.
Jabloteh added to its tally in the 59th when a right-sided cross from Christan Thomas was missed by Caledonia’s Abdullah Phillip and fell to Sam, who took the ball on his chest before he guided a right footer into the top left corner of the goal.
But a minute later, Jabloteh was reduced to ten men when midfielder, Joel Russell was shown a second yellow card by referee Rashby Mc Phie. Russell was issued the second card for a silly lunge on substitute Akim Armstrong, who was introduced right after the second goal along with Densill Theobald.
It did not take long for Caledonia to capitalise as Armstrong fed Theobald a short pass, and he sliced Jabloteh’s defence open with a pass to Ryan Stewart who fired a low right-footed effort past goalkeeper Cleon John for a 2-1 scoreline.
Caledonia's Ishmael Daniel then missed a glaring chance in the 70th minute when he volleyed straight at John from less than six-yards out after a Jean-Luc Roacford cross deflected off Jabloteh’s Ataullah Guerra into his path.
Three minutes from the end of regulation time, Caledonia’s persistence brought reward when Armstrong picked up a pass from ‘keeper Graham on the half, outpaced Jabloteh’s Elijah Manners down the flank and centred for Stewart.
The rhasta hair-styled midfielder then re-directed the ball past a surprised John with a one-time volley for a 2-2 score to set up the 30-minutes of extra-time which failed to separate both teams.
In the penalty shoot-out, Kareem Joseph, Guyana’s Walter Moore, Roachford and Stephan David all scored while lanky defender Daneil Cyrus saw his team’s fourth attempt pushed onto the base of the right post by John.
On the other hand Jabloteh’s, Manners, Kennedy Hinkson, Atualla Guerra and Oliver also scored while Marcano had the second attempt saved by Graham to send the match into sudden-death.
Stewart and Daneil confidently netted for Caledonia while Thomas and Johan Peltier were also successful for Jabloteh.
Daniel was next with Caledonia’s eighth effort which was kept out by John diving low to his left and with a chance to seal victory for Jabloteh, Bateau then slammed home past Graham to seal a spot in the final.
While the first match needed penalty-kicks to find a winner, the second match was virtually over by the end of the first-half, as Guyanese international defender, Charles Pollard first-half brace sealed a 2-0 win for Stars over Defence Force.
FA winners’ in 2003, Pollard headed Stars in front in the 37th minute when he connected with a right-sided cross from Kevaughn Connell.
Then on the stroke of halftime, Pollard started and ended a counter-attack from his own 18-yard box, by burying a right footer past Graham after receiving a pass from Anthony Wolfe, and eluding Defence Force’s Richard Roy and Ronald St Louis inside the area.
But the “Teteron Boys”, winner in 1974, 1981, 1985, 1989, 1991 and 1996 have only themselves to blame as coach Ross Russell surprisingly left top scorer, Devon Jorsling, captain Corey Rivers, Albert Thornhill and Dexter Pacheco on the bench to start the match.
And despite the introduction of three of the regulars in the second-half, the deficit proved too much to overcome.
Teams –
CALEDONIA AIA: Kevin Graham; Daniel Cyrus, Kemron Purcell, Ishmael Daniel, Kareem Joseph; Travis Mulraine (Densill Theobald 61st), Stephan David (capt), Abdallah Phillip (Walter Moore 80th), Ryan Stewart; Conrad Smith (Akim Armstrong 61st).
SAN JUAN JABLOTEH: Cleon John; Joel Russell, Anton Hutchinson (Kennedy Hinkson 75th), Jamal Jack, Sheldon Bateau, Corneal Thomas; Marvin Oliver (capt), Ataullah Guerra, Jason Marcano; Hector Sam (Elijah Manners 63rd), Jerrel Britto (Johan Peltier 112nd).
DEFENCE FORCE: Kevin Graham; Keston Williams (capt), Rondell Elcock, Aklie Edwards, David Alleyne (Devon Jorsling 49th); Anton Joseph, Ronald St Louis (Jemel Seabro 66th), Ross Russell jnr, Balondemu Julius (Corey Rivers 52nd), Jerwyn Balthazar; Richard Roy.
NORTH EAST STARS: Michael Woods (Andrew Durant 46th); Charles Pollard (capt), Glenton Wolfe, Kevaughn Connell, Keryn Navarro; Jeromie Williams, Marc Leslie, Carey Harris (Kendall Velox 63rd), Akiel Guevara (Errol McFarlane 87th), Gary Glasgow; Anthony Wolfe.
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excellent....hard luck Cali
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F.A. cup 2nd semi final:
North East Stars 2 Defence Force 0
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F.A. cup 2nd semi final:
North East Stars 2 Defence Force 0
Wow. Looks like NE means business!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Jabloteh crowned FA Trophy champs.
ttproleague.com
An early Kennedy Hinkson strike and some superb saves by goalkeeper Cleon John were influential in San Juan Jabloteh being crowned the 2010 FA Trophy Champions in Friday’s Final at the Marvin Lee Stadium with a 1-0 win over DIRECTV North East Stars.
Jabloteh stole a 1-0 advantage two minutes into the match when Hinkson received a pass on the right and from inside the area the speedy winger held off Kevaughn Connell all the way to the edge of the six yard area before slamming a shot past Michael Woods and into the far netting.
The early goal proved the winner after ninety-four minutes of play giving the Terry Fenwick coached side the FA Trophy and the $80,000.00 winners take.
Meantime 2003 FA winners North East Stars, which enjoyed a 1-0 win against Jabloteh in the final of this season’s Lucozade Sport Goal Shield last August, had to settle for the runners-up share of $40,000.00 on Friday.
Hinkson gave the 1998 and 2005 FA winners the advantage on Friday night, but it was goalkeeper John who preserved that advantage throughout to put his team’s name as 2010 champs.
In the sixth from a North East set piece at the edge of the Jabloteh area saw John execute a brilliant save to keep out Gary Glasgow blast.
John made an even bigger save in the 30th minute which had the Marvin Lee Stadium crowd (the majority from North East Stars) at its loudest when Glasgow met a long pass forward with a powerful volley only to be denied by the Jabloteh goalie.
On the stroke of halftime Jabloteh missed out on a wonderful opening when Jason Marcano wrong-footed his shot wide with only goalkeeper Woods to beat to the disappointment of the San Juan supporters after Hector Sam threaded a low pass through the North East defence.
Fifteen minutes inside the second period, despite taking a more defensive approach, Jabloteh created an opening when Marcano whipped a cross from the left finding Guerra, but the midfielder’s tame head was easily gloved away by Woods.
However Jabloteh’s decision to defend their one goal advantage created a lot of scares in defence, however goalkeeper John was at his best when needed.
In the 92nd minute of play the Jabloteh custodian showed why he is considered one of the best goalkeepers in Trinidad and Tobago when he made a reflex save to deny a low blast against Sean Fraser to keep a clean sheet, helping his side capture the FA Trophy.
North East Stars 0—1 San Juan Jabloteh
; Kennedy Hinkson 2’
Teams
North East Stars—Michael Woods, Charles Pollard (capt), Keryn Navarro, Marc Leslie, Akiel Guevara (Kendall Velox 65th), Anthony Wolfe (Yellow), Sean Fraser, Gary Glasgow (Kaydion Gabriel 88th), Glenton Wolfe, Kevaughn Connell, Jeromie Williams (Errol McFarlane 46th).
Coach—Shurland David.
San Juan Jabloteh—Cleon John (capt), Christan Thomas (Yellow), Karlon Murray, Anton Hutchinson, Ataullah Guerra, Jason Marcano, Johan Peltier (Yellow) (Elijah Manners 73rd), Mikhil Awai (Jerrel Britto 87th), Kennedy Hinkson, Hector Sam (Marvin Oliver 55th), Jamal Jack.
Coach—Terry Fenwick.
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Can anyone give us a Flex, Touches or Patriot type report on this game ?
The crowd, the players who standout, who won the unver 20 vs under 17 game, who looked good, any details..
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ok.. i eh no report man...but i will do a small ting here ( hold on..i did win the award for best football journalist in 1993)
So me and Small mag went to the Cup final.... traffic was not too bad... we got there at 5pm..thinking we could watch the second half of the U-17 vz U 20... but looked like that match started a 4 pm..we get shake...so we saw the last half hour...score was 1-1 at the time... and U17 went on to score 2 more...final score 3-1 ( u17)
dont have the scorers...I know some new players on both teams were being looked at and some missing etc... but the standard of play was not very good...some decent individuals.. the Muckette guy... nice player...Marcus Joseph for the 20s..
.i must add...the U17 have some size...equal to the 20s...and of note as well...Sean Cooper(u17 coach)..he sat in the stands watching...but also shouting out instructions all the time...from the stands...strange...
all the tnt coaches etc were in that section as well...Anton, Look Loy, ross russell
so is a whole frigging hour we have to wait for the main match...crowd building up nice...music.....food..drinks...give aways... a door prize of a Free "pass' for all TTFF games for the year...
me and small mag laughing saying that may be just one international match...
so teams do warm ups... Dwarika part of the Staff of NES...
allyuh woulda real like this part... Camps come out to greet the teams ( IT GREEEEETSSSSSSS)...
and ah man in the Stands start to shout " Oh God Capms...retire nah..pleaseeeeeeee..pleaseee ..
the crowd start to laugh..and 2 more join in blasting Camps...
yuh know Camps end up waving to the crowd and smiling and pumping he fists...man...real funny ....
but on a serious note... Camps was being held and ushered by Rudloph Thomas...so either he was drunk or he looks in a poor physical state... concerned
Teams
North East Stars—Michael Woods, Charles Pollard (capt.), Keryn Navarro, Marc Leslie, Akiel Guevara (Kendall Velox 65th), Anthony Wolfe (Yellow), Sean Fraser, Gary Glasgow (Kaydion Gabriel 88th), Glenton Wolfe, Kevaughn Connell, Jeromie Williams (Errol McFarlane 46th).
Coach—Shurland David.
San Juan Jabloteh—Cleon John (capt.), Christan Thomas (Yellow), Karlon Murray, Anton Hutchinson, Ataullah Guerra, Jason Marcano, Johan Peltier (Yellow) (Elijah Manners 73rd), Mikhil Awai (Jerrel Britto 87th), Kennedy Hinkson, Hector Sam (Marvin Oliver 55th), Jamal Jack.
Coach—Terry Fenwick.
jab line up with a 4-5-1.. Sam as the lone striker.. supported by Johan Peltier on his left...and Hinkson on his right... now i know this name from before (Hinkson)...never really seen him ...i think he is new to Jabloteh,,,, but for me...he was the find of the night...very short fella..like Tinto.. but he strong..smart...real pace...a handfull all night to NES....he scored the only goal very early... all down the right side holding off Connel and blasting a right footer ....good goal...Peltier pull some good moves...
Hector Sam...if you see how easy this man playing the game...easy easy...he looks much fitter now than 5 months ago when i saw him in the stands at a Jab game... i spoke to him then ( I met him before in Walsall (UK) when my band toured there)...asked him why he was in the stands...he basically said..well he did not get picked...and "say what" kinda thing..but he did not looked bothered...i spoke to Terry recently...and told him Sam looks fit and motivated again...and Terry said he had to get him there in his head again...credit to him for that..but Sam hardly put a foot wrong last night...its glaring the gap between him and the others on the pitch... so for that local/foreign based argument... you could tell the man played the game at a much higher level...and imaging he only played at the UK 3 Division ( correct ?)...was surprised Terry took him off...
Jabloteh bossed the first half...total dominance...with the goal they settled in a rhythm...Tulla Guerra in full flight...and i am a big fan of Tulla..love to watch him play...really wish he could get an extended run on the national team...but i think we all know that he is not the easiest player to manage...
for instance.. i do know that Latas is also a big fan...but he never really used him...so what does that tell us...and credit to Terry again..that he got Guerra still playing football.. you all wont believe some of the things Terry will tell me about Tulla...
but Tulla playing this year in his favorite center mid advance role...and he was pure class...great first touch...quick passes...intellegent passing... great vision...ohhs and ahhhs from the crowd...and sometimes it gets so easy he would start to mess around and make some silly mistakes...for me..he needs to get into the box more often...could turn into a better goal scoring mid.. and he also got a very good right foot shot...for me hands down man of the match
Cleon John did pull off some great saves...but they were few and far between...the papers report make it sound like NES were all over Jab...not in the first half...Glasgow hit a brilliant volley that John saved brilliantly at the end of the half
Mcfarlane on at the start on the 2nd half... jab sits back a bit and trying to counter...which they did with great pace at times...but wasted good chancces...mostly from Macarno and Peltier...
NES fans urging them on...good bunch of fans for them...Glasgow showing his experince...Mac holding up the ball well....and NES went for it right to the end....few more good saves from John to keep the scoreline safe for Jab
and ah forget...The female 4th official..Shane De Silva...Terry take ah tun in she ass for some ref decision...and she run to the side line to call the ref..Terry dun know is a red card...he he take another tun..off he gone...about the 70th min...
but yuh keep hearing he mouth shouting instructions from somewhere....
final whistle..and Jab in full celbartion...NES gutted...they tried ...made a good game of it.... they lack some quality in midfield....and could be a bit more compact without the ball.....
and me and small mag was checking how much both teams did not use the wing backs to overlap at all....both back 4s just stayed at home...only in the second half did Connell of NES get fwd lots....
so a nice night out...good vibe there...congrats to Jab...and also to NES...should get better for them next season
just some player briefs here
Teams
North East Stars—Michael Woods, ( shaky)
Charles Pollard (capt.),) solid
Keryn Navarro,
Marc Leslie,tidy
Akiel Guevara (Kendall Velox 65th),
Anthony Wolfe (Yellow),hard working
Sean Fraser, .. jamaican
Gary Glasgow.... still decent at this level..maybe the best NES player on the night
(Kaydion Gabriel 88th),
Glenton Wolfe, ...solid game at center back.... hit some nice 40 yd long balls to the wide men...should get back into the nat set up
Kevaughn Connell, ...looked very uncomfortable at left back...Hinkson reallly gave him a work out...but he did have a good second half
Jeromie Williams (Errol McFarlane 46th).
Coach—Shurland David.... decent job
San Juan Jabloteh—Cleon John (capt.),... very solid.. he was not the capt..Sam was..
Christan Thomas (Yellow),...right back...good energy...
Karlon Murray,...defender of the night... strong in the air all night...and dealt with Macfarlane well when he came on... i always like ' Babylon"... Tallman..whats his age and caps like ??..
Anton Hutchinson,..played center back as well
Ataullah Guerra,... praying for you son...but you have to keep going... we cannot afford to waste this talent...
Jason Marcano,... mr Frustrate....tricky...but not a very smart player
Johan Peltier (Yellow)... decent youth... will keep track of him
(Elijah Manners 73rd),
Mikhil Awai ...tidy all night... provided the dirty work in center mid...and the rough stuff as well...sat next to his father in the stands
(Jerrel Britto 87th),
Kennedy Hinkson, ... the suprise package of the night...tallman..any youth caps for this kid ??..any info ??Hector Sam .... class act...
(Marvin Oliver 55th),... did his job when he came on.... he talks a lot on the pitch...
Jamal Jack....
Coach—Terry Fenwick....red card again....
and ralphie was practicing his "sprint starts" on the sideline... full on your marks ,set ,go bizness
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...and Hinkson on his right... now i know this name from before (Hinkson)...never really seen him ...i think he is new to Jabloteh,,,, but for me...he was the find of the night...very short fella..like Tinto.. but he strong..smart...real pace...a handfull all night to NES....he scored the only goal very early... all down the right side holding off Connel and blasting a right footer ....good goal...
Kennedy Hinkson, ... the suprise package of the night...tallman..any youth caps for this kid ??..any info ??
Hinkson will be 25 later this month, and he used to play for Petrotrin before dey drop out de league. Before that, he played with W-Connection at the U-20 level.
When Jabloteh signed him last March, Fenwick said:
“Kennedy is a great addition to our team, I looked at him many times last season. He was with a very poor Petrotrin side but he never dropped his head. He has a great heart for the game. He looks like a nice solid young man that wants to do well for himself and his team. This would be great for Jabloteh. He also have great agility and the vision for scoring goals.”
Kevaughn Connell, ...looked very uncomfortable at left back...Hinkson reallly gave him a work out...but he did have a good second half
I eh realize he playing wing back now.
Karlon Murray,...defender of the night... strong in the air all night...and dealt with Macfarlane well when he came on... i always like ' Babylon"... Tallman..whats his age and caps like ??..
Karlon Murray will be 26 in March. He bas been in senior team camps under Maturana and Latas, but never got a run. However, he has represented T&T at the U-21 level.
and ralphie was practicing his "sprint starts" on the sideline... full on your marks ,set ,go bizness
I does look forward tuh seeing Ralphie at dem games. Someting about he does make me laugh even when he eh doing nutten. Ah legend in de game ;D
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Great stuff BM ... thanks :beermug:
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Thanks Tallman
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Anthony Wolfe (Yellow),hard working
Sean Fraser, .. jamaican
Gary Glasgow.... still decent at this level..maybe the best NES player on the night
:rotfl:
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Jabloteh lift $80,000 FA Trophy.
By Ian Prescott (Express).
Two minutes after the 2010-2011 FA Trophy final kicked off, undersized winger Kennedy Hinkson had San Juan Jabloteh ahead.
North East Stars winger Kevaugn Cornell had barely settled into his role as make-shift left-back for the night, when Hinkson took him on a determined drive up the right flank.
Hinkson cut inside on his marker, and found the far corner with a shot across the dive of Stars goalie Michael Woods.
Then, Hinkson was off to the races to celebrate his early goal with teammates. Jabloteh fans were jumping in the packed stands, and for that moment Jabloteh's English head-coach Terry Fenwick was a happy man--before he was eventually chased from the bench by fourth official Shane De Silva in the second half.
The early goal and a rock solid goal-keeping performance by custodian Cleon John earned Jabloteh the $80,000 FA Trophy top prize, the San Juan team beating North East Stars 1-0 in Friday's final, at a full Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya.
In the opening game, the Trinidad and Tobago National Under-17 team got two second half goals to beat the National Under-20s 3-1.
In the main match, Hinkson might have given Jabloteh a down payment on the FA Trophy, but it was definitely their keeper John who paid off the rest of the bill, by making two timely saves in either half.
John was first called into action in just the sixth minute when he turned wide a free-kick which Stars veteran striker Gary Glasgow had curled from the left edge of the penalty area.
And the Jabloteh keeper earned a bonus on the half hour when denying Glasgow again with a world class save. Once one of the best strikers in T&T, Glasgow might not have produced a sweeter volley in the last ten years than when he met Akeil Guevara's deep cross into the penalty area. "Goal!!" many thought.
Then, "no goal" as John pulled off a spectacular save to keep the ball out of his net. Glasgow had a second bite as the ball rebounded his way, but he could not match his first effort, hitting wide of the target. Glasgow held his head.
Jabloteh were the more enterprising team in the first half. Dribblers Jason Marcano, Ataullah Guerra and young Johan Peltier were prominent, as Jabloteh bossed the midfield. However, they created few clear opportunities for captain Hector Sam, the lone striker.
Nearing the end of the half both teams wasted chances. First, Stars midfielder Jeromie Williams put a chip over the crossbar. Then, at the other end, Marcano hit a "wildman" shot wide from a good position.
Jabloteh obviously aimed to keep what they already had, and began the second half defending with everyone behind the ball, doing most of their attacking on the counter.
In the 53rd minute, Jabloteh turned a defensive position around their penalty area into a quick counter-attack. They outnumbered Stars three to one, but teenager Peltier was school-boyish and dribbled excessively, allowing Stars to recover.
And two minutes later, Peltier broke through on the right but hit a wild shot wide with just keeper Woods to beat.
Stars applied plenty pressure late in the match. But goalie John again came up big for Jabloteh. First, he picked up a hard knock when diving head-first to take a pass off the boot of striker Anthony Wolfe.
"Keep the pressure on. It coming," Stars owner Darryl Mahabir shouted excitedly from the covered stand. And when in added-on time Stars' Jamaican striker Sean Fraser hit a low bullet from the edge of the Jabloteh penalty area, it looked like the equaliser.
But John again showed a safe pair of hands when dropping low to stop the ball cleanly. There was no margin for error, and the keeper made none.
Teams
NORTH EAST STARS: 20-Michael Woods (GK), 13- Charles Pollard (capt.), 3-Keryn Navarro, 7-Marc Leslie, 8-Akiel Guevara (25- Kendall Velox 65th), 10-Anthony Wolfe (Y), 11- Sean Fraser, 12-Gary Glasgow (45- Kaydion Gabriel 88th), 19- Glenton Wolfe, 27- Kevaughn Connell, 46- Jeromie Williams (23- Errol McFarlane jr. 46th).
SUBS NOT USED: 22-Winslow McDonald (GK), 4-Kelvin Smith, 16-Carey Harris, 18-Randolph Jerome
COACH—Shurland David
SAN JUAN JABLOTEH: 22-Cleon John, 3-Christan Thomas (Y), 4-Karlon Murray, 5-Anton Hutchinson, 11- Ataullah Guerra, 13-Jason Marcano, 14-Johan Peltier (Y) (7-Elijah Manners 73rd), 15- Mikhil Awai (32-Jerrel Britto 87th), 17-Kennedy Hinkson, 19-Hector Sam (10-Marvin Oliver 55th), 28-Jamal Jack.
SUBS NOT USED: 1-Brian James (GK), 18-Cyrano Glen, 31-Andrew Smith
COACH—Terry Fenwick
REFEREE: Lee Davis
Hinkson fires Jabloteh to third FA title.
By: Nigel Simon (Guardian).
A second minute strike from speedy Kennedy Hinkson and some superb goalkeeping from Cleon John proved a worthy combination, as bMobile San Juan Jabloteh eked out a 1-0 win over DirecTV North East Stars on Friday in the T&T Football Federation FA Trophy final before a small crowd of about 1,200, mostly Stars’ supporters, at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya.
Speaking after the match Jabloteh coach, Englishman Terry Fenwick, who was red-carded in the 75th minute by referee Lee Davis, said it was a deserved victory by his players.
“We knew we had been playing good football all season long but the results were just not going our way. “All the clubs knew we made it difficult for them in most matches and against Stars we showed great spirit.”
Fenwick added: “We had three one-on-one chances to put the result beyond doubt but did not take them but in the end we managed to keep the 1-0 lead.”
Jabloteh began the match as slight underdogs due to the absence of three regulars starters in national Under-20 player Sheldon Bateau (MLS trials), national Under-23 defender Robert Primus (overseas trial) and the suspended Joel Russell.
On the other hand, Stars’ coach and former Jabloteh and national team defender Shurland David had afull slate of players to choose from and he went in search of adding to his club’s 2003 success.
Jabloteh got the perfect start inside two minutes of the start when Hinkson, formerly of the United Petrotrin, collected a pass on the right and held off the challenge of Stars’ Kevaughn Connell, before hammering a right footed shot past goalkeeper Michael Woods from the edge of the six-yard-box.
Four minutes later, Stars almost drew level when Gary Glasgow tested goalkeeper John from a set-play.
However, the Jabloteh custodian was equal to the task to keep out the goalward effort. John, who was eventually voted “Player of the Match,” was called into action again on the half-hour mark to deny Stars and Glasgow one more time, this time in much more acrobatic style.
The nippy Glasgow latched onto a ball over the top of the Jabloteh back-line and unleashed a powerful volley only to be denied by John to the dismay of the Stars’ supporters.
Jabloteh almost made the Sangre Grande Boys pay for their missed efforts on the stroke of half-time but after being sent through by fellow striker Hector Sam, and with only goalkeeper Woods to beat striker, Jason Marcano dragged his effort wide of the mark.
On the resumption, Stars grabbed the early initiative, as Jabloteh took a more defensive approach.
Despite its change in tactics it was the 1998 and 2005 winners’ Jabloteh which had the first opening of the second-half on the hour mark, when Marcano turned provider and whipped in a left sided centre for Atuallah Guerra, who headed straight to Woods.
From then on, Stars took the match to the San Juan Club, as it went in search of a much needed equaliser. Unfortunately for David’s team, John was in his best form.
Jabloteh was beginning to buckle under the pressure when coach Fenwick was removed from the bench by referee Davis after an exchange of words with fourth official Shane De Silva.
The Jabloteh players, now under the guidance of second choice goalkeeper Brian James on the sidelines, kept their cool on the field, and along with John, held on until the final whistle.
It was not all smooth sailing though as two minutes into time added one John was forced into another important save as he kept out a low blast from Jamaican forward Sean Fraser to preserve his team’s 1-0 lead and with it the $80,000 winners cheque and the prestigious trophy.
John, who rightfully copped the “Player of the Match” award, collected a gift voucher valued at $1,000 plus a trophy courtesy of The Fan Club, Movie Towne.
His team-mate, national Under-20 midfielder, Johan Peltier was named the “One for the Future” and received a $1,500 cash prize and trophy courtesy S2 Events.
Match Recap
T&TFF FA Final result
• San Juan Jabloteh 1 (Kennedy Hinkson 2nd) vs North East Stars 0
Line-ups
• Stars: Michael Woods (GK), Charles Pollard (captain), Keryn Navarro, Marc Leslie, Akiel Guevara(Kendall Velox 65th), Anthony Wolfe (Y), Sean Fraser, Gary Glasgow (Kaydion Gabriel 88th), Glenton Wolfe, Kevaughn Connell, Jeromie Williams (Errol McFarlane 46th).
• Subs not used: Winslow McDonald, Carey Harris, Randolph Jerome, Kelvin Smith.
• Jabloteh: Cleon John (GK) (captain), Christan Thomas (Y), Karlon Murray, Anton Hutchinson, Ataullah Guerra, Jason Marcano, Johan Peltier (Y) (Elijah Manners 73rd), Mikhil Awai (Jerrel Britto 87th), Kennedy Hinkson, Hector Sam (Marvin Oliver 55th), Jamal Jack.
• Subs not used: Brian James (GK), Andrew Smith, Cyrano Glen.
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wait nah.. they publish "wild man shot" in de papers? :rotfl:
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Great stuff BM ... thanks :beermug:
BM I tell meh partner IT GREETS in yuh honour and I say iz u who tell Ollie retir and dis is yuh last final.
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Thanks for the reports guys, I couldn't get online for two days to give feedback! Regarding Kevaughan Connell, he's been playing left back for most of the season, but as mentioned before, he's a converted striker and he would be the first to admit that his defensive game needs work. However, with an overlapping full back, the team must learn to cover his runs and fill in behind him. So, its not just the player that needs to learn this role, its the whole team who need to develop this style of play. It creates a more attacking style with, effectively 7 attacking players (or 6 if you play a DM), but it tales practice and cohesion.
North East supporters were great, and hopefully more atmosphere will be created next season. Well done to Jabloteh.
Just a comment about Terry Fenwick, who usually gets a bad press: Was in the Hyatt saturday evening with Sancho, Connell, Tiger Fitzpatrick & Steve Sealey, and Terry walked over with a tray of champagne for us. Quality! Didn't even know he was there! Sportsmanship is still alive!!
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How come Dwarika didn't play ?.... 8)
And what was the estimated crowd.
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How come Dwarika didn't play ?.... 8)
And what was the estimated crowd.
I say bout 1500 but I does b wrong like an o when it come 2 estmation.
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S A N J U A N N N !!!!!!!i told you all my boys will not let me down :notworthy: :notworthy: :cheers: :wavetowel: :wavetowel:
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How come Dwarika didn't play ?.... 8)
And what was the estimated crowd.
Dwarika now a coach with North East and also coaching at their academy. Crowd was between 1200-1500 approx
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S A N J U A N N N !!!!!!!i told you all my boys will not let me down :notworthy: :notworthy: :cheers: :wavetowel: :wavetowel:
Coops, Coops :beermug: :beermug: :beermug:
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How come Dwarika didn't play ?.... 8)
And what was the estimated crowd.
Dwarika now a coach with North East and also coaching at their academy. Crowd was between 1200-1500 approx
I don't want to rain on Jabs parade. Congrats Guys. It so sad to see this amount of people for a final of the FA. It should be more, but I forget is carnival. Football or fete. Congrats TTFF for f--king up we football.
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North East Stars soured by FA Final defeat
ttproleague.com
“We were in Jabloteh’s half for the entire second period but as I would say, pressure don’t win matches…goals do!” exclaimed a disappointed DIRECTV North East Stars head coach Shurland David following his team’s 1-0 defeat against San Juan Jabloteh in the Final of the FA Trophy on Friday night at the Marvin Lee Stadium.
Stars conceded in the 2nd minute of play when Jabloteh’s Kennedy Hinkson took on makeshift left-wingback Kevaughn Connell into the area before flashing a shot past goalkeeper Michael Woods and into the far netting.
Stars backed by a very large turnout of supporters and a number of goalscoring opportunities failed to bounce back after conceding early.
“We had opportunities and didn’t bark,” continued David.
“Their keeper(Cleon John) had a great game while we just couldn’t score.
“We are very soured by the defeat. We conceded a very soft goal that cost us the game.
“But all kudos to Jabloteh, they wanted it more than us in the first half.”
North East Stars walked away with the $40,000.00 runners-up prize money while Jabloteh took the Trophy and $80,000.00 winners prize.
David who led the Stars to the Lucozade Sport Goal Shield title last August with a 1-0 win against Jabloteh in the Final said he will pick up the pieces and focus on the upcoming Toyota Classic(in February) and Digicel Pro Bowl(in March) knockouts.
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Any clips of the game???????
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How come Dwarika didn't play ?.... 8)
And what was the estimated crowd.
Dwarika now a coach with North East and also coaching at their academy. Crowd was between 1200-1500 approx
So I eh do 2 bad.
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Any clips of the game???????
http://www.youtube.com/v/Qf3QV7RuqZA
http://www.youtube.com/v/wFKBS1egJqw
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If I was a betting man, I wonder what the odds would be for North East vs Jabloteh in the Toyota Classic Final?????
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Champion Jabloteh meets ‘El Do’ school-boys.
By Nigel Simon (Guardian).
It will be a match-up of ‘David vs Goliath’ when reigning T&T Football Federation FA Trophy holder and three-time winner, Adam’s Construction Limited San Juan Jabloteh kicks off its defence of its title against Secondary Schools Football League East Zone winner, El Dorado East Secondary, nick-named the “Blue Thunder.”
It will be the first time Secondary School teams will be competing in the tournament since the early 1970s. The draw for the 36-team competition, which will kick off on January 21 and now in its 82nd edition took place at the T&TFF’s Dundonald Street, Port-of-Spain, office, yesterday.
Last year, Jabloteh registered its third lien on the trophy via 1-0 win over fellow Digicel T&T Pro League club, DirecTV North East Stars with Kennedy Hinkson, the scorer to land the $80,000 winner’s prize.
The 36 teams comprises, eight from the Digicel T&T Pro League, six from the bmobile National Super League, three each from the Eastern Football Association, Southern Football Association, Eastern Counties Football Union, Northern Football Association, Central Football Association and Tobago Football Association.
The three other zonal winners of the Secondary Schools Football League entered are St Anthony’s College, winners of the national League and Inter-Col titles as well as the North Zone League and Inter-Col; Carapichaima East Secondary (Central), and Scarborough Secondary (Tobago) while South Zone champions, Shiva Boys’s have not entered.
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Wow, colleges in the FA. Belmont with Gordon Husbands and Winfield St.Hill was the last College team to play in the FA, if I remember correctly. And that was probably 68/69. Not sure. Anyone my age can give we some info.
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Would like to see more of the SSFL competing in the Pro-League cups and super-league. Things could rearranged so that the intercol zonal winners can compete in the superleague and help improve SSFL standards
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how a pro team playing against secondary school?????
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Good move !!!!!
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This is nonsense - another decision made by the TTFF without thinking it through properly. No serious national association has schoolboy teams participating in its national Cup tournament - not even the USSF in its Open Cup. The reality is that NO SSFL team is in training, and many of the players have moved on to play with TTFF clubs at different levels. There's a difference between a men's team that includes a schoolboy and a schoolboy team. The FA draw has St. Anthony's up against Defence Force in the first round. The schoolboys have NO chance. Meantime, lesser teams have been seeded into the second round. The TTFF cabal are merely attempting to play they are turning a new leaf, promoting youth development and being "progressive".
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Glad I wasn't the first one to say it.
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This is a good move......should have been implemented years ago. the methodology is a lil questionable though.....
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D/Force face Tigers in FA
DEFENCE FORCE’s Pro League outfit will face St Anthony’s College, the “Westmoorings Tigers” today in a First Round encounter of the 2011-2012 Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) FA Trophy.
St Anthony’s, one of four Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) teams in this year’s competition, will be hosting their neighbours and it may be an uphill task for the 2011 SSFL North Zone, Big Five, North Zonal Intercol and National Intercol champs, who have not played a match since late November.
Defence Force were in action last evening, in a rescheduled Pro League clash against TTEC, and it is likely that they may field a reserve team against the “Tigers”.
Another Pro League outfit, Caledonia AIA, will be making the long trek to Techier Village, Point Fortin to face Uprising Youths from the Southern Football Association.
Today’s matches will each kick off at 3.30 pm.
Round Two matches are scheduled for February 4 and 5, with the Defence Force-St Anthony’s winner due to meet Mafeking United while the Uprising Youths-Caledonia winner will oppose FC Santa Rosa.
newsday
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So, if one of these schoolboys breaks his leg, who foots the medical bills and how does he make up his lost schooling?
Madness. :banginghead:
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So, if one of these schoolboys breaks his leg, who foots the medical bills and how does he make up his lost schooling?
Madness. :banginghead:
they have insurance for the players but it is a pay first type insurance and in other scenarios the ministry gets involved if they need surgery.
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Defense Force 3 vs St Anthony's 2
College boys had them 2 -1
Real good game
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So, if one of these schoolboys breaks his leg, who foots the medical bills and how does he make up his lost schooling?
Madness. :banginghead:
they have insurance for the players but it is a pay first type insurance and in other scenarios the ministry gets involved if they need surgery.
:beermug:
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Defense Force 3 vs St Anthony's 2
College boys had them 2 -1
Real good game
great stuff! glad these yutes were given the chance to prove themselves in real battle.
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Great idea and long long overdue. I have wanted to write a letter to the Press about this for years now.
The cream of the SSFL crop should be in the FA and perhaps the League Cup as well.
Now we need to incorporate John D, Sando Tech and UWI into this. In fact these tertiary schools should be put into zonal football and given the chance to rise up through the ranks.
VB
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VB, we agree, finally....
You is still a bullarman though.
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VB, we agree, finally....
You is still a bullarman though.
As long as yuh sister is a man ....YEAH BABY!!!! :devil: :devil:
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VB, we agree, finally....
You is still a bullarman though.
As long as yuh sister is a man ....YEAH BABY!!!! :devil: :devil:
You is a Rather F00cker (http://www.socawarriors.net/forum/index.php?topic=44569.msg577717#msg577717)..... :rotfl:
Under all seriousness, I dont have a sister....
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Defense Force 3 vs St Anthony's 2
College boys had them 2 -1
Real good game
great stuff! glad these yutes were given the chance to prove themselves in real battle.
I think this is a step backward for the standard of Football in the country,when College and Pro teams are contesting against each other,it tells you how low the standard of our Professional league is,the only people to benefit in all this is the College players,if these Pro teams getting trouble from the SSFL how are they really going to measure up against foreign teams,this is the reason why our Football not getting any where.My thoughts are if they allow College players to play on Pro teams fine but College teams against Pro teams,i can't understand what these people thinking,whose decision was that?
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Defense Force 3 vs St Anthony's 2
College boys had them 2 -1
Real good game
great stuff! glad these yutes were given the chance to prove themselves in real battle.
I think this is a step backward for the standard of Football in the country,when College and Pro teams are contesting against each other,it tells you how low the standard of our Professional league is,the only people to benefit in all this is the College players,if these Pro teams getting trouble from the SSFL how are they really going to measure up against foreign teams,this is the reason why our Football not getting any where.My thoughts are if they allow College players to play on Pro teams fine but College teams against Pro teams,i can't understand what these people thinking,whose decision was that?
Really and truly in all parts of the world youths from 16 years onwards are already professionals playing with pro teams fighting against big men so i see nothing wrong with it ,it can only help and increase the morale and standard of the play of the youngsters remember colleges league is for u 20 not u 16 or u 17 and in reality this will also gauge the standard of play in the ssfl. That's just my opinion i may be wrong who knows but at this age these fellas should be playing at this standard.
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Defense Force 3 vs St Anthony's 2
College boys had them 2 -1
Real good game
great stuff! glad these yutes were given the chance to prove themselves in real battle.
I think this is a step backward for the standard of Football in the country,when College and Pro teams are contesting against each other,it tells you how low the standard of our Professional league is,the only people to benefit in all this is the College players,if these Pro teams getting trouble from the SSFL how are they really going to measure up against foreign teams,this is the reason why our Football not getting any where.My thoughts are if they allow College players to play on Pro teams fine but College teams against Pro teams,i can't understand what these people thinking,whose decision was that?
Yes and no.....
It will improve the school teams but does nothing much for the pro league teams ?.
If you asked me, I prefer the school teams improve, it will help the transition into bigger things.
And also coops, the FA cup in the UK, some times conference teams beat EPL teams, that does not mean de EPL league shittie.....
Giant-killers
Aside from the non-top-flight winners mentioned below, the FA Cup has a long tradition of lower-ranked teams becoming "giant-killers" by defeating opponents from a higher division. While it is common for this to happen (one statistical analysis based on four years of results showed that the probability of at least one team beating one from a higher division in a given year was 99.85%, dropping to 48.8% for a two-division gap and 39.28% for a three-division gap), it is considered particularly newsworthy when the "victim" is one of the top Premier League teams, or where the giant-killer is from outside the League divisions. The most recent example of a non-league team beating top-flight opposition was Sutton United's victory over Coventry City in 1988–89. The last time a non-league side beat top-flight opposition away from home was Altrincham's victory over Birmingham City at St. Andrew's in 1985–86. Within the football league one of the most notable results was Wrexham's victory over Arsenal in 1992. In the previous season, Wrexham had finished 92nd in the football league, Arsenal were 1st
Giant-killings of various scales happen every year: almost every club in the League Pyramid has a fondly remembered "giant-killing" act in its history and some small clubs have, whether by accident or design, gained a reputation for being "cup specialists" after two or more such feats within a few years. Victories by non-league sides over league opposition are referred to as 'league scalps'[citation needed]. Overall, Yeovil Town holds the record with 20 league scalps won before the club entered the league. The record for a club which has never entered the league is held by Altrincham, with 16 league scalps.
Linked to this giant-killing is the progression of teams beyond what would normally be expected. A few teams have won the FA Cup while outside of the top division, though no team from the third level of the football league has progressed to the final. For non-league teams, reaching the third round – where all top flight sides now enter – is considered a major achievement. During the 2008-09 FA Cup, a record nine teams achieved this feat, and while Tottenham Hotspur won the 1901 FA Cup as a Southern League club, no non-league team has since progressed past the fifth round, this occurring most recently to Crawley Town F.C. in 2011. Chasetown are the lowest ranked team to play in the third round, playing eventual runners-up Cardiff City in the 2007–08 competition. The game took place on 5 January 2008 whilst Chasetown were playing in the Southern League Division One Midlands, the eighth tier of the English football pyramid.
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Sam,i understand what you are saying,we have teams from the other devisions in the FA nothing is wrong with that but lets deal with T&T and don't try to compare us with other countrys because our situations are different.
I remember at it had topic here on the Colleges league and people was saying it should be scraped,it's not developing players,they don't have quality Coaches etc etc now these same schools playing in the FA,they next thing they will be playing in the league because they are good enough,is not that they are good enough all it does is tell you the standard of the teams in the Pro league.
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Coops the if the Pro teams are of poor quality that is a totally different issue than the SSFL teams playing in the FA cup.
What surprised me is that the colleges were pitted against top teams right away. There should be some kind of seeding system let the lower echelons duke it out and then meet the PFL teams in the final round of 32 or 16.
Yes this benefits the Colleges more than the pro teams but if the colleges are inferior they will get some good experienced and kicked out early.
If you have a good team that can make the later rounds they might get beaten by a Pro team but it will be good marketing at the gate.
The quality of pro football is a totally different kettle of fish that has to be dealt with.
VB
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I thought the Pro league had a Youth league where all these school boys play,what happen to that?
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I thought the Pro league had a Youth league where all these school boys play,what happen to that?
Good point. :)
But honestly this idea by the TTFF enhances the marketability of TT football.
What they need to do now is to incorporate John D, Sando Tech and other Tertiary institutions into the zonal league.
College stars WILL graduate to these institutions for an education and will have the bonus of still playing football. Not everyone will go to the US.
VB
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Coops the if the Pro teams are of poor quality that is a totally different issue than the SSFL teams playing in the FA cup.
What surprised me is that the colleges were pitted against top teams right away. There should be some kind of seeding system let the lower echelons duke it out and then meet the PFL teams in the final round of 32 or 16.
Yes this benefits the Colleges more than the pro teams but if the colleges are inferior they will get some good experienced and kicked out early.
If you have a good team that can make the later rounds they might get beaten by a Pro team but it will be good marketing at the gate.
The quality of pro football is a totally different kettle of fish that has to be dealt with.
VB
I understand the views on both sides of this issue but the bottom line is Pro teams against College teams not good for Football no way no how.We always compareing ourselves with big countries when it come to Football and this is what we doing?could you imagine Chelsea or Man Utd playing against a College team or Barca and Real Madrid playing against a College team,then saying it's to develope Youths,who going and see a game like that any how.
I wonder how those school boys feel playing against guys that are paid to play the game,they don't get anything it's a lot of risks involved here,in the US they will not entertain that thought because somebody going to get sued.My thing is let school boys enjoy their life as school boys SSFL and Intercol is where they should be,who have intentions of playing Pro can join one of those Pro teams,it have a lot of guys after school days that's it.
The thing with T&T Football is we are so disorganized,is like we are always grasping at straws,we have nothing so anything come up or we see someone else doing is great ideas,Football in T&T is like a national Minor League everybody just doing what they feel,we are so unprofessional it eh funny.
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Coops the if the Pro teams are of poor quality that is a totally different issue than the SSFL teams playing in the FA cup.
What surprised me is that the colleges were pitted against top teams right away. There should be some kind of seeding system let the lower echelons duke it out and then meet the PFL teams in the final round of 32 or 16.
Yes this benefits the Colleges more than the pro teams but if the colleges are inferior they will get some good experienced and kicked out early.
If you have a good team that can make the later rounds they might get beaten by a Pro team but it will be good marketing at the gate.
The quality of pro football is a totally different kettle of fish that has to be dealt with.
VB
I understand the views on both sides of this issue but the bottom line is Pro teams against College teams not good for Football no way no how.We always compareing ourselves with big countries when it come to Football and this is what we doing?could you imagine Chelsea or Man Utd playing against a College team or Barca and Real Madrid playing against a College team,then saying it's to develope Youths,who going and see a game like that any how.
I wonder how those school boys feel playing against guys that are paid to play the game,they don't get anything it's a lot of risks involved here,in the US they will not entertain that thought because somebody going to get sued.My thing is let school boys enjoy their life as school boys SSFL and Intercol is where they should be,who have intentions of playing Pro can join one of those Pro teams,it have a lot of guys after school days that's it.
The thing with T&T Football is we are so disorganized,is like we are always grasping at straws,we have nothing so anything come up or we see someone else doing is great ideas,Football in T&T is like a national Minor League everybody just doing what they feel,we are so unprofessional it eh funny.
Cah disagree with your last sentence. ;)
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I have to say that in my opinion this is a great move. It is a pity that it was not thought out more, so that the teams could have had more time to prepare. Coops forget about the Pro League teams, it is good for the school boys. The standard of the boys will improve after gaining this experience.
I have embarked on a similar exercise in Tobago. Going into the 2nd year of taking my youths to play in a off season football league. last year they played against the best in Tobago while at the ages of 13 to 16. The benefits will start to show by the end of this year. I will keep you all posted.
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I think this is a step backward for the standard of Football in the country,when College and Pro teams are contesting against each other,it tells you how low the standard of our Professional league is,the only people to benefit in all this is the College players,if these Pro teams getting trouble from the SSFL how are they really going to measure up against foreign teams,this is the reason why our Football not getting any where.My thoughts are if they allow College players to play on Pro teams fine but College teams against Pro teams,i can't understand what these people thinking,whose decision was that?
I'll echo the points made by other posters
(1) Quality standards of SSFL and Pro-League standard are related but in this case they can be taken as spearate issues
(2) Saying no other countries let school boys play with pros is somewhat of a moot point. No other countries (or very few) football systems' revolve around schoolboy football to the extent that ours does. And don't forget the role that schoolboys teams used to play in propelling men like Gally and DeLeon onto the national stage Can't play mas and fraid powder. Most of us realize that something is very wrong with T&T football, including the SSFL. Either change the system or play it to an advantage.
(3) The risk to the young footballers is no different whether they are playing on a school team, or in the PL or on a foreign trial. The same basic concerns were brought up when the U-18 team was put in the super league after S. Korea. Everyone expected them to be run over by 'big men'. Instead they were able to use the opportunity to gel and adapt to rougher tougher football. That team moved from a mid-table performance in the first few games to total domination of the league, winning both the league title and cup.
