2009 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup

First Citizens Cup 2009 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup Trinidad and Tobago 11 Defence Force Joe Public 10 34 Devorn JorslingRichard Roy(3 goals) 2008 2010 The 2009 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup was the tenth season of the First Citizens Cup, which is the league cup competition for Trinidad and Tobago teams competing in the TT Pro League. Continuing from previous seasons, the slogan for the year's league cup was No Room for Losers and was sponsored by First Citizens Bank for the ninth consecutive year. To keep with the tag-line, this year's edition will only reward prizes to the cup winners and runner-up. The Savonetta Boys of W Connection entered as the five-time defending cup holders by winning the 2008 league cup over Joe Public 6–5 in a penalty shootout after the match ended 2–2 in regulation. W Connection rules on penalty kicks http://legacy.guardian.co.tt/archives/2008-10-03/SA-1.html T&T Guardian 2008-10-03 2009-08-22 Qualification Seeding for the competition was determined from the league standings following the twentieth league match day. The bottom two teams, Tobago United and Police, were placed in the 10th place playoff to determine who would advance to face Defence Force in one of two qualifying round matches, with the other game matching St. Ann's Rangers up with FC South End. The two teams that win their respective quarterfinal matches will meet up with the top six teams in the Pro League. The automatic quarterfinal qualifiers in order of league position are: Joe Public, Caledonia AIA, Ma Pau, San Juan Jabloteh, United Petrotrin, and W Connection. Schedule The schedule for the 2009 First Citizens Cup, as announced by the TT Pro League: Round Date Matches Clubs New entries this round 10th place playoff 1 September 2009 1 11 → 10 2: 10th–11th Qualifying round 11 September 2009 2 10 → 8 3: 7th–9th Quarterfinals 18 September 2009 4 8 → 4 6: 1st–6th Semifinals 25 September 2009 2 4 → 2 Final 2 October 2009 1 2 → 1 Bracket 3 y y 10th place playoff1 September 2009 Qualifying round11 September 2009 Quarterfinals18 September 2009 Semifinals25 September 2009 Final2 October 2009 150 30 10 Tobago United 3 11 Police 1 8 St. Ann's Rangers 2 (2) 9 FC South End 2 (0) 7 Defence Force 2 10 Tobago United 1 1 Joe Public 5 8 St. Ann's Rangers 1 4 San Juan Jabloteh 2 5 United Petrotrin 1 3 Ma Pau 3 6 W Connection 1 2 Caledonia AIA 2 7 Defence Force 3 1 Joe Public 2 4 San Juan Jabloteh 0 3 Ma Pau 0 7 Defence Force 2 1 Joe Public 0 7 Defence Force 1 Results All matches were played for 90 minutes duration, at the end of which if the match was still tied, penalty-kicks were used to determine the match winner. 10th place playoff The knockout cup began with the 10th place playoff between the bottom two clubs in the 2009 season following Match Day 20, Tobago United and Police, on 1 September at Plymouth Recreation Grounds. Tobago, Police clash in qualifier http://www.guardian.co.tt/archives/sports/football/2009/09/01/tobago-police-clash-qualifier T&T Guardian 2009-09-01 2009-09-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20140518173617/http://www.guardian.co.tt/archives/sports/football/2009/09/01/tobago-police-clash-qualifier 2014-05-18 dead The Tobago Boys came out on top by a score of 3–1 following goals from Collie Hercules, Benjamin Bottino, and Dwayne Jack. 1 September 2009 18:00 (UTC-4) Tobago United 3–1 Police Hercules 19Bottino 54Jack 60 Danclair 28 Plymouth, Tobago Plymouth Recreation Grounds Y Qualifying round St. Ann's Rangers used three saves from Haitian Fortunato Valcourt from penalty kicks to defeat FC South End and advanced to face top-seed Joe Public. In the earlier match, Defence Force scored two first half goals on its way past Tobago United by a 2–1 score into the quarterfinals to face Caledonia AIA. 11 September 2009 19:00 (UTC-4) St. Ann's Rangers 2–2 FC South End Hamilton 53Modeste 55 Rougier 11Etienne 86 Couva, Trinidad Ato Boldon Stadium Gordon Maloney Y Belgrave Narine Modeste Thomas Bristol 2–0 Rougier Etienne Smart Bacchus 11 September 2009 17:00 (UTC-4) Defence Force 2–1 Tobago United Jorsling 21Joseph 38 Jack 74 Couva, Trinidad Ato Boldon Stadium Y Quarterfinals The biggest surprise of the tournament came in the quarterfinals, when Ma Pau upset the defending champions W Connection at Manny Ramjohn Stadium by a 3–1 score. Joining the Casino Boys were Joe Public, San Juan Jabloteh, and Defence Force into the semifinals. Ma Pau dumps W Connection http://www.guardian.co.tt/archives/sports/football/2009/09/20/ma-pau-dumps-w-connection Nigel Simon (T&T Guardian) 2009-09-19 2009-09-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20140518185917/http://www.guardian.co.tt/archives/sports/football/2009/09/20/ma-pau-dumps-w-connection 2014-05-18 dead 18 September 2009 18:00 (UTC-4) Joe Public 5–1 St. Ann's Rangers Tinto 10 60Baptiste 16 85Highley 31 Morris 25 Macoya, Trinidad Marvin Lee Stadium Y 18 September 2009 20:00 (UTC-4) Ma Pau 3–1 Report W Connection Samuel 16Britto 72Wolfe 90+3 pen. Hector 51 Marabella, Trinidad Manny Ramjohn Stadium Lee Davis Y 18 September 2009 18:00 (UTC-4) San Juan Jabloteh 2–1 United Petrotrin Marcano 45 60 Lima 90+2 Marabella, Trinidad Manny Ramjohn Stadium Gregory Hospidales Y 18 September 2009 20:00 (UTC-4) Caledonia AIA 2–3 Defence Force Edwards 7Daniel 20 pen. Carter 54Jorsling 62 pen.Roy 90+2 Macoya, Trinidad Marvin Lee Stadium Y Semifinals On 25 September, Joe Public used goals from Trent Noel and Seon Power to defeat San Juan Jabloteh and book their place in the final. In the other semifinal, Defence Force shutout Ma Pau 2–0 with goals from Richard Roy and Devorn Jorsling. 25 September 2009 20:00 (UTC-4) Joe Public 2–0 San Juan Jabloteh Noel 35Power 39 Macoya, Trinidad Marvin Lee Stadium Lee Davis Y 25 September 2009 18:00 (UTC-4) Ma Pau 0–2 Defence Force Roy 21Jorsling 42 Macoya, Trinidad Marvin Lee Stadium Gregory Hospidales Y Final The tournament was concluded on 2 October when Defence Force upset Joe Public 1–0 in Marvin Lee Stadium to claim their second First Citizens Cup title and end their six-year trophy drought. On the other hand, Joe Public suffered their second consecutive defeat in the league cup final having lost to W Connection on penalty kicks in last year's edition. Army pip Lions for 2009 First Citizens Cup http://www.socawarriors.net/league/league-news/competitions/6253-army-pip-lions-for-2009-first-citizens-cup.html Randy Bando (TTProLeague.com) 2009-10-03 2009-10-03 Teammates Devorn Jorsling and Richard Roy finished as the tournament's top goal scorers with 3 goals each. 2 October 2009 20:00 (UTC-4) Joe Public 0–1 Report Defence Force Roy 84 Macoya, Trinidad Marvin Lee Stadium Gregory Hospidales Y References 30em External links Official Website 2009 First Citizens Cup Trinidad and Tobago FCB Cup Lea