First Citizens Cup

Kevon 'Show­time" Wood­ley scored a penal­ty in the 82nd-minute that helped Cunu­pia FC sal­vaged a 2-2 draw with San Juan Jobloteh in the First Cit­i­zens Cup at the Hase­ly Craw­ford Sta­di­um, Mu­cu­rapo on Sun­day.

Three-time win­ners De­fence Force and Cunu­pia FC reg­is­tered nar­row 1-0 wins as the bat­tle for the T&T Pro League’s 2019 First Cit­i­zens Cup kicked off at the Diego Mar­tin Sports Com­plex in Bagatelle, Diego Mar­tin, on Fri­day night.

Po­lice FC got a sin­gle strike from Chris­t­ian Thomas to pull-off a 1-0 win over De­fence Force in the Aber­crom­bie Group of the First Cit­i­zens Cup play-off at the Diego Mar­tin Sports Com­plex on Fri­day night.

At long last, there will be pro­fes­sion­al foot­ball in T&T af­ter al­most a year of in­ac­tiv­i­ty. The T&T Pro League will kick off with the First Cit­i­zens Cup to­mor­row night at the Diego Mar­tin Sports Com­plex in Bagatelle.

Three-time cham­pi­ons and fi­nal­ists in the last three in­stal­ments of the First Cit­i­zens Cup, De­fence Force will re­sume its quest for a fourth straight fi­nals ap­pear­ance when they en­ter­tain Po­lice FC in the fea­ture match of a dou­ble-head­er at Diego Mar­tin Sport­ing Com­plex, Bagatelle Road, Diego Mar­tin from 8 pm on Fri­day night.

CENTRAL FC goalkeeper Marvin Phillip said Friday’s victory in the First Citizens Cup could not have been possible without the inspirational leadership of their captain Densill Theobald.

Record eight-time win­ners, W Con­nec­tion and two-time cham­pi­ons San Juan Jabloteh both reg­is­tered 3-0 win in their re­spec­tive open­ing group cam­paigns when the 2019 First Cit­i­zens Cup of the T&T Pro League which con­tin­ued with two dou­ble-head­ers on Mon­day.

Central FC on Friday night defeated Defence Force FC 4-2 on penalties following a gripping 2-2 contest which included extra time in the 2018 First Citizens Cup final at the Hasely Crawford Stadium to reunite with the trophy they won back-to-back in 2013 and 2014.