These players aching to be pushed and tested. Why not give them the opportunity, and responsibility, to better themselves?
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I think this is a step backward for the standard of Football in the country,when College and Pro teams are contesting against each other,it tells you how low the standard of our Professional league is,the only people to benefit in all this is the College players,if these Pro teams getting trouble from the SSFL how are they really going to measure up against foreign teams,this is the reason why our Football not getting any where.My thoughts are if they allow College players to play on Pro teams fine but College teams against Pro teams,i can't understand what these people thinking,whose decision was that?
I'll echo the points made by other posters
(1) Quality standards of SSFL and Pro-League standard are related but in this case they can be taken as spearate issues
(2) Saying no other countries let school boys play with pros is somewhat of a moot point. No other countries (or very few) football systems' revolve around schoolboy football to the extent that ours does. And don't forget the role that schoolboys teams used to play in propelling men like Gally and DeLeon onto the national stage Can't play mas and fraid powder. Most of us realize that something is very wrong with T&T football, including the SSFL. Either change the system or play it to an advantage.
(3) The risk to the young footballers is no different whether they are playing on a school team, or in the PL or on a foreign trial. The same basic concerns were brought up when the U-18 team was put in the super league after S. Korea. Everyone expected them to be run over by 'big men'. Instead they were able to use the opportunity to gel and adapt to rougher tougher football. That team moved from a mid-table performance in the first few games to total domination of the league, winning both the league title and cup.
These players aching to be pushed and tested. Why not give them the opportunity, and responsibility, to better themselves?
Again i will say it just tells us the level of Football in the country,club teams struggleing in CONCACAF and now we can't get out of the first round of qualification for the WC,this is where T&T Football is measured not at the Youth level.
I already said the only ones to benefit from this is the school boys,what i am concerned about is our Snr club teams and the leagues they play in,it's clear to see why people don't go to watch Football,i just read a report where a foreign journalist saying T&T got talent but our leagues are poor.
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Again i will say it just tells us the level of Football in the country,club teams struggleing in CONCACAF and now we can't get out of the first round of qualification for the WC,this is where T&T Football is measured not at the Youth level. I already said the only ones to benefit from this is the school boys,what i am concerned about is our Snr club teams and the leagues they play in,it's clear to see why people don't go to watch Football,i just read a report where a foreign journalist saying T&T got talent but our leagues are poor.
playing against school team says nothing about the league. the cut ass from guyana and from club to country says it all.
the pro-league has had more than enough time to gets its shit together. but there is not even a hint of the change even they acknowledge is needed to move forward. we could bring all kinds of big name clubs here to enter the FA cup it won't make a bit of difference until they make some some sweeping structural and personell changes and bring football back to the communuties. dexter skeene is a genuine and decent fella but under his leadership professional football continues to be a joke
if st anthony's or eldo could rest a cut-arse on police or tobago united who fault is that?
as for saying that t&t is not measured at the youth level...that is worrying coming from a person of your standing in the football community. but not surprising. youth football (SSFL) is the only football that people still go and see in droves
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Again i will say it just tells us the level of Football in the country,club teams struggleing in CONCACAF and now we can't get out of the first round of qualification for the WC,this is where T&T Football is measured not at the Youth level. I already said the only ones to benefit from this is the school boys,what i am concerned about is our Snr club teams and the leagues they play in,it's clear to see why people don't go to watch Football,i just read a report where a foreign journalist saying T&T got talent but our leagues are poor.
playing against school team says nothing about the league. the cut ass from guyana and from club to country says it all.
the pro-league has had more than enough time to gets its shit together. but there is not even a hint of the change even they acknowledge is needed to move forward. we could bring all kinds of big name clubs here to enter the FA cup it won't make a bit of difference until they make some some sweeping structural and personell changes and bring football back to the communuties. dexter skeene is a genuine and decent fella but under his leadership professional football continues to be a joke
if st anthony's or eldo could rest a cut-arse on police or tobago united who fault is that?
as for saying that t&t is not measured at the youth level...that is worrying coming from a person of your standing in the football community. but not surprising. youth football (SSFL) is the only football that people still go and see in droves
That's why the Colleges league has to stay by themselves,don't get involved with no Pro league they going to spoil them youths.Does FIFA give us rateings based on Youth Football?
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Army edge fighting 'Tigers'
By Kern De Freitas kern.defreitas@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: Jan 29, 2012 at 11:54 PM ECT
(Story Updated: Jan 29, 2012 at 11:54 PM ECT )
Defence Force avoided embarrassment on Saturday, edging St Anthony's College 3-2 in first round FA Trophy action, at the Larry Gomes Stadium, in Malabar, Arima.
The Army had a few of their first team regulars on the bench, but called on reinforcements after a 1-1 half-time scoreline.
After falling behind 2-1 to the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) League and InterCol champions in the second period, Army finished strongly to earn their passage to the second round.
Army went ahead through Balondemu Julius in the 34th minute, but just before the break Ajani Clarence levelled for St Anthony's. The Westmoorings schoolboys got Army help for Garvin Samaroo to hand them the lead. But Richard Roy (66th) and Julius (78th) struck for Defence Force, earning their team a winning 3-2 advantage.
The "Tigers" were ambitious in their attacks against the defending Pro League champs, and could have gone ahead but for better finishing in the first half.
Julius, though, took advantage of a poor St Anthony's clearance, and Jahvon Neptune returned the ball into the area from the right flank for Julius to power home from close range.
Just before the half-time whistle the Tigers equalised on a quick counter-attack, Samaroo tearing down the left and delivering the perfect cross for Clarence to beat Army goalie Kevin Graham one-on-one.
Another Army mistake led to the second Tigers goal, in the 59th minute. Keane McIvor took the right side corner, which Graham completely missed, leaving Samaroo the easy tap-in from point blank range.
The Tigers seemed to be holding their own, until the power and pace of Army took over, and an unmarked Roy—who was introduced just after the resumption along with winger Kevon Carter to assure coach Ross Russell of a positive result—slammed home after a quick move down the right and pass from Carter.
The comeback was complete when Julius again blasted home from open space and close up.
With that goal, Defence Force averted disaster, but their overall display should give them some food for thought.
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That's why the Colleges league has to stay by themselves,don't get involved with no Pro league they going to spoil them youths.Does FIFA give us rateings based on Youth Football?
how are they going to spoil them? yuh feel st anthony's going to take ttff to court ;D
an effective youth system is likely correlated to future movement up the rankings ladder, if the people at the top take a wiser view toward a long term sustainable program. so yes i think fifa's rankings are an indirect pronouncement on our systems as a whole and especially youth footie
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That's why the Colleges league has to stay by themselves,don't get involved with no Pro league they going to spoil them youths.Does FIFA give us rateings based on Youth Football?
how are they going to spoil them? yuh feel st anthony's going to take ttff to court ;D
an effective youth system is likely correlated to future movement up the rankings ladder, if the people at the top take a wiser view toward a long term sustainable program. so yes i think fifa's rankings are an indirect pronouncement on our systems as a whole and especially youth footie
Breds,you yourself say SSFL is the only Football people goes to see in droves,that going to change if these school teams play against Pro teams,not even school kids going to support their school at those games,those games will not appeal to anybody,people already not supporting the Pro league now we going to drag the Colleges league into that.
The Colleges league have a history of supplying our national teams with players from way back when,we have guys who represented us at Snr level while going to school,most of our national team players come from the SSFL,that's the quality of players the Colleges league produce,i don't see what difference it will make by haveing these school teams play against Pro teams.
You know what,may be it's a good idea because it's designed in such a way that these school teams will be out after one game,any experience is good for young players.
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Caledonia, Defence Force advance to FA last 32.
T&T Guardian Reports.
Digicel T&T Pro League duo, Defence Force and Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA both advanced to the round-of-32 when the final two matches of the T&T Football Federation FA Trophy competition continued on Saturday.
However, while Caledonia coasted to a 4-1 win over Southern Football Association’s Uprising Youths, Defence Force was made to work hard for its 3-2 win over reigning National Secondary Schools Football League Big-Five and Inter-Col as well as North Zone double-crown winners St Anthony’s College.
Caledonia used goals from four different players to turn back Uprising Youths with Kareem Joseph (22nd), Trevin Caesar (25th), Guyana’s Walter Moore (41st) and Jamal Gay (56th) all on target before Kevon Nora pulled a goal back for the losers in the encounter at Techier Village, Pt Fortin. For its win, Caledonia set up a second round meeting with Eastern Football Association, table leaders’ 1st FC Santa Rosa on Sunday.
Defence Force, meanwhile needed a double from striker Balondemu Julius in their narrow victory over the “Tigers” at the Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar and will next meet Eastern Counties Football Union’s Mafeking United at Mafeking, also on Sunday.
Defence Force, playing on the heels of a 1-1 draw with T&TEC in the Pro League less than 24 hours earlier took the lead in the 34th minute with Julius on target.
However, the Tigers hit back just before the interval with Anjani Clarence the scorer and within ten minutes of the re-start, the “Tigers” stunned the Pro League’s defending champion with a go-ahead item from Garvin Samaroo after goalkeeper Kevin Barthez failed to collect a corner.
But the “Tigers” were denied the upset as recently capped national striker, Richard “Shaka” Roy drew the “Teteron Boys” level in the 66th minute before Julius, netted the decisive item 12 minutes from full-time.
In the two other first round matches played earlier in the week, WASA (Super League) came from a goal down to beat EFA’s Maloney 3-1 and Club Sando (Super League) thrashed ECFU’s Damarie Hill Re-United, 6-0. The last-32 round of matches kicks off on Saturday with eight matches while the other eight will be played on Sunday.
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Caledonia, Defence Force move into FA second round.
ttproleague.com.
Caledonia AIA made easy of Uprising Youths with a 4-1 victory, while Defence Force registered a 3-2 win over St. Anthony’s College on Saturday to advance into the second round of the 2012 FA Trophy competition.
Caledonia led the way with a three goal advantage before the break with items by Kareem Joseph (22nd minute), Trevin Caesar (25th minute) and Walter Moore (41st minute) in the visit to the Techier Village, Point Fortin before Makesi Lewis made it 4-0 by the 56th minute.
Kevon Nrouse netted the lone item for the sinking Uprising in the 60th minute.
And up at the Larry Gomes Stadium, Defence Force starting with a second-string outfit got the opening item from Balondemu Julius in the 34th minute.
The highly motivated St. Anthony’s playing against Defence Force leveled the scores 1-1 just before the break and then took the lead early inside the second period with goals by Ajani Clarence (44th minute) and Garvin Samaroo (51st minute).
The Soldiers didn’t buckle and bounced back with substitute Richard Roy leveling the scores 2-2 in the 66th minute and Julius completing his double in the 78th minute for the 3-2 win.
Defence Force advances into the second round against Mafeking United on Sunday 5 February at the Mafeking Recreation Ground from 3:30pm, while Caledonia is scheduled to take on FC Santa Rosa on Sunday 12 February.
Defence Force line-up—Kevin Graham, Corey Rivers (capt.), Devin Jordan, Keston Williams, Aklie Edwards, Curtis Gonzales, Anton Joseph (Kevon Carter), Michael Edwards (Richard Roy), Javon Neptune (Sterling O’Brien), Balondemu Julius, Jerwyn Balthazar.
2012 FA Trophy Round One results
Saturday 28 January
Uprising Youths 1—4 Caledonia AIA
Kevon Nrouse 60’ ; Kareem Joseph 22’, Trevin Caesar 25’, Walter Moore 41’, Makesi Lewis 56’
Defence Force 3—2 St. Anthony’s College
Balondemu Julius 34’, 78’, Richard Roy 66’ ; Ajani Clarence 44’, Garvin Samaroo 51’
Tuesday 24 January
FC Maloney 1—3 WASA (SL)
Israel Honore 20’ ; Glen Walker 36’, 61’, Shane Calderon 80’
Club Sando 6—0 Damerie Hill Reunited
Trevor Mitchell 40’, Andy London 56’, 62’, 70’, 86’, Keron Brooks 90’
Upcoming Matches
Round Two
Saturday 04 February
Dwight Yorke Stadium
Scarborough Secondary vs 1976 Phoenix(Tobago)—4pm
1976 Phoenix(SL) vs Club Sando—6pm
Gilbert Park
Caroni Samba vs Stokely Vale FC—3:30pm
Ato Boldon Stadium
Carapichima East Secondary vs OJ’s Solado—3:30pm
Queen’s Park Oval
QPCC vs WASA FC (SL)—3:30pm
Palo Seco
T&TEC FC (SFA) vs Clint Marcelle Coaching School—5pm
La Savan (New Lands)
Guaya United vs Harlem Strikers—3:30pm
Sunday 05 February
WASA Ground
WASA FC (EFA) vs St. Ann’s Rangers—5pm
El Dorado Secondary
El Dorado Secondary vs San Juan Jabloteh—3:30pm
Marvin Lee Stadium
North East Stars vs Dalthea Football Academy—3:30pm
Ato Boldon Stadium Training Ground
W Connection vs K.C. Perseverance—3:30pm
Queen’s Park Savannah
St. Francois Nationals vs T&TEC FC—3:30pm
Palo Seco
Police FC vs Youth Stars—5pm
Mafeking Recreation Ground
Mafeking United vs Defence Force—3:30pm
Sunday 12 February
Caledonia AIA vs FC Santa Rosa
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Lowly St Francois stun T&TEC in FA Trophy.
T&T Guardian Reports.
Recently relegated National Super League team St Francois Nationals, which had a dismal 2011 season, recorded the upset of the round following a 1-0 win over TT Pro League’s T&TEC in the TTFF FA Trophy round of 16 match at the QPCC Ground, Queen's Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, yesterday.
Lorne Joseph was the hero of the day, as his lone item in the 13th minute lasted until the end and proved to be the decider in a thrilling encounter. Despite being pressured, especially in the second half, St Francois kept the “Electricity Boys” at bay, with brilliant saves coming from goalkeeper Denzil Carabon between the sticks.
St Francois, surprisingly has the better first half, and had to hold their defensive lines well in the second to support its lead.
T&TEC fielded a full-strength squad with Akini Adams, Kerry Baptiste, Andre Pacheco and Andre Toussaint all in the line-up, but the unispired team was unable to put anything past a brilliant Carabon.
Joe Public, winners of the National Super League cup and league competitions for 2011 was set to take on Tobago Football Association champions St Clair Coaching School, at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, but the match failed to kick off, for reasons unspecified.
In another early match, OJ Soldado School had no problems brushing aside East SSFL champions Carapichaima East Secondary 4-0 at the School's home turf.
T&TEC out FA Trophy.
T&T Express Reports.
Scarborough Secondary became the first Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) team to progress in the FA Trophy competition when they turned back fellow Tobago contenders 1976 Phoenix 3-1 yesterday at Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, Tobago.
Scarborough came from behind with two goals from midfielder Christopher Morgan in the 31st and 74th minutes, while Mekeil Gordon struck for the schoolboys in the 46th. Phoenix had previously taken the lead from the penalty spot in the 29th minute.
T&TEC's two teams in the competition, their Pro League and Southern Football Association (SFA) squads, both lost, to Northern Football Association (NFA) club St Francois Nationals at Queen's Park Savannah and Clint Marcelle Coaching School at Palo Seco, respectively.
Defence Force, the 2011 T&T Pro League champs, overcame last week's scare against St Anthony's College to blast Mafeking United 11-0 at Mafeking Recreation Ground.
Yesterday's FA Trophy Results:
Scarborough Secondary 3 (Christopher Morgan 31, 74, Leslie Bristol 45-own goal) v 1976 Phoenix (TFA) 1 (Steffon Hector 29)
OJ's Soldado 4 v Carapichaima East Secondary 0
T&TEC (SFA) 0 v Clint Marcelle Coaching School 1 (Richard Ayres 81)
St Francois Nationals 1 (Lorne Joseph 13) v T&TEC 0
Defence Force 11 v Mafeking United 0
Guaya United 1 v Harlem Strikers 1
—Strikers won penalty shootout 4-3
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Phoenix’s Super League team and Club Sando (also from the Super League) had their game at Bacolet postponed, to a date to be announced, as the Phoenix team were unaware that Sando requested a change in the kick-off time from 6 pm to 4 pm (to facilitate air travel back to Trinidad).
Imagine that guys. !!!! and they expect to fill stadiums and not even the teams are notify of changes.
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Super League’s Joe Public dump Pro League’s Ranger.
T&T Guardian Reports.
Super League champions Joe Public came from behind to upset struggling Pro League club St Ann’s Rangers in the TTFF FA Trophy competition, when the Round Eight of matches commenced on Sunday.
Joe Public, playing home at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, suffered a set back in the 26th minute when Devon Modeste put Rangers 1-0 up. One of Joe Public’s top forwards last season, Brent Antoine then put the two teams level in the 33rd minute. Dorion Robinson made it 2-1 in the 57th minute, before Antoine got his brace in the 83rd minute, to wrap up the win for the Super League outfit.
The result saw Rangers become the second Pro League club to exit the knock-out tournament. Other results saw another Super League team- WASA FC advance with a 2-1 win over Club Sando at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, thanks to a late winning strike from Fabien Garcia in the 87th, while Scarborough Secondary, the only Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) representative in the FA Trophy, defeated Caroni Samba on penalties after a 0-0 stalemate to move onto the round of eight.
OJ Soldado was the other team to advance with a 2-0 win over CFA’s Harlem Strikers. Three other matches, all off which are between Pro League clubs will be played this Sunday.
Results
Sunday
OJ Soldado 2 (Wendell Davis 53rd, Lindsie Sherwood 90th) v Harloem Strikers 0
WASA 2 (Bevon Hernandez 37th, Fabien Garcia 87th) v Club Sando 1 (Andy London 48th)
Scarborough Sec 0 v Caroni Samba 0
—Scarborough advance 3-1 on penalty kicks
Joe Public 3 (Brent Antoine 33rd, 83rd, Dorion Robinson 57th) v St Ann’s Rangers 1 (Devon Modeste 26th)
Remaining FA Trophy Fixtures
Sunday March 4
North East Stars v Caledonia AIA, Larry Gomes Stadium- 4 pm
Defence Force v Police, Mannie Ramjohn Stadium- 4 pm
W Connection v San Juan Jabloteh, Ato Boldon Stadium- 7 pm
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Connection, Army, Caledonia advance into FA quarters.
ttproleague.com.
A 38th minute headed item by Shahdon Winchester separated W Connection from rivals Adam’s Construction San Juan Jabloteh to a 1-0 win for the ‘Savonetta Boys’ on Sunday at the Ato Boldon Stadium in the FA Trophy competition.
It was one of those ‘special’ days for Connection, having also defeated its bitter rivals Jabloteh in the U14, U16 and U18 divisions of the Oasis Youth League earlier in the day at Gilbert Park in Couva.
Defence Force and Caledonia AIA joined Connection in the quarterfinal round of the FA by registering wins against fellow Pro League outfits Police FC and DIRECTV North East Stars.
Defence Force striker Richard Roy scored a double (14th and 84th minutes) and Josimar Belgrave in the 35th minute to override a pair of Trent Noel goals (13th and 39th minutes).
And following a 1-1 draw between North East Stars and Caledonia, the Morvant/Laventille club was better from the spot edging the Sangre Grande club 4-3 on penalties.
Connection, Defence Force and Caledonia joins Scarborough Secondary, O.J. Saldado, St. Francois Nationals, WASA FC (Super League) and Joe Public (Super League) for the quarterfinal draw on Tuesday.
Sunday’s FA Trophy results
North East Stars 1 (3)—(4) 1 Caledonia AIA
Anthony Wolfe 72’ ; Devorn Jorsling 65’
(Caledonia AIA won 4:3 on kicks from the penalty mark)
W Connection 1—0 San Juan Jabloteh
Shahdon Winchester 38’
Defence Force 3—2 Police FC
Richard Roy 14’, 84’, Josimar Belgrave 35’ ; Trent Noel 13’, 39’
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i like the move.
imagine the pressure the pros feeling not to get licks from youths.
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Who is this O.J.Saldado?
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Who is this O.J.Saldado?
OJ Soldado (from the Southern Football Association).
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Joe Public falls to Caledonia in FA Cup.
T&T Guardian Reports.
WASA Football Club is now the lone non-TT Pro League outfit to remain in the T&T Football Federation (T&TFF) FA Trophy competition after defeating OJ Soldado 3-1 in the quarterfinal match, at WASA Ground, St Joseph.
A double from Fabien Garcia and a single effort from Shane Calderon, was the difference between the National Super League team and the Southern Football Association team, whose only goal came from Anderson Smart.
In a more predictable fixture, Defence Force defeated last year’s Super League bottom place finishers St Francois Nationals 5-0. Jossimar Belgrave bagged a brace, while Jemal Sebro, Jevon Sebro and Ross Russell Jr got the other goals for the under-strength “Tetron Boys”.
W Connection also defeated the lone Secondary Schools Football League representative, Tobago’s Scarborough Secondary 5-0, thanks to a hat-trick and a double from Hashil Arcia and Jerrel Britto, respectively.
Caledonia AIA, was the other team to book a spot in the last four of the competition with a 2-0 win over Super League cup and league champions bmobile Joe Public. Devorn Jorsling and Ataullah Guerra scored one goal each in either half.
The draw for the semi-final matches will take place at the President’s Box of the Queen’s Park Oval, Tragerete Road, tomorrow from 2 pm.
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Connection, Caledonia meet in FA semis.
ttproleague.com.
Digicel Pro League Championship contenders W Connection and Caledonia AIA have been drawn to face each other in the semi-final round of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation FA Trophy competition from 6:15pm on Sunday at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium.
Also revealed on Wednesday’s semi-final draw at the President’s Box of the Queen’s Park Oval, last season’s Pro League champions Defence Force will take on Super League side WASA FC from 4pm at the Marabella venue.
Connection crushed Scarborough Secondary 5-0 last Sunday in the quarterfinal round with strikers Hashim Arcia and Jerrel Britto doing the demolishing.
Arcia netted a hattrick (33rd, 50th and 55th minutes) and Britto a double (40th and 85th minutes) to put the Stuart Charles Fevrier coached side one step closer to the Final.
Connection wasn’t the only side to register a handful last weekend, as Defence Force slammed a 5-0 win over Super League side St. Francois Nationals. Josimar Belgrave notched a first half double (27th and 45th minutes) and Jemel Sebro (18th minute), Jahvon Neptune (65th minute) and Ross Russell Jr. (77th minute) had an item each.
Caledonia also made easy of its quarterfinal opponent, defeating Super League champs Joe Public 2-0 with Devorn Jorsling (34th minute) and Ataullah Guerra (73rd minute) the scorers.
Meantime WASA defeated O.J. Soldado 3-1 to join the semi-final pool. Fabien Garcia netted twice (37th and 43rd minutes) and Shane Calderon in the 74th minute for WASA while Anderson Smart (70th minute) registered the Soldado item.
FA Trophy Semi-Final Round
Sunday 18 March 2012
Mannie Ramjohn Stadium
Defence Force vs WASA FC—4pm
W Connection vs Caledonia AIA—6:15pm
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Scores?
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Caledonia, Defence Force reach FA final.
T&T Guardian Reports.
Former winners, Defence Force and Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA will contest the T&T Football Federation FA Trophy final on Sunday at the Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar after narrow semifinal victories over WASA (Super League) and W Connection on Sunday last.
In the first final-four clash at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella, six-time winners and reigning Digicel T&T Pro League champions, Defence Force held on for a 3-2 triumph over 2004 winner and the lone surviving Super League club, WASA aftertaking a 2-0 lead.
The Teteron Boys coming off a 5-0 thrashing of St Francois Nationals in its quarterfinal encounter earlier in the month and a disappointing 0-0 draw with Police in the Digicel Pro League on Friday stormed, into a comfortable 2-0 lead before the interval via strikes from Josimar Belgrave (17th) and Sean Narcis (38th) minutes.
However, on the resumption, WASA came out a rejuvenated unit and clawed its way back into the contest with a 50th minute strike from former national youth player Michael-Lee Celestine.
But Jemel Sebro then restored Defence Force’s two-goal cushion with his team’s third item six minutes later, only for Celestine to pull his team to within a goal of its Pro League opponents, within two minutes to set up an interesting finish.
Despite a few chances at both ends of the field, there were no further goals as the Keston Williams-marshalled Defence Force back-line held on for the narrow win to go after a seventh FA triumph against its Pro League rivals on Sunday from 5 pm.
In the night’s second match, an all-Pro League guel between 2008 winner Caledonia and W Connection, FA champions in 1999, 2000 and 2002, midfielder Ataullah Guerra netted the lone goal in the 35th minute for the “Morvant/Laventille Stallions” to emerge victorious.
Boths teams went into the clash minus a combined nine players due to national Under-23 (Olympic team) duties in the USA, while Caledonia was also without leading striker Devorn Jorsling following his red card in the quarterfinal 2-0 win over bmobile Joe Public.
Away on Under-23 duty for Caledonia were Trevin Caesar, Jamal Gay, Micah Lewis, Nuru Abdullah Mohammad and Aquil Selby while W Connection’s Joevin Jones, Shahdon Winchester, Jomal Williams and Leslie Joel Russell also missed out.
The winners of Sunday’s final will collect $60,000 and 23 gold medals in addition to the prestigious FA trophy while second gets $40,000 and 23 silver medals.
Results (Sunday’s T&TFA semifinal)
Defence Force 3 (Josimar Belgrave 17, Sean Narcis 38, Jemel Sebro 56) v WASA 2 (Michael-Lee Celestine 50, 58).
Caledonia 1 (Ataullah Guerra 35) vs W Connection 0.
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Caledonia win FA Trophy.
T&T Express Reports.
Striker Devorn Jorsling scored an 81st minute winner that saw Caledonia AIA of Morvant-Laventille win the 2012 Trinidad & Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) FA Trophy final when beating the Defence Force 1-0, yesterday, at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, in Marabella.
A former soldier, Jorsling led the Defence Force to the 2010 League title in the Digicel Pro League, where he was top-scorer. Jorsling was later released by the Army to take up a contract in the second tier of USA football with FC Tampa Bay. He returned home this season and joined Caledonia.
It was the second FA trophy win in four years for Caledonia after edging W Connection 3-2 in the 2008 final. It was the second piece of silverware for Caledonia during the 2011-2012 season.
They won the First Citizens Cup last October, and also earned a pound of gold worth $100,000 when winning the Kashif & Shangai tournament in Guyana.
Jorsling fires Caledonia to FA title.
By Nigel Simon (Guardian).
Former Defence Force member Devorn Jorsling came back to haunt his old employers as his late strike earned a 1-0 win for Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA in the T&T Football Federation FA Trophy final at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella on Sunday night.
Jorsling, who led the Defence Force to the Digicel Pro League title during the 2010 season before signing for Orlando City after which he signed for his home-town club Caledonia, got the deciding item in the 81st minute. A pass from midfielder Ataullah Guerra saw Jorsling elude defender Devin Jordan and firing past goalkeeper Kevin “Barthez” Graham.
Caledonia which also won the FA trophy in 2008, earned $60,000, 23 gold medals and the prestigious trophy while a disappointed Defence Force, six-time winners’ had to settle for $40,000 and 23 silver medals.
The Ross Russell-coached Defence Force started better and looked the likelier of the two teams to score as they dominated an out-of-sync Caledonia.
But despite possession, the “Teteron Boys” had nothing to show at the interval mainly due to poor finishing from Richard “Shaka” Roy and Kevon Carter, and some good goalkeeping from Caledonia’s Guyanese international shot-stopper in Ronson Williams.
The second-half was a much more competitive affair and just when it looked as though penalty-kicks would be required to decide the outcome, Jorsling struck.
Speaking after the win an elated Jorsling said it was a great feeling to win even though he was filled with mixed emotions.
“Seeing my former team-mates on the other side of the field sad was not a good thing, but as a professional player you have to put those emotions aside when you step onto the field,” added 28-year-old Jorsling.
Last week in the semifinal round at the Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar, Caledonia which is still in the fray for the Digicel Pro League title also won 1-0 over W Connection, FA champions in 1999, 2000 and 2002, with midfielder Guerra netting the lone goal in the 35th minute while Defence Force held on for a 3-2 triumph over 2004 winner and Super League club, WASA after taking a 2-0 lead.
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allyuh ...caledonia won the FA cup...1-0 vz Army..Jorsling 81st min...congrats cali
i know it dont sound like news...but
if yuh see the small space on the papers for it...shame
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allyuh ...caledonia won the FA cup...1-0 vz Army..Jorsling 81st min...congrats cali
i know it dont sound like news...but
if yuh see the small space on the papers for it...shame
BM thanks for highlighting this storey,this just goes to show how much we like Football,if this was NE Stars,W Conection etc i'm sure you would have heard a lot more,winning the FA is always big news but is Cali so no big thing,is not only the papers to blame it have so called reporters does come on here and big up themselves and peeps saying niceness and all kind of shyt and can't give us reports on Football in the country,any how all i really wanted to say is congrats to Cali,keep fighting the good fight.
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allyuh ...caledonia won the FA cup...1-0 vz Army..Jorsling 81st min...congrats cali
i know it dont sound like news...but
if yuh see the small space on the papers for it...shame
BM thanks for highlighting this storey,this just goes to show how much we like Football,if this was NE Stars,W Conection etc i'm sure you would have heard a lot more,winning the FA is always big news but is Cali so no big thing,is not only the papers to blame it have so called reporters does come on here and big up themselves and peeps saying niceness and all kind of shyt and can't give us reports on Football in the country,any how all i really wanted to say is congrats to Cali,keep fighting the good fight.
As a former FA trophy winner myself, I say congrats to AIA. Right now the news media mind on cricket. Is cricket season. What the hell they hosting FA trophy final at this time. TTFF think this is England. I would have had that game payed at as an opener for next season. Bunch of (fill in whatever allyuh want to say).
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Deeks...it have 3 papers..with 5 pages of sports... i buy all every morning..and read sports only...not politricks and murder
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At the recent forum on moving football forward, I criticised TTFF over their "marketing" of what should be their prestige occasion.
I told the assembled football think tank that I attended an F.A.Trophy game at Larry Gomes and there was none collecting money at the gate, no concessions, no sound system or promotions and not a single advertising board. This should be one of TTFF's main moneyspinners. Who sponsors the trophy?
I thought ALLSPORT were the marketing arm of TTFF? How can Watson and friends seriously state they represent football in this country when they can't even support their own cup tournament? Imagine no adverts for the English or Scottish F.A. Cup or the Copa Del Rey?
And then the final is played down south where its really inconvenient for supporters to get to, there was no mention of it to any degree beforehand and just a few seconds clips on the news. How can any school boy dream of lifting the F.A. Trophy when he probably doesn't even know it exists. Shameful. :frustrated:
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aye FS
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At the recent forum on moving football forward, I criticised TTFF over their "marketing" of what should be their prestige occasion.
I told the assembled football think tank that I attended an F.A.Trophy game at Larry Gomes and there was none collecting money at the gate, no concessions, no sound system or promotions and not a single advertising board. This should be one of TTFF's main moneyspinners. Who sponsors the trophy?
I thought ALLSPORT were the marketing arm of TTFF? How can Watson and friends seriously state they represent football in this country when they can't even support their own cup tournament? Imagine no adverts for the English or Scottish F.A. Cup or the Copa Del Rey?
And then the final is played down south where its really inconvenient for supporters to get to, there was no mention of it to any degree beforehand and just a few seconds clips on the news. How can any school boy dream of lifting the F.A. Trophy when he probably doesn't even know it exists. Shameful. :frustrated:
FS you getting on as though the FA is something new to the TTFF,if you look at the history of our FA you will see how many years it in existance,you talking to think tank etc etc eh saying nothing,FA trophy finals used to sell out all over the country without adds it didn't matter where it was played.
Football is dead in the country right now,you want them to close gates,collect money,have consession stand,DJ etc etc and it have no crowd?they open the gate it still have no crowd,if you want to market something, have a good product,the TTFF knows why they not marketing anything.
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At the recent forum on moving football forward, I criticised TTFF over their "marketing" of what should be their prestige occasion.
I told the assembled football think tank that I attended an F.A.Trophy game at Larry Gomes and there was none collecting money at the gate, no concessions, no sound system or promotions and not a single advertising board. This should be one of TTFF's main moneyspinners. Who sponsors the trophy?
I thought ALLSPORT were the marketing arm of TTFF? How can Watson and friends seriously state they represent football in this country when they can't even support their own cup tournament? Imagine no adverts for the English or Scottish F.A. Cup or the Copa Del Rey?
And then the final is played down south where its really inconvenient for supporters to get to, there was no mention of it to any degree beforehand and just a few seconds clips on the news. How can any school boy dream of lifting the F.A. Trophy when he probably doesn't even know it exists. Shameful. :frustrated:
FS you getting on as though the FA is something new to the TTFF,if you look at the history of our FA you will see how many years it in existance,you talking to think tank etc etc eh saying nothing,FA trophy finals used to sell out all over the country without adds it didn't matter where it was played.
Football is dead in the country right now,you want them to close gates,collect money,have consession stand,DJ etc etc and it have no crowd?they open the gate it still have no crowd,if you want to market something, have a good product,the TTFF knows why they not marketing anything.
So, just give up then? Coz these big crowds in the past probably knew which teams were playing in the finals, as the papers more than likely used to cover local football. Now they just cover Champions League, EPL, La Liga etc. We don't live in those past times, Coops. Its not local football thats dead, but it can't compete in any way with European football unless its promoted and marketed well. Whats dead is the support of the local media for local football. People won't buy a product if they don't know it exists. It may take some years, but it can be improved.
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Wired868 cannot confirmed whether Caledonia was presented with an actual trophy for their triumph or just a photograph of the "Soca Warriors" loading all the TTFF's silverware and sundry on a truck.
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Connection, North East in FA Trophy opener.
T&T Newsday Reports.
W CONNECTION will tackle North East Stars this Wednesday as the 2012 Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) FA Trophy kicks off.
The draw for the First Round took place at the TTFF office in Woodbrook on Friday.
Also on Wednesday’s agenda will be Point Fortin Civic Centre of the Southern Football Association (SFA) against Super League leaders WASA FC, La Horquetta SA of the Eastern Football Association (EFA) against Police of the Northern Football Association (NFA), and Marabella Family Crisis Centre of the SFA visiting Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Central Zone winner Carapichaima East.
The four victorious teams will be joined by 28 teams in the Second Round (on December 12), including reigning champions Caledonia AIA. Overall, 36 teams will feature in this year’s premier knockout tournament in the local football circuit.
Participating teams -
Pro League - Caledonia AIA, Defence Force, North East Stars, Police FC, St Ann’s Rangers, Central FC, TTEC, W Connection.
National Super League - Stokely Vale, Eagles United, WASA, Joe Public, FC Santa Rosa, Westside Superstarzs FC.
Eastern Football Association - Malabar FC, La Horquetta SA, Joe Public FC.
Southern Football Association - Point Fortin Civic Centre, OJ’s Soldado, Marabella Family Crisis Centre.
Eastern Counties - Guaya United, Matura United, Valencia Lions.
Northern Football Association - Queen’s Park, Police, Petit Valley United.
Central Football Association - Cunupia FC, Edinburgh 500, Enterprise Youths.
Tobago Football Association - Roxborough Lakers, Hills Utd, Youth Stars.
Secondary Schools Football League - St Anthony’s College, Carapichaima East Secondary, Presentation College San Fernando, Scarborough Secondary.
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Would have loved to se Shiva Boys there as well, they sure to bring out the crowds expecially if they win the Inter-Col title. ;D
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Anybody have results from tonights games?? Nothing on TTFF website!
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TTFF have a website?
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TTFF have a website?
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
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I got a whisper that North East beat Connection 2-1, but other than that, no news yet!! Does anyone work at TTFF? Can't believe no one can get online to post results of their prestige tournament!!
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I got a whisper that North East beat Connection 2-1, but other than that, no news yet!! Does anyone work at TTFF? Can't believe no one can get online to post results of their prestige tournament!!
Ent the courts take dem computers ;D
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I got a whisper that North East beat Connection 2-1, but other than that, no news yet!! Does anyone work at TTFF? Can't believe no one can get online to post results of their prestige tournament!!
Ent the courts take dem computers ;D
lmao :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
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Stars grab confidence booster in FA 1st Round ahead of Toyota Classic Final.
ttproleague.com.
North East Stars picked up a confidence booster ahead of Friday’s Toyota Classic Final against Defence Force by defeating DIRECTV W Connection with late goals for a 2-1 comeback win in the FA Trophy First Round.
But while Head Coach Angus Eve admits it’s indeed a confidence booster, he remains wary of Friday’s opponents Defence Force.
“Yes [the win against Connection] gives us a bit of confidence going into [Friday’s Toyota Classic Final],” said the North East Stars head coach. “…but Defence Force is the team in form.
“They have a healthy goal-scoring record and haven’t conceded a goal in the tournament. We are the underdogs in this Final and that’s good. People aren’t expecting much from us.”
On Wednesday Shahdon Winchester’s 55th minute item wasn’t enough for Connection to avoid exit in the First Round of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation run FA Trophy.
Late goals by Stars’ Kaydion Gabriel in the 83rd minute and a penalty strike by Elijah Manners in the 86th minute secured the Eve-coached club a place in the FA Trophy Round of 32.
“The game was really good,” said Eve over the win against Connection at the Ato Boldon Stadium.
“I gave all the young players Neil Mitchell, Shane Hospedales, goalkeeper Adrian Foncette, Urban Joseph the time to shine among others like Akeil Guevara and Gary Glasgow who doesn’t have full match fitness and we played against a very good W Connection team, so it’s a victory for the club.
It clearly shows that we are on the right track in terms of developing our players and that’s sticking to part of our mandate at North East Stars,” ended the North East Stars coach.
FA Trophy First Round Results
Point Fortin Civic Centre 7—2 WASA FC
Marcus Joseph 19, 29, 68, Andre Alexis 21’, 42, Dwight Cave 70’, 90’ ; Glen Walker 66’, Kerry Noray 85’
Carapichaima East Secondary 1—2 Marabella Family Crisis Centre
Shaquille Holder 31’ ; Shane Jordan 4’, Stephan Campbell 85’
La Horquetta S.A. 3—1 Police FC (NFA)
Kerry Rominson 3’ Omeaku Barbour 52’, Anslem Jackson 90’ ; Dwight Elliot 10’
W Connection vs North East Stars—6pm
Shahdon Winchester 55’ ; Kaydion Gabriel 83’, Elijah Manners 86’ (pen)
2012 Toyota Classic Final
Friday 7 December
Toyota Staff vs TT Pro League Coaches—6pm, Hasely Crawford Stadium
North East Stars vs Defence Force—8pm, Hasely Crawford Stadium
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Imagine the round of 32 is to be played on Wednesday, 12 December. Four teams may have to make inter-island travel arrangements,yet the fixtures aren't published. :frustrated: The TFA up to an hour ago had no information. :cursing: TTFF
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1 T & TEC F.C. vs Edinburgh 500 Skinner Park, S'do 4:00 p.m.
2 Scarborough Sec. School vs Enterprise Youths Plymouth Recreation Grd. 3:30 p.m.
3 Joe Public (EFA) vs Youth Stars Marvin Lee Stadium 3:30 p.m.
4 O.J. Soldado vs La Horquetta S.A. Cedros Recreation Ground 5:00 p.m.
5 Hills United vs Cunipia F.C. Goodwood Recreation Grd 4:00 p.m
6 Petit Valley Utd vs Caledonia AIA Diego Martin Secondary 3:30 p.m.
7 Central F.C. vs Malabar F.C. Ato Boldon Stadium 6:00 p.m.
8 Stokelyvale F.C. vs St. Ann's Rangers Plymouth Recreation Grd. 5:30 p.m.
9 Defence Force F.C. vs Q.P.C.C. Hasely Crawford Stadium 5:00 p.m.
10 Roxborough Lakers vs Police F.C. Goodwood Recreation Grd 6:00 p.m.
11 St. Anthony's College vs F.C. Santa Rosa St. Anthony College Grd 3:30 p.m.
12 North East Stars vs Westside Superstarz TBC
13 Shiva Boys vs Eagles Utd TBC
14 Joe Public (S.L) vs Marabella Crisis Centre Marvin Lee Stadium 5:30 p.m.
15 Mathura F.C. vs Valencia Lions TBC
16 Guaya United vs Point Fortin Civic Centre TBC
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Thank you FS!
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Stokely Vale beat Superstar Rangers by default. 3-2 up and at the penalty spot to make it 4-2. Horrible sportsmanship displayed by Rangers which resulted in a confrontation. A Rangers player was red carded and the entire team followed suit and walked off the field. Also warning the Stokely Vale players not to come to Trinidad or their will be gunshots :bs: :pissedoff:, good win for Stokely Vale though, keep showing up these "Pro League" teams :beermug:
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Stokely Vale beat Superstar Rangers by default. 3-2 up and at the penalty spot to make it 4-2. Horrible sportsmanship displayed by Rangers which resulted in a confrontation. A Rangers player was red carded and the entire team followed suit and walked off the field. Also warning the Stokely Vale players not to come to Trinidad or their will be gunshots :bs: :pissedoff:, good win for Stokely Vale though, keep showing up these "Pro League" teams :beermug:
look what blackman reverting to. devour our own. If this is true, pathetic reaction from Rangers. Threatening to shoot people. Throw they arse out the league.
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Stokely Vale beat Superstar Rangers by default. 3-2 up and at the penalty spot to make it 4-2. Horrible sportsmanship displayed by Rangers which resulted in a confrontation. A Rangers player was red carded and the entire team followed suit and walked off the field. Also warning the Stokely Vale players not to come to Trinidad or their will be gunshots :bs: :pissedoff:, good win for Stokely Vale though, keep showing up these "Pro League" teams :beermug:
look what blackman reverting to. devour our own. If this is true, pathetic reaction from Rangers. Threatening to shoot people. Throw they arse out the league.
Yea its true, just got home from the match. Stokely Vale supporters ran onto the field to confront Rangers players as well. The Rangers players were even pushing kids in the stands telling them move out of their way
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Stokely Vale have been playing really well this season, so not surprised by the result.
The other situation is not good at all. Football in T&T starting to feel like England in the 70's. All this will do is keep good people away and attract undesirables.
Here's a brief report from Central F.C. vs Malabar at Ato Boldon tonight:
First, no excuses, but Central's team was heavily depleted with at least 4 regulars missing.
Central started off good, but Malabar scored with a shot from distance that keeper Shane Matthis (playing with a broken finger) let through his hands.
Carey Harris equalised with a scrappy goal. Central were playing good approach football with Connell and Chicken working well down the left.
However Malabar broke free (a hint of offside) but the run and clinical finish was worthy of a goal.
2-1 at half time, which was only due to Sharks poor finishing.
Centrals heads were still in the changing room when 2nd half kicked off and Malabar immediately broke with a one on one which resulted in Central conceding a penalty. Malabar scored, but ref ordered a retake (lots of pushing around the box). Malabar converted the retake to go 3-1 up.
A nice goal for the Sharks from an acute angle made it 3-2. Then the fun began!
Central were awarded a penalty, which gave them the equaliser and, again, lots of pushing resulting in yellows being shown.
Then another Central penalty and the pushing this time resulted in a red card for Malabar.
Central converted - 4-3.
Bit of end to end in the last 5 mins, but game finished Central F.C. 4 - 3 Malabar
Although I felt Central deserved the win (both their pens were righteous), a neutral would consider Malabar hard done by. They put up a plucky performance that did them credit.
A few Malabar players were unhappy at the end and one or two cussed the ref, but I feel that was more out of frustration and disappointment than bad sportsmanship.
In the end, the game reminded me of a one night stand I once had: Wasn't very pretty, plenty of excitement, lots of moans and groans, but a satisfying ending. But you wouldn't want to see it again!!
Also, I think T&TEC beat Edinburgh 500 at least 3-0 (I missed the last 25 mins)
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Caledonia mauls Petit Valley 8-0 in FA.
T&T Guardian Reports.
National Under-23 striker Trevin Caesar scored a second-half hat-trick as an under-strength Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA began defence of its T&T Football Federation FA Trophy with a resounding 8-0 mauling of Northern Football Association outfit Petit Valley United at Diego Martin North Secondary Ground, yesterday.
Read More (http://www.socawarriors.net/league/league-news/competitions/12017-caledonia-mauls-petit-valley-8-0-in-fa.html)
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Fixtures for last 16 matches:
Mathura F.C. vs Cunupia Mathura Rec Ground 3.30pm
Point Fortin Civic Centre vs Joe Public (SL) Mahaicia Oval 3.30pm
F.C. Santa Rosa vs North East Stars U.T.T. 5pm
O.J. Soldado vs Shiva Boys La Brea Rec Ground 6.30pm
T&TEC vs Enterprise Youth Mannie Ramjohn Stadium 5.00pm
Police F.C. vs Central F.C. Ato Boldon Stadium 6.00pm
Defence Force vs Stokely Vale F.C. Hasely Crawford Stadium 5.00pm
Caledonia AIA vs Joe Public (EFA) Hasely Crawford Stadium 7.00pm
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What was the score in the Roxborough Lakers v Police FC match?
