2009 Trinidad and Tobago Goal Shield

The 2009 Trinidad and Tobago Goal Shield was the inaugural season of the Lucozade Sport Goal Shield, which is a knockout tournament competition for teams in the TT Pro League. The structure of the competition not only allowed the winners and runners-up healthy purses at the end of the tournament, but more so give an added incentive for more goals to be scored throughout the tournament.[1] In particular, the winner of the competition was awarded TT$20,000 plus an additional TT$3,000 for every goal scored in the final, TT$2,000 for every goal in the semifinals, and TT$1,000 for each goal scored in the quarterfinals. Whereas, the runner-up was awarded TT$10,000 plus TT$1,500 for every goal scored in the final, TT$1,000 for every goal in the semifinals, and TT$500 for each goal scored in the quarterfinals.

2009 Lucozade Sport Goal Shield
Trinidad and Tobago Goal Shield
CountryTrinidad and Tobago
Teams11
ChampionsW Connection
Runners-upDefence Force
Matches played9
Goals scored24 (2.67 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Jonathan Faña (5 goals)
Best playerJonathan Faña
2010

Qualification

Seeding was determined from the league standings after the fourth match day of the 2009 season. However, the teams which played four matches, their goals and points from Match Day 4 were not entered into the qualifying table to ensure that all teams start evenly. Thus, only points from three matches were considered for the draw and the clubs were drawn based on their positions.

The bottom two teams were placed in a penalty shootout to determine which team would advance to the qualifying round. Teams ranked seventh to ninth were then placed directly into the qualifying round which will determine the seventh and eight spots in the quarterfinals. Finally, the teams ranked from first to sixth automatically qualified for the quarterfinals.[2]

The automatic quarterfinal qualifiers in order of league position were: San Juan Jabloteh, United Petrotrin, Joe Public, Caledonia AIA, W Connection, and Defence Force.

Schedule

The schedule for the 2009 Lucozade Sport Goal Shield, as announced by the TT Pro League:

RoundDateMatchesClubsNew entries this round
Penalty shootout29 May 2009011 → 102: 10th11th
Qualifying round29 May 2009210 → 83: 7th9th
Quarterfinals12 June 200948 → 46: 1st6th
Semifinals19 June 200924 → 2
Final26 June 200912 → 1

Bracket

  Penalty shootout
29 May 2009
Qualifying round
29 May 2009
Quarterfinals
12 June 2009
Semifinals
19 June 2009
Final
26 June 2009
                                               
      8 Ma Pau 1  
      9 St. Ann's Rangers 2     1 San Juan Jabloteh 6  
        9 St. Ann's Rangers 0    
      1 San Juan Jabloteh 0  
      5 W Connection 1  
        4 Caledonia AIA 1    
        5 W Connection 4  
    5 W Connection 3
  6 Defence Force 0
    3 Joe Public 1 (2)  
    6 Defence Force 1 (4)    
      6 Defence Force 3
      2 United Petrotrin 1  
    2 United Petrotrin 0 (4)    
    7 Police 0 (3)     11 Tobago United 0 (3)  
10 FC South End (2)     11 Tobago United 0 (5)  
11 Tobago United (4)

Results

All matches except the Penalty shootout 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.

Penalty shootout

On 29 May, Tobago United became the first club to win two penalty shootouts on one night, when they first defeated FC South End in the penalty shootout by a score of 42 to advance to the qualifying round.[3]

29 May 2009 Tobago United v
(4–2 p)
FC South End Macoya, Trinidad
18:30 (UTC-4) Stadium: Marvin Lee Stadium
Penalties
McKinnon
Harris
Cooper
James
Payne
Teesdale
Williams
De Leon
Leoung-Tat

Qualifying round

Thirty minutes after their penalty shootout win, Tobago United faced Police in the qualifying round. The Tobago Boys picked up the unusual achievement by outscoring Police 53 on penalties after the match ended 00 in regular time.

29 May 2009 Ma Pau 1–2 St. Ann's Rangers Macoya, Trinidad
21:00 (UTC-4) Caesar  52' McFarlane Jr.  54'
Charles  71'
Stadium: Marvin Lee Stadium

29 May 2009 Tobago United 0–0
(5–3 p)
Police Macoya, Trinidad
19:00 (UTC-4) Stadium: Marvin Lee Stadium
Penalties
McKinnon
Harris
Cooper
James
Payne
Sam
Eastman
Harris
Foster

Quarterfinals

12 June 2009 San Juan Jabloteh 6–0 St. Ann's Rangers Malabar, Trinidad
20:00 (UTC-4) Belgrave  25' (o.g.)
Marcano  37', 50'
Jamerson  55'
Guerra  59', 90'
Stadium: Larry Gomes Stadium

12 June 2009 Caledonia AIA 1–4 W Connection Marabella, Trinidad
20:00 (UTC-4) Joseph  52' (pen.) Faña  6', 84'
Bartholomew  27'
Hector  76'
Stadium: Manny Ramjohn Stadium

12 June 2009 Tobago United 0–0
(3–4 p)
United Petrotrin Marabella, Trinidad
18:00 (UTC-4) Stadium: Manny Ramjohn Stadium
Penalties
Morgan
McKinnon
Ortiz
Payne
Harris
Caseman
Glasgow
Noreiga
Wiltshire

12 June 2009 Joe Public 1–1
(2–4 p)
Defence Force Malabar, Trinidad
18:00 (UTC-4) Highley  34' Matthews  90' Stadium: Larry Gomes Stadium
Penalties
Baptiste
Mitchell
Rochford
Thomas
Williams
Rivers
Roy
Matthews

Semifinals

19 June 2009 San Juan Jabloteh 0–1 W Connection Marabella, Trinidad
20:00 (UTC-4) Faña  37' Stadium: Manny Ramjohn Stadium
Referee: Geoffrey Hospidales

19 June 2009 United Petrotrin 1–3 Defence Force Marabella, Trinidad
18:00 (UTC-4) Daniel  53' Carter  45', 84'
Jorsling  77'
Stadium: Manny Ramjohn Stadium
Referee: Lee Davis

Final

The competition culminated with the inaugural final, held at Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella on 26 June. The match was contested by W Connection and Defence Force, with W Connection taking the title 30.[4] Jonathan Faña, of Dominican Republic, scored five goals to lead the tournament and W Connection to the title.[5]

26 June 2009 W Connection 3–0 Defence Force Marabella, Trinidad
20:00 (UTC-4) Faña  14', 74'
Toussaint  59'
Stadium: Manny Ramjohn Stadium
Referee: Neal Brizan

References

  1. "Lucozade Sport joins Pro League knockout scheme". Randy Bando (TTProLeague.com). 2009-05-27. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
  2. "Lucozade invests $85,000 in Shield tournament". Nigel Simon (T&T Guardian). 2009-05-28. Archived from the original on 2014-04-26. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
  3. "Tobago advance after two penalty shoot-outs". Nigel Simon (T&T Guardian). 2009-05-31. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
  4. "W Connection lift Goal Shield". Ian Prescott (T&T Express). 2009-06-28. Archived from the original on June 29, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
  5. "W Connection wins title". Nigel Simon (T&T Guardian). 2009-06-28. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
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