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What was the score in the Roxborough Lakers v Police FC match?
I believe the Roxborough pitch was below required standards so Police were awarded the game.
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Cunupia FC ready for Matura in FA
By Stephon Nicholas (T&T Newsday)
CUNUPIA FC coach, Michael De Four, is confident his team will get the better of Matura FC when they square off tomorrow in the FA Trophy Round of 16 at the Matura Recreation Ground.
Cunupia are coming off a convincing 3-0 win versus Hills United in Tobago and despite not having seen their opponents this season, believe they could progress to the quarter-finals.
“I feel very good about our chances to make it to the final eight (teams). They won their division and we’ve seen all the other teams, but we really haven’t seen them. The players are in very high spirits and are very confident. We feel strongly that we will come out successful,” De Four said.
The Cunupia coach noted that preparation has been coming along nicely and he will ensure his players are in top shape by the opening whistle. “Once the (Matura) ground is in average condition or better we should be alright. I know the ground and it is a nice ground. We normally train the morning of the game and I would like to be there from early. We’ll do a light session in the morning,” he explained.
Read More... (http://socawarriors.net/league/league-news/competitions/12037-cunupia-fc-ready-for-matura-in-fa.html)
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What was the score in the Roxborough Lakers v Police FC match?
I believe the Roxborough pitch was below required standards so Police were awarded the game.
Man I was looking forward to link up after we took care of Police ;D... ah well ... :cursing: imagine being responsible for a pitch like that, when the pitch in Roxborough is light years better and closed for repairs :cursing: .... Ghost gangs at work too. well good luck pardnah...
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Unknown to many here the TTFF shenanigans continues. Roxborough Lakers vs Police FC was carded as the second game of a double header at Goodwood Recreation Ground last Wednesday. While the early game between Hills Utd and Cunupia FC was in progress, one can notice the rapid deterioration of the playing surface as the rain poured down and the difficulty it posed to the teams playing. One prominent match official expressed his disappointment that any game especially one of this importance could be played on such a mud patch. The teams continued their pre-match preparations and took the field at the conclusion of the first game which Cunupia won. The ball boys were in position and in spite of the conditions it appeared that the stage was set for the kick off. Noticeably absent were the match officials.
After 15 minutes of so without any action, two gentlemen walked down the side of the pitch and paused at the Police FC bench and spoke to the Police representatives there. They later went to the Roxborough Lakers bench and did the same. While this "conversation" was going on, the Lakers' players went over to the bench. I walked over to the bench in time to hear match official - Allen Granville say " ... well the game could be played tomorrow. This ground is not fit for play." I later found out that the referee was not there. A referee assistant from the earlier game and Mr. Granville (usually the 4th official) were the match officials present. The coach explained to me that Mr. Granville offered the choice to play the match in the marshy conditions with substitute official, or play the game tomorrow which he thought was quite reasonable and opted for the later.
It must also be noted that Police FC reportedly trained in the rain that morning in the very slushy conditions. This after cancellation to game scheduled for Monday 10 and Tuesday 11, December, the two consecutive day prior to our scheduled game.
At 7:45 am the following day, I was informed by the TFA's Secretary Operations that the game would be played at Plymouth at 7:00 pm that evening (very much in keeping with what was said by Mr. Granville when the game was postponed). I informed the coach and manager who in turn informed the players.
At about 9:40 am, I was called again by The Secretary Operations who asked me to call the TFA's office for some information. When I called the office, I was told by the Secretary that Police FC had submitted a report stating that we (Roxborough Lakers) forfeited the game and the game was awarded to Police. The Lakers' manager then got involved and sought confirmation from the TFA and TTFF. The TTFF requested the he submit a report to them and that the referee was asked to do the same.
The report was prepared, but before dispatching it to the TTFF, the manager called Mr. Granville the once again confirm his recollection of the circumstances that led to the postponement. He was indeed correct, and sent the document to the TTFF by email. This all happened on Thursday 13, December. The draw was scheduled to take place on Friday, and indeed no decision had been taken.
The TTFF tournament Committee met on Monday 17, and gave the following decision:
The members of the Competitions and Tournaments Committee deliberated on the Referee's report and unanimously agreed:
1. The match be awarded to the Police F.C.
2. The Referee's report and the Tournaments and Competitions decisions will be referred to the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation Disciplinary Committee for any additional sanctions the Disciplinary Committee may think necessary.
This decision was sent to us yesterday afternoon, with the Police FC vs Central FC game scheduled for this evening.
This report appeared in the papers:
Today's Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) FA Trophy round of 16 contest between F.C. Santa Rosa and North East Stars has been moved to the Ato Boldon Stadium as the second half of a double header, due to a waterlogged playing field at the Youth Training Centre.
That match will kick off at 8 p.m. kick-off, after Police face Central F.C. from 6 p.m. And similar circumstances, with the playing field being deemed unfit at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, has resulted in a shift in venue for those matches scheduled. However the substitute venues were still undecided up to press time.
I am absolutely gutted, and we feel hard-done by these representatives of the game. We earned this tie, and it was snatched away. We are currently speaking to our "Special Advisor" to determine the appropriate course of action.
respectfully submitted,
D. Reid
Secretary,
Roxborough Lakers Sports Club.
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Stokely Vale beat Superstar Rangers by default. 3-2 up and at the penalty spot to make it 4-2. Horrible sportsmanship displayed by Rangers which resulted in a confrontation. A Rangers player was red carded and the entire team followed suit and walked off the field. Also warning the Stokely Vale players not to come to Trinidad or their will be gunshots :bs: :pissedoff:, good win for Stokely Vale though, keep showing up these "Pro League" teams :beermug:
Here is an informal version from Rangers' point of view as relayed to Lasana Liburd:
Okay, I spoke to the St Ann's Rangers manager on this and he said the players did not walk off the field.
Devon Modeste, who scored twice in the game, was shown two yellow cards for dissent after he objected to a Stokely Vale player making a mud pile from which to kick a penalty. This was apparently Stokely Vale's third penalty of the match. Before he left the field, he was accosted by a fan on the Stokely Vale ground and Khadeem Drayton jumped in to defend his teammate. And Drayton was also shown red card. He said the Rangers players were together in a group complaining when the referee blew off the match. Presumably because they were late in restarting the game despite not leaving the field of play. Once that happened, the ground got threatening and fans started to taunt Modeste and the Rangers players. And the Rangers players responded with threats for if and when the people in question ever came to Trinidad.
This is the Rangers side and is not verified. They have complained to the TTFF and we might hear more of this matter in time.
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I believe that Stokely Vale actually boarded the boat to Trinidad today, still unsure of where they were playing their match.
Police F.C. 1 - 2 Central F.C.
Police look better than they have over the last 3 years, but still don't seem too threatening up front. Big, strong team with lots of power and some nice touches. Police took the lead with a nice finish on a quick break. Central should have scored once or twice and although Police were leading at half time, the game was pretty even. Tinto was causing Police problems and Marvin Oliver playing as a pseudo sweeper was distributing some pinpoint passes out to the wings.
Central equalised through some scrappy play around the Police goal area. When they couldn't clear their lines, Wolfe pounced on a free ball and hit the back of the net. Central were going through a purple patch and after a few near misses, Daryl Trim headed the Sharks into the lead. Police hit the post with a rocket that beat Marvin Phillip, but it really looked like Central would add to their brace.
A Police player was sent off and there were a few bookings from late challenges, but on the whole, the game was played in good spirits.
I saw nobody taking money at the gate, no ambulance, no concessions and about 50 spectators.
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Stokely Vale 2 - 1 Defence Force
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Stokely Vale 2 - 1 Defence Force
wow!!!!!
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Stokely Vale 2 - 1 Defence Force
wow!!!!!
Double Wow!!!
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Stokely Vale 2 - 1 Defence Force
wow!!!!!
Double Wow!!!
The magic of the F.A. cup ent :applause:
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Results so far:
Police F.C. 1 - 2 Central F.C.
Defence Force 1 - 2 Stokely Vale
T&TEC 3 - 1 Enterprise Youths
Pt Fortin Civic Centre 2 - 0 Joe Public (SL)
Cunupia F.C. 3 - 2 Mathura F.C.
North East 2- 0 Santa Rosa
So far, through to the quarter finals:
T&TEC, Central F.C., Stokely Vale, Pt Fortin Civic Centre, Cunupia F.C., North East Stars, Shiva Boys.
Awaiting results: O.J. Soldado vs Shiva Boys,(Shiva won, but don't know score) Caledonia vs Joe Public (EFA)
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Stokely Vale 2 - 1 Defence Force
wow!!!!!
Double Wow!!!
Not surprised ;D :beermug:
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Any matches on this weekend?
VB
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Stokely Vale 2 - 1 Defence Force
wow!!!!!
Double Wow!!!
Dem soldiers eh have no heart, they not die hards like soldiers from the 70s. Now if was the soldiers from the 70s they woulda win this cup without kicking ah ball.
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Any matches on this weekend?
VB
Next round is 9th Jan. Pro League games at weekend starting with Caledonia vs Central F.C. 6pm at HC.
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Stokely Vale 2 - 1 Defence Force
wow!!!!!
Double Wow!!!
Dem soldiers eh have no heart, they not die hards like soldiers from the 70s. Now if was the soldiers from the 70s they woulda win this cup without kicking ah ball.
Not quite so. The DF of the 70s had some of the best players in TT. Now the PFL has siphoned a lot of good players who would have gone to DF. In the 70s, the DF 2nd XI could and use to beat other teams. Not now.
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Bass double leads T&TEC into FA quarters
By Nigel Simon (T&T Guardian)
Bevon Bass scored a second-half brace as T&TEC whipped Enterprise Youths 3-1 in one of three early T&T Football Federation FA Trophy round-of-16 matches yesterday to secure a quarterfinal spot.
The Electricity Boys of the Digicel T&T Pro League got off to a great start when Kern Peters netted as early as the seventh minute at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella, but former national youth team striker Ryan Frederick replied for Enterprise of the Central Football Association in the 20th for a 1-1 half-time score.
Twelve minutes after the restart, Bass got his first to restore T&TEC’s one-goal advantage before he added another, five minutes from full-time to seal his team’s passage into the last eight.
Cunupia FC, champions of the CFA Premier Division, and Southern Football Association Petrotrin Super League Premier Division winner Pt Fortin Civic Centre also advanced 3-2 and 2-0 over Mathura FC and Joe Public (Super League), respectively.
Read More... (http://socawarriors.net/league/league-news/competitions/12047-bass-double-leads-tatec-into-fa-quarters.html)
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F.A. Trophy Quarter Finals 9th January Venues to be announced
Point Fortin Civic Centre vs T&TEC
Cunupia F.C. vs North East Stars
Central F.C. vs Shiva Boys (Ato Boldon we believe)
Caledonia AIA vs Stokely Vale
Hmmm....all the Pro League teams avoided each other :thinking:
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Hmmm....all the Pro League teams avoided each other
They want to make things interesting.
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FA holder Caledonia sneaks into quarters.
By Nigel Simon (Guardian).
Soca Warriors defender Aubrey David got the lone goal as title-holder Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA continued the defence of it T&T Football Federation FA Trophy crown with a hard fought 1-0 win over Joe Public (Eastern Football Association) at the Maracas Recreation Ground on Wednesday night.
David, one of five members of the Caledonia squad who helped T&T to a second place finish at the just concluded Caribbean Cup in St John’s, Antigua on Sunday, losing 1-0 to Cuba in the final, fired in the decisive item in the 75th minute in their round-of-16 encounter to secure a quarterfinal clash with giant killers Stokely Vale when the tournament resumes on January 9.
For Wednesday’s encounter, Caledonia coach Jerry Moe opted not to use his other T&T internationals in Densil Theobald, Ataullah Guerra, Keyon Edwards and Jamal Gay and that decision against a defensive minded Joe Public almost cost his team.
Read More (http://www.socawarriors.net/league/league-news/competitions/12054-fa-holder-caledonia-sneaks-into-quarters.html)
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Central F C 's journey to the F A Trophy final through the eyes of our supporters (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=vfFDGhcE76U)
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Oliver heads Central FC into FA final.
T&T Guardian Reports.
Veteran midfielder Marvin Oliver was the toast of Central FC after his second-half header earned the Couva-based club a 1-0 win over T&TEC in an all-Digicel T&T Pro League FA Trophy semifinal at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, on Wednesday.
Central FC, featuring new signings Antiguan Peter Byers, Jason Marcano and Weslie John, started the brighter and should have gone ahead after six minutes.
However, Marcano’s dangerous free kick to the far post was missed by two of his lunging teammates and five minutes later the nippy attacker sent in another cross which John directed straight at goalkeeper Akini Adams.
T&TEC captain Keeron Benito had his team’s first real effort on goal when he tested goalkeeper Marvin Phillip in the 17th minute and soon after at the other end, Adams was forced into more action when he denied a long-distance blast from former Puerto Rico Islanders striker Justin Fojo to keep the score goalless.
And when the Central FC attack did manage to get past Adams, it was denied by the woodwork as was the case in the 22nd minute when Byers passed to Marcano only to see the effort whisk past the T&TEC custodian but canon off the crossbar.
Despite their lack of fortune, Central continued to push for the opener with Oliver hitting overbar in the 35th minute as both teams went into the break still in search of the opener.
Read More (http://www.socawarriors.net/league/league-news/competitions/12139-oliver-heads-central-fc-into-fa-final.html)
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Caledonia chases third FA title
...Central ‘Sharks’ ready to bite
By Nigel Simon (Guardian).
With no money at stake for the winners, Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA will be hoping to use the motivation of a chance to join an illustrious group of clubs to have won back-to-back T&T Football Federation FA Trophy titles when it comes up against Pro League newcomers and first time finalist Central FC in the final at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, from 8 pm tonight.
Over the previous 82 editions of the competition which was first held in 1927 and won then by the now defunct Shamrock (three-time champions), seven clubs have won consecutive FA Trophies.
They include four-time winners Everton (1929–32), three-time champions Colts (1944–45), six-time champs United British Oilfields Trinidad (1950–51), joint record seven-time holders Malvern United (1960–61) and Maple Club (1970–72) as well as two-time victors Aviation Services Limited (ASEL) Sports Club (1982–83), and three-time champions Direct TV W Connection (1999–2000).
Last year, Caledonia won its second FA trophy 1-0 over Defence Force via an 81st minute strike from Devorn Jorsling to add to its 2008 triumph, a 3-2 win over W Connection.
This time, Caledonia coach Jerry Moe will have to do without Jorsling who has since returned to his job as a Defence Force member while Radanfah Abu Bakr, Walter Moore, Atuallah Guerra, Trayon Bobb, Daniel Wilson, Cornelius Stewart and Conrad Smith are all overseas.
In their absence, the club recruited goalkeeper Shemel Louision, Jamille Boatswain, Akeem Thomas, Miguel Alejandro Romeo, and Shemol Trimmingham in the January transfer window and the quintet have settled in nicely at the club, helping it to second spot on the Digicel Pro League following a hard fought 3-2 win over St Ann’s Rangers on Saturday last and keen to pick up some prestigious silverware.
Read More (http://www.socawarriors.net/league/league-news/competitions/12239-caledonia-chases-third-fa-title-sharks-ready.html).
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Raymond Tim Kee, president of the T&T Football Federation, stands behind the prized trophy, flanked by Central FC’s captain Marc Leslie, right, and Stephan David, captain of Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA, at the press pre-match briefing for today’s TTFF FA Trophy final which was held at TTFF’s head office in Woodbrook, on Wednesday. Photo: Anthony Harris
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List of FA-Cup Champs. (http://www.socawarriors.net/component/content/article/5342.html)
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Location-wise I should be rooting for Cale, but I like what Central is bringing to the league, so do your thing FS and co
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Location-wise I should be rooting for Cale, but I like what Central is bringing to the league, so do your thing FS and co
Yeah, we're just like Man U or Barca....fans from all over the place :rotfl:
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Blaze they ass Central..... beat that Guyanese 11.
Is i95.5 bringing this game or is Andre Baptiste still smelling Tim Kee kakahole ?
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Blaze they ass Central..... beat that Guyanese 11.
Is i95.5 bringing this game or is Andre Baptiste still smelling Tim Kee kakahole ?
No idea, mate! It's the F.A. Trophy, traditionally the biggest and most prestigious cup in any nation. But no one seems to care! :frustrated:
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List of FA-Cup Champs. (http://www.socawarriors.net/component/content/article/5342.html)
Flex, there is an error in this list. In the 1976 edition, Essex beat TECSA at PSA 1-0, Sammy Lewellyn scored the only goal. I know, because I played for Essex. The greatest night in my ball-jumbie career. My "gold" medal is now some kind of bronze colour. I honestly don't think that list is correct. Geez, TTFF don't even have proper records of their premier event :banginghead:
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Blaze they ass Central..... beat that Guyanese 11.
Is i95.5 bringing this game or is Andre Baptiste still smelling Tim Kee kakahole ?
No idea, mate! It's the F.A. Trophy, traditionally the biggest and most prestigious cup in any nation. But no one seems to care! :frustrated:
FS, you in TT at the wrong time as it pertains to football. The FA long ago was a marquee competition. Jack and them made Toyota cup the marquee event. They could have had Toyota sponsor that tournament. Toyota FA or something like that. But I will say again without regret. As long as Black people don't get their own businesses and put money into sport they participate in, these sports clubs and associations will struggle to survive.
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Deeks, I will make the correction now...
According to you.
Essex won the 1976 FA Cup, they beat TECSA 1-0 in the final, right ?
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May the best team win. But I bias to Central for a number of reasons. Well, FS interacts on the forum and contributes greatly to football discussion. Plus he enter into the brutal football gayelle of TT. He and Sancho and the rest getting good bwah, but they seemed to be holding firm.... for now at least. They are trying to make themselves a community team with the charity stuff they do outside of football. I also like the East POS community spirit of AIA. Me eh have no brief against Shabazz as a baller. All football teams does struggle. I wish they were streaming this game. Empty stadium or not.
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Good luck Central. But I find it ironic that Brent and dem couldn't seize this trophy during their raid on the TTFF, but when you win it yuh have to give it back. Maybe the rastamen and dem could tell yuh where yuh could get a good dime bag for it. :whistling:
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Deeks, I will make the correction now...
According to you.
Essex won the 1976 FA Cup, they beat TECSA 1-0 in the final, right ?
Flex, unless I was in twilight zone, I know for certain I played in the 1976 FA final against Coops and TECSA. That is TTFF error, not yours. Essex also won the D2 of the NSL and got promoted to Div 1. I left TT in Jan 77.
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Flex, I eh picking you. You doing great service for the forum. But I think Boissiere Youths won in 75 vs DF. I think is 3-2. I could be wrong, and if I am, I sincerely apologize.
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Flex, I eh picking you. You doing great service for the forum. But I think Boissiere Youths won in 75 vs DF. I think is 3-2. I could be wrong, and if I am, I sincerely apologize.
Dont feel bad man, but I cannot make any corrections unless you are 100%....
Make some calls nah... your word is better than the TTFF in a million ways....
And what is TECSA the abbreviation for?
;D
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I should b here meh plans eh pan out. I have peeps in both clubs so may d best team on d day win.
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Live on WI tv. So Allyuh stop complaining
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Tunapuna E C School Association.
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Caledonia leading 1-0 on a first-half goal by Keyon Edwards.
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Live on WI tv. So Allyuh stop complaining
I can't see anything. Whar is the score?
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Caledonia leading 2-0 on goals by Keyon Edwards and Akim Armstrong.
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Cali won, so you can't argue with the score! But, of course, I feel Central played better. Central were by far the better team and against the run of play, an error gifted Cali a goal, but it was well taken. I felt that in the build up to Calis 2nd goal, their number 9 should have received a second yellow. but the ref ignored it and Cali again scored a well taken goal.
Hard feelings? Well, yes, but that's football!!
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((((f00ck)))) ............. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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((((f00ck)))) ............. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can associate with your feelings, Sam! In the cold light of day, I just have to remember that when the game kicked off one thing was definite....one team would lose! I keep going over the mistakes, the misses, the bad decisions, but thats what makes football exciting. Well done to Cali, we'll have many more encounters in the future. Funny though, I now really feel like Central will win a cup this year, don't know why I suddenly feel this, but I hope I'm right!
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Ah hear Central was guilty of ah bad, bad miss. Described as de miss of de season. FS, give we some details nah.
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Congrats to Cale on their win. This really a fantastic feat. They have played some good ball by Trini standards considering the constraints for local clubs. Is a pity you all not getting some kind of financial rewards. Allyuh just like me. Just enjoy the moment.
To Central, FS and their fans, hard luck. There is always next year. The season eh finish yet. You all could still fight for a champions league spot. But for a first team, you all doing decent so far. God Bless for all those who trying to keep the football spirit alive.
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Ah hear Central was guilty of ah bad, bad miss. Described as de miss of de season. FS, give we some details nah.
Mitchell found himself on the edge of the 6 yard box all alone with just the keeper to beat. I imagine it was harder to miss than to hit the target, even if it was straight at the keeper! But he sliced the shot and it went wide. That would have been the equaliser and with Central having the most of the play, Central would probably have gone on to win. There may have been worse misses, but given the gravity of the game and the stage in the match, well, Chuckee won't ever forget it!!
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Presentation in FA Trophy hunt.
T&T Express Reports.
BG T&T/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) “Big Five” champions Presentation College, San Fernando will have their first taste of Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) FA Trophy action when they take on Tunapuna Titans in a preliminary round match from 6 p.m. on Thursday at Skinner Park, San Fernando.
Forty teams will battle for the FA Trophy, including four schools teams Presentation College East champions St Augustine, North champions St Mary’s College and Central champs Carapichaima East. Secondary. The competition begins on Thursday with round one matches.
UPCOMING FA TROPHY MATCHES: (Round One)
(Thursday, Nov 14)
6 p.m. - Malabar FC vs St. Augustine Secondary, UTT O’Meara, Arima
6 p.m. - Central FC vs FC Santa Rosa, Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva
6 p.m. - Presentation College, San Fernando vs Tunapuna Titans, Skinner Park, San Fernando
6:30 p.m.- Coosal’s Las Lomas Utd vs UTT, Madras Recreation Ground, Cunupia
3:30 p.m. — Guaya Utd FC (SL) vs La Horquetta SA, La Savanne Rec Grd, Guayaguayare
3:30 p.m. - San Juan Jabloteh vs Westside Superstarz, San Juan North Secondary
3:30 p.m. - St Mary’s College vs D’Amarie Hill Reunited, St Mary’s Ground, POS
6 p.m. - W-Connection FC vs Cunupia United, Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva
8 p.m. - Club Sando vs Caledonia AIA, Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva
5 p.m. - Lambeau FC vs Defence Force (SL), Plymouth Rec Grd, Tobago
6 p.m. - North East Stars vs Police FC (NFA), Hasely Crawford Stadium
8 p.m. - Defence Force FC vs Point Fortin Civic FC Hasely Crawford Stadium
5 p.m. - Golden Lane FC vs Police FC (NFA), Moriah Rec Grd, Tobago
5 p.m. - Enterprise Yths vs QPCC, Africa Ground, Enterprise
3:30 p.m. - Petrotrin Palo Seco vs Carapichima East Secondary, Petrotrin Grds, Palo Seco
3:30 p.m. - St Francois Nationals vs Bethel United, Dibe Rec Grd, Dibe
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Caledonia gets tough opponent in FA opener
Two-time reigning T&T Football Association FA Trophy champion and three-time champion, Neal & Massy Caledonia will start its defence against Super League high flyers Club Sando when the round-of-32 kicks off November 20. The clash between Caledonia and Club Sando, will be on Friday at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva from 8 pm. Last year, Caledonia blanked Central FC 2–0 in the final while a year earlier it edged Defence Force 1–0. Two hours earlier at the same venue, six-time finalist and three-time winner DirecTV W Connection (1999, 2000 and 2002), which was ousted at the preliminary round stage by North East Stars last season, meets Cunupia United of the Central Football Association, which reached the quarterfinal last year.
However, when the tournament gets going on Thursday, last year’s beaten finalist and recent First Citizens Cup winner, Central FC, will start its campaign in the preliminary round against FC Santa Rosa at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva with the winner to meet the Las Lomas versus University of T&T clash in the last-32. Newly crowned Secondary Schools Football League Big-Five winner Presentation College of San Fernando tackles Tunapuna Titans and East Zone SSFL winner, St Augustine Secondary faces Malabar FC in the two other preliminary round matches on Thursday. The other SSFL entrant, St Mary’s College, the North Zone champion will be at home to D’Marie Hill Reunited at St Mary’s Ground, Serpentine Road.
MATCHES
Thursday
Preliminary round:
Malabar FC vs St Augustine Sec, UTT Ground, O’Meara Road, Arima, 6 pm
Central FC vs FC Santa Rosa, Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, 6 pm
Presentation College (San Fernando) vs Tunapuna Titans, Skinner Park, San Fernando, 3.30 pm
Las Lomas Utd vs UTT, Madras Rec Ground, Cunupia, 6.30 pm
November 20:
Round-of-32:
Guaya Utd (SL) vs La Horquetta SA, La Savanne Rec Ground, Guayaguayare, 3.30 pm
San Juan Jabloteh vs West Side Superstarz, San Juan North Sec, 3.30 pm
St Mary’s College vs D’Marie Hill Reunited, St Mary’s Ground, St Clair, 3.30 pm
W Connection vs Cunupia Utd, Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, 6 pm
Club Sando vs Caledonia AIA, Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, 8 pm
Lambeau FC vs Defence Force (SL), Plymouth Rec. Ground, 6 pm
North East Stars vs Police (NFA), Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo, 6 pm
Defence Force vs Pt Fortin Civic FC, Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo, 8 pm
Golden Lane vs Police (SL), Moriah Rec Ground, Tobago, 6 pm
Enterprise vs QPCC, Africa Ground, Enterprise, 6 pm
Petrotrin Palo Seco vs Carapichaima East Sec Petrotrin Ground, Palo Seco, 3.30 pm
St Francois Nationals vs Bethel Utd, Dibe Rec Ground, Long Circular, 3.30 pm
Prison FC vs Guaya FC, Prison Ground, Arouca, 3.30 pm
Rio Claro Utd vs Presentation College/Tunapuna Titans winner
Malabar FC vs St Augustine Sec winner vs Penal All Stars
Las Lomas/UTT winner vs Central FC/Santa Rosa winner
http://www.guardian.co.tt/sport/2013-11-10/caledonia-gets-tough-opponent-fa-opener
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How ya feelin about Santa Rosa FS?
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How ya feelin about Santa Rosa FS?
We feel confident about every game (perhaps over confident vs Police?). Looking forward to it. Runners Up last year, so this year, we want the cup!!
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How ya feelin about Santa Rosa FS?
We feel confident about every game (perhaps over confident vs Police?). Looking forward to it. Runners Up last year, so this year, we want the cup!!
I wish you luck! But bottom-of-the-league teams are always dangerous as form goes out the window
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how could they schedule fa trophy games for the school teams during intercol?
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Wait nah. wam to the tobago champsss
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F.A. Trophy preliminary round
Central F.C. 5 - 0 Santa Rosa
Quintero 33'
Quintero 38'
Quintero 64'
Quintero 72'
Mitchell 67'
Santa Rosa had a player sent off after 3 mins for abusive language towards the ref. They had a second red card late in second half (2nd yellow).
Quintero also missed a penalty.
Quintero now Central's top scorer with 9, while Winchester has 8
Nice vibe at New Settlement. :beermug:
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What!!! Quintero by 4.
I have a very biased love for the FA. I had great memories in 76 with Essex. But in my times this competition was as thrilling as the English version. Of Course Regiment-Df used to dominate. But I remember listening on the radio to a final between Regiment and Juniors at Skinner Park in the 60s. Then Malvern and Point(malvern was my side then). The craziest FA final was between Boissiere Youths/DF in PSA in 75. How the Youths won that, I don't know. I wished Toyota had sponsored this tournament.
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Damn Deeks, you that old boy? I ain't mad atcha. So FS, the only player on the field for Santa Rosa was Santa Claus or what? Whatever happened to J. Vance? I thought this guy was going to be a special player. Looks like I was wrong. Oh well.
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Damn Deeks, you that old boy? I ain't mad atcha. So FS, the only player on the field for Santa Rosa was Santa Claus or what? Whatever happened to J. Vance? I thought this guy was going to be a special player. Looks like I was wrong. Oh well.
Obviously, losing a player that early damaged Santa Rosa's game plan. They set off very fast, but gradually reduced the pace. Central had 16 corners to SR's 1 and they didn't have one shot on target, so you can see the game was very one sided.
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What!!! Quintero by 4.
I have a very biased love for the FA. I had great memories in 76 with Essex. But in my times this competition was as thrilling as the English version. Of Course Regiment-Df used to dominate. But I remember listening on the radio to a final between Regiment and Juniors at Skinner Park in the 60s. Then Malvern and Point(malvern was my side then). The craziest FA final was between Boissiere Youths/DF in PSA in 75. How the Youths won that, I don't know. I wished Toyota had sponsored this tournament.
Dam Deeks you could remember good days,well i played in that Boissiere Youths game is a game i'll always talk about,some how i got injured in the first half and had to be taken off,i think that's what threw off everybody,we were such a closely nitted team.One thing i can say though those Bowen brothers were a pain in the butt those guys was cutting wind.
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Quintero and Winchester, Central will have the killer strike force this year!
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What!!! Quintero by 4.
I have a very biased love for the FA. I had great memories in 76 with Essex. But in my times this competition was as thrilling as the English version. Of Course Regiment-Df used to dominate. But I remember listening on the radio to a final between Regiment and Juniors at Skinner Park in the 60s. Then Malvern and Point(malvern was my side then). The craziest FA final was between Boissiere Youths/DF in PSA in 75. How the Youths won that, I don't know. I wished Toyota had sponsored this tournament.
Deeks, while I'm sure you are far more knowledgeable than I concerning football history in T&T, when I wrote the piece about Norris Ferguson, I'm sure that Police won the F.A. trophy in 1975 and I believe they won the Durity Cup in the same year????
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Presentation College of San Fernando also qualified to play in a play-off for the round-of-32 against Tunapuna Titans, but the school withdrew earlier as it sought to focus on SSFL and Inter-Col competitions. As a result, Tunapuna advanced for a spot against Central FC. - (Guardian).
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That's a shame - can't they unify their seasons or at least coordinate?
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That's a shame - can't they unify their seasons or at least coordinate?
That would be to easy for them to do. The SSFL season 'has' been over and they already knocked out of the Inter-Col.
Donkey Logic.
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UTT 1 - 2 Central F.C.
Mitchell, Oliver (pen)
Played at UTT, Sando.
Field was poor, no changing rooms so men changing in car park. No 4th official, no ball boys, no match commissioner, no ambulance or stretcher. Around 30 spectators watching from the building 50 yards away.
Cup football, yes.
Also heard that Jabloteh lost 1-0 to Westside.
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Caledonia advances without a sweat; West Side boots Jabloteh
T&T Guardian Reports.
Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA, three-time winners and two-time reigning T&T Football Association FA Trophy champion, became the first qualifiers to the round-of-16 after it was awarded a 3-0 win over Super League’s Club Sando, yesterday.
Both teams were carded to meet for the second time in five days in a round-of-32 encounter at Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva last night, however due to its tight schedule and a number of injury concerns with a small squad of 18 players, the Club Sando management decided to forfeit the match.
The decision was a tough one for Club Sando coach Anthony Streete, the rest of his technical staff and players to make, as only Friday, it outlasted Caledonia AIA, 11-10 on sudden-death penalty-kicks after a 2-2 draw in their Toyota Classic quarterfinal for a spot in Saturday’s semifinal at Couva against reigning Digicel T&T Pro League champion Defence Force from 6 pm.
In early FA matches played yesterday, Super League outfit Westside Superstarz and Secondary Schools Football League North Zone champion St Mary’s College created upsets by beating Pro League’s San Juan Jabloteh and Eastern Counties Football Union’s D’Marie Hill Reunited, respectively, while Central FC scraped past the University of T&T (UTT).
At the San Juan North Secondary School Ground, Westside got a 50th minute strike from Junior Spencer to dump two-time FA winner Jabloteh while at Serpentine Road, host St Mary’s inspired by a double from Rashad Hyacenth ousted D’Marie Hill 4-2. Down at the Tarouba Link Road, San Fernando, First Citizens Cup winner Central FC, last year’s FA beaten finalist, needed second-half goals from Hector Sam and Marvin Oliver to get past UTT, 2-1.
The Southern Football Association club had taken a second-half lead through former national youth striker Garvin Samaroo after a 0-0 first-half. Also yesterday, the Super League’s Guaya United and Malabar FC as well as Southern Football Association’s Petrotrin Palo Seco all won to reach the last 16 along with Prison FC and Tunapuna Titans, both of the Eastern Football Association.
Guaya United warmed up for its Toyota Classic semifinal against DirecTV W Connection with a 4-2 beating of La Horquetta SA; Malabar slammed Penal All Stars 7-0 and Petrotrin Palo Seco trounced Central Zone SSFL winner Carapichaima East, 5-0 led by a Darren Alexis second-half hat-trick.
Last night, six-time finalists and three-time winners DirecTV W Connection (1999, 2000 and 2002) was scheduled to come up against Cunupia United at Couva while down at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Mucurapo, six-time winners Defence Force (1974, 1981, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1996) met fellow T&T Pro League club Point Fortin Civic in the match-of-the-round and at Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar, 2003 winner North East Stars, tackled Northern Football Association’s Police in three of the six late matches.
RESULTS
Yesterday
Club Sando 3 vs Caledonia AIA 0 - By Default
Guaya Utd (SL) 4 (Earlon Thomas 51st, Ryan Stewart 56th, Jody Allsop 65th, Kevin Jagdeosingh 90th) vs La Horquetta SA 2 (Page Commissiong 54th, Kevin Mulzac 68th)
West Side Superstarz 1 (Junior Spencer 50th) vs San Juan Jabloteh 0
St Mary’s College 4 (Rashard Hyacinth 13th, 53rd, Myles Yorke 37th, Chinua Bernard 63rd) vs D’Marie Hill Reunited 2 (Brendon Figuera 51st, Romell Goodridge 62nd pen)
Malabar FC 7 (Calvin Shepher 2, Cyrano Glenn, Hayden Tinto, Jameel Neptune, Gorian Highley, Kevon Cornwall) vs Penal All Stars 0
Central FC 2 (Darren Mitchell pen, Marvin Oliver) vs UTT 1 (Garvin Samaroo)
Petrotrin Palo Seco 5 (Darren Alexis 51st, 60th, 72nd, Kervin Marck 7th, Larry Brown o.g 40th) vs Carapichaima East 0
Prison FC 2 vs Guaya FC (ECFU) 0
Tunapuna Titans 6 vs Rio Claro Utd 2
Police (Pro League) 7 (Elijah Belgrave 14th, 49th, Aaron Sewart 71st, 90th, Trent Noel 36th, Dexter Alleyne 55th, Anton Hutchinson 75th) vs Golden Lane 0
Defence Force (SL) 3 (Jamal Goodridge 44th, 47th, Keston Williams 72nd) vs Lambeau 1 (Christopher Young 17th o.g)
Today’s match:
St Francois Nationals vs Bethel Utd, Dibe Rec. Ground, Long Circular, 3.30pm
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Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA, three-time winners and two-time reigning T&T Football Association FA Trophy champion, became the first qualifiers to the round-of-16 after it was awarded a 3-0 win over Super League’s Club Sando, yesterday.
Ah guess is because it have no money to be won.
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Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA, three-time winners and two-time reigning T&T Football Association FA Trophy champion, became the first qualifiers to the round-of-16 after it was awarded a 3-0 win over Super League’s Club Sando, yesterday.
Ah guess is because it have no money to be won.
Sheldon Phillips announced that there is prize money and it will be confirmed at a press briefing.
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Go Diego Martin! Really even the lowest levels in the UK have a field with a small hut to change in - another sign of a lack of investment during the Warner years
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Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA, three-time winners and two-time reigning T&T Football Association FA Trophy champion, became the first qualifiers to the round-of-16 after it was awarded a 3-0 win over Super League’s Club Sando, yesterday.
Ah guess is because it have no money to be won.
So there are no rules in place to blacklist teams who all of a sudden decide to drop out of the tournament for no real reason?
Money or no money they accepted to play in the first place.
Boy, better them than me.
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Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA, three-time winners and two-time reigning T&T Football Association FA Trophy champion, became the first qualifiers to the round-of-16 after it was awarded a 3-0 win over Super League’s Club Sando, yesterday.
Ah guess is because it have no money to be won.
So there are no rules in place to blacklist teams who all of a sudden decide to drop out of the tournament for no real reason?
Money or no money they accepted to play in the first place.
Boy, better them than me.
Central F.C. very nearly pulled out of the F.A. Trophy. We wrote to ask about prize money because if there was none, we were not prepared to risk losing in the Toyota, which we played two days later (and, indeed, did lose!) We were originally carded to play the F.A. on Thursday and the Toyota on Friday. We spoke to Pro League who moved our game to Saturday. I now notice that the Toyota semi final has been moved from Friday to Saturday.
There is no thought being put into these competitions. How can you run two cup competitions simultaneously? It dilutes both trophies.
Club Sando obviously want to focus on the Toyota as there is still no word about the F.A. prize money.
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Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA, three-time winners and two-time reigning T&T Football Association FA Trophy champion, became the first qualifiers to the round-of-16 after it was awarded a 3-0 win over Super League’s Club Sando, yesterday.
Ah guess is because it have no money to be won.
So there are no rules in place to blacklist teams who all of a sudden decide to drop out of the tournament for no real reason?
Money or no money they accepted to play in the first place.
Boy, better them than me.
Central F.C. very nearly pulled out of the F.A. Trophy. We wrote to ask about prize money because if there was none, we were not prepared to risk losing in the Toyota, which we played two days later (and, indeed, did lose!) We were originally carded to play the F.A. on Thursday and the Toyota on Friday. We spoke to Pro League who moved our game to Saturday. I now notice that the Toyota semi final has been moved from Friday to Saturday.
There is no thought being put into these competitions. How can you run two cup competitions simultaneously? It dilutes both trophies.
Club Sando obviously want to focus on the Toyota as there is still no word about the F.A. prize money.
FS, you missing my point.
You wrote and asked, some teams just dropping out, Presentation is another one, either that our the dummies drew up the fixtures before informing the teams.
How can you be schedule to play a certain team on a certain date at a certain venue and just decide to pull out, is that fair to the other teams?
It obvious that the venue and fixtures are one of the main reasons people dont go to see these games.
Team schedule to play at the Manny, then a couple hours before the game they get the news that they are play at the Ato.
How can these things be so hard to do and its every year, I dont understand this !!!!!
Is the Pro League solely responsible for this?
Donkey Logic.
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Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA, three-time winners and two-time reigning T&T Football Association FA Trophy champion, became the first qualifiers to the round-of-16 after it was awarded a 3-0 win over Super League’s Club Sando, yesterday.
Ah guess is because it have no money to be won.
So there are no rules in place to blacklist teams who all of a sudden decide to drop out of the tournament for no real reason?
Money or no money they accepted to play in the first place.
Boy, better them than me.
Central F.C. very nearly pulled out of the F.A. Trophy. We wrote to ask about prize money because if there was none, we were not prepared to risk losing in the Toyota, which we played two days later (and, indeed, did lose!) We were originally carded to play the F.A. on Thursday and the Toyota on Friday. We spoke to Pro League who moved our game to Saturday. I now notice that the Toyota semi final has been moved from Friday to Saturday.
There is no thought being put into these competitions. How can you run two cup competitions simultaneously? It dilutes both trophies.
Club Sando obviously want to focus on the Toyota as there is still no word about the F.A. prize money.
FS, you missing my point.
You wrote and asked, some teams just dropping out, Presentation is another one, either that our the dummies drew up the fixtures before informing the teams.
How can you be schedule to play a certain team on a certain date at a certain venue and just decide to pull out, is that fair to the other teams?
It obvious that the venue and fixtures are one of the main reasons people dont go to see these games.
Team schedule to play at the Manny, then a couple hours before the game they get the news that they are play at the Ato.
How can these things be so hard to do and its every year, I dont understand this !!!!!
Is the Pro League solely responsible for this?
Donkey Logic.
This is the F.A. Trophy, so it's TTFA who organise it, while Pro League organise the Toyota Classic.
When you enter these tournaments, you assume that there will be adequate organisation. The draw for the F.A. Trophy took place 4 days before the first fixture, so until that point, you wouldn't know if there was a problem. We even considered asking Hart if we could hold back Winchester and Williams because we had two games in 48 hours.
How can a Pro League club be in the preliminary round? That doesn't happen elsewhere.
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FS you all real funny,there are times when we are complaining that we do not play enough Football,then we want to pull out of the various tournaments for different reasons,scheduling conflicts,ground conditions,home/away games with other clubs etc etc ,Breds lets play the Football and don't worry about what happens in other countries,we will catch up with them one day.
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I find some big f00cking professional players complaning about playing 3 games a week is crazy, and not all de time that does happen but when they end up playing 3 games that sohuld not affect them because it happens once in a while. What woulda happen if they were playing in de EPL?
On de flip side, all this disorganising shit does kell we football more. I cant believe de NEW !!! TTFA responsible for this.
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I find some big f00cking professional players complaning about playing 3 games a week is crazy, and not all de time that does happen but when they end up playing 3 games that sohuld not affect them because it happens once in a while. What woulda happen if they were playing in de EPL?
On de flip side, all this disorganising shit does kell we football more. I cant believe de NEW !!! TTFA responsible for this.
You're correct, Sam. But the point is that it's one rule for one team and a different rule for the next. Central have one of the smallest squads so we don't have the depth, in which case, other teams already have an advantage, and that's perfectly fair. But when those teams get three days before games, while we only get two, for no apparent reason, that's not fair. Nor is it fair that we play preliminary round while the others don't.
We could stop complaining, as Coops suggests, and one day we may catch up with the rest of the world, or we could be pains in the *ss and start getting things done properly.
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Caledonia gets Pt Fortin last-16 FA test
By Nigel Simon (Guardian).
Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA, three-time winner and two-time reigning T&T Football Association FA holder, will come up against fellow T&T Pro League club, Pt Fortin Civic FC in the round-of-16 carded for Wednesday at a venue to be decided.
This was determined following the draw for the last-16 phase of the tournament at the T&TFA head office at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo, yesterday.
In the previous round, Caledonia was handed a 3-0 default win over Super League leader Club Sando while Pt Fortin Civic edged Defence Force, previous winners in 1974, 1981, 1985, 1989, 1991 and 1996, 1-0.
The clash between Caledonia and Pt Fortin Civic will be one of two all-Pro League match-ups after DirecTV W Connection, the winners in 1999, 2000 and 2002, will lock horns with another three-time former winner, Police (1975, 1990, 1994) while last year’s runner-up Central FC was handed what seems an easy task on paper against Secondary Schools Football League North Zone champion, St Mary’s College at St Mary’s Ground, Serpentine Road, St Clair from 3.30 pm.
In some other interesting clashes, Super League duo, Westside Superstarz, which dumped two-time winner San Juan Jabloteh, comes up against Guaya United at St Anthony’s College Ground, Westmoorings, while Northern Football Association pair, Queen’s Park CC and St Francois Nationals, will renew rivalry.
Two other Super Clubs, Defence Force and Malabar FC, will also fancy their chances against Southern Football Association Petrotrin Palo Seco and Prisons of the Eastern Football Association, respectively, while Prisons, also of the EFA awaits the winner of Police (NFA) and 2003 winner, North East Stars encounter.
T&TFA FA round-of-16 draw
Wednesday
Caledonia AIA (Pro League) vs Pt Fortin Civic (Pro League) - TBD
St Mary’s College (SSFL) vs Central FC (Pro League), St mary’s Grd, Serpentine Road, 3.30 pm
Petrotrin Palo Seco (SFA) vs Defence Force (Super League), Palo Seco, 6 pm
Tunapuna Titans (EFA) vs North East Stars (Pro League)/Police (NFA) - Constantine Park, Tunapuna, 6 pm
Westside Supertstarz (Super League) vs Guaya United (Super League) - St Anthony’s College Grd, Westmoorings, 3.30 pm
Police (Pro League) vs W Connection (Pro League) - TBD
Queen’s Park CC (NFA) vs St Francois Nationals (NFA) - TBD
Malabar FC (Super League) vs Prisons (EFA), Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar, 3.30 pm
Round-of-32 Results:
Caledonia AIA 3 vs Club Sando 0 - By Default
Guaya Utd (SL) 4 (Earlon Thomas 51st, Ryan Stewart 56th, Jody Allsop 65th, Kevin Jagdeosingh 90th) vs La Horquetta SA 2 (Tage Commissiong 54th, Kevin Mulzac 68th)
West Side Superstarz 1 (Junior Spencer 50th) vs San Juan Jabloteh 0
St Mary’s College 4 (Rashard Hyacinth 13th, 53rd, Myles Yorke 37th, Chinua Bernard 63rd) vs D’Marie Hill Reunited 2 (Brendon Figuera 51st, Romell Goodridge 62nd pen)
Malabar FC 7 (Calvin Shepher 2, Cyrano Glenn, Hayden Tinto, Jameel Neptune, Gorian Highley, Kevon Cornwall) vs Penal All Stars 0
Central FC 2 (Darren Mitchell pen, Marvin Oliver) vs UTT 1 (Garvin Samaroo)
Petrotrin Palo Seco 5 (Darren Alexis 51st, 60th, 72nd, Kervin Marck 7th, Larry Brown o.g 40th) vs Carapichaima East 0
Prison FC 2 vs Guaya FC (ECFU) 0
Tunapuna Titans 6 (Darnel Seetahal 5, Tevin Mungro) vs Rio Claro Utd 2
Police (Pro League) 7 (Elijah Belgrave 14th, 49th, Aaron Sewart 71st, 90th, Trent Noel 36th, Dexter Alleyne 55th, Anton Hutchinson 75th) vs Golden Lane 0
Defence Force (SL) 3 (Jamal Goodridge 44th, 47th, Keston Williams 72nd) vs Lambeau 1 (Christopher Young 17th o.g)
W Connection 6 (Silvio Spann 20th, 44th, Neil Benjamin Jr 14th, Jomal Williams 27th, Gem Gordon 49th, Camilo Ortega Diaz 52nd) vs Cunupia FC 2 (Denron Daniel 83rd, Anthony Noel 85th)
QPCC 4 (Abiola Clarence 9th, Benedict Barrett 73rd, Vladimir Suite 80th, Jason Charles 89th) vs Enterprise Youths 1 (Kefim Blackford 48th)
Pt Fortin Civic 1 (Sylvester Teesdale) vs Defence Force (Pro League) 0
St Francois Nationals 1 (Keith Williams 35th) vs Bethel Utd 0
North East Stars vs Police (NFA)
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central playing st marys
huge game for my boys
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TTFA FA Trophy gets $100,000 in prize money
By Lasana Liburd (Wired868.com)
Trinidad and Tobago’s oldest football competition, the FA Trophy, looks set to carry a financial prize again for the first time under new Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president Raymond Tim Kee.
After an anxious wait for clubs who have already played in two rounds of competition, TTFA general secretary Sheldon Phillips revealed to Wired868 that the local football body has decided upon a $100,000 cash prize for the 2013 competition.
The clubs are expected to be officially informed of the bounty later this week as the TTFA still has to work out the prize structure.
“The prize money we are putting on the table is $100,000,” Phillips told Wired868. “We still just need to work out whether it is a case of winner-take-all or maybe the top four finishers.
“But there will be prize money and the amount we have settled on is $100,000.”
The news is expected to be greeted with relief by local clubs. There has only been one pay-out to the FA Trophy champion in the last four years and, even then, the money never reached the winner, Caledonia AIA, but was diverted to settle a debt instead.
Phillips declined to name the TTFA’s sponsor though.
“At this point in time, we are not ready to name the source,” said Phillips.
The FA Trophy competition continues tomorrow with 16 teams in action at eight venues nationwide; although at least one outfit is unhappy at its proposed venue.
North East Stars coach Angus Eve did not take kindly to the TTFA’s insistence that the Pro League team must face the Tunapuna Titans from 6 pm at Constantine Park in Macoya.
“It is a big open venue and I think it is very dangerous,” said Eve. “There is no way to collect money there or to secure the ground…
“Apart from the playing conditions, what about the safety of my players and the bench if we are winning the game and someone decides to cause trouble?”
The FA Trophy tournament committee chairman Neville Ferguson assured Wired868 that Eve’s concerns were taken on board and the organisers have spoken with the Titans.
Read more... (http://wired868.com/2013/11/25/ttfa-fa-trophy-gets-100000-in-prize-money/)
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Good stuff :beermug:
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Nice...
So Club Sando and Pres sorry now...
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Tough test for Caledonia in FA round-of-16.
T&T Guardian Reports.
Six TT Pro League clubs, five third-tier zonal teams, four National Super League outfits, and one Secondary Schools Football League underdog will be in action today, when the T&T Football Association (TTFA) kicks off a full slate of matches in the round-of-16 stage of the FA Trophy competition.
Defending FA Trophy champion, Caledonia AIA, a club which has not experienced its best start to the domestic campaign, will face one of the stiffest tests remaining in the competition in fellow TT Pro League’s second-placed team, Point Fortin Civic Centre, from 3.30 pm.
The Eastern Lions will undoubtably have an even more difficult task on its hands when it faces some of the most enthusiastic supporter in the country on the road to Mahaica Oval, Point Fortin.
The two teams have not met in league competition this season. However, after six matches played each, Point Fortin, the newest addition to the top tier football competition sits fourth with three wins and as many losses, compared to Caledonia, which sits one point behind in fourth with two wins, two draws and two losses.
Caledonia made it into the round-of-16 without kicking a ball due to the withdrawal of NSL outfit, Club Sando, which may rue its decision after the announcement of the sponsored prize moneys of $100,000 up for grabs. Its opponent Civic Centre, however, was made to work its way closer to the title when it dropped another Pro League club, Defence Force, 1-0, in the round-of-32, last week.
Meanwhile, DirecTV W Connection, the only team in the TT Pro League with a 100 percent winning record after five matches, and a finalist in the Toyota (T&T) Classic, meets Pro League’s sixth-placed Police FC.
The two teams met in league action back in September with the Savonnetta Boys edging the Policemen 1-0. On-fire T&T international midfielder Joevin Jones scored the decisive goal five minutes into the second half in that encounter. Both teams eased into the third round with big wins in the round-of-32.
W Connection took a 6-2 victory over Cunupia FC, with former T&T international Silvio Spann on target with a first half brace, while Police secured a one-sided 7-0 win over Golden Lane.
In other interesting match-ups, St Mary’s College, the last remaining team from the SSFL will need to punch above its weight, when it faces Central FC, at home, in St Clair, while Guaya United and Westside Superstarz, two stong attacking NSL teams convene at St Anthony’s College Ground, Westmoorings.
After today’s round of matches, at most four TT Pro League clubs will advance to the quarterfinal round.
The subsequent draw for the quarterfinal round is expected to take place on Friday.
FIXTURES
Today’s FA Trophy Round-of-16
Point Fortin Civic Centre v Caledonia AIA, Mahaica Oval, Point Fortin, 3.30 pm
St Mary’s College v Central FC, St Mary’s Ground, Serpentine Road, 3.30 pm
Petrotrin Palo Seco v Defence Force (NSL), Palo Seco, 6 pm
Tunapuna Titans v North East Stars, Constantine Park, Tunapuna, 6 pm
Westside Superstarz v Guaya United (NSL), St Anthony’s College, 3.30 pm
Police FC (Pro League) v W Connection, Fatima College Ground, Mucurapo, 3.30 pm
QPCC v St Francois Nationals, Dibe Recreation Ground, Long Circular Road, 6 pm
Malabar FC v T&T Prisons FC, Larry Gomes Stadium, Arima, 3.30 pm
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CIC 0 - 5 Central FC
Police 0 - 1 W Connection
Civic 3 - 0 Caledonia AIA
What were the other scores today?
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CIC 0 - 5 Central FC
Police 0 - 1 W Connection
Civic 3 - 0 Caledonia AIA
What were the other scores today?
Yes Cali lost, f00k Cali Shabazz.
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Guaya beat westside...unsure of the score
QPCC 3 (Jason charles 2, Troy Thompson) vs St Francois 2 (marlon bowen, Raefer {unsure of last name})
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What happened to Caledonia? They played well in the cups last year
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What happened to Caledonia? They played well in the cups last year
I think this year Cali have been going through some problems with players not wanting to train etc etc the normal thing with our players too much big boys,they have been doing too well and may be don't know how to deal with the success they have had,may be they need new management.
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Point Fortin whips Eastern Stallions in FA Trophy match; Added-time winner sends Guaya through
By Andrew Gioannetti (Guardian).
Southern fan-favourite Point Fortin Civic Centre cruised into the quarterfinal round of the T&T Football Association (TTFA) FA Trophy competition, last evening, when it upset reigning champion Caledonia AIA, in a 3–0 win at Mahaica Oval, Point Fortin.
Caledonia, which ended with ten men after the 81st minute dismissal of Nuru Muhammad, continued a miserable run this season after recently being booted from the Toyota Classic competition by Super League’s Club Sando.
Muhammad was ejected from the match, when his team was already three goals down, after taking down a goal-bound Andre Toussaint of Point Fortin. Toussaint (66th) was among three different players on target for the winning team. Ancil Wells and Andrei Pacheco bagged the opener and the closing goal, respectively.
With the win, Point Fortin joins fellow TT Pro League outfit W Connection, which edged Police FC 1–0 into the last-eight stage. Central FC, which eased past the last remaining Secondary Schools Football League outfit, St Mary’s College, 5–0, also booked a place in the next round.
The three National Super League teams in action in the earlier matches also lit up the round, with Malabar taking a one-sided 5–1 win over T&T Prisons, while Guaya United scored in practically the last minute of the match through standout midfielder Leston Paul, who smashed home a right sided low cross from Kendes Garcia, at the edge of the six-yard box, in time added on.
Guaya almost shot itself in the foot after seeing a 2–0 half-time lead at St Anthony’s College Ground, Westmoorings, overturned by host Westside. Past St Anthony’s College players Travis Joseph and Jamali Garcia responded for Westside in the second half after Kheelon Mitchell and Kendes Garcia gave Guaya a first half advantage.
In Malabar’s win, it was the Hayden Tinto show once again, as the former T&T international netted twice in the first half to initiate the onslaught. Calvin Sheppard, another regular name on Malabar’s scoresheet also netted a brace, while Gorian “Ratty” Highley slotted home a penalty.
Prisons’ only goal came from Ricardo Alleyne on the hour-mark, before ending the match with ten men with Andre Mohammed 90th minute dismissal for two yellow cards. In the late matches yesterday, Petrotrin Palo Seco was to face Defence Force (NSL), Tunapuna Titans played North East Stars and QPCC met St Francois Nationals.
Results
[FA TROPHY ROUND OF 16]
Guaya United 3 (Kheelon Mitchell 33rd, Kendes Garcia 41st, Leston Paul 90th+3) vs Westside Superstarz 2 (Travis Joseph 47th, Jamali Garcia 56th pen)
W Connection 1 (Jomal Williams 52nd) vs Police 0
Central FC 5 (Rundell Winchester 17th, 35th, Keon Trim 44th, Darren Mitchell 86th, Hector Sam 88th) vs St Mary’s College 0
Point Fortin Civic Centre 3 (Ancil Wells 40th, Andre Toussaint 66th, Andrei Pacheco 76th) vs Caledonia AIA 0
Malabar FC 5 (Hayden Tinto 4th, 28th, Calvin Sheppard 34th, 66th, Gorian Highley 43rd pen) vs T&T Prisons 1 (Ricardo Alleyne 60th)
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High five Central beat CIC 5-0.
By Ian Prescott (Express).
The men were clearly separated from the boys.
St Mary’s College, North Zone champions and one of the top teams in the 2013 Secondary Schools Football league, were no match for Pro League side Central FC, when the teams met yesterday in a Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy round of 16 match.
The “Saints” had home advantage, but little else, as they succumbed 5-0 to their older and more football-savvy opponents. Still, there were good signs for the future, in the skill of Rashad Hyacenth and the assuredness of CIC goalkeeper Christian Attong, who kept his team from total embarrassment with several key saves.
But yesterday was about “The Sharks,” mainly Rundell Winchester’ with his speed and decisive finishing, and also stifling defence, the trademark of former England defender Terry Fenwick, now Central FC coach. St Mary’s battled to stay in the match, and were only down 3-0 at half time, due mainly to defending in huge numbers, and good work from the goalkeeper. Much of the first period was spent blocking shots from Central FC. At the other end, CIC striker Chinua Bernard struggled to find a second’s peace with the ball, as Akeem Benjamin stuck to him like rain-soaked clothes.
Not much older than some of the schoolboys, 19-year-old T&T international Winchester stamped his class on the first half with a pair of goals in the 17th & 34th minutes. Keon Trim added a third in the 44th with a low shot to the near corner, and before the first half ended, midfielder Jason Marcano, who engineered most of the forward play, won and horribly missed a penalty, while Dwight Quintero put the ball into the net but had a goal ruled offside.
Winchester emphatically opened the scoring, hitting with power and curling to the far corner, and speed got him a second goal ,as he outran the defenders by such distance, that he had time to look up and stoke the ball wide inside the far post. In the second half, Darren Mitchell came on and hit low to the far post for a fourth goal, while Hector Sam made it 5-0 via a deflected free-kick off the defensive wall.
Fenwick did not exactly use his A-team, resting keeper Jan Michael Williams and regular midfielder Johan Peltier and Darren “Chucky” Mitchell. But the Englishman wasn’t generous either, playing the experienced Sam and Marvin Oliver, Jason Marcano, Elton John who have all worn T&T colours at some level.
For a while, St Mary’s defenders won lusty cheers when putting in some last-gasp tackles to foil Central.
Hyacenth also twice almost scored on nervous Sharks keeper Javon Sample. And Hyacenth even got a round of applause when he put in a disallowed goal . However, the best moment of the second half came when Central midfielder Marcus Mottley froze the CIC keeper with a superb volley in the 47th minute.
In all, it was probably a good lesson learned for the schoolboys. Some, especially the defenders, may now feel they have what it takes, while others now know they have more work to do if they intend to pursue Pro League careers.
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However, the best moment of the second half came when Central midfielder Marcus Mottley froze the CIC keeper with a superb volley in the 47th minute.
??? ??? ??? brrr?
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However, the best moment of the second half came when Central midfielder Marcus Mottley froze the CIC keeper with a superb volley in the 47th minute.
??? ??? ??? brrr?
Ian Prescott at his best, always and, every time...
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I guess Mr. Prescott is starting the first bit of transfer rumors. Silly season has begun!!!
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Leston Paul playing for Guaya? Same Leston Paul who was u-20 captain and supposed to be the next Latas?
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Quarter Final Draw
Guaya Utd. vs W Connection.
PFCC vs NE Stars.
Petrotrin Palo Seco vs Central FC.
QPCC vs Malabar FC.
All games will be played on Wed. 4/12/13.
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Leston Paul playing for Guaya? Same Leston Paul who was u-20 captain and supposed to be the next Latas?
Yes, that is the same Leston. Now, Leston may not be on par with Latas and the rest, but he has options. he has degree. Maybe he is working down there and playing footie at the side.
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Interesting draw. How are petrotrin as compared to the old united petrotrin?
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Seems like God has smile on Central, how they lucky so.
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Seems like God has smile on Central, how they lucky so.
Why you say so?
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Seems like God has smile on Central, how they lucky so.
They say God smiles on the righteous!
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Seems like God has smile on Central, how they lucky so.
They say God smiles on the righteous!
That's why i've always said when things not in your favour don't grumble,i know the Trophys slipping away but it's a level playing field.
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Seems like God has smile on Central, how they lucky so.
They say God smiles on the righteous!
That's why i've always said when things not in your favour don't grumble,i know the Trophys slipping away but it's a level playing field.
Actually, Coops, some of the playing fields we've played on this season were anything but level!!
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Guns out: Guaya vows to attack Connection in FA quarters
By Lasana Liburd (Wired868)
The “Green Army” is readying its artillery.
Guaya United coach Ron La Forest has vowed to attack DIRECTV W Connection with everything he has as the two outfits prepare to do battle again in a potentially thrilling TTFA FA Trophy quarterfinal contest on Wednesday December 3 from 3.30 pm in Guayaguayare.
Just a week and a half ago, Connection whipped Guaya 3-0 in a Toyota Classic semifinal clash at Couva’s Ato Boldon Stadium en route to winning the competition outright. La Forest insisted that it will be a different affair in Guayaguayare as the Super League team seeks revenge against the present Pro League leader and arguably the best team in the country at present.
There will be an intriguing match-up at Mahaica Oval too where Point Fortin Civic hosts fellow Pro League team North East Stars from 3.30 pm while another top flight outfit, Central FC, travels to Palo Seco to challenge Southern Football Association (SFA) club, Petrotrin, from 6 pm.
At least one lower league club is guaranteed a spot in the FA Trophy semifinal round as Super League team, Malabar FC, will take on Northern Football Association (NFA) side, Queen’s Park CC, from 6 pm at the Dibe Recreation Ground in Long Circular.
Of course, La Forest hopes that Guaya will be the second non-Pro League club in the final four although his not-so-secret weapon will be around the field rather than on it.
“Our team will be feeding off of the support we have in Guaya,” said La Forest, a former Joe Public and national youth team head coach. “The crowd will be in close quarters and that will give us the drive. It should be a different match to what happened at the stadium.
“The last one we played, we were more cautious; (but) now that we have a fair idea of what they have, we will be more open. We will hit them with what got us this far; and that is when we attack, we attack with full force.”
Guaya’s output is based around the formidable central midfield partnership of team captain Ryan Stewart and former national youth team captain Leston Paul while wingers Jody Allsop and Kevin Jagdeosingh often dart in from the flanks to contribute crucial goals.
The 31-year-old Stewart limped off the field in the Classic match against Connection and has not played since; but he is cautiously optimistic about featuring in Wednesday’s crucial contest. But Paul is ready to take up the playmaker’s role if necessary and the 23-year-old gave a wonderful advert of his attacking ability in the final 30 minutes of the Classic semis.
Read more: http://wired868.com/2013/12/02/guns-out-guaya-vows-to-attack-connection-in-fa-quarters/
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Speaking of guns. If the other Winchester is allowed to play in the quarters and beyond, and its a big if, La Forest , Guaya, and all the other teams going forward are going to have a huge problem containing this young gun. Just saying.
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Speaking of guns. If the other Winchester is allowed to play in the quarters and beyond, and its a big if, La Forest , Guaya, and all the other teams going forward are going to have a huge problem containing this young gun. Just saying.
I don't believe Winchester can play until the transfer window opens because he is returning from loan overseas and needs an International Transfer Certificate.
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Great article, really in depth and informative.
Good to see Leston Paul making a return to local football, hope he is successful in Finland/Iceland. Now time for Jomal Williams to step up his game and take Jones place as the most gifted midfielder in the pro-league.
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Guaya United coach Ron La Forest has vowed to attack DIRECTV W Connection with everything he has as the two outfits prepare to do battle again.
“The last one we played, we were more cautious; (but) now that we have a fair idea of what they have, we will be more open. We will hit them with what got us this far; and that is when we attack, we attack with full force.”
Dat is typical Ron La.
A canny team will lash dem on de counter
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bless his heart, the man have no guile whatsoever.
that and overconfidence is bad news against a savvy outfit like Connection. ron feel is Angostura or House of Dread he playing against.
that said, it will be good for local football if guaya lifts the trophy. the players, and especially the supporters deserve it. and if only to embarrass skeene and company to come good on some of those empty promises they make every year at the league opening
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Guaya United coach Ron La Forest has vowed to attack DIRECTV W Connection with everything he has as the two outfits prepare to do battle again.
“The last one we played, we were more cautious; (but) now that we have a fair idea of what they have, we will be more open. We will hit them with what got us this far; and that is when we attack, we attack with full force.”
Dat is typical Ron La.
A canny team will lash dem on de counter
bless his heart, the man have no guile whatsoever.
that and overconfidence is bad news against a savvy outfit like Connection. ron feel is Angostura or House of Dread he playing against.
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Raised my eyebrow too ... curious to see how it plays out for Guaya. Naturally attacking players tend to hold to their principles, buh I want to believe he doh mean that full-bore literally.
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Guaya United coach Ron La Forest has vowed to attack DIRECTV W Connection with everything he has as the two outfits prepare to do battle again.
“The last one we played, we were more cautious; (but) now that we have a fair idea of what they have, we will be more open. We will hit them with what got us this far; and that is when we attack, we attack with full force.”
Dat is typical Ron La.
A canny team will lash dem on de counter
Palos is correct,anybody that knows Ron will tell you the same thing,that's the way he played and it's the same way he coaches,Ron will give u chat and beat u the same way,it's a strategy he uses to ofset played and play with peoples minds,right now he is sending messages to WC.
I think what he is saying is right,he has been having a successful season win,loose or draw,what ever strategy he is useing he is successful with it,if he have to win don't go and tie up your players with a different strategy because it's WC,be confident they good we good too that's the mind set you want to give your players,as a matter of fact WC have more to loose than Guaya.
I like the way he talking,it's all in the game don't take him serious.
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Palo Seco 0 - 1 Central F.C.
K.Trim
No report as after a two hour drive from Couva, I only reached Penal and turned back!!
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W Connection passes Guaya FA test
As yesterday’s TTFA FA Trophy quarterfinal fixture at the Guaya Secondary ground headed towards stoppage time, DIRECTV W Connection coach Stuart Charles-Fevrier and his assistants Earl Jean and Trevor Nottingham were on their feet shouting at their players to retreat into a compact defensive block.
And, as referee Gyasi McDonald’s final shrill of the whistle confirmed Connection’s 1-0 triumph over Guaya United, courtesy of a first half Jem Gordon strike, Fevrier and club owner David John Williams’ satisfied looks spoke volumes.
In theory, Pro League rival Central FC should offer a tougher test of Connection’s ambitions in Saturday’s League fixture at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. But Fevrier insisted that yesterday’s triumph over the ambitious Super League team, on a heavy pitch in front of a large, noisy and passionate home crowd, was one of his team’s biggest results this season.
“To me, this is one of our best wins this season when you consider the standard of the ground,” Fevrier told Wired868. “Guaya doesn’t usually lose in Guaya. They are considered better on those conditions than us…
“We showed that we are a professional team because we showed (we can make) the adjustment.”
Connection displayed the strength that the club has in depth too. Defender Mekeil Williams, who captained the side yesterday, was the only player who started in Connection’s Toyota Classic final win over Club Sando on the weekend.
Fevrier explained that the decision to play his reserve squad, as he has done throughout the FA competition so far, was not a discourtesy to the tournament or yesterday’s opponent.
“I always put faith in my players because they all do the same training and they all have talent,” said Fevrier. “I never talk to my players about a first team and a second team. They are (one) squad.”
At the other end, Guaya coach Ron La Forest was satisfied too as the “Green Army” narrowed the gap after a 3-0 loss to Connection in the Toyota Classic semifinal; and despite being without the injured pair of playmaker and captain Ryan “Fry” Stewart and free scoring winger Kevin Jagdeosingh.
“You can see the improvement today,” said La Forest. “I won’t focus on who wasn’t here because we try to train two people for every position. The leadership was lacking at times but otherwise I was most happy with the game.”
Secretly, Guaya’s considerable support-base might have enjoyed giving Connection a torrid time too.
“Allyuh training whole day and this is the best allyuh have?” one Guaya supporter asked the Connection technical area. “We does play football when we done hustle in the Point! Hahaha!”
The verbal jousting was as entertaining as the game was dogged.
“You eat Gouti toenail?” one supporter asked Connection attacker Carmilo Ortega, after his foul on Guaya’s stand-in captain Leston Paul. “How you wild so?!”
Read more: http://wired868.com/2013/12/05/determined-w-connection-pass-guaya-fa-test/
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How much yuh feel was in attendance Lasana? and how Leston Paul looked?
Is Jem Gordon or Gem?
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Wish I coulda seen that match, bet it was tense
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Connection edge Guaya in FA quarters; Stars, Central also among semi-finalists.
ttproleague.com.
Three TT Pro League clubs advanced into the semi-final round of the 2013 FA Trophy competition, but with slim results on Wednesday.
DIRECTV W Connection, North East Stars and Central FC all progressed into the semi-final pool, along with Super League outfit Malabar FC, which will be drawn on Friday and contested on Wednesday 11 December.
Three-time FA winners, W Connection, overcame a passionate Guaya United, a heavy surface, and an intimidating “Green Army” crowd at the La Savanne Recreation Ground in Guayaguayare with a 1-0 score, the same score-line managed by Central FC against home team Petrotrin Palo Seco at the Palo Seco Recreation Ground.
At the Mahaica Oval in Point Fortin, North East Stars needed a 4-2 penalty win following a goalless draw against fellow Pro League outfit Point Fortin Civic, while the fourth and final team reaching the semi-final round was Malabar FC, who defeated Queen’s Park Cricket Club FC 2-1.
Kevon Woodley fired Malabar ahead in the 14 th minute before QPCC’s Vladimir Suite leveled the score 1-1 in the 30th minute. It took Malabar until the 65th minute at the Dibe Recreation Ground in Long Circular to find the match winner, scored by Gorian Highley.
On the opposite end of Trinidad, in Palo Seco, it was Keon Trim’s 45 th minute strike that earned last season’s defeated finalist Central its place in this season’s semi-final round.
And in Guayaguayare, an earlier item scored in the 22 nd minute by Tobagonian Mickaeel Jem Gordon gave Connection, still fresh from lifting this season’s Toyota Classic trophy last Friday, the much needed win.
W Connection head coach Stuart Charles Fevrier, who led the “Savonnetta Boys” to successfully defend the Digicel Charity Shield this season, occupy pole position in the Digicel Pro League table, and win the Toyota Classic Final 2-0 against Club Sando, said that Wednesday’s 1-0 FA quarterfinal round win over Guaya was definitely one of his team’s best for the season.
“Mainly because of the ground conditions,” he added, “… and mainly because Guaya don’t normally lose in Guaya.
“They were considered to be better in those conditions, than us … and with their home support … and in their own backyard, while we played with the nil.
“This is where our professionalism showed. The fact that the score ended 1-0.
“We just wanted to win the game. I told (my) players it’s just important to get the job done. 1 nil and 6 nil is the same because it’s a knockout competition. Goal average isn’t important.
“We are a professional team, because we could have made the adjustment. I really respect this win. I must give a lot of credit to my players for this win.
Gordon raced down the left before combining with Brazilian Celio Da Silva inside the area, and on the return pass the slim built forward curled his strike past Guaya goalkeeper Kevon Saunders for a 1-0 score.
But as the game progressed the rain-soaked surface became more and more difficult for both sides.
However the Ron La Forest coached-Guaya, which fell 3-0 against W Connection in the semi-final round of the Toyota Classic a week and a half ago, had a couple first chances to equalise.
In the 32 nd minute Kerdell Alfred, cheered on by a few hundred supporters, turned neatly and fired in a strike from just outside the area but directly at goalkeeper Aquelius Sylvester, who made an easy gather.
Guaya without top players Ryan Stewart and Kevin Jagdeosingh, both nursing injuries, were close in the 42 nd minute when a Jody Allsop freekick from the right crashed off the crossbar.
And in the 45 th minute a dipping strike from left-back John Stewart flew just beyond the far post.
La Forest was quite pleased following the match and didn’t dwell on the absence of R. Stewart and Jagdeosingh. Instead the Guaya coached said he was happy for the improvement displayed by his players against the side that defeated them 3-0 in the Toyota Classic.
Connection had a few openings in the second period but just couldn’t find the back of the net a second time.
Goalscorer Gordon struck wide of the upright in the 56 th minute after being picked out by a Jhon Stiven Reyes Lopez pass inside the area.
Ten minutes later Joevin Jones, who is scheduled to depart Trinidad on Saturday for a 12-day trial at Italian Serie A club Udinese, volleyed wide of the Guaya post on his first touch of the ball after replacing Camilo Ortega Diaz a minute earlier.
Jones was one of three second half introductions, striker Hashim Arcia and defensive midfielder Gerard Williams the others, made by Fevrier who utilized a second string outfit with the likes of Celio Da Silva Santos, Tremain Shayn Paul, Devaughn Elliot, goalkeeper Aquelius Sylvester, Gordon and Lopez.
“On a ground like that, you must make three substitutes,” explained Fevrier following the match. “Because to go and come for ninety minutes on those conditions, you must (add) fresh legs.
“Because our squad is small, you will find that our starters were on the bench. And because Jones is (going on trial) I kept it minimum just to keep him active.
“I also didn’t start him and other players on the bench because we have a [Digicel Pro League] game [against Central FC] on the weekend as well. And (after playing on the Guaya ground) we need at least three days to recover.”
The Connection coach also highlighted, “Not many coaches would play the team I played here today and that’s what makes the difference for W Connection. I (always) show faith and confidence in all my players. All of them train together and all of them have talent. I never make my players feel like they are reserves.
“So far, over the years, W Connection is the team that has gotten the best results using any of their players.”
Gordon, a developmental signing prior the start of the season, tried his luck at goal again in the 67 th minute, before being replaced by Arcia three minutes later, but his blast from the right whisked across the face of goal and out for a goal-kick to the delight of Guaya and its “Green Army” which on many instances verbally abused members of the W Connection technical area and match referee Gyasi Mc Donald.
Guaya goalkeeper Saunders pulled off a stop in the 76 th minute when he denied Jomal Williams and kept the hopes of the Guaya faithful alive.
But in the end, following four minutes time added on, it was Connection that left the battleground as heroes, while Guaya celebrated themselves proud soldiers of the game.
“This [victory] is not by guess,” said a proud W Connection owner/president David John Williams.
He and Fevrier gave details of their itinerary which included: a day off on Sunday, following Saturday night’s Toyota Classic Final win; a post-Final video session on Monday followed by training on the afternoon; a session with psychologist Brian Skinner on Tuesday morning before making the trip to Guayaguayare, and a training session at Amoco ground on the afternoon.
“So the result isn’t only on the field,” added Fevrier who made the trip to Guayaguayare on Sunday for a first time visit to the venue and to formalise arrangements at the Sunset Beach Resort for Tuesday and Wednesday.
Williams estimated costs at $8,000 for accommodating and meals for members of staff and its entire squad.
He said, “We have a standard to keep.”
Fevrier went further to add, “The word professional alone is a high level. What happens with other clubs is they don’t put value on being a professional club.”
Earlier this week the FA Trophy tournament organisers – Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) – unofficially revealed that there is a prize money structure to the tournament that went empty handed last season.
However, the tournament, which usually boasts an $80,000 winners’ prize along with the trophy, has been restructured to a $50,000 winners’ prize, $30,000 for the runners-up, and $20,000 going to the third place finishers.
Williams expressed his gratitude on the available prize monies.
“From zero to fifty” combined with a few chuckles, said it all.
Connection, Stars and Central will all return to Digicel Pro League action on the weekend in Round One Match Day Seven.
North East Stars will travel to the Hasely Crawford Stadium from 8 p.m. against San Juan Jabloteh on Friday following a 6 p.m. clash between St. Ann’s Rangers and Police FC.
On Saturday Point Fortin will host reigning champions Defence Force from 3:30 p.m. at the Mahaica Oval, and Connection against town-rivals Central from 5 p.m. at the Ato Boldon Stadium
FA Trophy 2013 Quarter Final Round Results
Guaya United 0—1 W Connection
Mickaeel Jem Gordon 22’
Point Fortin Civic (2)0—0(4) North East Stars
(North East Stars won 4-2 on penalties)
Petrotrin Palo Seco 0—1 Central FC
Keon Trim 45’
QPCC 1—2 Malabar FC
Vladimir Suite 30’ ; Kevon Woodley 14’, Gorian Highley 65’
Teams
Guaya United—1. Kevon Saunders, 18. Leston Paul (capt.), 5. John Stewart (Yellow Card), 7. Jody Allsop, 8. Kerdell Alfred (9. Earlon Thomas 64th), 10. Carlon Hughes, 12. Akieno Morgan (2. Marcus Ramkhelewan 68th), 14. Sherlon Campbell, 19. Beville Joseph, 27. Kheelon Mitchell (99. Russell Alfred 66th), 77. Leroy Jones
Unused substitutes—6. Zavion Navarro, 26. Kendes Garcia, 70. Kheelon Ferrier, 80. Marcus Des-Cartes (GK)
Coach—Ron La Forest
W Connection—22. Aquelius Sylvester, 15. Mekeil Williams (capt.), 6. Celio Da Silva Santos (Yellow Card), 11. Tremain Shayn Paul, 12. Camilo Ortega Diaz (Yellow Card) (10. Joevin Jones 64th), 13. Devaughn Elliot, 25. Christian Viveros, 28. Yhon Stiven Reyes Lopez (3. Gerard Williams 76th), 29. Mickaeel Jem Gordon (Yellow Card) (14. Hashim Arcia 70th), 39. Alvin Jones, 40. Jomal Williams
Unused substitutes—2. Kurt Frederick, 9. Andell Noray, 18. Julani Archibald (GK), 19. Leslie Joel Russell
Coach—Stuart Charles Fevrier
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Semi Final - Ato Boldon Stadium on 11.12.13.
5pm - Malabar FC vs Central FC.
730pm - NE Stars vs W Connection.
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Semi Final - Ato Boldon Stadium on 11.12.13.
5pm - Malabar FC vs Central FC.
730pm - NE Stars vs W Connection.
Okay, I'm a Central Fan as well but even you gotta admit now Football Supporter that we've had a very fortunate draw this tourney!
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Hah yea, ain't saying it's easy, but you'd have picked the teams you've played nearly every round
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Semi Final - Ato Boldon Stadium on 11.12.13.
5pm - Malabar FC vs Central FC.
730pm - NE Stars vs W Connection.
Okay, I'm a Central Fan as well but even you gotta admit now Football Supporter that we've had a very fortunate draw this tourney!
I kept saying that our name is on the F.A. Trophy this year.....we've certainly had the luck of the draw. But every one of these games was a potential banana skin and I hate them!! Malabar may seem easy, but they have it all to play for. Even if we win the trophy, I'll still have to go and check it's there the next day before I really enjoy the feeling. Meantime, we have two tough games as North East or Connection will be massive if we get through. I just wish I had a lucky gonk!!
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Hah yea, ain't saying it's easy, but you'd have picked the teams you've played nearly every round
You ain't wrong, bro!
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FA Trophy Draw Pits Central FC vs Malabar FC and W Connection vs North East Stars
http://www.youtube.com/v/4wCDPbLDy18
Today's TTFA FA Trophy Draw - TTFA Media TV
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Malabar draw Central FC in FA Trophy.
T&T Express Reports.
Super League club Malabar Football Club will strive to become the first lower division team in the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) FA Trophy final for seven years, when they face Pro League Central FC next Wednesday in the opening match of a semi-final double-header at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva.
Toyota Classic champions W Connection will face fellow Pro League club North East Stars in the second semi-final
Malabar remain the last lower division team in the FA competition after edging NFA team Queen’s Park 2-1 in the quarter-final round.
A non-professional team have not reached the final since 2006 when Super League club WASA won on penalties over North East Stars, following an exciting 3-3 stalemate. East Zone Carib also reached the 2001 final, where they lost 1-0 to Joe Public.
FA TROPHY SEMI-FINAL DRAW:
5.00 p.m. - Malabar FC vs Central FC, Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva
7.30 p.m. - North East Stars vs W-Connection, Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva
VIDEO: - FA Trophy Draw Pits (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wCDPbLDy18)
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Central FC 2 Malabar FC 2
Central won 3 -2 on penalty kicks
W Connection 3 North East Stars 0
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W Connection ripping things up this year - last year they looked like a team of strangers when I saw them at Easter, looks like they sorted out whatever was happening there
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W Connection ripping things up this year - last year they looked like a team of strangers when I saw them at Easter, looks like they sorted out whatever was happening there
One of the most admiring things about Connection this year is that are effectively playing two teams...one in the league and one in the cup with only two or three guys overlapping both teams. Strength in depth is extremely had to achieve in T&T with tight budgets and is essential for a good CONCACAF campaign, so hopefully they will be more successful there next summer.
But don't let the 3-0 scoreline fool you. It was a tough game on a very heavy pitch. All North East are missing is a striker to replace Glen. I think Connection scored around 65 mins and of course NES applied more pressure and left gaps. The final goal was around 90th min.
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They should look to the Super League - some good strikers down there
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FS, now that you have commented on WC vs NES, what about Central vs Malabar?
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FS, now that you have commented on WC vs NES, what about Central vs Malabar?
Pitch was very wet and heavy and rain fell throughout the game so it was never going to be a football festival.
Central very lucky.
Malabar took the lead. Peltier scored an excellent equaliser. (See goal here - https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152106398735330&set=o.494826560546022&type=2&theater). Oliver was stretchered off with a damaged arm.
Malabar won a fortunate penalty and converted well. Central went down to 10 men when Goodridge made an excellent clearance but collided with the goal post and was stretchered off and taken to hospital with suspected broken ribs. Jamal Jack headed a late equaliser. Both teams missed first penalty, but Central remained composed and won 3-2 on pens with Jan-Michael making a crucial save.
Malabar had around 100 supporters who made lots of noise. However, one worrying incident saw one of the Malabar supporters run across the track to berate the assistant referee. No security attended and the guy just wandered back to his seat.
Haven't seen a good Central performance since the Point Fortin game, so winning on penalties brought no satisfaction.
However, two F.A. Trophy finals in two years ain't bad and it's the second time this season that we've finished a semi with 10 men and won.
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Thanks FS & good luck in the final.
I was told that WC also played the last 12 mins with 10 men & scored 2 goals as one of the defenders had to come off with a ham string injury & could not have been replaced as all subs had already been used.
This should be an interesting final as no doubt both teams would want to be victors.
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Thanks FS & good luck in the final.
I was told that WC also played the last 12 mins with 10 men & scored 2 goals as one of the defenders had to come off with a ham string injury & could not have been replaced as all subs had already been used.
This should be an interesting final as no doubt both teams would want to be victors.
Not sure, I think he was replaced, but I could be wrong. Both teams have won a cup this season and Central are the only team to defeat Connection so both teams will be up for it!!
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FS, ok, I did confirm he could not have been replaced as all subs had already been made. I am watching WI Sports & they are showing the WC vs NES game, second half so I will monitor.
I suspect they probably showed your game before but they usually repeat so I will look out.
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FS, ok, I did confirm he could not have been replaced as all subs had already been made. I am watching WI Sports & they are showing the WC vs NES game, second half so I will monitor.
I suspect they probably showed your game before but they usually repeat so I will look out.
Wouldn't waste too much time on our game....it wasn't pretty!! But Peltier's goal was class!
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FYI
W Connection now has a squad of 22 (without Jones, Cyrus, Britto and Clarence).
They have been using two completely different starting squads in the league and FA and doing quite well, with the quality of the play as well as the results not being compromised.
Connection have a number of players to get by and their rotation policy has been working for they. Credit to the head coach and staff for that.
What has also gone unnoticed is the age of the squad and the experience they have. Jomal Williams, Neil Benjamin are both 19 and in their 3rd pro league senior season.
Joevin 22 in his fifth, Alvin Jones 19 in his second. Just to name a few. The average age of the squad is 22 years and 9 months and when you consider Gerard Williams is 25 and in his 7th full season and Christian Viveros 25 also and in his 8th you as a football man will understand that the results they are getting is not by guess.
Add Mikeil Williams 23 and Daneil Cyrus 22 and it gets even better. Spice it up with Stefano Rijssell at 21 and playing as a seasoned veteran the taste gets even better.
Not to mention Jerrol Britto and company, the experience of Silvio Spann others.
Another missing piece of information is that almost 50% of this young squad had won a league Championship for them two seasons ago, and by the way there is Shahdon Winchester 21 who will join Connection for two months before heading back to Finland for his second season there.
It is about careful planning and investing in young talent and putting them in at the deep end at a early age.
For the records Joevin made his first senior start for Connection at 18, Jomal at 17, Benjamin at 17, Winchester at 16, Gerard Williams at 17 and Christian Viveros at 17.
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sounds good flex, would like to see them or anyone else for that matter do some damage in the CCL
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Go Sharks!!!
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Good points, but they had roughly the same team last year minus Joao, and whilst 1 years experience might matter in the first couple years, would you say that 5 over 4, or 8 over 7 years experience are to have such an impact?
Speaking/asking from ignorance, have they focused on teamwork and movement? Has teh demise of Defence Force this season helped?
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W Connection are the 2013 FA Cup Champions after a penalty shoot out.
At half time, scores were level at 1-1 with Jomal Williams scoring for W Connection & Quintero replying almost immediately for Central. Half time score 1-1.
2nd half Oliver put Central ahead via the penalty spot, W Connection replied almost immediately via Neil Benjamin, score 2-2.
Match went into extra time and ended 2-2.
W Connection won via sudden death 6-5.
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thank for the update. good to see the young guns stepping up.
high time for jomal williams to live up to his potential
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Great cup final. Good advertisement for T&T football. Congrats to W.Connection. As an Englishman, I expected to lose on pens lol.
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Tough luck, FS. Better luck, next time. What was the attendence like?
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Central F.C. equaliser
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152122518805330
Attendance, I'd guess, around 500.
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.Kevon Goddard is 17 and he also was not on the under 17 team yet he started in the FA cup final ??? where you all finding them FS??
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.Kevon Goddard is 17 and he also was not on the under 17 team yet he started in the FA cup final ??? where you all finding them FS??
One of Terry's strengths!
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Please be advised that that the TTFA Trophy Competition draw took place today at the Football Association’s Boardroom at the Hasely Crawford Stadium at 2:00 p.m.
The 38 Clubs participating in the competition are as follows:
1 Cunupia F.C. - Central FA
2 Harlem Strikers - Central FA - (Dropped Out)
3 Enterprise Life Sport - Central FA
4 Biche F.C. - Eastern Counties FU
5 Rio Claro Utd 0 Eastern Counties FU
6 Tamana United - Eastern Counties FU
7 Prison F.C. - Eastern FA
8 House of Dread - Eastern FA
9 SKHY F.C. - Eastern FA
10 Moruga F.C. - Southern FA
11 Penal All Stars - Southern FA
12 Cedar Hill Utd - Southern FA
13 Youth Stars - Tobago FA
14 Black Rock FC - Tobago FA
15 Roxborough Lakers - Tobago FA
16 Maple FC - Northern FA
17 Q.P.C.C - Northern FA
18 St Francois Nationals - Northern FA
19 Real Maracas - National Super League
20 Guaya Utd - National Super League
21 Defence Force (SL) - National Super League
22 Petrotrin Palo Seco - National Super League
23 Club Sando - National Super League
24 D' Lime Bar Goal City - National Super League
25 Bethel United - National Super League
26 WASA - National Super League
27 FC Santa Rosa - National Super League
28 Stokelyvale FC - National Super League
29 Siparia Spurs - National Super League
30 W. Connection - TT Pro League
31 Defence Force (Pro) - TT Pro League
32 San Juan Jabloteh - TT Pro League
33 Caledonia AIA TT - Pro League
34 Police F.C. - TT Pro League
35 Point Fortin Civic FC - TT Pro League
36 Central F.C. - TT Pro League
37 St. Ann's Rangers - TT Pro League
38 North East Stars - TT Pro League
The 1st Round will take place on Wednesday 28th January 2015 and the draw for the round of 32 will take place on Friday 30th January, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at the TTFA Board room, Hasely Crawford Stadium.
The Fixture for the 1st Round is as follows:
1 House of Dread Vs Guaya Utd, 4:00 p.m. Guaya Rec. Ground
2 Cedar Hill Utd Vs Defence Force FC (Super League), 4:00 p.m. Cedar Hill, Princes Town
3 Q.P.C.C. Vs Defence Force F.C. (TT Pro League), 4:00 p.m. Dibe Rec Grd, Long Circular
4 Siparia Spurs Vs Maple F.C 4:00 p.m. Fyzabad Rec. Grd
5 Point Fortin Civic Vs Harlem Strikers 4:00 p.m. Mahaica Oval
6 W Connection Vs Real Maracas, 8:00 p.m. Ato Boldon Stadium
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FA champs W Connection to start defence at preliminary stage.
ttproleague.com.
Civic gets free second round passage after Harlem Strikers pullout
Four-time FA Trophy winners and defending champions DIRECTV W Connection are among three top flight clubs that were drawn to contest the preliminary round of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA)-run FA Trophy, 2015 edition.
Determined at a random draw, of 38 teams, conducted last Wednesday at the TTFA office at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain, three (3) TT Pro League clubs: W Connection, Defence Force and Point Fortin Civic, and four (4) National Super League (NSL) clubs: Guaya United, Defence Force, Siparia Spurs and Real Maracas, were drawn in the twelve-team preliminary round to be contested on Wednesday 28 January 2015.
However, Point Fortin Civic, drawn to host Central FA outfit Harlem Strikers at the Mahaica Oval in Point Fortin in the preliminary round, have received free passage to the next round which will be drawn on Monday 2 February.
According to the TTFA, Harlem Strikers withdrew from the tournament, indicating that due to various reasons they are unable to field a team.
Meanwhile Connection – the reigning Digicel Pro League winners and five-title winners of last season – must face National Super League outfit Real Maracas from 8 pm at the Ato Boldon Stadium in the preliminary round to begin their title defence.
FA Cups abroad, in particular England, usually include top tier clubs at the latter stage although the tournament is known for the possibility for the "minnows" from the lower divisions to become "giant killers" by eliminating top clubs.
But for a second consecutive tournament, W Connection, arguably the most successful club in the last 15 years, must start from below.
FA winners in 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2013-2014 and seven-time finalists, Connection, coached by St Lucian Stuart Charles-Fevrier, have met Maracas just once competitively, defeating the NSL outfit 2-0 in the preliminary round of the 2013 Toyota Classic, the only tournament that pools Pro League clubs with NSL clubs.
Last season Connection defeated rivals Central FC 6-5 on kicks from the penalty spot following a 2-2 draw in the final of the FA Trophy.
The other FA preliminary round clashes to be contested on Wednesday, includes: Siparia Spurs against Maple FC from 3:30 pm at the Fyzabad Recreation Ground; House of Dread to host Guaya United from 6:30 pm at Constantine Ground in Macoya;
Queens Park Cricket Club (QPCC) to host Defence Force (Pro League) from 6:30 pm at Dibe Recreation Ground in Long Circular; and Cedar Hill United against Defence Force (Super League) from 7 pm at Edingburgh 500 in Chaguanas.
Of the thirty-six (38) teams drawn: Nine (9) TT Pro League clubs, eleven (11) National Super League clubs, and three (3) from each of the six (6) national zones, with the exception of Harlem Strikers will compete in the 2015 FA Trophy.
TT Pro League (Central FC, W Connection, Defence Force, North East Stars, Caledonia AIA, Point Fortin Civic, Police FC, San Juan Jabloteh, St. Ann's Rangers)
National Super League (Real Maracas, Guaya United, Petrotrin Palo Seco, Club Sando, D’ Lime Bar Goal City, Bethel United, WASA, FC Santa Rosa, Siparia Spurs, Stokelyvale FC, Defence Force)
Eastern FA (Prison F. C., House of Dread, SKHY F.C.)
Eastern Counties FU (Biche FC, Rio Claro United, Tamana United)
Central FA (Cunupia FC, Enterprise Life Sports)
Northern FA (Maple FC, QPCC FC, St. Francois Nationals)
Southern FA (Moruga FC, Penal All Stars, Cedar Hill United)
Tobago FA (Youth Stars FC, Black Rock F.C., Roxborough Lakers)
Since the debut of professional teams into the competition in 1999, clubs from the former Professional Football League (PFL) and the current TT Pro League have won the cup in all but one of those years. WASA of the Super League were surprise winners in 2006, defeating two professional clubs, including North East Stars 4-2 on penalties after the final ended in a 3–3 draw.
FA Trophy 2015 Preliminary Round
Wednesday 28 January 2015
Siparia Spurs vs Maple FC—3:30 pm, Fyzabad Recreation Ground
House of Dread vs Guaya United—6:30 pm, Constantine Ground, Macoya
QPCC vs Defence Force (Pro League)—6:30 pm, Dibe Recreation Ground, Long Circular
Cedar Hill United vs Defence Force (Super League)—7 pm, Edingburgh 500, Chaguanas
W Connection vs Real Maracas—8 pm, Ato Boldon Stadium
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No SSFL teams this year?
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No SSFL teams this year?
Let them do they school wuk!
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Roy bangs hat-trick as Army crush QPCC 7-1 in FA Trophy prelims.
ttproleague.com.
Colombian Rodriquez snatches late Connection winner over Real Maracas
Richard Roy scored three times in the second half and Josimar Belgrave twice, when Defence Force (Pro League) crushed Northern Football Association (NFA) outfit Queens Park Cricket Club (QPCC) FC 7-1 in the preliminary round of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA)-run FA Trophy on Wednesday.
QPCC, hosting the soldiers at Dibe Recreation Ground in Long Circular, scored first but it was an own goal credited to former Trinidad and Tobago youth player Chad De Freitas in the 25th minute – a 1-0 lead that Defence Force took into the break.
Jerome Charles equalised for QPCC in the 58th minute but Defence Force stormed back with six goals.
Forward Richard Roy netted in the 68th, 72nd and 84th minutes while midfielder Josimar Belgrave grabbed a double with items in the 80th and 87th minute. Winger Akeem Roach was also on the score sheet for the soldiers with a goal in the 63rd minute.
As for defending FA Trophy champions and four-time winners DIRECTV W Connection, the “Savonetta Boys” needed an 89th minute winner from Colombian defender Christian Rodriguez at the Ato Boldon Stadium to get by Super League outfit Real Maracas 1-0.
Connection, coming off a hard fought 1-0 Digicel Pro League win over North East Stars less than 24 hours before, utilised a number of non-starters and although creating a number of openings failed to put a shot on target before January signing, 25-year-old Rodriquez, scored his first and very valuable "Savonetta Boys" goal.
It was a deflected strike from distance by the Colombian that left Maracas goalie Kellon Rampersad beaten with a minute of regulation time left at the Ato Boldon Stadium.
Connection, FA Trophy winners in 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2013-2014 and seven-time finalists, and Real Maracas had met once before, with the coach Stuart Charles-Fevrier's men defeating the Super League outfit 2-0 in the preliminary round of the 2013 Toyota Classic.
Connection and Defence Force advances into the second round, which will be drawn on Monday 2 February, along with fellow Pro League campaigners Point Fortin Civic, who earned free passage following the pullout of Central FC outfit Harlem Strikers.
Defence Force’s Super League players were also in preliminary round action on Wednesday defeating Cedar Hill United 3-1 at the Edingburgh 500 Recreating Ground in Chaguanas, while Guaya United defeated House of Dread 3-1 at Constantine Ground in Macoya, and Maple FC defeated Siparia Spurs 3-2 on kicks from the penalty mark following a 2-2 draw at Fyzabad Recreation Ground.
For the next round, the advancing teams will join Central FC, North East Stars, Caledonia AIA, Police FC, San Juan Jabloteh and St. Ann's Rangers (TT Pro League); Guaya United, Petrotrin Palo Seco, Club Sando, D’ Lime Bar Goal City, Bethel United, WASA, FC Santa Rosa, Stokelyvale FC and Defence Force (National Super League); Prison FC and SKHY FC (Eastern FA); Biche FC, Rio Claro United and Tamana United (Eastern Counties FU); Cunupia FC and Enterprise Life Sports (Central FA); Maple FC and St. Francois Nationals (Northern FA); Moruga FC and Penal All Stars (Southern FA); and Youth Stars FC, Black Rock FC and Roxborough Lakers (Tobago FA).
FA Trophy 2015 Preliminary Round Results
Wednesday 28 January 2015
Siparia Spurs 2 (Andy London 76’, Jesse Edwards 85’) vs Maple FC 2 (Shaquille Hazel 32’, Matthew Waldron 36’), Fyzabad Recreation Ground
Maple FC won 3-2 on kicks from the penalty mark
House of Dread 1 (Akiel Benjamin 90’) vs Guaya United 3 (Sherlan Campbell 20’, Ryan Stewart 26’, Jody Allsop 66’), Constantine Ground, Macoya
QPCC 1 (Jerome Charles 58’) vs Defence Force (Pro League) 7 (Chad De Freitas 25’ (own goal), Akeem Roach 63’, Richard Roy 68’, 72’, 84’, Josimar Belgrave 80’, 87’), Dibe Recreation Ground, Long Circular
Cedar Hill United 0 vs Defence Force (Super League) 3 (Akiel Morris 10’, Aaron Lester 63’, Keston Williams 88’), Edingburgh 500, Chaguanas
W Connection 1 (Christian Rodriquez 89') vs Real Maracas 0, Ato Boldon Stadium
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The draw for the round of 32 was last evening. Does anyone know what was the outcome?
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The draw for the round of 32 was last evening. Does anyone know what was the outcome?
Connection and Defence Force advances into the second round, which will be drawn on Monday 2 February, ???
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W Connection, WASA in FA last-32 clash.
By Nigel Simon (Guardian).
Four-time winners and defending champions DirecTV W Connection will come up against 2006 winner WASA FC in the round of 32 main draw of the T&T Football Federation FA Trophy competition at WASA Ground, St Joseph on February 22.
This was determined when the draw was made at the local federation’s head off at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo on Monday.
Also the reigning Digicel T&T Pro League champions, W Connection, FA winners in 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2013-2014 booked its place in the main draw after eking out a 1-0 preliminary round over Super League outfit Real Maracas.
The goal came in the 89th minute strike from Colombian midfielder Christian Rodriguez at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva while WASA was on a bye.
Fellow Pro League clubs, Caledonia AIA, San Juan Jabloteh, Pt Fortin Civic, North East Stars, Central FC and six-time champions Defence Force all got favourable draws.
Caledonia, winners in 2008 and 2011/2012 entertains Prisons; three-time champions San Juan Jabloteh (1998, 2005 & 2010/2011) travels to Biche United; Pt Fortin Civic is at home to Petrotrin Palo Seco; 2003 title-holders North East Stars go to Enterprise Life Sport; reigning two-time runner-up Central FC faces Rio Claro United and Defence Force, tournament kings in 1974, 1981, 1985, 1989, 1991 and 1996, and coming off a 7-1 mauling of Queen’s Park in the preliminary stage battles its Super League team-mates.
St Ann’s Rangers, other Pro League club involved face a tricky away clash to Super League’s Guaya United at Guaya High School Ground.
Also in the mix is joint record winner Maple, seven-time winners with Malvern.
Maple, winners of the Northern Football Association hosts SKHY FC at Dibe Recreation Ground, Long Circular, St James.
T&TFA FA Trophy round-of-32 Fixtures
Sunday February 22:
Biche Utd vs San Juan Jabloteh, Biche Recreation Ground, 4.30pm
Pt Fortin Civic vs Petrotrin Palo Seco, Mahaica Oval, Pt Fortin, 3.30pm
WASA FC vs W Connection, WASA Ground, St Joseph, 3.30pm
Maple vs SKHY FC, Dibe Recreation Ground, Long Circular, 6pm
Goal City vs Bethel Utd, Plymouth Recreation Ground, 4.15pm
Guaya Utd vs St Ann’s Rangers, Guaya High School Ground, Guaya, 3.30pm
Police vs Youth Stars - Venue TBD
Enterprise Life Sport vs North East Stars, Enterprise Recreation Ground, 3pm
Roxborough Lakers vs Cunupia FC, Cyd Gray Recreation Ground, Roxborough, 4pm
Central Fc vs Rio Claro Utd, Venue TBD
Black Rock FC vs Moruga, Venue TBD
Tamana FC vs St Francois Nationals, D’Marie Hill Recreation Ground, Sangre Grande, 4.30pm
FC Santa Rosa vs Club Sando,Venue TBD
StokelyVale vs Penal All Stars, Plymouth Recreation Ground, 6.15pm
Defence Force (Pro League) vs Defence Force (Super League) - Venue TBD
Caledonia AIA vs Prison FC, Venue TBD
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Central crush Rio Claro 7-0 in FA Trophy; Connection avenge Classic loss by booting WASA out.
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Eight Pro League clubs march into FA Trophy round of 16
Two-time consecutive finalists Central FC illustrated their intentions to go a step further in winning the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) FA Trophy this season by hammering Eastern Counties Football Union (ECFU) outfit Rio Claro United 7-0 on Sunday in the Round of 32.
Central, the current Digicel Pro League leaders and defeated FA Trophy finalists in 2012-2013 (2-0 against Caledonia AIA) and 2013-2014 (6-5 on penalties following a 2-2 draw against DIRECTV W Connection), dominated both halves against Rio Claro.
Midfielders Jean-Luc Rochford (28th and 80th minutes) and Nathaniel Garcia (30th and 46th minutes) scored on either side of the break to earn a double each at the Ato Boldon Stadium after Trinidad and Tobago international Ataulla Guerra (21st minute) opened the scoring. Brandon Simpson (66th minute) and Densil Daniel (90th minute) were the other scorers, snatching a goal each in the second half for the Zoran Vranes-coached “Couva Sharks”.
Jean-Luc’s eldest brother, Jovan Rochford, also scored a double on Sunday, but his Super League side, FC Santa Rosa, fell to a 4-2 defeat against Pro League-bound Super League champions Club Sando at the Marvin Lee Stadium.
While defending FA Trophy champions and four-time winners (1999, 2000, 2002 and 2013-2014) W Connection, boasting a second-string outfit on Sunday, handed 2006 winners WASA FC a 3-0 defeat at the WASA Ground in St. Joseph to also advance into the Round of 16, which is expected to be drawn on Monday and contested on Sunday 01 March.
T&T Under-20 midfielder Aikim Andrews, with a stroke of brilliance in the 18th minute, gave the seven-time finalists a 1-0 lead when his slightly deflected blast from 30 yards out flew into the top far corner of WASA and former T&T Youth World Cup goalie Glenroy Samuel’s net.
WASA, who defeated Connection 4-3 on penalties after a late 1-1 draw in the preliminary round of the Toyota Classic last November, failed to measure up to a relatively young “Savonnetta Boys”’ bunch.
Regulars Hashim Arcia, Gerard Williams, Jerrel Britto, Mikeil Williams, Kurt Frederick, Tremain Shayn Paul, Alvin Jones, Akeem Garcia and goalkeeper Julani Archibald were all left out of coach Stuart Charles Fevrier’s FA Round of 32 squad, with Tuesday’s DPL match against Caledonia from 6 pm at the Ato Boldon Stadium very important to Connection.
But that didn’t deny the reigning DPL champions, currently positioned second on the 2014-2015 DPL table, in avenging the loss suffered three months ago against WASA.
Connection, 1-0 winners over Super League outfit Real Maracas in the FA Trophy qualifying round last month, grabbed two more goals in the last 15 minutes to complete the comfortable 3-0 win over WASA—coached by former T&T international Marvin Faustin.
Substitute Neil Benjamin Jr, just two minutes onto the pitch, made it 2-0 in the 76th minute. The speedy winger latched onto a perfect Anslem Jackson pass to hit past Samuel from close up.
Then on the 84th minute forward Shirvone St. Prix made it 3-0 to put the match completely out of WASA's reach.
St. Prix, who had a number of failed opportunities throughout the encounter, was at the end of a flowing play involving Triston Hodge, Benjamin and Jabari Mitchell at the edge of the box, and the St. Lucian executed a cool finish, rolling the ball past a hapless Samuel.
Former winners Police, San Juan Jabloteh, North East Stars, Defence Force and Caledonia AIA, as well as Pro League compatriot Point Fortin Civic advanced to the Round of 16, with the exception of St. Ann’s Rangers.
Police, FA Trophy winners in 1975, 1999 and 1994, whipped Tobago Football Association (TFA) outfit, Youth Stars 4-0 with Kenaz Williams (31st and 53rd minutes) leading with a double and January signings Makesi Lewis (44th minute) and Shaquille Nesbit (59th minute) netting a goal each at the Police Training Ground in Long Circular.
Jabloteh, winners in 1998, 2005 and 2010-2011, advanced with a 4-1 win over Eastern Counties Football Union (ECFU) outfit Biche United at the Biche Recreation Ground with Shaquille Bertrand (20th minute), Newton Sterling 31st minute), Brendon Figuera (66th minute) and Kendes Garcia (90’+ minute) for the “San Juan Kings” while Deron Lewis (54th minute) scored the home side’s lone item.
While the Stars, winners in 2003, Defence Force, champions in 1974, 1981, 1985, 1989, 1991 and 1996, and Caledonia, winners in 2008, 2011-2012 and 2012-2013, all progressed out of the Round of 32 with 2-0 wins over Enterprise Life Sport (Central Football Association), Defence Force (Super League) and Prison FC (Eastern Football Association) respectively.
As for Civic, coming off a three match winning streak in the DPL, the Point Fortin club needed kicks from the penalty mark to defeat troublesome Super League outfit, Petrotrin Palo Seco, 4-3 on kicks from the penalty mark following a goalless draw at the Mahaica Oval.
While Rangers – at an all-time low with just one point after 14 league games in the DPL – were 2-0 losers against Super League’s Guaya United at the Guaya High School Ground in Guayaguayare.
The fixture between zone teams Tamana United and St. Francois Nationals had to be postponed due to the D’Marie Hill Recreation Ground in Sangre Grande not being sufficiently marked, while zone teams Penal All Stars and Moruga United failed to show for their matches in Tobago against Super League outfit Stokelyvale FC and Black Rock FC respectively. The TTFA FA Trophy organising committee are expected to give a verdict on Monday after reviewing the reasons of Penal All Stars and Moruga United over their no-show.
Meanwhile Pro League clubs must switch their focus to the DPL on Tuesday 24 and Friday 27 February ahead of the FA Trophy Round of 16 on Sunday 01 March.
In Round Two Match Day Eight of the DPL on Tuesday, Civic will welcome Central from 4 pm at the Mahaica Oval; Rangers will meet North East Stars from 6 pm at the Marvin Lee Stadium; and at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Caledonia and Connection will contest each other from 6 pm before Jabloteh and Defence Force lock horns at 8 pm.
DPL action will continue on Friday with Round Two Match Day Nine – the final match-day of the Akeem Adams round – with a double header at the Ato Boldon Stadium featuring Caledonia against North East Stars from 6 pm and Connection against Jabloteh from 8 pm; while at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Rangers will face Defence Force from 6 pm and Police against Civic from 8 pm.
FA Trophy Round of 32 Results
Point Fortin Civic 0 vs Petrotrin Palo Seco 0
(Point Fortin Civic won the match 4-3 on kicks from the penalty mark)
WASA FC 0 vs W Connection 3 (Aikim Andrews 18', Neil Benjamin Jr. 76', Shirvone St. Prix 84')
Guaya United 2 vs St Ann’s Rangers 0
FC Santa Rosa 2 (Jovan Rochford 40’, 60’) vs Club Sando 4 (Ryan Fredericks 5’, Teba Mc Knight 50’, Kemuel Rivers 84’, Akeem Humphrey 90’)
Defence Force (Pro League) 2 (Jerwyn Balthazar 29’, Jemel Sebro 60’) vs Defence Force (Super League) 0
Central FC 7 (Ataullah Guerra 21’, Jean-Luc Rochford 28’, 80’, Nathaniel Garcia 30’, 46’, Brandon Simpson 66’, Densil Daniel 90’) vs Rio Claro United 0
Plymouth Recreation Ground
D Lime Bar Goal City 1 (Azel Taylor 32’) vs Bethel United 2 (Vernon Wilson 61’, Azimodeen Leith 81’)
Biche United 1 (Deron Lewis 54’) vs San Juan Jabloteh 4 (Shaquil Bertrand 20’, Newton Sterling 31’, Brendon Figuera 66’, Kendes Garcia 90’+)
Enterprise Life Sport 0 vs North East Stars 2 (Russell Alfred, Keithy Simpson)
Roxborough Lakers 1 (Quasi Beckles 90’+) vs Cunupia FC 1 (Lester Joseph 79’)
(Roxborough Lakers won the match 5-4 on kicks from the penalty mark)
Maple FC 1 (Isaiah Vialva 77’) vs SKHY FC 2 (Shakir Cole 52’ pen, 81’)
Police FC 4 (Kenaz Williams 31’, 53’, Makesi Lewis 44’, Shaquille Nesbit 59’) vs Youth Stars 0
Caledonia AIA 2 (Keyon Edwards 27’, Mikaeel Gordon 69’) vs Prison FC 0
Tamana FC vs St Francois Nationals (match postponed due to field not being properly marked)
StokelyVale FC vs Penal All Stars (to be determined by the TTFA FA Trophy organising committee)
Black Rock FC vs Moruga FC (to be determined by the TTFA FA Trophy organising committee)
Teams
WASA FC: 35. Glenroy Samuel; 2. Damien Pompey, 5. Akil Harley, 8. Kevon Henry, 15. Cleveland Cambridge, 20. Dillon Peterson (26.Glen Walker 69th), 22. Justin Garcia (14.Joedel Richards 63rd), 23. Gary Glasgow, 10.Jahham Hernandez, 17.Keron Clarke (19.Marcus Ashton 87th), 29.Odell Fitzallen
Coach: Marvin Faustin
W Connection: 22.Aquelius Sylvester; 9.Maleik De Freitas (65.Neil Benjamin Jr. 74th), 10. Yefer Steven Lozano (34.Jabari Mitchell 46th), 13.Devaughn Elliot, 16.Anslem Jackson, 27.Shannon Gomez (25.Christian Viveros 46th), 28.Aikim Andrews, 36.Triston Hodge, 43.Shirvone St. Prix, 46.Anfernee Frederick, 4.Bradley Beaumont
Unused substitutes: 8.Yhon Steven Lopez, 1.Terrence Lewis (GK), 30.Aaquil Campbell, 45.Kori Cupid
Coach: Stuart Charles Fevrier
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Central to tackle SKHY in FA Trophy.
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Tobago teams win home advantage in FA Trophy third round draw
Current Digicel Pro League leaders Central FC will host Eastern Football Association (EFA) side SKHY FC from 6:15 pm at the Ato Boldon Stadium on Sunday in the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) FA Trophy Third Round (Round of 16).
Clashes were determined on Wednesday at the TTFA’s office at the Hasely Crawford Stadium during a random draw, which earned all four Tobago clubs home advantage in the third round.
Super League outfits Bethel United and Stokely Vale FC will host three-time winners (1998, 2005 & 2010-2011) Play Whe San Juan Jabloteh on Sunday from 5 pm in Montgomery and defending champions DIRECTV W Connection, winners in 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2013-2014, on Monday from 6 pm at the Plymouth Recreation Ground respectively.
Bethel defeated fellow Tobagonian Super League outfit D Lime Bar Goal City 2-1 at the Plymouth Recreation Ground in the second round (Round of 32) contested last Sunday, while Stokely Vale advanced without play after a no-show by Southern Football Association (SFA) outfit Penal All Stars.
Tobago Football Association (TFA) side Black Rock FC also advanced into the third round without play after a no-show by SFA side Moruga FC, and will host Pro League’s Defence Force from 3:30 pm at the Black Rock Recreation Ground on Sunday.
Defence Force, winners in 1974, 1981, 1985, 1989, 1991 & 1996, crushed QPCC FC 7-1 in the preliminary round before shrugging off their Super League Defence Force counterparts 2-0 in round two.
While TFA side Roxborough Lakers, 5-4 penalty winners following a 1-1 draw against Central Football Association (CFA) side Cunupia FC at the Cyd Gray Recreation Ground in the second round, will host Northern Football Association (NFA) side St. Francois Nationals from 6 pm at the same Tobago venue on Monday.
St. Francois advanced to the third round without play after Eastern Counties Football Union (ECFU) side Tamana United failed to have their D’Marie Hill Recreation Ground venue prepared for play.
Also in the third round on Sunday in Trinidad, 2003 winners North East Stars will take on three-time winners (2008, 2011-2012 & 2012-2013) Caledonia AIA from 3:30 pm at the Larry Gomes Stadium in the only all-Pro League tie, while three-time winners (1975, 1990 & 1994) Police FC will host Super League outfit Guaya United from 6 pm at the Police Training Ground in St. James, and Super League champions Club Sando are against former foes Point Fortin Civic from 4 pm at the Ato Boldon Stadium.
North East Stars reached the third round by defeating CFA side Enterprise Life Sport 2-0 — the same score-line Caledonia got past EFA side Prison FC.
Police defeated TFA side Youth Stars 4-0 and Guaya defeated Rangers 2-0, while seven-time finalists W Connection spanked Super League outfit WASA FC 3-0 at the WASA home ground in St. Joseph.
Central, defeated FA Trophy finalists in the last two tournaments, were the biggest winners of this season's second round, trashing ECFU side Rio Claro United 7-0, which should be a big worry for SKHY, who edged NFA side Maple FC 2-1.
What should be even more worrying for the EFA second placed side is that Central, winners of this season’s First Citizens Cup and Rawle Fletcher and Akeem Adams Trophies, had only utilised a second string outfit against Rio Claro, just as seven-time finalists W Connection did against 2006 winners WASA.
FA Trophy Round of 16
Sunday 1 March 2015
Police FC vs Guaya United—6 pm, Police Training Ground, St. James
Bethel United vs San Juan Jabloteh—5 pm, Montgomery, Tobago
Black Rock FC vs Defence Force—3:30 pm, Black Rock Recreation Ground, Tobago
Club Sando vs Point Fortin Civic—4 pm, Ato Boldon Stadium
Central FC vs SKHY FC—6:15 pm, Ato Boldon Stadium
North East Stars vs Caledonia AIA—3:30 pm, Larry Gomes Stadium
Monday 2 March 2015
Stokelyvale FC vs W Connection—6 pm, Plymouth Recreation Ground, Tobago
Roxborough Lakers vs St. Francois Nationals—6 pm, Cyd Gray Recreation Ground, Tobago
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The Central F.C. game is now a 4pm kick off.
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Army humiliate Black Rock 17-1 for possible FA Trophy scoring record.
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Five Pro League clubs advance into FA Trophy QF round; Central school SKHY 7-0; Jabloteh, Police and Pro League-bound Sando progress on kicks from the penalty spot; Stars edge Pro League compatriot Caledonia
Defence Force crushed rock into dust on Sunday when the TT Pro League club humiliated home side Black Rock FC 17-1 at the Black Rock Recreation Ground in Tobago in the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) FA Trophy 2015 Third Round (Round of 16) for the biggest win in years, if not in the history of the tournament – the oldest football competition in Trinidad and Tobago dating back to 1927.
While in Trinidad at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Eastern Football Association (EFA) side SKHY FC where schooled 7-0 by current Digicel Pro League leaders Central FC in the first match of a double header at the Couva venue.
Central head coach Zoran Vranes opted to rest his star players such as Willis Plaza, Marvin Oliver, Jamal Jack, Uriah Bentick, Elton John and goalkeeper Jan-Michael Williams among others, just as he did in a 7-0 win over Eastern Counties Football Union (ECFU) side Rio Claro in the FA Trophy Round of 32, but the "Couva Sharks" still managed a comprehensive win to cruise into the quarterfinal round, which will be drawn in the upcoming week and contested on Sunday 8 March.
Midfielder Jean-Luc Rochford netted a hat-trick against SKHY, scoring in the 8th, 58th and 61st minutes, with his third a 25-yard free kick that SKHY goalie Tarik Hopkins failed to stop as it entered the roof of the net.
Hopkins was beaten by midfielder Leston Paul in as early as the second minute on an afternoon that included goals by Dwight Quintero in the 49th minute, a converted penalty by Michael Yaw Darko in the 54th minute, and a sizzling Nathaniel Garcia strike in the 85th minute to complete the 7-0 score for the two-time defeated (2012-2013 & 2013-2014) finalists.
But it was less embarrassing than what Tobago Football Association (TFA) side Black Rock had to endure in front of home fans against six-time FA Trophy champions ( 1974, 1981, 1985, 1989, 1991 & 1996) Defence Force, who whipped QPCC FC 7-1 in this season’s preliminary round before ousting their Super League side Defence Force 2-0 in the Round of 32.
Defence Force forward Richard Roy, who scored a hat-trick against QPCC, bagged five goals against Black Rock, netting in the 11th, 22th, 34th, 61st and 88th minutes, while midfielders Josimar Belgrave, netting in the 42th, 43rd and 80th minutes, and Akeem Roach, finding the back of the net in the 57th, 63rd and 80th minutes, grabbed hat-tricks against the Tobagonians.
And not allowing Black Rock time to lick their wounds, Devorn Jorsling (30th minute), Ross Russell Jr. (37th minute), Kellon Serette (60th minute), Marvin Jones (70th minute), Dexter Pacheco (71st minute) and Jelani Felix (86th minute) each picked up a goal for the Marvin Gordon-coached Defence Force before Michael Carrington netted Black Rock’s lone item on the 90th minute.
In other FA Trophy third round results North East Stars, winners in 2003, edged Pro League compatriots and three-time winners (2008, 2011-2012 & 2012-2013) Caledonia AIA 1-0 at the Larry Gomes Stadium with an own goal credited to Nicholas Mercano in the 59th minute, exacting revenge over the Morvant-Laventille club that defeated them by the same score-line last Friday in the Round Two Match Day Nine of the 2014-2015 Digicel Pro League.
While Play Whe San Juan Jabloteh, winners in 1998, 2005 and 2010-2011, Police FC, winners in 1975, 1999 & 1994, and Pro League-bound Club Sando all advanced into the quarterfinal round with kicks from the penalty mark.
Jabloteh defeated Tobago’s Super League outfit Bethel United 5-3 on kicks following a 1-1 draw in Montgomery, Tobago. Vernon Waison had Bethel in front by the 17th minute but Jabloteh’s Shaquille Bertrand tied the scores 1-1 on the 47th minute.
At the Police Training Ground in St. James, Trinidad, home side Police FC, thanks to three saves on kicks from the penalty mark by goalkeeper Adrian Foncette, defeated Super League outfit Guaya United 3-1 following a hard-fought 2-2 draw.
And in the second match of the double header at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Super League champions Club Sando, equipped with former St. Ann’s Rangers coach Anthony Streete and a number of former Pro League players, overcame Point Fortin Civic 5-4 following a keenly contested 4-4 draw.
Civic opened the scoring in the 5th minute with forward Jamille Boatswain finding the back of the net with a neat flick before Sando’s Ryan Frederick equalised in the 24th minute. Weslie John had Civic back in front on the 24th minute but on the 35th minute the defender unfortunately directed a dangerous cross into his own net as the see-saw effect continue towards the break.
And even with a Marcus Joseph double, netting in the 60th and 79th minutes, in the second half, Civic were held to a 4-4 draw at the end of regulation time after goals by Sando’s Teba Mc Knight, in the 75th minute, and Jesse Downing, in the 83rd minute.
The FA Trophy Third Round will culminate on Monday 2 March in Tobago when Super League outfit Stokely Vale hosts defending champions and four-time winners (1999, 2000, 2002 and 2013-2014) DIRECTV W Connection from 6 pm at the Plymouth Recreation Ground and simultaneously at the Cyd Gray Recreation Ground, home side Roxborough Lakers of the TFA will welcome Northern Football Association (NFA) side St. Francois Nationals.
Third Round (Round of 16) Results
Central FC 7 (Leston Paul 2', Jean-Luc Rochford 8', 58', 61', Dwight Quintero 49', Michael Yaw Darko 54', Nathaniel Garcia 85') vs SKHY FC 0
Black Rock FC 1 (Michael Carrington 90') vs Defence Force 17 (Richard Roy 11', 22', 34', 61', 88', Akeem Roach 57', 63', 80', Josimar Belgrave 42', 43' 80', Devorn Jorsling 30', Ross Russell Jr. 37', Kellon Serette 60', Marvin Jones 70', Dexter Pacheco 71', Jelani Felix 86')
North East Stars 1 (own goal 59’) vs Caledonia AIA 0
Bethel United 1 (Vernon Waison 17') vs San Juan Jabloteh 1 (Shaquille Bertrand 47')
(Jabloteh won the match 5-3 on kicks from the penalty mark)
Club Sando 4 (Ryan Frederick 18', Weslie John 35' own goal, Teba Mc knight 75’, Jesse Downing 83’) vs Point Fortin Civic 4 (Jamille Boatswain 5', Weslie John 24', Marcus Joseph 60’, 79’)
Club Sando won the match 5-4 on kicks from the penalty mark
Police 2 vs Guaya United 2
Police FC won the match 3-1 on kicks from the penalty mark
Upcoming Third Round (Round of 16) matches
Monday 2 March 2015
Stokely Vale FC vs W Connection—6 pm, Plymouth Recreation Ground, Tobago
Roxborough Lakers vs St. Francois Nationals—6 pm, Cyd Gray Recreation Ground, Tobago
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FA Trophy holders W Connection whip Stokely Vale 4-0 to reach 2015 QF Round.
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Six Pro League clubs into FA Trophy quarter-finals, St. Francois Nationals oust Roxborough Lakers 5-3 on penalty kicks
Four-time winners and reigning FA Trophy champions DIRECTV W Connection became the sixth Pro League club to reach the quarter-finals of the 2015 edition by whipping Super League outfit Stokely Vale FC 4-0 at the Plymouth Recreation Ground, in one of the two final Third Round (Round of 16) matches contested in Tobago on Monday.
Colombian midfielder Yefer Steven Lozano opened the scoring against the Tobagonians in the 30th minute before a second half goal each by Trinidad and Tobago Under-20 forward Akeem Garcia in the 60th minute, Aaquil Campbell in the 76th minute, and Lozano’s countryman Stiven Lopez Concha completed the Stokelyvale rout in the 80th minute for the 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2013-2014 FA Trophy champions.
Connection – seven time FA Trophy finalists – joined fellow Pro League clubs and former winners Defence Force, Police FC, San Juan Jabloteh and North East Stars, and two-time consecutive defeated finalists Central FC in the quarter-final round which will be drawn on Tuesday 3 March and contested on Sunday 8 March.
Also making up the quarter-final round fold are Super League champions Club Sando, 5-4 penalty winners over Point Fortin Civic following a 4-4 draw on Sunday, and Northern Football Association (NFA) side St. Francois Nationals.
St. Francois defeated Tobago Football Association (TFA) Roxborough Lakers 5-3 on kicks from the penalty mark, becoming the final Tobago side to exit the competition, following a 1-1 draw on Monday at the Cyd Gray Recreation Ground in Tobago.
Andre Peltier had St. Francois in front just six minutes into the match but Lakers tied the score 1-1 in the 59th minute with a goal by Kern Harris before eventually going under on kicks from the penalty mark.
In Sunday’s Round of 16 clashes, Defence Force humiliated TFA side Black Rock FC 17-1 at the Black Rock Recreation Ground in Tobago; Central FC schooled Eastern Football Association (EFA) side SKHY FC 7-0 at the Ato Boldon Stadium before Club Sando ousted Civic at the same venue; North East Stars edged former winners Caledonia AIA courtesy an own goal; while Jabloteh and Police advanced into the quarter-final round from kicks from the penalty mark against Super League outfits Bethel United and Guaya United respectively.
Jabloteh defeated Bethel United 5-3 on kicks following a 1-1 draw in Montgomery, Tobago, while Police overcame Guaya 3-1 from the spot following a hard-fought 2-2 draw at the Police Training Ground in St. James, Trinidad.
All six Pro League clubs into the FA Trophy quarter-final round must switch their focus to the Digicel Pro League 2014-2015 championship Round Three which commences on Tuesday 3 March with Round Three Match Day One and continue on Friday 6 March with Round Three Match Day Two.
On Tuesday, DPL leaders Central FC (35 points) will tackle cellar placed St. Ann’s Rangers from 6 pm at the Marvin Lee Stadiu, preceding an 8 pm clash between third placed Defence Force and fourth placed North East Stars, both tied on 26 points, at the Macoya venue.
Simultaneously at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva, Police FC will take on San Juan Jabloteh from 6 pm and from Caledonia AIA against Point Fortin Civic from 8 pm, while reigning league champions Connection sit out on the bye.
Connection will return to league action on Friday when they face rivals Central from 8 pm at the Ato Boldon Stadium following a 6 pm clash between Point Fortin Civic and North East Stars at the Couva venue.
Also on Friday, Jabloteh will take on Rangers from 6 pm at the Marvin Lee Stadium followed by Defence Force against Police FC from 8 pm, while Caledonia sit out on the bye.
Third Round (Round of 16) Results
Stokely Vale FC 0 vs W Connection 4 (Yefer Steven Lozano 30’, Akeem Garcia 60’, Aaquil Campbell 76’, Stiven Lopez Concha 80’)
Roxborough Lakers 1 (Kern Harris 59’) vs St. Francois Nationals 1 (Andre Peltier 6’)
(St. Francois Nationals won the match 5-3 on kicks from the penalty mark)
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W Connection, Jabloteh, Central and N/E Stars capture FA Trophy semis spots.
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Match-ups for the all-Pro League semi-final showdown to be drawn on Wednesday
Reigning FA Trophy champions and four-time winners DIRECTV W Connection needed kicks from the penalty mark at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium on Sunday to get past lower league side St. Francois Nationals 5-3, following a goalless draw, to reach the semi-final round of the 2015 FA Trophy.
While rivals Central FC, defeated finalists in 2012-2013 and 2013-2014, defeated fellow Pro League club Police FC 2-0 at the Police Training Ground in St. James in their quarterfinal round clash to join W Connection, Play Whe San Juan Jabloteh and Defence Force for an all-Pro League FA Trophy semi-final round, carded for Sunday 15 March.
Central FC, the current Digicel Pro League leaders standing five points ahead of second placed Connection, defeated fellow league campaigners and three-time (1975, 1990 & 1994) FA Trophy winners Police FC with second half strikes by Jason Marcano (61st minute) and Willis Plaza (75th minute).
Also on Sunday, Jabloteh and North East Stars were 3-2 winners over Super League champions Club Sando and Defence Force respectively.
Jabloteh, three-time winners (1998, 2005 & 2010-2011), had a goal each from Coneal Thomas (28th minute), Newton Sterling (63rd minute) and Brent Sam (67th minute), while Club Sando – in the waiting for next season’s Pro League calendar – got goals from Kevon Woodley (39th minute) and former Trinidad and Tobago international Nigel Daniel (94th minute) at the Larry Gomes Stadium.
At the Marvin Lee Stadium, first half goals by Neveal Hackshaw (14th minute), Kaashif Thomas (28th minute) and Jomoul Francois (39th minute) earned 2003 winners North East Stars, what turned out to be an unassailable target against six-time winners (1974, 1981, 1985, 1989, 1991 & 1996) Defence Force. Defender Rodell Elcock pulled a goal back in the 45th minute for Defence Force and Ross Russell Jr. further reduced the deficit in the 52nd minute but 3-2 stood the score-line at the end.
In south Trinidad, head coach Stuart Charles Fevrier, winning coach in 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2013-2014 with W Connection, fielded a second string team against the Northern Football Association (NFA) side St. Francois Nationals.
But despite taking up residency in the St. Francois half and dominating the possession, Connection failed execute the type of flowing cohesiveness that the full strength team is known for.
Fevrier had even introduced defensive midfielder Gerard Williams and attacking midfielder Jomol Williams following the break to pull the strings but, even against the tired legs of St. Francois, an unconnected W’ failed to find the back of the net before the final regulation time blow of referee Cecile Hinds' whistle.
However, Colombian Yefer Steven Lozano led the scoring on the kicks from the penalty spot with teammates Devaughn Elliot, Jomal Williams, Christopher Rodriguez and Gerard Williams all beating St. Francois goalie Jason Bowen.
St. Francois were matching the reigning Digicel Pro League champions early but by the third kick Shawn Hinds blasted high over bar after Jabari Andall and Marlon Francois had defeated goalkeeper Aquelius Sylvester. And despite Keron Edwards well-executed on the fourth kick, Gerard Williams ended the NFA side’s ride.
“Our players’ attitude wasn’t what it should have been today,” said Fevrier following the match. “It could be because of the opponents but I don’t know for sure. We have been joggling around a lot of the players with all the football that we have but I think today the motivation wasn’t what it should have been. We are now just happy to progress to the semi-final [round] and hopefully we will more motivated then.”
The draw for the semi-final round match-ups will happen on Wednesday and Fevrier admits that whoever his side is drawn to face, the “Savonetta Boys” must improve.
“Whoever we meet we will definitely have to step up to get a better result because today our level wasn’t what I expected. We didn’t have much problems defensively but offensively we were below what we normally play.”
W Connection, Central and North East Stars will return to Digicel Pro League action on Tuesday 10 March in Round Three Match Day Three at the Marvin Lee Stadium. Central are against Caledonia AIA from 6 pm, followed by W Connection versus North East Stars from 8 pm.
On Wednesday St. Ann’s Rangers will meet Police FC from 6 pm at the Marvin Lee Stadium followed by San Juan Jabloteh against Point Fortin Civic from 8 pm to wrap up Round Three Match Day Three of the DPL.
Quarter-Final Round Results
W Connection 0 vs St. Francois Nationals 0
(W Connection won the match 5-3 on kicks from the penalty mark)
San Juan Jabloteh 3 (Coneal Thomas 28’, Newton Sterling 63’, Brent Sam 67’) vs Club Sando 2 (Kevon Woodley 39’, Nigel Daniel 90’+4)
Defence Force 2 (Rodell Elcock 45', Ross Russell Jr. 52') vs North East Stars 3 (Neveal Hackshaw 14', Kaashif Thomas 28', Jomoul Francois 39')
Police FC 0 vs Central FC 2 (Jason Marcano 61’, Willis Plaza 75’)
Teams
W Connection: 22.Aquelius Sylvester; 4.Bradley Beaumont, 9.Maleik De Freitas (40.Jomal Williams 46th), 10.Yefer Steven Lozano, 11.Tremain Shayn Paul (3.Gerard Williams 46th), 13.Devaughn Elliot, 16.Anselm Jackson, 20.Christian Rodriguez, 25.Christian Viveros, 30.Aaquil Campbell (Shirvone St. Prix 68th), 34.Jabari Mitchell
Unused substitutes: 1.Terrence Lewis (GK), 29.Akeem Garcia, 42.Amrit Gildharry, 45.Kori Cupid
Coach: Stuart Charles Fevrier
St. Francois Nationals: 1.Jason Bowen; 7.Jessie Alexis, 6.Jabari Andall, 3.Shawn Hinds, 8.Andre Joseph, 14.Rafer Ross (20.Marlon Francois 73rd), 9.Andre Peltier, 10.Marlon Bowen (13.Stephen Moore 86th), 16.Akyl Griffith, 18.Marc Borde, 5.Keron Edwards
Unused substitutes: 12.De’Quan Dyall, 2.Sheldon Baird, 21.Trevor De Silva, 19.Earnest Edwards, 23.Ibrahim Abdullah
Coach: Marc Borde.
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Nice to see ( SFN ) st francois nationals battled W/Connection down to the wire..!! wishing the boys from all the best .......
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Nice to see ( SFN ) st francois nationals battled W/Connection down to the wire..!! wishing the boys from all the best .......
One of the big surprise from Belmont. They still around after all these years. Luton Town, Colts, Rovers, Falcons, Ex-Pro all gone thru. This club still there. If I remembered correctly, some of the older members used to beat pan for Pandemonium or Pan Vibes.
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yuh right deeks many of the guys / former ballers from SFN ,did in fact beat pan with panvibes and pandemonium....... the team still going strong ..
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yuh right deeks many of the guys / former ballers from SFN ,did in fact beat pan with panvibes and pandemonium....... the team still going strong ..
Pass the word to them to keep the faith. Blessings!
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FA Trophy semis: Random draw pits Central against Connection; N/E Stars against Jabloteh.
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Reigning FA Trophy champions and four-time winners DIRECTV W Connection will meet rivals Central FC in a repeat of last season’s final when the TTFA FA Trophy 2015 semi-final round gets underway on Sunday 15 March, 2015 at separate venues.
Central, defeated finalists in 2012-2013 and 2013-2014, will tackle seven-time finalists W Connection from 3:30 pm at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, and simultaneously at the Larry Gomes Stadium, North East Stars, winners in 2003, and Play Whe San Juan Jabloteh, winners in 1998, 2005 & 2010-2011, will also meet for a place in the final on Sunday 22 March, 2015.
Both match-ups were determined at a random draw on Wednesday afternoon at the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) office at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain.
Connection, who defeat Central 6-5 on penalties following a thrilling 2-2 draw in the final last season, needed kicks from the penalty spot last Sunday to defeat lower league side St. Francois Nationals 5-3, following a goalless draw, to reach the semi-final round.
“Our players’ attitude wasn’t what it should have been today,” said Fevrier following the match against Northern Football Association (NFA) side St. Francois Nationals. “It could be because of the opponents but I don’t know for sure. We have been joggling around a lot of the players with all the football that we have but I think today the motivation wasn’t what it should have been. We are now just happy to progress to the semi-final [round] and hopefully we will more motivated then.”
Fevrier, who utilised a second string team against St. Francois admitted back then, that whoever his side is drawn to face in the semi-final round, the “Savonetta Boys” must improve.
“Whoever we meet we will definitely have to step up to get a better result because today our level wasn’t what I expected,” continued the Connection coach. “We didn’t have much problems defensively but offensively we were below what we normally play.”
Central FC – the current Digicel Pro League leaders standing five points ahead of second placed Connection – defeated three-time former winners Police FC 2-0 to secure a place in the semi-final round.
While Jabloteh and North East Stars were 3-2 winners over Super League champions Club Sando and Defence Force respectively in their quarterfinal round match-ups.
At the start of this season’s FA Trophy competition, Central FC star player and former FA Trophy winner with Jabloteh in 2010-2011 said, “It’s about time we (Central FC) [won] the FA Trophy. After being in the last two finals and finishing on the wrong end, I think it’s time we take the FA Trophy. We have the capacity and the edge to push harder and capture the crown.”
Central and Connection have already met a total of four times this season and Sunday's semi-final round of the FA Trophy will serve as a tie-breaker following 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss recorded by both teams.
Semi Final Round
Sunday 15 March 2015
North East Stars vs San Juan Jabloteh—3:30 pm, Larry Gomes Stadium
Central FC vs W Connection—3:30 pm, Manny Ramjohn Stadium
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yuh right deeks many of the guys / former ballers from SFN ,did in fact beat pan with panvibes and pandemonium....... the team still going strong ..
Pass the word to them to keep the faith. Blessings!
That's my team, played with them from U12 all the way to the senior team, in fact some of my fiends play with them still. Big up SFN!!!
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Connection and Jabloteh reach FA Trophy final.
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Déjà Vu as Connection kicks Central out on penalties
Last season twelve kicks from the penalty spot were needed to decide the champions of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) FA Trophy between bitter rivals W Connection and Central FC when the “Savonetta Boys” prevailed 6-5 following a thrilling 2-2 draw in the final.
Likewise, Sunday's semi-final round match-up at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium, had to be decided on kicks from the penalty spot when Connection and Central played to a 2-2 draw.
This time around – fifteen months since meeting in the 2013 final – both teams weren't as clinical from the spot but the winners remained the same as Central were defeated 3-1.
Central FC's Jason Marcano and Marvin Oliver both missed the target before teammate Keion Goodridge was denied by goalkeeper Aquelius Sylvester. Twenty-seven-year-old Liberian midfielder Borfor Carr, a second half substitute, scored Central’s only goal on the fourth kick.
By then it was too late for the “Couva Sharks” although Connection's Alvin Jones was the first to miss the target and substitute Jabari Mitchell struck the upright, separated by Jomal Williams beating goalkeeper Jan-Michael Williams on the second kick. Anselm Jackson and Christian Viveros later found the back of the net to steer the "Savonetta Boys" into an eight FA Trophy final.
Connection, four-time winners, are now one match away from defending their title but must face former winners North East Stars, who are hoping to lift FA Trophy for the first time since 2003 when both teams meet in the 2015 final at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium on Sunday 22 March.
North East Stars, defeated finalists in 2006 and 2010-2011, booked their place in the 2015 final with a 2-1 come-from-behind win over three-time winners San Juan Jabloteh on Sunday at the Larry Gomes Stadium.
Former Stars player Tyrone Charles handed Jabloteh a 1-0 lead in the 12th minute of play with a free kick but Keron Cummings levelled the Angus Eve-coached North East Stars 1-1 in the 54th minute before Kennedy Hinkson grabbed the 2-1 winner in the 78th minute.
In Marabella, defender Jamal Jack gave Central a 1-0 advantage five minutes before the break with a snap shot past goalkeeper Aquelius Sylvester from the edge of the six yard area following a raid on goal by the “Couva Sharks”.
Earlier Sylvester, who made a stop in the 12th minute, pulled off a low save in the 35th minute to keep out a Sean de Silva effort from inside the box following a short corner and move into the area by Ataulla Guerra.
Connection had two earlier chances to take the lead but Jomol Williams' header crashed off the cross bar in the 17th minute and Jan-Michael Williams made a crucial interception to deny Kurt Frederick on an excellent scoring opportunity in the 28th minute.
De Silva tried to cushion Central early in the second period but his tries in the 55th and 59th minutes were just high of the goal, failing to force Sylvester into action.
Connection, who rested a number of regular starters to put faith in a second string team, levelled the scores 1-1 in the 63rd minute with Colombian midfielder Yefer Steven Lozano converting from the penalty spot.
Referee Keilon Bacchus awarded Connection the kick after defender Akeem Benjamin upended Jomol Williams inside the left of the box.
Central thought they were ahead again in the 68th minute when substitute Jason Marcano bundled the ball into the Connection net. But celebrations were cut short after the assistant referee had already waved for offside.
Two minutes later the Zoran Vranes-coached Central won a free kick but De Silva powerful thump flew high over bar.
Connection then took the lead for the first time in the 76th minute for a 2-1 score with a laser of a strike from Alvin Jones off a 25-yard set piece, defeated the wall and entered the bottom corner of goalkeeper Williams’ right side.
Connection substitute Jabari Mitchell – the Secondary Schools Football League Player of the Year and Trinidad and Tobago Under-20 footballer – had an excellent scoring opportunity in the 81st minute but lifted Christian Rodriguez's low cross onto the cross bar.
Connection were made to pay in the 89th minute when Jack restored parity between the two sides by hitting past Sylvester to complete his double after the defense failed to clear on a De Silva free-kick into the area.
Sylvester, however, was able to block-out a stoppage time free-kick by Marvin Oliver to send the match into kicks from the penalty spot, then contributing with a save to help the Stuart Charles Fevrier-coached W Connection to the final.
Connection, who occupy second place on the Digicel Pro League 2014-2015 standings – five points adrift of leaders Central, will return to league action on Tuesday against cellar-placed St. Ann’s Rangers from 4 pm at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Round Three Match Day Four. Simultaneously at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium the “Couva Sharks” will take on Police FC.
Also on Tuesday, Jabloteh and North East Stars will meet a second time in three days from 7 pm at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, preceding a 9 pm clash between Defence Force and Caledonia AIA.
Semi Final Round Results
North East Stars 2 (Keron Cummings 54', Kennedy Hinkson 78') vs San Juan Jabloteh 1 (Tyrone Charles 12')
Central FC 2 (Jamal Jack 42', 89') vs W Connection 2 (Yefer Steven Lozano 63' penalty, Alvin Jones 76')
(W Connection won the match 3-1 on kicks from the penalty mark)
Kicks from the penalty mark
W Connection (3) v Central FC (1)
Alvin Jones (over bar) Jason Marcano (wide
Jomal Williams (scored) Marvin Oliver (over bar)
Jabari Mitchell (hit the post) Keion Goodridge (saved)
Anselm Jackson (scored) Borfor Carr (scored)
Christian Viveros (scored)
Teams
Central FC: 21.Jan-Michael Williams; 11.Darren Mitchell (28.Borfor Carr 67th), 12.Jamal Jack, 24.Kevon Villaroel, 15.Kaydion Gabriel, 33.Willis Plaza, 2.Elton John, 45.Ataullah Guerra (7.Jason Marcano 61st), 10.Marvin Oliver, 5.Akeem Benjamin (3.Keion Goodridge 85th), 8.Sean de Silva
Unused substitutes: 30.Akel Clarke (GK), 19.Nathaniel Garcia, 29.Upston Edwards, 6.Leston Paul
Coach: Zoran Vranes
W Connection: 22.Aquelius Sylvester; 2.Kurt Frederick, 39.Alvin Jones, 25.Christian Viveros, 4.Bradley Beaumont, 10.Yefer Steven Lozano (9.Maleik De Freitas 84th), 11.Tremain Shayn Paul (16.Anselm Jackson 64th), 20.Christian Rodriguez, 30.Aaquil Campbell (34.Jabari Mitchell 62nd), 40.Jomal Williams, 43.Shirvone St. Prix
Unused substitutes: 1.Terrence Lewis (GK), 34.Jabari Mitchell, 44.Levon Bass, 42.Amrit Gildharry, 46.Anfernee Frederick
Coach: Stuart Charles Fevrier
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Connection and Jabloteh NE Stars reach FA Trophy final.
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10-man N/E Stars edge Connection on kicks for FA crown.
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Return of the Glory Days:
It took a total of 120 minutes, stoppage-time, and a ten kicks from the penalty spot to separate title holders W Connection and 10-man North East Stars in the final of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) FA Trophy 2015 on Sunday at the Ato Boldon Stadium.
When the dust cleared, North East Stars, 5-4 winners on penalty kicks following a 0-0 draw, were the ones celebration as FA Trophy champions for the first time since that memorable 2003 when Guyanese coach James Mc Lean led the Darryl Mahabir-owned club to the title.
Back then, it was the first ever title celebrated by the Sangre Grande club, in just their third year of existence, defeating Connection, then three-time winners (1999, 2000 & 2002).
Now 12 years later, under third-year coach Angus Eve, the FA Trophy heads back to Sangre Grande, after again defeating (2013-14) holders W Connection.
A miniature FA winners’ trophy, the MVP award which was presented to goalkeeper Cleon John, and winners’ medals were given out of TTFA officials, but neither the tournament organisers nor finalists clubs’ officials could confirm whether or not prize money will become available for the oldest and "most prestigious" trophy in Trinidad and Tobago.
Needless to say, North East Stars were in a jubilant mood to take the status of FA Trophy 2015 champions.
“It brings back memories of 2003 (FA Trophy) and 2004 (Pro League championship) when our football was at its best,” said North East Stars owner/chairman Darryl Mahabir following Sunday’s final. “I think (coach) Angus Eve has done an excellent job so far. In the last two to three years we have seen significant improvement in the development of the youths, and tonight it is as a result of youths working hard together with the coach.
“It was really an intense final. The 30 minutes extra-time was a little different from what we experience in regular finals. It had us on the edge all the way to the end.”
Mahabir said while the FA Trophy means great for the club going forward, the real joy is returning the title to the people of Sangre Grande.
“We targeted the FA title,” said North East Stars Angus Eve, who now boasts winning the FA Trophy as a player and head coach. “I told the guys at the beginning of this season that the chairman really loves this title. We lapsed last season and in the season before that, so we really wanted to get this one. We prepared for it. For the people of Sangre Grande this is fantastic.”
Eve was forced to make a premature change in the 24th minute, replacing hard-working utility player Keryn Navarro in midfield with Jayson Joseph due to a right ankle injury picked up by the veteran in a tackle by Connection's St. Lucia midfielder Tremain Shayn Paul.
Eve's troubles doubled eight minutes later -- his side reduced to ten men -- when Joseph was shown a direct red card by referee Cecile Hinds.
Joseph, who had an attempt which sailed high seconds before, had lunged in to meet a neat Keron Cummings' pass but caught the legs of Colombian Christian Rodriguez.
North East Stars, defeated FA Trophy finalists in 2006 and 201-11, continued to look the better side in the first half and even had a superb try from 30-yards out from former Connection player, Cummings, in the 38th minute that goalkeeper Aquelius Sylvester was only able to push high into the air before it landed safely behind.
“The plan went to shot,” said Eve. “We tried to play 4-3-3 and pressure them high up the pitch and it worked. We thought that we could have won the ball higher up the park and then break from in their half. It worked well until the red card, which I think was very unfortunate. It changed the game plan to 4-4-1 and 4-3-2 but we still kept pressing them till the end.”
There was some confusion from the tournament officials though, initially informing both teams that the match will head straight into kicks from the spot at the end of regulation time, before reverting in the second half to the competition rules which states that extra-time will be played in the final after the end of regulation time.
Eve said wasn’t pleased by the mix-up but “I trusted our fitness and we knew that we can play defence having [one of] the best defensive record in the last two seasons. Our players were tremendous tonight.”
In the second half Connection, whose best chance of the opening half was curled inches wide by Colombian Yefer Steven Lozano in the 34th minute, adjusted to the extra player advantage while North East Stars were forced to defend and attack on the counter with Reserve team player Gorean “Ratty” Highley the lone forward.
Highley, a former Connection player, sliced an effort high and wide of the net from a tight angle in the 88th minute after errors by 'keeper Aquelius Sylvester and Canadian defender Bradley Beaumont in dealing with a Cummings pass into the box.
Twenty minutes earlier Highley was fouled just outside the area during a counterattack led by Cummings but Cummings, Stars man-of-the-match, was inches wide of the bottom corner just as he did in open play ten minutes inside the first period.
But it was Connection’s prodigy Shahdon Winchester that had the best opening of the match in the 90th minute. However the former Finland-based forward struck directly at goalkeeper Cleon John from point-blank range after being picked out by substitute Jerrel Britto.
Incredibly the intensity was lifted in stoppage-time with both sides creating a number of openings before Connection finally had the ball into the back of the net in the 114th minute.
But that goal was overruled by referee Hinds, ruling that there was infringement by Connection’s Britto, who knocked in the ball at the near post. North East Stars goalkeeper Cleon John had initially failed to grip the ball played towards goal and on his second attempt after the ball rebound off the upright, Britto pounced to hit in.
“I am disappointed that we did not win the game,” expressed W Connection head coach Stuart Charles-Fevrier, who led his side to four FA Trophy titles previously. “…because I thought we controlled and dominated the game. Unfortunately we missed several chances but the goal we scored, the referee disallowed it for her own personal reasons… I don’t know. It was a good goal and video evidence will prove that.”
Fevrier, who gave credit to North East Stars, added, “I was quite pleased with our overall play. It was a final and both teams came well-prepared for it. It was a very calculated game. It was a game we definitely had much more possession control and all we needed was one goal, because North East never created one goal in the game.”
North East Stars, with ten men, buoyed by the thundering sounds of their supporters chanting “Let's go North East… lets go” held out till the end of 120 minutes to send the final into kicks from the penalty mark.
Eventual MVP, John, had some glove to Winchester’s kick in the first as it entered his netting at the bottom corner but Cummings leveled the kicks 1-1 soon after. The North East Stars goalie then got in right on the second with a diving save to his right to deny substitute Jomal Williams before Jesus Perez pumped the Sangre Grande club ahead. Connection’s Britto, Aikim Andrews and Christian Viveros were all clinical just as North East Stars Aquil Selby and Neveal Hackshaw before Kion Joseph had the courtesy of sending the winning kick beyond the “Savonetta Boys” goalie Aquelius Sylvester.
“We have been working on penalty kicks in the past week and I didn’t expect anything different from the guys tonight,” Eve explained. “They have been very consistent and saw that tonight, the penalties were very high class.
“It’s great to win the title. We worked very hard. A lot of people and also in the media are saying that local players don’t have certain fitness but we played with 10 men and lasted for the 120 minutes. It was a great game of football. Although it was 0-0, both teams really went at it and I thought the crowd was well into it throughout the game. It was a good spectacle for local football.”
Following the match, W Connection owner/president David John-Williams said his club plans to lodge a protest to the TTFA against North East Stars for the use of forward Gorean Highley.
But Sharon O’Brian, of the TTFA informed ttproleague.com that Highley, although unable to play for the first team in the Digicel Pro League, was free to represent North East Stars at the FA Trophy competition, which doesn’t fall within the Pro League jurisdiction.
FA Trophy Final
W Connection 0 vs North East Stars 0
Kicks from the penalty mark
W Connection 4 North East Stars 5
Shahdon Winchester (scored) Keron Cummings (scored)
Jomal Williams (saved) Jesus Perez (scored)
Jerrel Britto (scored) Aquil Selby (scored)
Aikim Andrews (scored) Neveal Hackshaw (scored)
Christian Viveros (scored) Kion Joseph (scored)
Teams
W Connection: 22.Aquelius Sylvester; 2.Kurt Frederick, 39.Alvin Jones (34.Jabari Mitchell 103rd), 25.Christian Viveros, 4.Bradley Beaumont, 10.Yefer Steven Lozano (Yellow Card) (40.Jomal Williams 46th), 9.Shahdon Winchester, 11.Tremain Shayn Paul (Yellow Card), 20.Christian Rodriguez, 30.Aaquil Campbell (12.Jerrel Britto 46th), 28.Aikim Andrews
Unused substitutes: 1.Terrence Lewis (GK), 16.Anselm Jackson, 36.Triston Hodge, 45.Kori Cupid
Coach: Stuart Charles Fevrier
North East Stars: 22.Cleon John; 4.Keithy Simpson, 8.Dwane Muckette (6.Jeromie Williams 63rd), 9.Gorean Highley, 15.Glenton Wolfe, 25.Keryn Navarro (12.Jayson Joseph 24th), 38.Jesus Perez, 41.Neveal Hackshaw, 44.Kion Joseph, 14.Dwane James (5.Aquil Selby 83rd), 10.Keron Cummings
Unused substitutes: 1.Stefan Berkeley (GK), 18.Kaashif Thomas, 26.Zavion Navarro, 7.Stephon Prescott
Coach: Angus Eve.
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Sounds like a good final: controversy, sending off, disallowed goal.
I just always hate matches being decided by penalties. Bring back the Golden Goal!!!!
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What happen to St Lucian Connection, all de foreign players they sign and they can win nothing this year.
Ah see my neighbor Gorean Highley put some heat on them, nice to see him back at this level, always a good player just need to fix he head.
St Lucian Connection going and cry to de TTFA now because of Gorean Highley...
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
And North East played with 10 players to.
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https://www.youtube.com/v/9BO9RiVUfRE
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Stars penalise Connection in FA final; WCFC promise protest
By Lasana Liburd (Wired868)
After a two and a half year drought, North East Stars returned to winners’ row last night with a 5-4 penalty shootout triumph over defending champions, DIRECTV W Connection, in the 2015 TTFA FA Trophy final at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva.
There were roughly 1,000 fans at the Ato Boldon Stadium for the cup final and, for the most part, their noisy exuberance put to shame the much larger audience that turned out to watch Trinidad and Tobago’s 1-0 friendly defeat to Panama, two days earlier.
At the death, the Sangre Grande contingent was in ecstasy as the shorthanded Stars overcame a man deficit to defy Connection.
Connection chairman David John Williams vowed to take the fight beyond the final whistle, though. In the post-game press conference, Williams reiterated his view—which he expressed before the match—that Stars forward Gorean Highley should have been ineligible since he joined the club after the January transfer window and received special dispensation to play only in the Reserve League.
“The rule clearly says that Gorean Highley was registered outside of the transfer window as a senior player only to play reserve team football,” said Williams. “When I saw the name on the team list, I went to the Director of Competitions who is Neville Ferguson. I spoke to Sharon (O’Brien) about it and the Match Commissioner and they still allowed the game to play.
“I think that is bringing the game into disrepute. I will take it all the way…”
It costs just $500 to lodge a protest to the TTFA. Yet, that is $500 more than the combined cash prize for the competition.
The FA Trophy was once Trinidad and Tobago’s most prestigious cup competition. But those days are long gone. Now, the competition is testament to the hapless and ineffective leadership style of president Raymond Tim Kee and general secretary Sheldon Phillips.
In Tim Kee’s first year in charge, he handed out trophies, medals and promises after the FA final. In his second year, he promised prize money and then never paid.
Last night, neither he nor Phillips even bothered to show up.
Yet, with only pride at stake, Connection and Stars fought as though they were in the middle of the desert and contesting the last bottle of water.
Stars coach Angus Eve came into the converted conference room for his media address while journalists were speaking to the Connection chairman. He listened attentively as Williams explained why he felt Stars did not deserve the trophy before storming out on the grounds that the media disrespected him by ignoring his presence.
In fact, Williams had spoken for all of one minute and 40 seconds and the Stars coach did not have a long wait. But then Eve is big on latching on to perceived slights and nurturing them.
Despite being Trinidad and Tobago’s most capped outfield international player, Eve has always carried the air of an outsider; and, with Stars, he has found a club that mirrors his feelings. Both Stars and Eve, arguably, see themselves as great figures that are denied the limelight by the system’s inherent snobbery.
If anything, Williams’ post-game fury probably fit their perceived script perfectly.
“We played well and we enjoyed enough territorial advantage to win the game,” said Connection coach Stuart Charles-Fevrier. “We just needed one goal.”
Fevrier was partially correct. But Stars, despite playing with ten men for 88 of the 130 minutes, had at least as much claim to the trophy as they did.
It was not a great technical affair. Connection was generally one-paced while Stars struggled to force their opponents back once they lost numerical parity. But the game was not short of drama.
(Read more: http://wired868.com/2015/03/30/stars-penalise-connection-in-fa-final-wcfc-promise-protest/)
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Take a look at W-Connection’s disallowed goal in the 2014/15 FA Trophy final against North East Stars. Are they right to feel aggrieved?
https://www.youtube.com/v/7298mzNuT9s
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Take a look at W-Connection’s disallowed goal in the 2014/15 FA Trophy final against North East Stars. Are they right to feel aggrieved?
https://www.youtube.com/v/7298mzNuT9s
Seeing this on TV, I would say it was a goal. From the referee's view it may have seemed like the keeper was between the ball and the player and was fouled. I certainly would be aggrieved if I were a Connection supporter. But I'm sure Angus would be equally aggrieved if it was given!!
To me, the more important issue is whether Highley should have played. Remember that the F.A.Trophy allows amateurs and even schoolboys to play. It's not a Pro League competition, so TTFA can decide their own rules. But where does this end? Could a team recruit, say Carlos Edwards or Kevin Molino for one game just to play in the F.A. Trophy?
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Take a look at W-Connection’s disallowed goal in the 2014/15 FA Trophy final against North East Stars. Are they right to feel aggrieved?
W Connection's management have been extremely good sports in light of the fact that the ref blew this call, and that the match was already being played under protest owing to Gorean Highley's participation.
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Ref had poor positioning to make that call. Should have consulted withe the AR.
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Stuart Charles-Fevrier talks at a post-match press briefing after North East Stars defeated W Connection 5-4 on penalty kicks in the TTFA's 2015 FA Trophy Final at the Ato Boldon Stadium on Sunday.
https://www.youtube.com/v/rToYZp_tCi4
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Highley case for Disciplinary Committee
By Ian Prescott (Express).
FA Trophy protest
THE OUTCOME of the 2015 FA Trophy final may well be decided in the protest room. Beaten finalists Directv W Connection have lodged an official protest over the eligibility of one of the North East Stars players, Gorean Highley.
On Sunday at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Sangre Grande-based North East Stars survived 120 minutes of football when playing with a man short, before winning an exciting, but controversial final 5-4 on penalty kicks following a 0-0 draw in regulation time.
Prior to the final, W Connection had already raised the issue of Stars’ striker Highley being ineligible to play. They claimed he had been registered outside the transfer window. Connection president David John-Williams lodged an official protest on Tuesday.
Now that the protest is official, the matter has been sent to the Disciplinary Committee of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) for deliberation. The Committee chaired by Newton George, will meet next Tuesday.
“He (John-Williams) has made an official protest,” stated Neville Ferguson, the TTFA’s Director of Tournaments. “The protest came in yesterday.”
“The protest goes before the TTFA’s Disciplinary Committee for adjudication on the matter,” Ferguson continued. “He is saying the guy was registered on the 31st of March and because of that he could only play in the Reserve League of the Pro League.”
Speaking after Sunday’s final, John-Williams told local media, he had raised concerns about Highley’s participation since the semi-final stage. Highley, a popular former Arima Secondary and recent Malabar FC footballer, was signed by Stars recently, well after the close of the January transfer window.
“He (John-Williams) is saying the guy (Highley) was registered late, and he because of that, could only play in the Reserve League of the Pro League,” Ferguson said.
John-Williams vowed to pursue the matter vigourously, even if it had to reach the courts. John-Williams also went to court in 2013 against the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board concerning his W Connection Wanderers team.
“I think that is bringing the game into disrepute, and I intend to take it all the way,” John-Williams said. “When I saw his name on the team list, I went to the Director of Tournaments which is Neville Ferguson. I spoke to Sharon (O’Brien) (TTFA official) about it. I spoke to the match commissioner about it and they still allowed him to play.”
John-Williams further accused the TTFA of operating in an adhoc fashion and ignoring established international rules regarding the registration and transfer of players.
”It clearly tells me that I could go and register a player now in my reserve team as a senior, and I could play him in the Caribbean Club Championships.
That is exactly what this says, and I can’t accept something like that.” stated John-Williams, who sits on a board of CONCACAF. “I challenged the Cricket Board. I took them all the way, and now it’s the same.”
T&TFA to decide on Highley protest April 7.
T&T Guardian Reports.
Having captured its second T&T Football Association FA Trophy for only the second time in club history, Japs North East Stars must now await a ruling the association’s Disciplinary Committee on Tuesday, April 7, to know whether it will keep hold of the crown.
On Sunday, the Sangre Grande-based North East Stars under the guidance of coach Angus Eve got the better of title-holder W Connection, 5–4 on penalty-kicks after a 0–0 draw at the end of regulation time and 30-minutes extra-time at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, despite playing most of the match with ten men following the first-half dismissal of Jayson Joseph.
The win added to the Darryl Mahabir-owned club, first triumph in 2003, also over W Connectionm, champions in 1999, 2000 & 2002, and 2013/2014.
However, prior to the final W Connection owner/president David John-Williams stated his club was going to lodge a protest to the T&TFA against Stars for the use of Gorean “Ratty” Highley.
John-Williams said the basis of his team’s process was that Highely, a former W Connection player, was signed outside of the January transfer window to play in the Reserve League of the Pro League only, and not as part of the club’s first team.
But in response, Sharon O’Brien, of the TTFA, noted that Highley, who was formerly of Malabar FC, although unable to play for the first team in the Digicel T&T Pro League, was free to represent North East Stars in FA competition, which doesn’t fall within the Pro League jurisdiction.
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yuh right deeks many of the guys / former ballers from SFN ,did in fact beat pan with panvibes and pandemonium....... the team still going strong ..
Pass the word to them to keep the faith. Blessings!
That's my team, played with them from U12 all the way to the senior team, in fact some of my fiends play with them still. Big up SFN!!!
Big team back in the day when community teams had an impact on the National league: SFM. Barataria Ball Players, Point Fortin CC, Tacarigua United and Memphis.
VB
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Highley case for Disciplinary Committee
By Ian Prescott (Express).
FA Trophy protest
THE OUTCOME of the 2015 FA Trophy final may well be decided in the protest room. Beaten finalists Directv W Connection have lodged an official protest over the eligibility of one of the North East Stars players, Gorean Highley.
On Sunday at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Sangre Grande-based North East Stars survived 120 minutes of football when playing with a man short, before winning an exciting, but controversial final 5-4 on penalty kicks following a 0-0 draw in regulation time.
Prior to the final, W Connection had already raised the issue of Stars’ striker Highley being ineligible to play. They claimed he had been registered outside the transfer window. Connection president David John-Williams lodged an official protest on Tuesday.
Now that the protest is official, the matter has been sent to the Disciplinary Committee of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) for deliberation. The Committee chaired by Newton George, will meet next Tuesday.
“He (John-Williams) has made an official protest,” stated Neville Ferguson, the TTFA’s Director of Tournaments. “The protest came in yesterday.”
“The protest goes before the TTFA’s Disciplinary Committee for adjudication on the matter,” Ferguson continued. “He is saying the guy was registered on the 31st of March and because of that he could only play in the Reserve League of the Pro League.”
Speaking after Sunday’s final, John-Williams told local media, he had raised concerns about Highley’s participation since the semi-final stage. Highley, a popular former Arima Secondary and recent Malabar FC footballer, was signed by Stars recently, well after the close of the January transfer window.
“He (John-Williams) is saying the guy (Highley) was registered late, and he because of that, could only play in the Reserve League of the Pro League,” Ferguson said.
John-Williams vowed to pursue the matter vigourously, even if it had to reach the courts. John-Williams also went to court in 2013 against the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board concerning his W Connection Wanderers team.
“I think that is bringing the game into disrepute, and I intend to take it all the way,” John-Williams said. “When I saw his name on the team list, I went to the Director of Tournaments which is Neville Ferguson. I spoke to Sharon (O’Brien) (TTFA official) about it. I spoke to the match commissioner about it and they still allowed him to play.”
John-Williams further accused the TTFA of operating in an adhoc fashion and ignoring established international rules regarding the registration and transfer of players.
”It clearly tells me that I could go and register a player now in my reserve team as a senior, and I could play him in the Caribbean Club Championships.
That is exactly what this says, and I can’t accept something like that.” stated John-Williams, who sits on a board of CONCACAF. “I challenged the Cricket Board. I took them all the way, and now it’s the same.”
T&TFA to decide on Highley protest April 7.
T&T Guardian Reports.
Having captured its second T&T Football Association FA Trophy for only the second time in club history, Japs North East Stars must now await a ruling the association’s Disciplinary Committee on Tuesday, April 7, to know whether it will keep hold of the crown.
On Sunday, the Sangre Grande-based North East Stars under the guidance of coach Angus Eve got the better of title-holder W Connection, 5–4 on penalty-kicks after a 0–0 draw at the end of regulation time and 30-minutes extra-time at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, despite playing most of the match with ten men following the first-half dismissal of Jayson Joseph.
The win added to the Darryl Mahabir-owned club, first triumph in 2003, also over W Connectionm, champions in 1999, 2000 & 2002, and 2013/2014.
However, prior to the final W Connection owner/president David John-Williams stated his club was going to lodge a protest to the T&TFA against Stars for the use of Gorean “Ratty” Highley.
John-Williams said the basis of his team’s process was that Highely, a former W Connection player, was signed outside of the January transfer window to play in the Reserve League of the Pro League only, and not as part of the club’s first team.
But in response, Sharon O’Brien, of the TTFA, noted that Highley, who was formerly of Malabar FC, although unable to play for the first team in the Digicel T&T Pro League, was free to represent North East Stars in FA competition, which doesn’t fall within the Pro League jurisdiction.
This actually has far reaching implications for TTFA. They can hardly afford to defend themselves in court, but should they find in favour of W.Connection, Jabloteh will also have grounds to complain as Highley played in the semi final too. In facy, it could go further if Highley played in previous rounds. The whole competition could be at risk.
Then, North East could also appeal as TTFA officials were advised of the situation and allowed Highley to play, so again, TTFA could be vulnerable in court. If TTFA defend their officials position and rule against Connection, I'm sure Mr Williams would take the case further and there is enough precedent for him to win his case!
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Stars dismiss W Connection protest
By Ian Prescott (Express).
No wrong
FA TROPHY winners North East Stars believe they have done nothing wrong which will prevent them hanging onto the 2015 title they won on Sunday. “I don’t see that North East Stars have done anything wrong,” stated Stars owner Darryl Mahabir.
On Sunday, Sangre Grande-based Stars won a controversial FA Trophy final 5-4 on kicks from the penalty mark at Ato Boldon Stadium. However, on Tuesday, W Connection president David John-Williams lodged an official protest over Stars’ use of former Malabar FC striker Gorean Highley in the final.
Prior to that game, Connection raised the issue of Highley being ineligible to play, having been registered outside the transfer window. John-Williams contends that the terms of Highley’s registration in the Pro League allows the player to only play in the Reserve League for the rest of the season.
Further, he accused the TTFA of ignoring international rules governing the transfer and registration of players. Next Tuesday, the Disciplinary Committee of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) , chaired by Newton George, will meet on the matter.
However, Mahabir said that Stars were willing to abide by the decision of the Disciplinary Committee.
“If he (John-Williams) is right, he is right. If he is wrong, he is wrong,” Mahabir stated.
Further, Mahabir said that Stars are not troubled by the Disciplinary Committee’s hearing and are instead focussing on having a good season. The Sangre Grande side are currently third in the Pro League, have won the FA Trophy and are hoping to win at least one of the two remaining knockout competitions to be contested this season.
“We (Stars) have been very consistent under the management of Angus Eve and we are on course to have another good season,” Mahabir said. “We have conceded the least goals in the Pro League over the past few seasons. We need to improve the attacking aspects, and again I think we are going to finish very strong.”
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Connection lodge “Ratty” protest against Stars; TTFA offers prize money (http://wired868.com/2015/04/01/connection-lodge-ratty-protest-against-stars-ttfa-offers-prize-money/)
But the biggest post-final surprise is that the TTFA has promised to pay prize money to not just the 2015 FA winner and runners-up but also vowed to pay the 2014 FA competitors and the the top four 2014/15 Super League teams.
TTFA general secretary Sheldon Phillips, who is in El Salvador at present, said the football body will make the handouts next week.
TTFA Tournament and Competition chairman Neville Ferguson told Wired868 that he was “working on processing the payments as we speak.” He confirmed that the local football body had not found a sponsor but would pay the teams from its own coffers.
Read More... (http://wired868.com/2015/04/01/connection-lodge-ratty-protest-against-stars-ttfa-offers-prize-money/)
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I thought
Watson Insider said last week that the TTFA went dark with the media?
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It is encouraging to see TTFA appears to be living up to their present and past commitments. On the other hand the FA mix-up appears to be their fault. It appears they did not follow the written law as pertain to transfer players.
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TTFA to decide on Connection’s protest Monday.
T&T Guardian Reports.
The T&T Football Association (TTFA) disciplinary committee headed by Newton George will decide on a protest lodged by DirecTV W Connection against Japs North East Stars’ use of Gorean Highley in the FA final at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva on March 27, on Monday instead.
This after the scheduled meeting for April 7 at the TTFA’s Office, Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo had to be postponed because of a lack of a quorum, and subsequent meetings also had to be put off some the same reason.
According to the T&TFA’s constitution no fewer than three members of the five-man panel of the disciplinary committee are needed for a quorum to take place, but this was not the case at the first scheduled meeting date as three members were unavailable, forcing the meeting to be postponed.
The Angus Eve-coached Stars’ went onto the win the match, 5-4 on penalty-kicks after the match ended 0-0 at the end of 90 minutes, and the 30 minutes of extra-time for its second triumph and first since 2003, also against W Connection.
However, prior to the final, W Connection chairman/owner/president, David John-Williams stated his intentions to protest the outcome of the encounter should Stars’ use Highley, who they deemed was transferred outside the international window from Malabar FC. But the Darryl Mahabir-owned Stars did not bow to the pressures of W Connection and still used Highley in the match, which they played most of the time with 10 men after the first-half expulsion of Jayson Joseph.
John-Williams, then followed up his intentions the next day by lodging an official protest with the TTFA, and while both parties have stood firm of their actions, it will all be decided by the TTFA disciplinary committee tomorrow.
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Any word on this protest?
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W Connection lose appeal; Stars FA champs.
By Ian Prescott (Express).
OVERRULED
NORTH EAST STARS have been confirmed as 2015 FA Trophy champions, after the Disciplinary Committee of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) dismissed a protest lodged by defeated finalist DIRECTV W Connection.
The teams played to a goalless draw on March 29, before 10-man Stars came away winners, 5-4 on penalty kicks, in the process dethroning DIRECTV W Connection, winners the previous season.
W Connection had played the final “under protest” over Stars’ use of striker Gorean “Ratty” Highley, signed after the close of the January transfer window. After the final, W Connection owner David John Williams made an official protest.
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) had not issued an official decision up to yesterday, although several sources confirmed that a decision was made.
Contacted yesterday, Neville Ferguson, the TTFA’s Director of Tournaments, confirmed that a decision had been made, but directed further enquiry to the TTFA general secretary.
“Yes,” Fergsuon stated, when asked if a decision was made.“Call Sheldon (Phillips), he has the decision.”
Contacted, TTFA general secretary Sheldon Phillips declined making a pronouncement, until further consultation with both teams and the TTFA.
Late yesterday, however, Stars owner Darryl Mahabir told the Express that on Monday he was informed that W Connection’s protest was thrown out.
“I hear yesterday (Monday),” said Mahabir. “It was my team manager (Maurice Eligon) who informed me yesterday. “As far as I gather, we were on the right page in the sense of the player being allowed to play,” added Mahabir. “I didn’t think we did anything wrong, so from my stand point, I believed that we would have come out a winner.”
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W Connection appeal FA Trophy ruling.
By Ian Prescott (Express).
Not Taking that
DIRECTV W CONNECTION have already appealed a decision by the Disciplinary Committee of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) to dismiss their protest over North East Stars’ use of striker Gorian Highley in the FA Trophy final on March 29.
W Connection president David John-Williams has formally appealed the decision, sending correspondence and $1,000 in fees to Sheldon Phillips, TTFA general secretary.
W Connection are appealing on the grounds that the TTFA broke its own constitution rules regarding the transfer of players. W Connection sources contend that the issue is not about “Grande Stars” keeping the trophy, but having the TTFA abide by the rules.
It was only yesterday, that the TTFA officially released a decision taken by its Disciplinary Committee which first met on April 22.
“I can confirm that the Disciplinary Committee ruled in favour of North East Stars and rejected the arguments made by W Connection,” Phillips stated in correspondence to the Trinidad Express Newspaper. Further, Phillips also acknowledged that an appeal was filed.
“We received the appeal request yesterday afternoon from W Connection,” Phillips said. “The request will be sent to our Appeals Committee, and they will determine whether there is ground to accept the request.”
Phillips added that both the Disciplinary Committee and Appeals Committee were “independent” of the executive to ensure impartiality.
“We cannot really influence their pace, but we would like to see that a decision is made as soon as possible,” Phillips added.
On March 31, W Connection officially protested Stars’ use of Highley in the FA final, which Stars won 5-4 on spot kicks, following a goalless draw.
Highley, was transferred from Malabar FC, just two day before the FA semi-final. He was registered by the local professional league after the close of the January transfer window, and was allowed to only play in the non-competitive Reserve League, but no other professional league competition this season.
In making its decision, the Disciplinary Committee determined that the FA Trophy had its own rules.
“The competition under reference had its own rules, as a consequence the rules governing the TTFA and the Pro League was null and void,” the Disciplinary Committee’s judgement said. “The Disciplinary Committee notes that while W Connection relied on clause six of the competition rules, it misinterpreted the said rules.”
The Committee determined that Stars should remain as FA champions, firstly based on the fact that both the referee and match commissioner allowed Highley to play, and secondly that Stars head coach Angus Eve “honestly believed” the player to be eligible to contest the final.
Prior to the final, Eve telephoned TTFA official Sharon O’Brien asking if Highley could have played.
“She did advise Mr Angus Eve that the TTFA was only interested in whether the player was registered with the participating club and nothing else,” the Disciplinary Committee’s judgement said.
“The Disciplinary Committee realises there was no precedent under which a similar ruling arose and a decision was made. The Disciplinary Committee therefore relied on the old adage practised, of upholding the decision on the field of play. In the circumstances, the protest is hereby dismissed and the decision is therefore final.”
W Connection’s appeal described both arguments as “nonsense” since neither the referee nor match commissioner had the power to prevent a football match being played in the first place. They also feel that the Pro League is a full affiliate of the TTFA, and the latter is bound by the rules of the international football body FIFA, concerning the transfer of players.
The W Connection appeal quotes FIFA rules 2.5 and 41.3 which allows the TTFA to organise competitions “adopting always rules and regulations set down by FIFA”.
W Connection further argue that the TTFA broke its own constitution which states: “The status of players and provision of transfer shall be regulated by the Executive Committee of the Federation (TTFA), in accordance with common FIFA regulations for the transfer of players.”
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W Connection lose protest again.
T&T Express Reports.
Defeated 2015 FA Trophy finalists DIRECTV W Connection, have for the second time had their protest over the final thrown out.
This comes just a few weeks after the April 22 meeting of the Disciplinary Committee of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), which threw out W Connection's protest over North East Stars' use of striker Gorean Highley in the March 29 FA Trophy final.
Stars won the final 5-4 on spot kicks, following a goalless draw in regulation time. W Connection had played the final "under protest", since Highley was signed outside of the Pro League transfer window, and was not sanctioned by the local professional league to play competitive matches this season.
W Connection owner David John-Williams immediately appealed the Disciplinary Committee's judgement, which ruled that the FA Trophy operated similar to a minor league -under its own set of rules, and not that of either the TTFA or the TT Pro League.
Yesterday, the Trinidad Express learned that the Appeals Committee had also upheld the earlier decision of TTFA's Disciplinary Committee, therefore declaring W Connection's protest as being without merit. Several efforts to reach John-Williams for comment yesterday proved futile.
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FA Cup returns.
By Walter Alibey (Guardian).
T&T’s most prestigious football tournament, the National FA is set to return after a two-year hiatus, but the Central Football Association (CFA) being led by businessman Shymdeo Gosine, could have no representative teams.
T&T Football Association vice president Ewing Davis revealed that a decision was taken to include all the teams in the T&T Pro League, all in the T&T Super League, five teams from the Eastern Counties Football Union (ECFU) and six from the other Regional Associations- the Northern Football Association, Eastern FA, Central FA, Southern FA and the Tobago FA, for a total of 64 teams in the first draw.
Some of the regional associations held their own FA tournament earlier this year in a bid to meet the deadline date of August 19 (Saturday) to ensure their participation, while other zones opted to use their winners from the previous year.
CFA general secretary Clynt Taylor told Guardian Media Sports yesterday his association received no correspondence about the tournament. As he scrolled through his emails Taylor said: “They usually send information to us via email and I have not received any correspondence about the National FA, so I guess we will not have any teams in the tournament then.” He hinted there may be something sinister about this new development since all other regional associations were informed about the tournament.
The CFA recently won a battle over the TTFA to have Samuel Saunders replaced as its representative on the TTFA’s Board of Directors. In a bid to find out if correspondence was sent to all the regional associations, Guardian Media Sports attempted to reach Justin Latapy-George, the TTFA general secretary but calls to his phone went unanswered yesterday.
The last time the National FA was held in 2015, pro league campaigners North East Stars won it by beating rivals W Connection 5-4 on penalty kicks.
It will be the first staging of the FA under the David John-Williams administration which assumed office in 2015, and plans are underway to produce a tournament that will be the best run, that will carry the highest cash prize and be of the best quality. However no information about the prize structure was forthcoming as Davis said his association was still in the process of securing a sponsor for the tournament. Director of Football Muhammad Isa said however that the idea was to have cash incentives for each round of football.
The TTFA will hold a press conference on Tuesday at its office at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Balmain Couva at which time the draw will take place. Apart from the pro league and super league teams, the TFA held its FA recently and have submitted Gold City FC, Calder Hall FC, Black Rock FC, Signal Hill United, Leeds United and Stokely Vale United as their representatives, while in the Northern FA, Step By Step Maple, Malta Carib Alcons, Block 8 Police Youth Club, Cultural Roots, St Francois Nationals and RSSR are the qualifying teams.
The ECFU did not have a qualifying competition and have chosen Tamana United, Sangre Grande United, Biche United, Damarie Hill Youths and Manzan United by viurtue of their successes last year. The EFA will be represented by WASA FC, Trinity Rangers, FC Maloney, Red Hill FC, La Horquetta XF and Creek SCC while the SFA has chosen last year’s top performers Erin FC, Pitchmen FC, Santa Flora FC, San Fernando Giants, Serial Strikers and Pele Pele.
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Eve delighted over return of FA Trophy.
ttproleague.com.
Club Sando head coach Angus Eve is thrilled by the return of the prestigious Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy after a two-year hiatus—with the new 2017/18 edition, involving 64 teams, commencing on September 16.
“Excited, the word is,” said Eve, one of the few men to celebrate, both as a player and a coach, the FA Trophy—the oldest football tournament in Trinidad and Tobago dating back to 1927.
Eve led his now former club North East Stars to the FA Trophy—the last time it was contested—in 2014/2015, edging former winners W Connection 5-4 on penalties at the Ato Boldon Stadium on March 29, 2015 in the title match following a 0-0 draw.
“I didn’t remember I was the last winning coach,” Eve joked. “The tournament hasn’t been around a long time.
“But it’s great to have it back. I don’t know about the prestige in Trinidad and Tobago, but it is one of the oldest trophies in world football and has with it a lot of prestige in places like England. But I do believe it is something prestigious for a coach to win the Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy.”
This season’s FA Trophy competition will involve all ten (10) Pro League Clubs (W Connection, Club Sando, San Juan Jabloteh, Central FC, Defence Force FC, Point Fortin Civic, Morvant Caledonia United, St. Ann’s Rangers); all nineteen (19) Super League teams; six (6) teams from each of the five zonal associations (Northern FA, Eastern FA, Central FA, Southern FA and Tobago FA), and five (5) from the Eastern Counties Football Union.
Tournament organisers, the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), will host the first round draw on August 22 at its office at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Balmain, Couva. Teams and home venues are to be submitted by August 18.
“There has been a lot of rant and rave from Super League clubs (the second tier of Trinidad and Tobago football) in terms of their level of football. So this is another opportunity for us in the Pro League to show we are still the dominant league in the country,” continued Eve.
Since the debut of the professional teams into the FA Trophy competition in 1999, clubs from the former Professional Football League (PFL) and the current Pro League have won the trophy in all but 2006 when WASA became surprise winners. WASA defeated two top flight clubs including North East Stars 4-2 on penalties in the final following a 3-3 draw.
“The FA Trophy also gives smaller teams an opportunity against the bigger clubs from the Pro League and Super League and they are motivated because it gives them a feather in their cap with win. It’s a good opportunity for them to measure themselves against bigger opponents. A good game on the day and they can suddenly be in a final.”
Eve said that while his focus is on the Pro League title, where his Club Sando are currently second behind W Connection, but tied on points, the FA Trophy gives him a fresh challenge.
“I want to win the (Pro) League now, having won the FA Trophy and other titles in the past. But the FA Trophy gives me a fresh challenge with Club Sando who haven’t won anything [as a top flight team]. We will balance our regular schedule and the FA Trophy as best as we can because we want challenge for trophies.”
At present all Pro League matches are suspended till September 8 to facilitate the Trinidad and Tobago national team preparations for the final phase of the FIFA 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign which includes an international friendly against Jamaica in Trinidad on August 24.
“I don’t believe in stopping our league for the national team,” said Eve. “The Mexico don’t stop. The MLS (Major League Soccer) don’t stop. And the championship in England don’t stop. I understand we don’t have big squads but with just 18 league games this season, stopping the league breaks the momentum of the competition as well as the development of players.”
Eve, this week, resigned his position as first vice-president of the Northern FA, to concentrate more on his roles as head coach of Club Sando and coach of Naparima College, who won a number of titles over the last three SSFL season’s with.
“I’ve learned a lot under the leadership of (NFA president) Anthony Hafford, and guys like Peter Rampersad who have been long-serving members around the TTFA, and it augurs well for me when I plan to return to football administration later on. But I’ve taken a personal decision to try and concentrate more on my coaching at this time,” ended the Sando coach.
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“There has been a lot of rant and rave from Super League clubs (the second tier of Trinidad and Tobago football) in terms of their level of football. So this is another opportunity for us in the Pro League to show we are still the dominant league in the country,” continued Eve.
Super League clubs (the second tier of Trinidad and Tobago football) in terms of their level of football, according to Angus. Well, the pro-league clubs looked 2nd tier in the recent concacaf football.
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“There has been a lot of rant and rave from Super League clubs (the second tier of Trinidad and Tobago football) in terms of their level of football. So this is another opportunity for us in the Pro League to show we are still the dominant league in the country,” continued Eve.
Super League clubs (the second tier of Trinidad and Tobago football) in terms of their level of football, according to Angus. Well, the pro-league clubs looked 2nd tier in the recent concacaf football.
Hear what going on: dahis de Pro League office differentiating that they are the top dogs. With the SL having increased visibility, the PL sees a need to draw clear lines.
My take: The words in parentheses are not from Angus. They are from the writer.
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North East Stars drawn to face Siparia Spurs in big money FA Trophy.
ttproleague.com.
Title holders North East Stars must travel to second tier club Siparia Spurs when the 2017 FA Trophy competition kicks off on the weekend of September 16-17 with the Round of 64.
It is one of eight pairings that includes Pro League clubs against lower league sides, while Central FC are against Morvant Caledonia United in the only all-Pro League clash of the Round of 64.
All this, along with huge cash incentives totally TT$415,000., were revealed on Tuesday afternoon during the preliminary round draw at the Media Room of the Ato Boldon Stadium in Balmain, Couva.
Venues and times are not yet determined although all participating clubs were to indicate their home venue prior to the draw.
The 2017 FA Trophy will involve all ten (10) Pro League clubs, nineteen (19) Super League sides, six (6) each from the Northern FA, Eastern FA, Central FC, Southern FA and Tobago FA, and five (5) from the Eastern Counties Football Union (ECFU)—all hoping to advance to the TT$100,000 final.
The overall champions will, in fact, walk away with a total purse of TT$135,000 due to—for the first time in the tournament which have gone without prize money in its last few editions—a prize structure that will see winning teams of the Round of 64, Round of 32, Round of 16, Quarter finals, and Semi Finals earn TT$3,000., TT$5,000., TT$7,000., TT$9,000. and TT$11,000. respectively.
“It’s a great motivator for all the clubs involved, knowing the current situation clubs are in for financial support,” said North East Stars head coach Derek King.
Ewing Davis, vice president of the tournament organizers, the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), said the competition currently stands without a sponsor and, at present, the prize monies would have to come from the FA.
Teams will also benefit from gate receipts through to the quarter final round before the FA takes control for the semi-final and final stages.
Spurs are currently tenth on the Super League’s division one standings while North East Stars are third on the Pro League standings but inactive till September 8 due to a break in the PL to facilitate the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s Senior Team preparations for crucial FIFA World Cup 2018 qualifying.
“It’s tough trying to keep players motivated at the moment by just training and playing practice matches,” said King, who took charge of North East Stars last May. “But we will try our best to be ready when the FA Trophy comes around. We are the defending champions.
“We also know that the FA Trophy is tough; it’s a knockout tournament and you have to be on top your game not taking anyone for granted. Some teams in the Super League are good challenges for Pro League opponents.”
Two years ago, when the competition was last contested, North East Stars, led by former coach Angus Eve, won their second FA Trophy by defeating four-time former winners W Connection 5-4 on penalties following a 0-0 draw at the Ato Boldon Stadium on March 29, 2015.
King also FA Trophy success when he defeated Connection in the 2009 final to hand Joe Public the crown with a 3-2 win.
Connection, who last had their hands on the FA Trophy by defeating Couva rivals Central FC in the 2013/14 final on penalties, must host ECFU side Tamana United on Sunday 17 September while Club Sando, Eve’s present club, must travel against Northern FA side Cultural Roots.
Three-time former winners San Juan Jabloteh are drawn against EFA side La Horquetta XF while six-time former champions Defence Force must face NFA’s Belmont FC. Police FC, another Pro League campaigner and three-time former winners, and WASA, the 2006 champions, will meet in the Round of 64 while Point Fortin Civic, the 1969 champions, are against EFA side Red Hill FC.
Since the debut of the professional teams into the FA Trophy competition in 1999, clubs from the former Professional Football League (PFL) and the current Pro League have won the trophy in all but 2006 when WASA became surprise winners. WASA defeated two top flight clubs including North East Stars 4-2 on penalties in the final following a 3-3 draw.
FA Trophy 2017 - Full Round of 64 match ups
(Home teams are listed first. Venue and times still to be determined)
(Saturday 16 September 2017)
Central FC (Pro League) vs Morvant Caledonia United (Pro League)
San Juan Jabloteh (Pro League) vs La Horquetta XF (EFA)
Siparia Spurs (SL) vs North East Stars (Pro League)
Eagles FC (CFA) vs Matura All Stars (ECFU)
D’Marie Hill Youths (ECFU) vs Guaya United (Super League)
Malta Carib Alcons (NFA) vs UTT (SL)
Fire Service FC (CFA) vs Black Rock FC (TFA)
Manzan United (ECFU) vs Prisons FC (SL)
1976 FC Phoenix (SL) vs Goal City FC (TFA)
Perseverance Ball Runners (CFA) Erin FC (SFA)
Biche United (ECFU) vs Trinity Rangers (EFA)
QPCC (SL) vs FC FC Santa Rosa (SL)
Petit Valley United (SL) vs Cunupia FC (SL)
Central Soccer World (CFA) vs Harlem Strikers (CFA)
Calder Hall FC (TFA) vs Bethel FC (SL)
Serial Strikers (SFA) vs Pitchmen FC (SFA)
(Sunday 17 September 2017)
W Connection (Pro League) vs Tamana United (ECFU)
St. Ann’s Rangers (Pro League) vs Perseverance Ball Runners (CFA)
Cultural Roots (NFA) vs Club Sando (Pro League)
Red Hill FC (EFA) vs Point Fortin Civic (Pro League)
Belmont FC (NFA) vs Defence Force (Pro League)
WASA FC (SL) vs Police FC (Pro League)
Santa Flora FC (SFA) vs Harlem Strikers (SL)
RSSR (NFA) vs Signal Hill United (THA)
San Fernando Giants (SFA) vs St. Francois Nationals (NFA)
Club Sando Moruga (SL) vs Perseverance United (CFA)
Leeds FC (TFA) vs Creek SCC (EFA)
Step by Step Maple (NFA) vs Stokely Vale FC (SL)
Central 500 Spartans (SL) vs Marabella Family Crisis Centre (SL)
Defence Force FC (SL) vs Youth Stars (SL)
Pele Pele (SFA) vs Police FC (SL)
WASA FC (EFA) vs FC Maloney (EFA)
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Glad they bring back this competition to some sort of prominence.
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TTFA agrees to $.1M FA Cup winner’s cheque.
By Walter Alibey (Guardian).
Thirty-one matches have been scheduled for this weekend, as 62 vie for the $100,000 winner’s cheque at stake when the T&T Football Association National FA Trophy Competition gets underway at the weekend with matches across T&T.
On Saturday, T&T Super League leaders Hydro Tech Guaya United will plunge into action against D Marie Hill Youths at 4 pm at the D Hill Recreation Ground in Sangre Grande.
Coach Ron La Forrest, known as the “Professor”, is attempting to shake off a few niggling injury concerns in his camp, assuring his team will be ready for any game including the FA Cup encounter. Yesterday he told Guardian Media Sports he had a stern talk with his players after they failed to step up to the plate when they were given an opportunity. “Because of injuries to a few players on the team, we had to use three bench players and they did not perform the way they were expected to, so I had to impress upon them the importance of seizing the opportunity when they are given,” La Forrest explained.
D Marie Hill Youths are winners of the Eastern Counties Football Union (ECFU) League competition last year and will be hoping to create a major upset on Saturday. Apart from the $100,000 cash prize the winner of the tournament will also receive 25 gold medals and a trophy, while the runner-up will walk away with $25,000 and 25 silver medals. Other cash incentives include winner of round of 32—$3,000, winner of round of 16—$5,000, winner of round of eight—$7,000, winners of quarterfinals—$9,000, winners of semifinals $11,000.
Hydro Tech Guaya United are one of eight Super League teams in action on Saturday. The others are the University of T&T (UTT), Prisons FC, which campaign in the Championship Division, Perseverance Ball Runners, Siparia Spurs, Cunupia FC, Harlem Strikers and Bethel FC.
The university men will begin their campaign at their O’Meara Campus Ground against Northern FA champs Malta Carib Alcons from 4 pm, while the Prisons officers will face Manzan United, another ECFU team at 4 pm at the Manzanilla Recreation Ground.
Also Saturday, a clash between T&T Pro League teams Central FC and Morvant Caledonia AIA will take centre stage at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, at 4 pm, while W Connection and San Juan Jabloteh will take the field against Tamana United at the Ato Boldon Stadium and La Horquetta XF at the Larry Gomes Stadium from 4 pm, respectively.
FA Trophy 2017 - Full Round of 64 match-ups
(Home teams are listed first)
(Saturday 16 September 2017)
Central FC (Pro League) vs Morvant Caledonia United (Pro League), 4pm, Ato Boldon Stadium;
San Juan Jabloteh (Pro League) vs La Horquetta XF (EFA), 4pm, Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar;
Siparia Spurs (SL) vs North East Stars (Pro League), 4pm, Palo Seco Recreation Ground, Palo Seco;
Eagles FC (CFA) vs Sangre Grande Dream Team (ECFU), 4pm, Africa Ground, Enterprise;
D’Marie Hill Youths (ECFU) vs Guaya United (Super League), 4pm, D’Marie Hill Recreation Ground, Sangre Grande;
Malta Carib Alcons (NFA) vs UTT (SL), 4pm, UTT Ground, O’Meara;
Fire Service FC (CFA) vs Black Rock FC (TFA), 4pm, Woodford Lodge, Chaguanas;
Manzan United (ECFU) vs Prisons FC (SL), 4pm, Manzanilla Recreation Ground;
1976 FC Phoenix (SL) vs Goal City FC (TFA), 5pm, Bon Accord Recreation Ground, Tobago;
Perseverance Ball Runners (CFA) Erin FC (SFA), 4pm, New Settlement Ground, Chaguanas;
Biche United (ECFU) vs Trinity Rangers (EFA), 4pm, Biche Recreation Ground, Biche;
QPCC (SL) vs FC FC Santa Rosa (SL), 4pm, St. Anthony’s Grounds, Westmoorings;
Petit Valley United (SL) vs Cunupia FC (SL), 4pm, Diego Martin North Secondary, Diego Martin;
Central Soccer World (CFA) vs Harlem Strikers (CFA), 4pm, St. Mary’s Ground, Freeport;
Calder Hall FC (TFA) vs Bethel FC (SL), 6pm, Mt. Pleasant Recreation Ground, Tobago;
Serial Strikers (SFA) vs Pitchmen FC (SFA), 4pm, Lachoos Road Recreation Facility, Penal.
(Sunday 17 September 2017)
W Connection (Pro League) vs Tamana United (ECFU), 5pm, Ato Boldon Stadium;
St. Ann’s Rangers (Pro League) vs Perseverance Ball Runners (CFA), TBA;
Cultural Roots (NFA) vs Club Sando (Pro League), 4:30pm, Dibe Recreation Ground, St. James;
Red Hill FC (EFA) vs Point Fortin Civic (Pro League), 4pm, Maloney Recreation Ground, Maloney;
Belmont FC (NFA) vs Defence Force (Pro League), 5pm, Hasely Crawford Stadium training field;
WASA FC (SL) vs Police FC (Pro League), 5pm, WASA Ground, St. Joseph;
Santa Flora FC (SFA) vs Harlem Strikers (SL), 4pm, Santa Flora Ground, Santa Flora;
RSSR (NFA) vs Signal Hill United (THA), 4pm, Hasely Crawford Stadium;
San Fernando Giants (SFA) vs St. Francois Nationals (NFA), 4pm, Union Recreation Ground, Claxton Bay;
Club Sando Moruga (SL) vs Perseverance United (CFA), 4pm, Grand Chemin Recreation Ground, Moruga;
Leeds FC (TFA) vs Creek SCC (EFA), 4pm, Mt. Pleasant Recreation Ground, Tobago;
Step by Step Maple (NFA) vs Stokely Vale FC (SL), 3:30pm, Hasely Crawford Stadium training field;
Central 500 Spartans (SL) vs Marabella Family Crisis Centre (SL), 4pm, Edinburgh 500 Recreation Ground, Chaguanas;
Defence Force FC (SL) vs Youth Stars (SL), 4pm, Defence Force Headquarters Ground, Chaguarams;
Pele Pele (SFA) vs Police FC (SL), 4pm, La Brea Recreation Facility;
WASA FC (EFA) vs FC Maloney (EFA), 3pm, WASA Ground, St. Joseph.
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W Connection humiliate Tamana 12-0, N/E Stars whip Super League’s Siparia Spurs and Morv’t Caledonia boot Central out in FA Trophy first round
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Pro League powerhouse W Connection flexed their muscles against lower league side Tamana United on Sunday, trashing the Eastern Counties Football Union (ECFU) outfit 12-0 in the 2017 FA Trophy Round-of-64 action ahead of Tuesday’s Pro League clash against bitter Couva rivals Central FC.
Central, the three-time defending Pro League champions and two-time former FA finalists, were the only top-flight team not to advance out of the FA Trophy Round-of-64 after they were sent packing with a 2-0 loss against fellow Pro League campaigners and three-time former FA winners Morvant Caledonia United on Saturday at the Hasely Crawford Stadium training field.
Guyanese forward Sheldon Holder (27th minute) and veteran full-back Kareem Joseph (65th minute) scored for Morvant Caledonia who lifted the prestigious title in 2008, 2011/12 and 2012/13.
Also on Saturday, San Juan Jabloteh crushed Eastern Football Association (EFA) side La Horquetta XF 7-1 at the Larry Gomes Stadium, and defending FA Trophy champions North East Stars whipped Super League outfit Siparia Spurs 5-1 at the Palo Seco Recreation Ground.
Sean Bonval (5th & 27th minutes) and Jairo Lombardo (33rd & 68th minutes) both finished with two goals apiece while Julio Noel (8th minute), Kadeem Hutchinson (10th minute) and Dominic Douglas (79th minute) each had a goal for the three-time former FA winners, Jabloteh, against La Horquetta.
While in Palo Seco, Anselm Jackson (69th minute), Keston George (43rd minute) and Qian Grosvenor (83rd minute) all scored on debut for North East Stars after switching from St. Ann’s Rangers, Central and Connection respectively in the PL transfer window, as Spurs crumbled late, conceding two more items from Jalani Felix (90th minute) then Elton John (90’+2 minute) from the penalty spot.
On Sunday, Point Fortin Civic hammered Eastern Football Association (EFA) side Red Hill FC 5-1 with a hat-trick from Jabari Mitchell (19th, 49th & 70th minutes) and a goal each from Keron Neptune (74th minute) and Jerimiah Kesar 89th minute) in Maloney, while Defence Force cruised to a 3-0 win over Northern Football Association (NFA) side Belmont FC, and Police FC (2-1), Club Sando (2-1) and St. Ann’s Rangers (1-0) edged Super League’s WASA FC, Cultural Roots (NFA) and Central Football Association (CFA) side Perseverance Ball Runners respectively.
But nothing compared to the licks suffered by Tamana United when Connection visited.
St. Lucian forward Malik St. Prix (14th, 18th & 23rd minutes) and Trinidad and Tobago international striker Marcus Joseph (27th, 30th & 71st minutes) each ended with a hat-trick, while winger Neil Benjamin Jr. (15th & 83rd minutes) and Suriname international forward Dimitri Apai (78th & 80th minutes) each scored twice, all after defender Ronell Paul opened the scoring in the fourth minute with his debut Connection goal.
Daniel Diaz (65th minute) also got on the scoresheet for Connection to advance into the Round-of-32 carded for September 30 and October 1.
Connection will look to transfer Sunday’s form into their league fixture against Central FC from 6pm on Tuesday at the Ato Boldon Stadium. North East Stars will visit Club Sando from 8pm at the Couva venue in a top-of-the-table clash to complete the double-header, while Point Fortin Civic must host Morvant Caledonia from 6pm at Mahaica Oval on the same day and simultaneously at the Hasely Crawford Stadium training field, Police FC must welcome San Juan Jabloteh.
Results
W Connection (Pro League) 12 (Ronell Paul 4’, Malik St. Prix 14’, 18’, 23’, Neil Benjamin 15’, 83’, Marcus Joseph 27’, 30’, 71’, Daniel Diaz 65’, Dimitri Apai 78’, 80’) vs Tamana United (ECFU) 0, at Ato Boldon Stadium;
Siparia Spurs (SL) 1 (Sylvester Teesdale 52’) vs North East Stars (Pro League) 5 (Anselm Jackson 69’, Jalani Felix 90’, Keston George 43’, Qian Grosvenor 83’, Elton John 90’+2 pen.), at Palo Seco Recreation Ground, Palo Seco;
San Juan Jabloteh (Pro League) 7 (Sean Bonval 5’, 27’, Julio Noel 8’, Kadeem Hutchinson 10’, Jairo Lombardo 33’, 68’, Dominic Douglas 79’) vs La Horquetta XF (EFA) 0, at Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar;
Red Hill FC (EFA) 1 (Josiah Johnson 12’) vs Point Fortin Civic (Pro League) 5 (Jabari Mitchell 19’, 49’, 70’, Keron Neptune 74’, Jerimiah Kesar 89’), at Maloney Recreation Ground, Maloney;
Belmont FC (NFA) 0 vs Defence Force (Pro League) 3 (Devorn Jorsling, Jamali Garica, Jameel Cooper), at Hasely Crawford Stadium training field;
Central FC (Pro League) 0 vs Morvant Caledonia United (Pro League) 2 (Sheldon Holder 27’, Kareem Joseph 65’), at Hasely Crawford Stadium training field;
Cultural Roots (NFA) 1 (68’) vs Club Sando (Pro League) 2 (Josiah Trimmingham 8’, Akeem Redhead 38’), at Dibe Recreation Ground, St. James;
WASA FC (SL) 1 (Gary Glasgow) vs Police FC (Pro League) 2 (Kareem Freitas, Jibri Mc David 90’+), at WASA Ground, St. Joseph;
St. Ann’s Rangers (Pro League) 1 (Micah Lansiquot 52’) vs Perseverance Ball Runners (CFA) 0, at St. Augustine Senior Secondary Ground;
Malta Carib Alcons (NFA) 1 vs UTT (SL) 2, at UTT Ground, O’Meara;
Manzan United (ECFU) 0 vs Prisons FC (SL) 1, at Manzanilla Recreation Ground;
1976 FC Phoenix (SL) 2 vs Goal City FC (TFA) 1, at Bon Accord Recreation Ground, Tobago;
Perseverance Ball Runners (CFA) 1 vs Erin FC (SFA) 1, at New Settlement Ground, Chaguanas
Ball Runners won 7-6 on penalties;
Petit Valley United (SL) 1 vs Cunupia FC (SL) 4, at Diego Martin North Secondary, Diego Martin;
Central Soccer World (CFA) 1 vs Harlem Strikers (CFA) 0, at St. Mary’s Ground, Freeport;
Calder Hall FC (TFA) 2 vs Bethel FC (SL) 3, at Mt. Pleasant Recreation Ground, Tobago;
Serial Strikers (SFA) 0 vs Pitchmen FC (SFA) 0, at Lachoos Road Recreation Facility, Penal
Pitchmen won 5-4 on penalties;
Santa Flora FC (SFA) 1 (Efeefa Nathaniel 44’) vs Harlem Strikers (SL) 0, at Santa Flora Ground, Santa Flora;
RSSR (NFA) 0 vs Signal Hill United (THA) 1, at Hasely Crawford Stadium;
San Fernando Giants (SFA) 2 vs St. Francois Nationals (NFA) 1, at Union Recreation Ground, Claxton Bay;
WASA FC (EFA) 1 (Theo Hosine 80’) vs FC Maloney (EFA) 0, at WASA Ground, St. Joseph.
Club Sando Moruga (SL) 2 vs Perseverance United (CFA) 1, at Grand Chemin Recreation Ground, Moruga;
Leeds FC (TFA) 3 vs Creek SCC (EFA) 3, at Mt. Pleasant Recreation Ground, Tobago
Leeds won by default;
Step by Step Maple (NFA) 0 vs Stokely Vale FC (SL) 3, at Hasely Crawford Stadium training field
Stokely Vale won by default;
Central 500 Spartans (SL) 1 vs Marabella Family Crisis Centre (SL) 1, at Edinburgh 500 Recreation Ground, Chaguamas
Spartans won 5-4 on penalties;
Biche United (ECFU) 2 vs Trinity Rangers (EFA) 2, at Biche Recreation Ground, Biche
Trinity won 4-2 on penalties;
QPCC (SL) 0 vs FC Santa Rosa (SL) 3, at St. Anthony’s Grounds, Westmoorings;
Fire Service FC (CFA) 0 vs Black Rock FC (TFA) 3, at Woodford Lodge, Chaguanas
Black Rock won by defeault;
Eagles FC (CFA) 1 vs Mathura All Stars (ECFU) 1, at Africa Ground, Enterprise
Mathura All Stars won 10-9 on penalties;
D’Marie Hill Youths (ECFU) 0 vs Guaya United (Super League) 1, at D’Marie Hill Recreation Ground, Sangre Grande.
Pele Pele (SFA) 0 vs Police FC (SL) 3, at La Brea Recreation Facility
Police won by default;
Defence Force FC (SL) vs Youth Stars (SL), at Defence Force Headquarters Ground, Chaguarmas
(Did not play).
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Maple did not show up. Wow! That is bad. Central out. Oh how the mighty has fallen.
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FA Trophy pits Eve’s Club Sando against La Forest’s Guaya in one of four Pro League v Super League clashes confirmed.
ttproleague.com.
Club Sando head coach Angus Eve will come face to face in competition with head coach Ron La Forest, one of the men he credits for his success in football, when his Pro League outfit hosts Guaya United in the 2017 FA Trophy.
The sides of Eve and La Forest, who are both Carenarge residents and ex-Trinidad and Tobago international stars, were pitted against each other in one of four Pro League versus Super League clashes already confirmed during Friday’s random draw for the FA Trophy Round-of-32, which proposed dates are September 30, October 1, 4 and 5.
La Forest’s Guaya United are currently positioned at the summit of the Super League while Eve’s Club Sando are third on the top-flight league.
Eve, who still holds the record (117) international caps for Trinidad and Tobago, in a recent interview hailed La Forest as one of influential figures in his footballing life.
Eve, a First Citizens Sports Foundation Hall of Famer, said with the support of his parents and later guidance from national coaches Bertille St. Clair and La Forest, and the late Richard Abraham, an ex-Joe Public and T&T national team manager, and others, he was able to fulfil his dream of becoming a professional footballer and captain of his country.
Sando and Guaya advanced from the Round-of-64 (first round) with wins over Cultural Roots (2-1) and D’Marie Hill Youths (1-0) respectively last weekend. See full 2017 FA Trophy Round-of-64 results including W Connection’s 12-0 win over Tamana United.
Pro League clubs W Connection, Morvant Caledonia United and San Juan Jabloteh must host Super League’s Bethel United, Stokely Vale FC and Defence Force respectively as determined by the random draw.
While Police FC must await the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA)’s decision on a protest action by Super League’s WASA FC who lost 2-1 to the Pro League outfit in the Round-of-64. If the FA’s ruling stands in favour of the result, Police will host Super League’s University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) in a fifth Pro League versus SL clash.
TTFA president David John-Williams, following the Round-of-32 draw, pleaded with clubs to work together to try and rebuild the country’s football. He reminded that first mentioned teams of each round of the draw are responsible for the venue and that the FA Trophy must be a priority. The FA boss said the financial incentive awarded by his administration for wins in each round should help teams offset some costs.
For the first time in the history of the tournament the FA will reward winning teams of the Round-of-64, Round-of-32, Round-of-16, quarter finals and semi-finals cash prizes of TT$3,000., TT$5,000., TT$7,000., TT$9,000., and TT$11,000 respectively while the champions and runners-up will walk away with TT$100,000 and TT$25,000 respectively.
Other Round-of-32 matchups include defending champions North East Stars to travel to Southern Football Association (SFA) side Pitchmen FC; Defence Force (Pro League) against Trinity Rangers (EFA), and St. Ann’s Rangers against the winners of Fire Service/Black Rock. See full Round-of-32 matchups below.
The proposed date for the rescheduled Fire Service versus Black Rock Round-of-64 fixture is Wednesday 27 September.
FA Trophy 2017
Full Round-of-32 matchups
(Proposed dates September 30, October 1, 4 & 5)
(Home teams listed first)
Central 500 Spartans (SL) vs Perseverance Ball Runners (CFA)
Police FC (Pro League)/WASA FC (SL) winners vs UTT (SL)
FC Santa Rosa (SL) vs Santa Flora FC (SFA)
Morvant Caledonia United (Pro League) vs Stokely Vale FC (SL)
Cunupia FC (SL) vs Central Soccer World (CFA)
W Connection (Pro League) vs Bethel United (SL)
Defence Force (Pro League) vs Trinity Rangers (EFA)
MIC-IT St. Ann’s Rangers (Pro League) vs Fire Service (CFA)/Black Rock (TFA) winners
Prisons FC (SL) v 1976 FC Phoenix (SL)
San Juan Jabloteh (Pro League) vs Defence Force (SL)
Club Sando Moruga (SL) vs Sangre Grande Dream Team (ECFU)
San Fernando Giants (SFA) vs Police FC (SL)
Pitchmen FC (SFA) vs North East Stars (Pro League)
Club Sando (Pro League) vs Guaya United (SL)
Point Fortin Civic (Pro League) vs Signall Hill United (TFA)
Leeds FC (TFA) vs WASA FC (EFA)
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Police FC advances in FA.
By Nigel Simon (Guardian).
T&T Pro League’s Police FC will take their place in the round-of-32 in the T&T Football Federation FA Trophy competition after a protest lodged by its round-of-64 opponent, WASA FC of the T&T Super League was dismissed by the Competition Committee.
When round-of-64 action took place on September 16 and 17, Police eked out a last gasp 2-1 win over WASA at the latter’s St Joseph Ground.
However, WASA lodged a protest with the T&TFA with regards to one of the goals scored by the Lawmen, but after deliberations on Sunday last, a decision was taken to uphold the original result of the match, which will now see Police FC taking on another Super League team, the University of T&T (UTT) in the round-of-32 this weekend.
Sangre Grande-based North East Stars, champions in 2003 and 2014/2015 will continue its quest for a second straight T&T Football Federation FA Trophy crown and third in club history with a round-of-32 clash with Southern Football Association’s Pitchment FC.
Stars under the guidance of first year head coach Derek King, a former national defender and Joe Public winning coach (five titles in one season) kicked off its title defense with a 5-1 trashing of Super League’s Siparia Spurs on Sunday September 17 at Palo Seco while Pitchment FC had a 5-4 penalty-kicks win over fella SFA club Serial Strikers after a 0-0 draw.
Overall, it was a favourable draw for the remaining clubs from the T&T Pro League as they were all pitted against lower league opponents.
Four-time tournament winners, W Connection (1999, 2000, 2002, 2013-14), which hammered Tamana United 12-0 in the round-of-32 will entertain Super League outfit Bethel United; three-time champions Morvant Caledonia United (2008, 2011-12, 2012-13) tackles Super League’s Stokely Vale and San Juan Jabloteh, title winners in 1998, 2005 and 2010-11 will face off against Defence Force, also of the Super League.
Defence Force of the T&T Pro League, the most decorated club in the competition with six titles (1974, 1981, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1996) to its name, the joint second most ever with United British Oilfields Trinidad will do battle with Eastern Football Association’s Trinity Rangers while MIC-IT St. Ann’s Rangers (Pro League) will play the winner of the lone remaining round-of-64 match between Fire Service (Central Football Association and Tobago Football Association’s Black Rock which will be played on Sunday.
In another Pro League vs Super League match-up, Club Sando, currently third on the table in the top flight league tangles with Guaya United, current leaders of the Super League.
T&TFA Trophy round-of-32
September 30, October 1, 4 & 5
Home teams mentioned first
Central 500 Spartans (SL) vs Perseverance Ball Runners (CFA)
Police FC (Pro League) winners vs UTT (SL)
FC Santa Rosa (SL) vs Santa Flora FC (SFA)
Morvant Caledonia United (Pro League) vs Stokely Vale FC (SL)
Cunupia FC (SL) vs Central Soccer World (CFA)
W Connection (Pro League) vs Bethel United (SL)
Defence Force (Pro League) vs Trinity Rangers (EFA)
MIC-IT St. Ann’s Rangers (Pro League) vs Fire Service (CFA)/Black Rock (TFA) winners
T&T Prisons FC (SL) v 1976 FC Phoenix (SL)
San Juan Jabloteh (Pro League) vs Defence Force (SL)
Club Sando Moruga (SL) vs Sangre Grande Dream Team (ECFU)
San Fernando Giants (SFA) vs Police FC (SL)
Pitchmen FC (SFA) vs North East Stars (Pro League)
Club Sando (Pro League) vs Guaya United (SL)
Pt Fortin Civic (Pro League) vs Signall Hill United (TFA)
Leeds FC (TFA) vs WASA FC (EFA)
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FA Trophy Round-of-32 schedule: intriguing Club Sando, Guaya United clash in Couva plus more
ttproleague.com.
Guaya United, the current Super League leaders, avoided a monster clash against Pro League 2017 front runners North East Stars and W Connection in last week’s random draw of the 2017 FA Trophy Round-of-32—but Ron La Forest’s Green Army were pitted against the PL’s third-placed Club Sando, an outfit coached by his close friend and past student of the game, Angus Eve.
“This is a match to see,” said one Super League official to another, during the final announcement of the Round-of-32 match-ups by Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams on September 22 at the Media Room of the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva.
The Round-of-32 will be contested on October 1, 4 and 5 at more than a dozen already-confirmed venues across Trinidad and Tobago.
“Carenage versus Carenage!” shouted a club official, highlighting that both La Forest and Eve are Carenage-born.
“Master versus student,” Eve poked fun at the situation this week as his side prepare to host Guaya from 7pm at the Ato Boldon Stadium on Wednesday.
However the Sando coach says his side will maintain priority on qualifying for the CONCACAF Champions League, which means finishing in the Pro League top two.
“I have a lot of respect for Ron, but this is just a match for me,” said Eve, who led North East Stars to the FA Trophy the last time it was contested back in 2014/15.
“My mantra this season is qualifying Sando for the CONCACAF Champions League and to do that we must first finish in the top two of the Pro League. So we are going to maintain our priority in the Pro League. We used a weaker team, testing some of our [non-regulars] in the FA [Trophy] first round (in a 2-1 win over Cultural Roots) and we will do same against Guaya United who I consider a professional team playing in the Super League.
“They (Guaya) have a Pro League team and a former national coach who coached at various national levels as well as clubs such as San Juan Jabloteh, Joe Public and Ma Pau, and even led St. Anthony’s College to a national championship. They have players from the Pro League such as Keon Joseph, brothers Glenton Wolffe and Anthony Wolfe and others.
“They have a professional unit down there and coach known as the ‘professor’. They are not crying out for sponsorship like teams in the Pro League. Their coach drives a new and very expensive vehicle branded by their sponsors. No Pro League team have that! His salary is even higher than some Pro League coaches and players are being paid on par with Pro League clubs.
“A team with that sort of community support and resources should definitely be a Pro League franchise. If they win the Super League or FA Trophy they still can’t go further like into the Caribbean Club Championship or to CONCACAF. They should be playing at the highest level in the country,” ended Eve who played under La Forest during his time with the Trinidad and Tobago national team and credits the former national coach as one of the influential figures in his footballing life.
FA Trophy Round-of-32 action kicks off on Sunday with six match-ups inclusive of Morvant Caledonia United’s hosting of Tobago’s Super League side Stokely Vale FC from 3:30pm at the Hasely Crawford Stadium.
Other Sunday matches include Defence Force’s Pro League outfit taking on Trinity Rangers from 3:45pm at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium; Point Fortin Civic hosting Tobago’s Signal Hill United from 4pm at Mahaica Oval; and defending FA Trophy champions North East Stars visiting Pitchmen FC from 7pm at La Brea Recreation Ground.
On Wednesday, W Connection, 12-0 winners over Tamana United in the first round a fortnight ago, are hosts to Super League’s Bethel United from 3:45pm at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium; MIC-IT St. Ann’s Rangers will host Tobago’s Black Rock from 4pm at the St. Augustine Senior Secondary School Ground; Defence Force’s Super League side will visit San Juan Jabloteh from 5pm at Barataria Oval; and Police FC’s Pro League outfit will host Super League’s UTT from 6pm at the Police Barracks in St. James.
Two fixtures on Thursday, counting FC Santa Rosa’s hosting of Santa Flora from 3:45pm at the Arima Velodrome will complete Round-of-32 fixtures.
FA Trophy 2017 - Round-of-32 fixtures
(Sunday 1 October 2017)
Morvant Caledonia United (Pro League) vs Stokely Vale FC (SL), 3:30pm, Hasely Crawford Stadium, POS;
Defence Force FC (Pro League) vs Trinity Rangers (EFA), 3:45pm, Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella;
Point Fortin Civic (Pro League) vs Signal Hill United (TFA), 4pm, Mahaica Oval, Point Fortin;
Leeds United (TFA) vs WASA FC (EFA), 5pm, Plymouth Recreation Ground, Tobago;
Central 500 Spartans (SL) vs Perseverance Ball Runners (CFA), 6pm, Edinburgh 500, Charuanas;
Pitchmen FC (SFA) vs North East Stars (Pro League), 7pm, La Brea Recreation Ground, La Brea.
(Wednesday 4 October 2017)
W Connection (Pro League) vs Bethel United (SL), 3:45pm, Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella;
Prisons FC (SL) vs 1976 FC Phoenix (SL), 3:45pm, Youth Training Centre, Golden Grove Road, Arouca;
MIC-IT St. Ann’s Rangers (Pro League) vs Black Rock (TFA), 4pm, St. Augustine Senior Secondary School Ground, St. Augustine;
Club Sando Moruga (SL) vs Sangre Grande Dream Team (ECFU), 4pm, Grand Chemin, Moruga;
San Juan Jabloteh (Pro League) vs Defence Force FC (SL), 5pm, Barataria Oval, Barataria;
Police FC (Pro League) vs UTT (SL), 6pm, Police Barracks, St. James;
Club Sando (Pro League) vs Guaya United (SL), 7pm, Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva;
San Fernando Giants (SFA) vs Police FC (SL), (venue and time still to be determined).
(Thursday 5 October 2017)
FC Santa Rosa (SL) vs Santa Flora FC (SFA), 3:45pm, Arima Velodrome;
Cunupia FC (SL) vs Central Soccer World (CFA), (venue and time still to be determined).
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Jorsling bags five as D/Force, Morv’t Caledonia and title holders N/E Stars all progress in FA Trophy.
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Devorn Jorsling scored five goals, with his first three converted from the penalty spot, as Defence Force’s Pro League outfit marched into the FA Trophy 2017 Round-of-16 with a comprehensive 10-0 win over Eastern Football Association (EFA) side Trinity Rangers last Sunday.
Jorsling, the Pro League’s all-time top scorer, was clinical versus ‘keeper Jerry Woodley, who stood between the sticks for Trinity Rangers down at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, to net from the spot in the 9th, 24th and 27th minutes.
Jorsling, the 33-year-old veteran Defence Force forward who scored the opening goal in his side’s 3-0 win over Belmont FC in the Round-of-64 a fortnight ago, also scored late in either half (45th & 80th minutes) from open play to finish with five goals to his name against Trinity Rangers while teammate Hashim Arcia scooped a hat-trick, scoring in the 31st, 83rd and 84th minutes for the six-time former champions.
Forward Kellon Serrette (42nd minute) and winger Jemel Sebro (55th minute) also had a goal in the romp for coach Marvin Gordon’s Army/Coast Guard combination.
Fellow Pro League clubs Morvant Caledonia United and FA Trophy holders North East Stars also progressed out of Round-of-32 action on Sunday.
North East Stars defeated hosts Pitchmen FC 4-2 at the La Brea Recreation Ground. Derek King’s men took charge of the contest with Kishun Seecharan (6th minute), Kerry Baptiste (19th minute) and Jomoul Francois (23rd minute) sending the visitors in at the break with a 3-nil cushion.
Elijah Alleyne gave the Pitchmen belief with a quick-fire double, netting in the 79th and 81st minutes, but Giovanni Abraham’s debut goal for the Stars first team in the 84th minute put the match out of the visitors reach.
Elsewhere at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, three-time former champions Morvant Caledonia rallied from an early one-goal deficit to level 1-1 late through a Sheldon Holder strike before ousting Tobago’s Stokely Vale United 4-3 on penalties.
Round-of-32 play resumes on Wednesday 4 Oct. with three more Pro League versus Super League clashes among other fixtures. W Connection are against Super League’s cellar-placed Bethel United from 3:45pm at Mannie Ramjohn Stadium; San Juan Jabloteh will host Defence Force’s Super League side from 5pm at Barataria Oval; and Police FC will welcome UTT at the Police Barracks from 6pm.
Meanwhile the highly anticipated Club Sando-Guaya United clash has been shifted to Thursday 5 Oct. from 3:30pm at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium.
Also on Thursday, MIC-IT St. Ann’s Rangers will host Fire Services Central Football Association side that narrowly defeated Tobago’s Black Rock FC 4-3 in their rescheduled Round-of-64 fixture on Sunday.
Results
Morvant Caledonia United (Pro League) 1 (Sheldon Holder) vs Stokely Vale FC (SL) 1 (Jasmine Walters), at Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain
Morvant Caledonia won 4-3 on kicks from the penalty spot;
Defence Force FC (Pro League) 10 (Jorsling 9’ pen., 24’ pen., 27’ pen., 45’, 80’, Hashim Arcia 31’, 83’, 84’, Kellon Serrette 42’, Jemel Sebro 55’) vs Trinity Rangers (EFA) 0, at Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella;
Pitchmen FC (SFA) 2 (Elijah Alleyne 79’, 81’) vs North East Stars (Pro League) 4 (Kishun Seecharan 6’, Kerry Baptiste 19’, Jomoul Francois 23’, Giovanni Abraham 84’), La Brea Recreation Ground, La Brea.
Leeds United (TFA) 1 (Valton Brathwaite 67’) vs WASA FC (EFA) 2 (Akil Harley 11’, Michael Lee Celestine 73’), at Plymouth Recreation Ground, Tobago;
Central 500 Spartans (SL) 4 (Darius Peters 33’, Josiah Grazette 44’, Dion Lewis 81’, Amalias James 87’) vs Perseverance Ball Runners (CFA) 1 (Paul Jones 90’+2), Edinburgh 500, Chaguanas;
Point Fortin Civic (Pro League) vs Signal Hill United (TFA), Mahaica Oval, Point Fortin (did not play);
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Brazilian Silva among stars as W Connection sends Bethel packing out of FA Trophy.
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Brazilian striker Euller Eduardo Silva Couto produced two assists in his first start for W Connection in a 3-0 win over Super League side Bethel United when Round-of-32 action in the 2017 FA Trophy continued on Wednesday.
Silva, a 23-year-old former attacker of Brazil’s Futebol Clube do Porto, set up goals scored by St. Lucian forward Shivorne Malik St. Prix and Daniel Diaz on either side of the break before substitute forward Dimitri Apai completed the comfortable win at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium to send the four-time FA Trophy champions into the Round-of-16 carded for Sunday 22 October.
Elsewhere on Wednesday, a hat-trick from Jameel Perry saw Police FC’s Pro League outfit make like work of Super League’s University of Trinidad and Tobago for a 3-1 win at the St. James Barracks.
Perry scored in the 6th, 68th and 76th minutes for coach Richard Hood’s Police while Trinidad and Tobago’s 2006 World Cup striker Cornell Glen grabbed the lone item for the Clayton Morris-coached UTT in the 9th minute.
Police’s Super League outfit also advances into the next round of FA Trophy action after edging Southern Football Association side San Fernando Giants 1-0 in Point Fortin courtesy an 85th-minute Jason Boodram strike.
There was, however, Pro League casualty at the Barataria Oval when a double from ex-PL standout Michael Edwards lifted Defence Force’s Super League side to a 2-1 comeback win over hosts San Juan Jabloteh.
Jamaican midfielder Keithy Simpson fired the two-time former FA Trophy winners Jabloteh ahead after 18 minutes but veteran Edwards first equalised for soldiers in the 33rd minute before completing his double with the winner in the 72nd minute.
In Marabella though, it was one-way traffic for Pro League’s W Connection against Bethel although the Savonetta Boys’ assistant coach Earl Jean fielded a number of non-regulars such as Silva, 21-year-old Venezuelan left-back Frank Padilla Gil and ex-Point Fortin Civic defender Weslie John who were signed in August.
But John, 26, back in Trinidad following a stints El Salvador (CD Universidad de El Salvador) and Belarus (Isloch Minsk Raion), lasted no more than seven minutes after picking up a harsh knock from Bethel’s Nkosei Chance.
Jean meanwhile stood in charge with head coach Stuart Charles-Fevrier currently in Mexico as assistant coach to Dennis Lawrence with the T&T national team for Friday’s World Cup qualifier against El Tri.
St. Prix, scorer of a hat-trick in a 12-0 crushing of Tamana United in the Round-of-64, broke the deadlock four minutes from the break with a flicked header past the broad stature of Bethel goalie Kenneil Roberts.
The lanky St. Prix redeemed himself after two failed chances by connecting to Silva’s perfectly-placed left side cross to send the Savonetta Boys in at the interval with a 1-0 lead.
Roberts, who produced a great save after fifteen minutes to put behind a St. Prix header, later failed to match a brilliantly struck Diaz strike six minutes into the second half as Connection found the 2-0 cushion.
The match was put further out of Bethel’s reach when Suriname international Apai made it 3-0 by executing a cool finish past a hapless Roberts thanks to a diagonal feed to the left by Jameel Antoine.
Antoine should have ended Connection with a five-nil score but the midfielder miraculously turned two separate scoring chances -- thanks to two Silva feeds -- at the death wide with the vacant goal at his mercy while substitute Shaquille John was denied by the crossbar.
Other Wednesday results includes Andy London and Amin Julien both finishing hat-trick heroes for Club Sando Moruga in a 6-3 win over Sangre Grande Dream Team in Grand Chemin and 1976 FC Phoenix cruising to a 4-1 win over fellow Super League side Prisons FC at the Youth Training Centre in Arouca.
Round-of-32 action resumes Thursday (today) with the highly anticipated Club Sando-Guaya United clash from 3:30pm at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium. Elsewhere MIC-IT St. Ann’s Rangers will host Fire Service from 4pm at St. Augustine Secondary School Ground; FC Santa Rosa will host Santa Flora FC from 3:45pm at Arima Velodrome, and Cunupia FC meets Central Soccer World from 6:30pm at the Hasely Crawford Stadium training field.
Results
W Connection (Pro League) 3 (Shirvone Malik St. Prix 41’, Daniel Diaz 51’, Dimitri Apai 85’) vs Bethel United (SL) 0, at Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella;
Prisons FC (SL) 1 (Isaiah Thomas 2’) vs 1976 FC Phoenix (SL) 4 (Dominic Kerr 24’, Kaleb Douglas 69’, Andell Noray 80’, Noel Williams 83’), at Youth Training Centre, Golden Grove Road, Arouca;
Club Sando Moruga (SL) 6 (Andy London 27’, 41’, 61’, Amin Julien 29’, 33’, 83’) vs Sangre Grande Dream Team (ECFU) 3 (Ashai Charles 36’, Jamaal Sample 58’, Patrick Parris 65’ pen.), at Grand Chemin, Moruga;
San Juan Jabloteh (Pro League) 1 (Keithy Simpson 18’) vs Defence Force FC (SL) 2 (Michael Edwards 33’, 72’), at Barataria Oval, Barataria;
Police FC (Pro League) 3 (Jameel Perry 6’, 68’, 76’) vs UTT (SL) 1 (Cornell Glen 9’), at Police Barracks, St. James;
San Fernando Giants (SFA) 0 vs Police FC (SL) 1 (Jason Boodram 85’), at Mahaica Oval, Point Fortin.
Teams
W Connection (Pro League): 18.Julani Archibald (GK); 2.Frank Padilla Gil, 3.Gerard Williams, 11.Shirvone Malik St. Prix (10.Dimitri Apai 65th minute), 13.Hughtun Hector (Capt.) (30.Shaquille John 76th minute), 14.Euller Eduardo Couto, 19.Briel Thomas, 20.Daniel Diaz, 23.Weslie John (4.Maurice Ford 7th minute), 24.Jameel Antoine, 26.Isaiah Garcia.
Unused substitutes: 1.Terrence Lewis (GK); 21.Rondell Paul.
Coach: Earl Jean
Bethel United (Super League): 23.Kenneil Roberts (GK); 3.Oral Williams, 7.Christian Caines, 8.Jerome Toby, 9.Tee Jay Cadiz, 10.Kyson Lewis (20.Anton Simon 67th minute), 11.Densyl James, 13.Azimodeen Leith (27.Akilon Nedd 88th minute), 18.Makan Hislop (Capt.), 19.Nkosei Chance, 22.Chevi McMillan (5.Shaquiele Gardiner 79th minute).
Unused substitutes: 24.Jayriel Stephen, 29.Masimba George.
Coach: Urinton Samuel
Upcoming Fixtures
(Thursday 5 October 2017)
Club Sando (Pro League) vs Guaya United (SL), 3:30pm, Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella;
FC Santa Rosa (SL) vs Santa Flora FC (SFA), 3:45pm, Arima Velodrome;
MIC-IT St. Ann’s Rangers (Pro League) vs Fire Services (CFA), 4pm, St. Augustine Senior Secondary School Ground, St. Augustine;
Cunupia FC (SL) vs Central Soccer World (CFA), 6:30pm, Hasely Crawford Stadium training field, Port of Spain.
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Guaya outlast Sando on marathon kicks to advance; Rangers, Santa Rosa and Cunupia complete Round-of-16 list
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Guaya United topped Club Sando 6-5 on penalties following a 1-1 draw in a highly anticipated FA Trophy clash between the Super League leaders and the third-place Pro League outfit on Thursday.
Kion Joseph, a former San Juan Jabloteh and Trinidad and Tobago youth midfielder, celebrated the winning sudden death kick from the spot at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium to send two-hundred-plus Green Army loyalists into wild celebrations as their side progressed to the Round-of-16 which is carded for October 22.
But a suspected offside equaliser and an ignored penalty shout in the final minute of regular time stood out against Sando before the “Oranges” had themselves to blame when Keron Cornwall, who looked to have been fouled in the box at the death, failed to beat Guaya goalie Erskine Johnson on the fifth regulation kick from the spot after Leroy Jones had drilled Guaya’s fourth kick miserably wide.
Johnson, though, made the crucial save, denying the Sando substitute who he had also denied three minutes into the second half.
Guaya, like in open play were resolute in the end, with Justin Fournillier, Jody Allsop and Kion Joseph proving clinical against Sando goalkeeper Kelvin Henry from the spot, as did ex-North East Stars players Glenton Wolfe and Kevin Jagdeosingh and ex-W Connection standout Andrei Pacheco in the first three kicks.
Akim Armstrong, Nical Stephens, Kemuel Rivers and Michael Basdeo had Sando on a roll and Tyrone Charles continued the trend after Cornwall’s failed effort, but the end for coach Angus Eve’s men arrived after Kevon Piper missed the entire target on the seventh kick.
Similarly, Piper spilled on scoring opportunity in the 79th minute after Armstrong had done well to escape defender Wolfe inside the right of the area before picking out the second-half substitute in the middle of the area.
Scoring would have restored Sando’s lead and possibly secure the victory.
However Sando must now refocus on “CONCACAF priority” -- a top-two finish in the Pro League -- as early as Sunday’s return to the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium to take on second-placed W Connection from 3:30pm.
Poking fun last week, Eve rightfully called his competitive clash with Ron La Forest a “master versus student,” having played under the Guaya coach at national level and credits “the professor” as a major influence in his football development.
Eve also advocated that Guaya, a team with strong community support and resources, should be a Pro League franchise.
“They are a professional team playing in the Super League,” said Eve back then. “If they win the Super League or the FA Trophy they still can’t go further like into the Caribbean Club Championship or to CONCACAF. They should be playing at the highest level in the country.”
Sando had taken the lead on 18 minutes when defender Leslie Joel Russell powerfully guided a Tyrone Charles corner past Johnson.
But Guaya levelled the scores 1-1 three minutes from the half through a suspected off-side Jagdeosingh goal.
Jagdeosingh, the brother of Trinidad and Tobago’s Thailand-based forward Kendall Jagdeosingh, had given the Guaya supporters belief on the half-hour mark although his strike from the top of the area made for a comfortable take by Henry.
The visitors’ had another lift in confidence when seven minutes later a Jagdeosingh header – though tame – forced a clearance off the line from Russell and a subsequent gather by Henry who was initially forced to avert danger from a right side cross.
Eventually the equaliser did arrive for Guaya and following two second half tries and fourteen kicks from the penalty spot later, the Green Army are through to the Round-of-16. (See full Round-of-64 and 32 results below)
Also on Thursday, MIC-IT St. Ann’s Rangers and FC Santa Rosa advanced with comfortable wins over Fire Service and Santa Flora 3-0 and 3-1 respectively, before Cunupia FC completed the Round-of-16 list with an 8-0 romp against Central Soccer World.
Ex-Pro Leaguer Kevon Woodley led with a beaver-trick for Cunupia while Stevon Stoute, Kerwin Valley, Hakeem Legall and Kern Roberts each had a goal in the lopsided affair at the Hasely Crawford Stadium training field.
In St. Augustine, St. Ann’s Rangers had a goal each from Micah Lansiquot, Kazim Donald and Neil Gerard Mitchell against Fire, to join six other Pro League clubs:Morvant Caledonia United, Defence Force, North East Stars, Point Fortin Civic, W Connection and Police FC in the Round-of-16.
Khelon Mitchell and ex-Pro Leaguers Ryan Stewart and Keron Cornwall produced the goals in Arima for Santa Rosa, the club of Super League president Keith Look Loy which will join fellow Super League sides Central 500 Spartans, 1976 FC Phoenix, Club Sando Moruga, Defence Force and Police (SL).
WASA FC’s Eastern Football Association side are the only zonal team to advance to the next round.
The Round-of-16 match-ups will be determined by a random draw on October 18 and contested on October 22, while the quarterfinals, semi-finals and final are carded for November 12, November 26 and December 17 respectively.
Results
Club Sando (Pro League) 1 (Leslie Joel Russell 18’) vs Guaya United (SL) 1 (Kelvin Jagdeosingh 42’), at Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella
Guaya won 6-5 on penalties;
Kicks from the penalty spot
Club Sando 5 Guaya United 6
Akim Armstrong (scored) Glenton Wolfe (scored)
Nical Stephens (scored) Kevin Jagdeosingh (scored)
Kemuel Rivers (scored) Andrei Pacheco (scored)
Michael Basdeo (scored) Leroy Jones (missed)
Keron Cornwall (saved) Justin Fournillier (scored)
Tyrone Charles (scored) Jody Allsop (scored)
Kevon Piper (missed) Kion Joseph (scored)
FC Santa Rosa (SL) 3 (Khelon Mitchell 20’, Ryan Stewart 66’, Keron Cornwall 90’+1) vs Santa Flora FC (SFA) 1 (Isaiah Taylor 54’), at Arima Velodrome;
MIC-IT St. Ann’s Rangers (Pro League) 3 (Micah Lansiquot 32’, Kazim Donald 39’’ pen., Neil Gerard Mitchell 80’) vs Fire Services (CFA) 0, at St. Augustine Senior Secondary School Ground, St. Augustine;
Cunupia FC (SL) 8 (Stevon Stoute 8’, Kerwin Valley 23’, Kevon Woodley 27’, 32’, 57’ pen., 70’, Hakeem Legall 45’, Kern Roberts 55’, ) vs Central Soccer World(CFA) 0, 6:30pm, Hasely Crawford Stadium training field, Port of Spain.
Teams
Club Sando: 34.Kelvin Henry (GK); 5.Nical Stephens, 6.Kemuel Rivers, 9.Akeem Redhead (10.Keron Cornwall 46th minute), 11.Akim Armstrong (Capt.), 12.Michael Basdeo, 13.Tyrone Charles, 15.Keyon Edwards (8.Kevon Piper 46th minute), 16.Leslie Joel Russell, 23.Nicholas Thomas, 27.Jay-son Joseph.
Unused Substitutes: 1.Stefan Berkeley (GK); 18.Trevin Latapy, 21.Malique Quow, 35.Adan Noel, 37.Raygun Jawahir.
Coach: Angus Eve
Guaya United: 16.Erskine Johnson (GK); 4.Kheelon Ferrier (11.Kendes Garcia 63rd minute) (29.Andrei Pacheco 80th minute), 6.Keryn Navarro, 8.Kion Joseph, 9.Shaquille Ferrier, 10.Karlon Hughes, 19.Beville Joseph (7.Jody Allsop 57th minute), 22.Justin Fournillier, 24.Glenton Wolfe (Capt.), 26.Kevin Jageosingh (Yellow Card), 77.Leroy Jones.
Unused substitutes: 1.Shane Mattis (GK); 18.Keylon Thomas, 25.Keston Frontin, 28.Keston Jordan.
Coach: Ron La Forest
Referee: Michael Mohammed
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Guaya dumps Club Sando from FA.
By Nigel Simon (Guardian).
Guaya United pulled off the second major upset of the T&T Football Association FA Trophy competition when it dumped T&T Pro League title challengers Club Sando out of the tournament at the round-of-32 hurdle, 6-5 on penalty-kicks on Thursday night.
This after both teams battled to a 1-1 draw at the end of regulation-time at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella with defender Leslie Joel Russell heading in the opener for Club Sando from a Tyrone Charles corner before Kelvin Jagdeosingh, the brother of T&T’s Thailand-based forward Kendall Jagdeosingh, drew Guaya level, three minutes from the half-time whistle.
In the penalty-kicks shoot-out, Kion Joseph, a former San Juan Jabloteh and T&T youth midfielder, converted the winning sudden-death penalty-kick from the spot to send two-hundred-plus ‘Green Army’ into the round-of-16 which is carded for October 22.
However, Club Sando had themselves to blame for the loss, as Keron Cornwall failed to beat Guaya goalkeeper Erskine Johnson with his team’s fifth penalty attempt after Leroy Jones had drilled Guaya’s fourth kick wide.
Johnson, though, made the crucial save, denying the Club Sando substitute who he also denied three minutes into the second-half.
Guaya, like in open play were resolute in the end, with Glenton Wolfe. Jagdeosingh, Andrei Pacheco, Justin Fournillier and Jody Allsop scoring their other attempts while Akim Armstrong, Nical Stephens, Kemuel Rivers and Michael Basdeo scored the first four Club Sando efforts followed by Cornwall’s missed effort, a a Tyrone Charles goal, and then Kevon Piper missed effort to exit the competition. he entire target on the seventh kick.
At St Augustine Senior Secondary School Ground, Warren Street, St Augustine, cellar-placed Pro league club MIC-IT St Ann’s Rangers got a goal each from national Under-20 striker Micah Lansiquot, Kazim Donald and Neil Mitchell in a 3-0 defeat of Central Football Association’s Fire Service to join six other Pro League clubs, Morvant Caledonia United, Defence Force, North East Stars, Pt Fortin Civic, W Connection and Police FC in the final 16.
Also on Thursday, FC Santa Rosa (Super League) whipped Santa Flora FC (SFA) 3-1 respectively and Cunupia FC clobbered Central Soccer World 8-0 with ex-Pro Leaguer and national beach soccer striker Kevon Woodley scoring a with a beaver-trick at the Hasely Crawford Stadium Training Field, Mucurapo.
The round-of-16 match-ups will be determined by a random draw on October 18 and contested on October 22, while the quarterfinals, semi-finals and final are carded for November 12, November 26 and December 17 respectively.
Thursday’s T&TFA round-of-32 results FA Trophy 2017
Club Sando (Pro League) 1 (Leslie Joel Russell 18’) vs Guaya United (SL) 1 (Kelvin Jagdeosingh 42’) -
Guaya won 6-5 on penalties;
FC Santa Rosa (SL) 3 (Khelon Mitchell 20’, Ryan Stewart 66’, Keron Cornwall 90’+1) vs Santa Flora FC (SFA) 1(Isaiah Taylor 54’)
St Ann’s Rangers (Pro League) 3 (Micah Lansiquot 32’, Kazim Donald 39’’ pen., Neil Gerard Mitchell 80’) vs Fire Services (CFA) 0
Cunupia FC (SL) 8 (Stevon Stoute 8’, Kerwin Valley 23’, Kevon Woodley 27’, 32’, 57’ pen., 70’, Hakeem Legall 45’, Kern Roberts 55’, ) vs Central Soccer World (CFA) 0
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Morvant against holders NE Stars, plus four Pro League versus Super League clashes among Round-of-16 match-ups
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Morvant Caledonia United will attempt another upset in the 2017 FA Trophy competition when they take on defending champions North East Stars from 3:30pm at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in one of seven Round-of-16 clashes on Sunday.
Morvant Caledonia, FA Trophy champions of 2008, 2011-12 and 2012-13, ousted current three-time Pro League holders Central FC 2-0 in the first round (Round-of-64) last month before edging Tobago’s Stokely Vale United on penalties following a 1-1 second round (Round-of-32) draw.
Last Monday’s random draw pitted Morvant Caledonia against current Pro League leaders North East Stars in the only all-Pro League match-up for a place in the FA Trophy quarter-final round on November 12. The semi-finals and final are carded for November 26 and December 17 respectively.
“[The ambition] is to go all the way and win the FA Trophy, again,” said Morvant Caledonia assistant coach Abdallah Phillips, whose side must also face North East Stars on Tuesday in Round Two Match Day Four of the Pro League.
Morvant Caledonia currently occupy fourth on the Pro League standings, eleven points adrift the Stars with six league games left.
“Going all the way and winning the FA Trophy—the most prestigious title in the land would put some gloss on the season for us,” continued Phillips. “But it won’t take away from what we are trying to achieve in the Pro League. We are fourth in the (Pro) League presently and committed to finishing as high as possible.”
Phillips continues to serve as caretaker with regular head coach Jamaal Shabazz currently away on international duty as head coach of the Trinidad and Tobago Under-17 Girls at the 2017 Caribbean Girls U17 finals in Haiti.
North East Stars, champions of 2003 and 2014-15, defeated Super League side Siparia Spurs 5-1 in the first round before dispatching South Football Association (SFA) side Pitchmen FC 4-2 in the second round.
W Connection, four-time former champions (1999, 2000, 2002 & 2013-14) and runners-up to North East Stars when the FA Trophy was last contested, will host Cunupia FC from 3:30pm at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium in one of four Pro League-versus-Super League clashes on Sunday.
Elsewhere on Sunday, MIC-IT St. Ann’s Rangers must travel to Grand Chemin against Club Sando Moruga from 3:30pm and simultaneously at the Police Barracks in St. James, Point Fortin Civic will go up against Police FC’s Super League side.
Police FC’s Pro League outfit, meanwhile, must face WASA FC’s Eastern Football Association (EFA) side from 4:30pm at WASA Ground in St. Joseph.
Defence Force FC’s Pro League and Super League outfits will host Central 500 Spartans and Guaya United respectively in a double-header (4pm and 6pm kick-off times) at the Barataria Oval.
Then on Wednesday, FC Santa Rosa will travel to 1976 FC Phoenix from 5pm at Canaan Recreation Ground in Tobago to complete Round-of-16 play.
FA Trophy 2017 Round-of-16
(Sunday 22 October 2017)
Morvant Caledonia United vs North East Stars, 3:30pm, Hasely Crawford Stadium;
W Connection vs Cunupia FC, 3:30pm, Mannie Ramjohn Stadium;
Club Sando Moruga vs MIC-IT St. Ann’s Rangers, 3:30pm, Grand Chemin, Moruga;
Police FC (Super League) vs Point Fortin Civic, 3:30pm, Police Barracks, St. James;
WASA FC (EFA) vs Police FC (Pro League), 4:30pm, WASA Ground, St. Joseph;
Defence Force FC (Pro League) vs Central 500 Spartans, 4pm, Barataria Oval;
Defence Force FC (Super League) vs Guaya United, 6pm, Barataria Oval.
(Wednesday 25 October 2017)
1976 FC Phoenix vs FC Santa Rosa, 5pm, Canaan Recreation Ground, Tobago.
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Holders N/E Stars knocked out of FA Trophy by Morv’t Caledonia.
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Connection, D/Force, Civic, Police and C/S Moruga also progress to quarters.
Morvant Caledonia United made another leap towards a fourth FA Trophy by ousting fellow Pro League compatriots and defending champions North East Stars 4-1 on penalties following a 1-1 draw in one of six Round-of-16 clashes contested on Sunday.
Teenaged Guyana forward Kelsy Benjamin arrived off the bench to level Morvant Caledonia on the hour mark at the Hasely Crawford Stadium with his first goal for the club after Keston George had put current Pro League leaders and 2003 and 2014-15 FA Trophy champions North East Stars in front on 29 minutes.
Unable to find the winner, both teams trashed it out from the penalty spot and Morvant Caledonia, FA Trophy champions of 2008, 2011-12 and 2012-13, eventually celebrated their first win in two attempts in all competitions under caretaker Abdallah Phillips—the assistant coach holding the reigns in absence of regular head coach Jamaal Shabazz who is expected back this week after international duty with the Trinidad and Tobago U17 Girls Team in Haiti.
Morvant Caledonia’s Kareem Joseph, Sheldon Holder, Kerry Daniel and Otev Lawrence all found the back of North East Stars goalkeeper Akel Clarke’s net while Jelani Felix stood the only scorer for the Stars with Glenroy Samuel between the sticks for the eventual winners.
Morvant Caledonia and North East Stars must lock horns for a second time in three days when the Stars return to the Hasely Crawford Stadium on Tuesday in Pro League action from 5pm at the training field.
Stars’ head coach Derek King, who will now return his focus on the Pro League crown with six league games left this season, reportedly said “[despite dominating] the (FA Trophy) affair” against Morvant Caledonia, his side deserved to be on the losing end having failed to convert their scoring opportunities.
Also progressing to the FA Trophy quarter-final stage carded for November 12 were four other Pro League outfits: W Connection, Defence Force, Police FC and Point Fortin Civic – all former champions – and Super League’s Club Sando Moruga.
Connection, four-time former champions, edged Super League’s Cunupia FC 3-2 in a fiery contest that saw three red cards, a missed penalty, a converted penalty, and a “Showtime” double at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium.
But six-time former champions Defence Force, led by an uninterrupted hat-trick from Trinidad and Tobago attacking midfielder Hashim Arcia, made light work of Central 500 Spartans, trashing the Super League outfit 5-1 at Barataria Oval.
Arcia scored in the 11th, 39th and 51st minutes for Defence Force before national teammate and defender Curtis Gonzales and Akil Morris got on the scoresheet in the 82th and 90th minutes respectively. Donavon Derrick scored the lone Spartans’ item in the 62nd minute.
Three-time former champions, Police FC, left it late against WASA FC’s Eastern Football Association (EFA) side for a 2-1 win through goals by Elijah Belgrave and Kenaz Williams 89th and 92nd minutes to overturn a one-goal deficit at WASA Ground in St. Joseph after Theo Hosein had given the hosts the lead on 59 minutes.
Elsewhere, Jabari Mitchell and Shaquille Dublin scored on either side of the break to earn 1969 champions Point Fortin Civic a 2-0 win over Police FC’s Super League side at Police Barracks in St. James.
But in Marabella, Connection and Cunupia turned the heat up on the wet Sunday afternoon.
Daniel Diaz fired Connection ahead after just seven minutes, turning Euller Eduardo Couto’s cross past Cunupia goalkeeper Keston Malchan. Then, Suriname international Dimitri Apai made it 2-0 on 53 minutes with a close range header after Diaz headed a Hughtun Hector’s left side corner back across the six-yard area.
But the diminutive Diaz and Cunupia left-back Tevin Mungo were sent off with direct red cards on the hour mark for violent conduct.
Referee Joel Cox, who awarded two penalties to Cunupia on the afternoon, also issued a direct red card to Cunupia midfielder Zavion Navarro deep in stoppage-time for what looked a hit to the face of Brazilian forward Couto.
Earlier ex-Pro Leaguer, Kevon “Showtime” Woodley, produced a double that kept Cunupia in the game and some neat tricks, including a cheeky heeled pass that created an opening for Navarro who saw his attempt crash off the upright in the 45th minute.
Woodley first sliced Connection’s lead in the 69th minute, wrong-siding Connection goalie Julani Archibald from the penalty spot after drawing a foul from defender Triston Hodge then showing teammate and another former Pro Leaguer Michael Yaw Darko how to keep his cool against the Savonetta Boys.
Darko had spilled overbar from the spot on 20 minutes after Hakeem Legall was pulled down in the area by enterprising Connection full-back Frank Padilla Gil. And moments later Archibald was at his best to keep out a strike from Legall.
But Connection despite wasting the majority of chances restored their two-goal advantage in the 71st minute when Alvin Jones, who was denied by the upright ten minutes into the second half, drilled a low Hector feed past Marchan for a 3-1 score.
“Showtime”, however, wasn’t done.
Woodley completed his double in the 75th minute, slotting the ball past a last-ditch attempt by Hodge to defend at the goal line after running free on a long pass from Stephen Julien and rounding goalkeeper Archibald.
But with Cunupia on the wrong side of a 3-2 score and self-destructing in the final moments, Connection are through to the quarter-finals.
Connection, second on the Pro League standings, will shift their focus to Tuesday’s league clash against Police FC from 3:30pm at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium. Simultaneously, Club Sando must take on Point Fortin Civic at the Hasely Crawford Stadium; Central FC against Defence Force at Larry Gomes Stadium; and St. Ann’s Rangers are to host San Juan Jabloteh at St. Augustine Secondary School Ground.
Results
Morvant Caledonia United 1 (Kelsey Benjamin 61’) vs North East Stars 1 (Keston George 29’), Hasely Crawford Stadium,
Morvant Caledonia won 4-1 on penalties;
W Connection 3 (Daniel Diaz 7’, Dimitri Apai 53’, Alvin Jones 71’), vs Cunupia FC 2 (Kevon Woodley 69’ pen., 75’), at Mannie Ramjohn Stadium;
Defence Force FC (Pro League) 5 (Hashim Arcia 11’, 39’, 51’, Curtis Gonzales 82’, Akil Morris 90’) vs Central 500 Spartans 1 (Donavon Derrick 62’), at Barataria Oval;
Police FC (Super League) 0 vs Point Fortin Civic 2 (Jabari Mitchell 15’, Shaquille Dublin 85’), at Police Barracks, St. James;
WASA FC (EFA) 1 (Theo Hosein 59’) vs Police FC (Pro League) 2 (Elijah Belgrave 89’, Kenaz Williams 90’+2), WASA Ground, St. Joseph;
Club Sando Moruga 2 (Sharkeel Louison 43’, Akim Julien 56’) vs MIC-IT St. Ann’s Rangers 2 (Aaquil Selby 13’, Jerrel Hilbert 27’), in Grand Chemin, Moruga,
Club Sando Moruga won 3-1 on penalties;
Defence Force FC (Super League) vs Guaya United, Barataria Oval. (Postponed)
Teams
W Connection: 18.Julani Archibald (GK); 2.Frank Padilla Gil (Yellow Card), 3.Gerard Williams (Capt.), 4.Maurice Ford, 7.Neil Benjamin Jr. (11.Shervone Malik St. Prix 46th minute), 10.Dimitri Apai, 14.Euller Eduardo Couto, 16.Alvin Jones, 19.Briel Thomas (5.Triston Hodge 50th minute), 20.Daniel Diaz (Red Card), 24.Jameel Antoine (13.Hughtun Hector 46th minute).
Unused substitutes: 1.Terrence Lewis (GK); 21.Ronell Paul, 26.Isaiah Garcia, 30.Shaquille John.
Coach: Stuart Charles Fevrier
Cunupia FC: 1.Keston Malchan (GK); 2.Tevin Mungo (Red Card), 5.Stephen Julien, 8.Shervon Edwards (Capt.), 10.Michael Yaw Darko, 14.Hakeem Legal (4.Kemron George 86th minute), 18.Andel Bishop, 19.Kevon Woodley, 20.Taurean Sobers (6.Keron Edwards 66th minute) (Yellow Card), 23.Zavion Navarro (Red Card), 24.Jonathan Marcelle.
Unused substitutes: 13.Gimel Felix (GK); 11.Kern Roberts.
Coach: Michael De Four
Upcoming Round Two Match Day Four fixtures
(Tuesday 24 October 2017)
W Connection vs Police FC, 3:30pm, Mannie Ramjohn Stadium;
Club Sando vs Point Fortin Civic, 3:30pm, Hasely Crawford Stadium;
Central FC vs Defence Force FC, 3:30pm, Larry Gomes Stadium;
St. Ann’s Rangers vs San Juan Jabloteh, 3:30pm, St. Augustine Secondary School Ground;
Morvant Caledonia United vs North East Stars, 5pm, Hasely Crawford Stadium training field.
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Morv’t Caledonia, Police through to FA Trophy semis in contrasting style.
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Former champions Morvant Caledonia United and Police FC, both of the Pro League, have booked their places into the 2017 FA Trophy semi-final round which is tentatively set November 26.
Morvant Caledonia edged Super League side Club Sando Moruga 1-0 courtesy Kareem Joseph’s late converted penalty before Police rallied from a goal down to beat rivals Defence Force 3-1 to complete the first quarter-final double-header at the Hasely Crawford Stadium training field on Tuesday afternoon.
Jemel Sebro fired Defence Force in front seconds into the second half, but a Todd Ryan equaliser from the penalty spot and late goals from Elijah Belgrave and Joshua Leach saw the Lawmen run away comfortable winners.
Two more Pro League-vs-Super League clashes will complete the quarter-final round on Wednesday (today) in another double-header at the same HCS training field with Point Fortin Civic taking on 1976 FC Phoenix of Tobago from 4pm and W Connection against Guaya United from 6:15pm.
Morvant Caledonia, a far cry from their 2008, 2011-12 and 2012-13 FA Trophy winning teams, struggled to find rhythm against the second tier Club Sando Moruga. But chances did come with Lester Joseph spilling overbar with the goal at his mercy in the 11th minute and quarter-of-an-hour later Quincy Ballah directed his shot too close to goalkeeper Alexei Julien, who put the attempt behind for a corner.
Julien, a former top-flight goalkeeper with Club Sando’s Pro League outfit, also made a diving save to keep out substitute Rufuson Pierre Louis’ half volley in the second half and moments earlier was lucky to see a Joseph free kick fly inches wide of his far top corner.
Julien, though, was wrong-sided in the 90th minute by Joseph, the last remnant of Morvant Caledonia’s FA Trophy winning teams of the past, who was clinical from the spot to put his side in front 1-0 after CS Moruga substitute defender Kernel Hamilton upended MCU substitute Sedale Mc Lean in the box.
High praise, however, should go Glenroy Samuel’s way after the Trinidad and Tobago and Morvant Caledonia ‘keeper pulled off back-to-back saves in stoppage-time to deny CS Moruga’s Kyle Morgan and Marcus John to preserve his side’s narrow advantage and eventual victory.
The second game, as expected from the oldest surviving rivalry in Trinidad and Tobago Football, did produce higher intensity, but a dog fight between six-time FA Trophy champions, Defence Force, and three-time champions, Police.
Defence Force, undefeated against the Blues in two previous meetings this season with a win and a draw in the Pro League, grabbed the lead on the restart through winger Sebro following a wonderful team move.
But the Army/Coast Guard combination, who will try to successfully defend the First Citizens Cup when they tackle W Connection in the 2017 final of that tournament on November 17, had their lead taken from under them when ten minutes later Ryan (T), fresh from scoring the winner in a 3-2 Pro League victory over San Juan Jabloteh last Sunday, converted from the spot to level the Lawmen 1-1.
Belgrave then put Richard Hood’s side ahead for the first time for a 2-1 lead on 88 minutes after a flurry of chances which saw defender Ryan O’Neil and midfielder Kaashif Thomas -- twice -- miss the target.
Belgrave had missed great chance off a low Keion Wilson cross six minutes into the game, but made no mistake in finding the back of goalkeeper Sheldon Clarke’s net from close range when the ball, played into the area from a right side Ryan cross, fell to his feet.
Belgrave, who scored one and set up another against Jabloteh, repeated the statistic in a space of three days.
Police had done everything possible—even dished out the better share of physical blows—and Defence Force were unable to drag themselves back into the game which ended when Blues’ substitute Leach, after a couple attempts to control a Belgrave cross into the box, fired past a late Clarke challenge for the 3-1 finish.
Results
Morvant Caledonia United 1 (Kareem Joseph 90’ pen.) vs Club Sando Moruga 0, at Hasely Crawford Stadium training field;
Police FC 3 (Todd Ryan 56’ pen., Elijah Belgrave 88’, Joshua Leach 90’+5) vs Defence Force 1 (Jemel Sebro 46’), at Hasely Crawford Stadium training field.
Teams
Quarter-Final One
Club Sando Moruga: 33.Alexei Julien (GK); 4.Aaron Julien, 8.Kyle Morgan, 12.Simeon Granger, 13.Amin Julien, 14.Glendon Phillip (5.Andrew Samuel 71st minute), 16.Donrick Mascall (15.Keston London 75th minute), 17.Marcus John, 19.Tyrone La Fortune, 25.Maurice Dick (29.Andy London 35th minute), 30.Sharkell Louison.
Unused substitutes: 6.Kernell Hamilton, 7.Akeil London, 22.Kervelle Turner.
Coach: Eric Gill.
Morvant Caledonia United: 1.Glenroy Samuel (GK); 3.Richard Williams, 8.Anthony Charles, 11.Quincy Ballah (29.Kelsey Benjamin 40th minute), 12.Kareem Joseph (Capt.), 15.Otev Lawrence, 17.Kerry Daniel, 18.Maestro Mensah, 22.Joshua Alexander, 23.Lester Joseph (9.Sedale Mc Lean 75th minute), 28.Renaldo Francois (13.Rufuson Pierre Louis 80th minute).
Unused substitutes: 6.Taje Commissiong, 10.Sheldon Holder, 14.Simeon Bailey, 31.De Journ Charles.
Coach: Abdallah Phillips.
Referee: Kwinsi Williams.
Quarter-Final Two
Police FC: 18.Adrian Foncette (GK); 3.Ryan O’Neil, 6.Jibri Mc David, 10.Kareem Freitas, 12.Nequan Caruth (40.Xavier Wheeler 63rd minute), 17.Dexter Alleyne, 20.Elijah Belgrave, 21.Todd Ryan, 25.Kaashif Thomas, 29.Clevon Mc Fee, 32.Keion Wilson (16.Joshua Leach 86th minute).
Unused substitutes: 4.Kadeem Boyce, 7.Kareem Perry, 13.Dillon Kirton, 22.Theon Browne (GK), 23.Shakuile Williams.
Coach: Richard Hood.
Defence Force: 25.Sheldon Clarke (GK); 3.Jamali Garcia, 4.Dave Long (45.Dylon King 75th minute), 5.Jerome Mc Intyre, 9.Devorn Jorsling, 12.Jemel Sebro (39.Akil Morris 69th minute), 13.Marvin Jones (15.Shaquille Bertrand 84th minute), 17.Curtis Gonzales, 18.Reon Moore, 37.Kassim Kellar, 99.Jerwyn Balthazar (Capt.).
Unused substitutes: 2.Glyn Franklyn, 8.Christopher Durity, 23.Kerry Joseph, 80.Aaron Enil.
Coach: Marvin Gordon.
Referee: Nicholai Nyron.
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The Lawmen looking serious.
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Connection edge Guaya to join Morv’t, Police in FA Trophy semis, but Phoenix upset Civic.
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Neil Benjamin Jr. scored his 15th goal in all competitions this season to lift W Connection to a 1-0 win over Super League side Guaya United on Wednesday night to complete the last four of the 2017 FA Trophy.
Connection, FA champions of 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2013-14, joined Pro League compatriots and former champions Morvant Caledonia United and Police FC, and 1976 FC Phoenix—the last remaining team of 19 Super League clubs that were part of the competition this season—into the semi-final round which is expected to be contested on November 26.
The random draw for the semi-final round is expected next week.
Phoenix, due to flight delays out of Tobago which resulted the game starting more than half hour late, had to step off the bus and onto the pitch for Wednesday’s opening game of another quarter-final double-header at the Hasely Crawford Stadium training field.
But coach Terry Williams’s side were celebrating their opening goal in only the second minute thanks to forward Andel Noray, who bagged both goals in the Tobagonians 2-0 win over Point Fortin Civic to eventually avoid an all-Pro League FA Trophy semi-finals.
Noray, who, in the past represented Joe Public, San Juan Jabloteh and Defence Force at the Pro League level, headed past Civic second choice goalie Akini Adams for the early lead off a long throw-in -- assisted by the crosswind -- from the right by dreadlocked defender Simon Nedd.
Phoenix quickly went on the defensive and played on the counterattack through Noray, Noel Williams and Shelton Williams—a move that will work in favour of the Tobagonians.
Phoenix were almost impenetrable at the back on the smaller sized pitch and did find the cushion six minutes into the second half when Noray converted from the penalty spot -- with Trinidad and Tobago and Civic’s first choice ‘keeper Marvin Phillip watching from the bench -- after he was bulldozed to ground in the area by defender Kevon Rouse.
Civic’s best chance fell to second-half substitute Shaquille Dublin on the hour mark but the forward failed to make contact to Shackiel Henry’s cross from the right which beat the outstretched arm of goalkeeper Junior Roberts.
Henry then sent a powerful free kick inches wide of Roberts’s goal ten minutes from time, but Phoenix were denied a third by the crossbar when Dominique Kerr let fly a shot from the top of the box six minutes from time.
In the second game, Guaya, spurred on by their travelling supporters, enjoyed a flurry of early chances however Ron La Forest’s side’s best effort came three minutes into the second half when ex-Connection midfielder Andrei Pacheco sent a 30-yard left-footed strike inches wide of the top corner.
Connection, though, would snatch the eventual winner in the 79th minute when Benjamin put a low Dimitrie Apai cross into the back of the Erskine Johnson’s net after the Green Army ‘keeper had made a bag of brilliant saves to keep his side level with the Pro League powerhouse.
Moments earlier Johnson, who had done well to deny Marcus Joseph and Triston Hodge on either side of the break, made a brilliant double-save in the 68th minute denying Joseph then Apai on the rebound following a blistering run and cross from the right by Benjamin.
Stuart Charles Fevrier’s side, however, would end on a bitter-sweet note after Trinidad and Tobago defender Triston Hodge was sent off in stoppage-time on a direct red card for elbowing Guaya substitute Russell Alfred.
Morvant Caledonia, the 2009, 2011-12 and 2012-13 FA champions, were the first team to qualify for this season’s FA Trophy semis, narrowly getting by Super League’s Club Sando Moruga who gave away a penalty at the death on Tuesday before Police FC snapped Defence Force’s six-game winning streak in all competitions, defeating the Army/Coast Guard combination for the first time this season with a 3-1 comeback win.
Defence Force, however, will look rebound with defence of their First Citizens Cup when they take on W Connection in the 2017 final on November 17 at the Ato Boldon Stadium while Point Fortin Civic and Club Sando will contest the third-place game.
Results
Point Fortin Civic 0 vs 1976 FC Phoenix 2 (Andel Noray 2’, 51’ pen.), at Hasely Crawford Stadium training field;
Guaya United 0 vs W Connection 1 (Neil Benjamin Jr. 79’), at Hasely Crawford Stadium training field.
Teams
Quarter-Final Team 1
Point Fortin Civic: 52.Akini Adams (GK) (Capt.); 8.Jamal John, 10.Jabari Mitchell, 12.Nathaniel Garcia, 23.Kevon Rouse, 24.Akinola Gregory (25.Shaquille Dublin 56th minute), 26.Jeremiah Kesar, 28.Aelon Minors (90.Jared Bennett 65th minute), 33.Justin Sadoo, 45.Shackiel Henry, 99.Kevin Moodie (21.Juma Clarence 56th minute).
Unused substitutes: 1.Marvin Phillip (GK); 16.Kelvin Modeste, 17.Kestwin Goolie, 30.Nion Lammy.
Coach: Reynold Carrington
1976 FC Phoenix: 25.Junior Roberts (GK) (Capt.); 2.Dave Grimshaw, 6.Simon Nedd, 7.Andel Brown, 9.Shelton Williams, 12.Nigel Thomas (5.Steffon Hector 93rd minute), 15.Andel Noray, 18.Kaleb Douglas, 19.Dominique Kerr, 20.Rohan Sebro (8.James Thomas 89th minute), 23.Noel Williams.
Unused substitutes: 1.Jeffrey Delpeche (GK); 11.Lejandro Williams, 81.Shemel Crichlow.
Coach: Terry Williams
Referee: Joel Cox
Quarter-Final Team 2
Guaya United: 16.Erskine Johnson (GK); 4.Kheelon Ferrier, 8.Kion Joseph, 9.Shaquille Ferrier (5.Russell Alfred 81st minute), 10.Karlon Hughes, 19.Beville Joseph, 22.Justin Fournillier, 24.Glenton Wolfe (Capt.), 26.Kevin Jagdeosingh (6.Keryn Navarro 75th minute), 29.Andrei Pacheco, 77.Leroy Jones.
Unused substitutes: 1.Shane Mattis (GK); 7.Jody Allsop, 11.Kendes Garcia, 25.Keston Frontin, 28.Keston Jordan.
Coach: Ron La Forest
W Connection: 18.Julani Archibald (GK); 3.Gerard Williams, 5.Triston Hodge, 7.Neil Benjamin Jr., 10.Dimitri Apai, 13.Hughtun Hector, 16.Alvin Jones, 19.Briel Thomas (21.Ronell Paul 20th minute) (Red Card), 23.Weslie John, 24.Jameel Antoine, 99.Marcus Joseph (11.Shirvone Malik St. Prix 85th minute).
Unused substitutes: 1.Terrence Lewis (GK); 2.Frank Padilla Gil, 14.Euller Eduardo Couto, 26.Isaiah Garcia, 30.Shaquille John.
Coach: Stuart Charles Fevrier
Referee: Rodphin Harris
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Connection and Police to square off in 2017 FA Final after dispatching Phoenix and Morv’t Caledonia.
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W Connection and Police FC have set up an all-Pro League final of the 2017 FA Trophy on December 17 after comfortable semi-final wins yesterday over Tobago’s 1976 FC Phoenix, 3-0, and Morvant Caledonia United, 5-1, respectively, at Ato Boldon Stadium.
Neil Benjamin Jr. put four-time champions Connection ahead in just the fourth minute of the semi-final one against Phoenix before veteran attacker Hughtun Hector (26’) and Suriname forward Dimitri Apai (75’) sent the Tobagonians packing.
Later, Kareem Freitas scored a hat-trick, netting in the 19th, 54th and 84th minutes at the Couva venue, interrupted by the break and a double from teammate Elijah Belgrave (47th & 51st minutes) to as the Lawmen dispatched three-time former champions Morvant Caledonia, who grabbed a consolation item in the 90th minute through Sedale Mc Lean.
It is the first time in more than two decades that three-time winners Police have reached a FA Trophy final -- 1996 being the previous – and will attempt to lift the trophy for the first time since 1994.
Meanwhile Connection, the recently crowned First Citizens Cup winners, are back into the FA final for the first time since 2015 — the last time it was contested — and will look to return the trophy to Savonetta for the first time since doing so at the end of the 2013-14 edition.
Connection will however tend to urgent matters against Morvant Caledonia United from 8pm on Tuesday at the Ato Boldon Stadium in the final game of the 2017 Pro League to cement second place behind new PL champions North East Stars for a return to CONCACAF qualifiers.
Tuesday’s league action will kick off with Defence Force facing Club Sando from 3:30pm at the outside field of the Hasely Crawford Stadium before champions North East Stars sign off against San Juan Jabloteh from 6pm at Arima Velodrome.
Simultaneously, Point Fortin Civic will host St. Ann’s Rangers at Mahaica Oval and three-time former PL champions Central FC will welcome Police FC in the opening match of a double-header at the Ato Boldon Stadium.
Results
W Connection 3 (Neil Benjamin Jr. 4’, Hughtun Hector 26’, Dimitri Apai 75’) vs 1976 FC Phoenix 0, at Ato Boldon Stadium;
Police FC 5 (Kareem Freitas 19’, 54’, 84’, Elijah Belgrave 47’, 51’) vs Morvant Caledonia United 1(Sedale Mc Lean 90’), at Ato Boldon Stadium.
FA Trophy 2017 Final
Sunday 17 December 2017
W Connection vs Police FC
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W Connection beat 10-man Police to 2017 FA Trophy crown.
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W Connection celebrated a fifth FA Trophy, reuniting with the title they last won in 2014 after defeating 10-men Police FC 3-1 last night at the Home of Football, Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva to bring down the curtain on the 2017 season for top-flight clubs.
Veteran midfielder Hughtun Hector scored late on either side of the break to finish with a double and the eventual MVP award after Suriname international Dimitri Apai opened the 2017 final scoring for coach Stuart Charles-Fevrier’s men.
“It’s a great feeling; a Christmas feeling, to come away champions,” said W Connection assistant coach Earl Jean after his team were crowned the $100,000 2017 FA Trophy champions.
He added, “I think the players have given us so much this season and we are just proud of them. We knew that it was a long time since we took the FA Trophy and we are just satisfied with the work the players have done especially in the last couple weeks.
“All credit to Police, they played well; they gave a good fight. But like I told them, when they cross the white lines that’s when the battle starts and our players were brilliant.”
Three-time former champions Police, desperate to lift their first piece of silverware in over two decades, started the brighter of the two sides.
But the Richard Hood coached-Lawmen were made to rue a missed chance by midfielder Kaashif Thomas who failed to direct his glancing header off a Clevon Mc Fee cross on target in the 21st minute moments after the latter had sent a powerful free kick just high of the target.
Connection later turned the game on its head when Apai turned in a Marcus Joseph corner past goalkeeper Adrian Foncette on 32 minutes.
Joseph had two attempts including an attempted lob on Foncette, who later had to do well to put behind a Briel Thomas header off a Hector free kick before Police defender Ryan O’Neil had to clear at the goalmouth from the resulting corner.
O’Neil made another clearance at the goalmouth for the Lawmen seconds into the second half but Hector had already cushioned the 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2013/14 champions on the stroke of half time by putting Alvin Jones’ cross over the line for a 2-0 lead.
Jones also got close to having his name on the scoresheet much earlier – the eighth minute – with a powerful shot from distance from a well-executed set piece involving a left side Hector free kick.
And Hector was inches off another item on the hour mark when he turned a brilliant Apai cross towards goal, only to see his attempt roll beyond Foncette’s upright.
Police head coach Richard Hood turned to talented attacking brothers Kareem and Jameel Perry off the bench but had mixed fortunes.
Forward Jameel – only seconds after replacing veteran midfielder Todd Ryan – sliced the Lawmen’s deficit in half with a blast past Archibald from the edge of the box to put the score at 1-2 in the 67th minute.
But less than ten minutes after restoring belief, the game fell further out of reach when earlier substitute Kareem was sent off when referee Crystal Sobers issued the attacking midfielder a direct red card following a dangerous challenge near the half line.
A later substitute Joshua Leach did bring Police supporters to their feet in a packed covered stand when he pulled off an acrobatic scissor kick towards goal in the 89th minute. The attempt, however, was brilliantly matched by Archibald.
Then, in the final minute of regular time, Hector, with his second goal of the night from close up, sealed the 3-1 Connection victory at the end of a counterattack by running onto a right side Neil Benjamin cross which beat the reach of Foncette.
“It is good to see that our players have sacrificed a lot and the rewards are here,” continued Connection assistant coach Jean whose side finished runners-up to North East Stars in the Pro League as well as finished First Citizens Cup champions.
Jean explained that the sacrifices included a very hectic scheduled that involved – at times – competing every other day.
“This is for our players to see that they can push to the next level,” said the ex-W Connection and St. Lucia forward.
That next level he said, is to return to Caribbean champions’ status then on to the CONCACAF Champions League when they join North East Stars next season in the CONCACAF Caribbean Qualifiers.
Jean also praised the work of countryman and head coach Stuart Charles-Fevrier, who also serves as assistant coach to the Trinidad and Tobago National Team.
“Coach (Charles-Fevrier) has done a wonderful job too,” said Jean. “He has been with the Trinidad and Tobago national team [but] has given us (Connection) his time even when he is away on international duty. He calls sometimes at 2am to see if everything is okay. The planning is here and you can see that the organization—though struggling financially—is maintaining what we do at Connection.
“It’s so good that our players can come away happy, going home for holidays with a comfortable victory. We are are really happy with what our players achieved. We want to also thank all the supporters who came out tonight because we are trying to [rebuild] our fan base,” he ended.
Results
W Connection 3 (Dimitri Apai 32’, Hughtun Hector 45’, 90’) vs Police FC 1 (Jameel Perry 67’), at Ato Boldon Stadium.
Teams
W Connection: 18.Julani Archibald (GK); 3.Gerard Williams, 4.Maurice Ford, 5.Triston Hodge, 7.Neil Benjamin Jr., 10.Dimitri Apai, 13.Hughtun Hector (Capt.) (24.Jameel Antoine 94th minute), 16.Alvin Jones, 19.Briel Thomas, 23.Weslie John, 99.Marcus Joseph (11.Shirvone Malik St. Prix 85th minute).
Unused substitutes: 1.Terrence Lewis (GK), 33.Jason Belfon (GK); 14.Euller Silva Couto, 21.Ronell Paul, 26.Isaiah Garcia, 30.Shaquille John, 37.Cephas St. Rose.
Coach: Stuart Charles Fevrier
Police FC: 18.Adrian Foncette (GK) (Capt.); 3.Ryan O’Neil, 6.Jibri Mc David, 10.Kareem Freitas, 12.Nequan Caruth, 17.Dexter Alleyne, 20.Elijah Belgrave, 21.Todd Ryan (9.Jameel Perry 66th minute), 25.Kaashif Thomas, 29.Clevon Mc Fee (7.Kareem Perry 58th minute) (Red Card), 32.Keion Wilson (16.Joshua Leach 87th minute).
Unused substitutes: 22.Theon Browne (GK); 2.Jasimar Ashers, 4.Kadeem Boyce, 8.Kurdell Brathwaite, 13.Dillon Kirton, 23.Shakuille Williams.
Coach: Richard Hood
Referee: Crystal Sobers