2009 Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl
{{infobox football tournament season
| title = Digicel Pro Bowl
| year = 2009
| other_title = Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl
| image =
| imagesize =
| caption =
| country = Trinidad and Tobago
| num_teams = 10
| defending champions = Caledonia AIA (1)
| champions = Joe Public
| runner-up = Caledonia AIA
| matches = 9
| goals = 29
| top goal scorer = Kerry Baptiste
Hayden Tinto
(4 goals)
| player =
| prevseason = 2008
| nextseason = 2011
}}
The 2009 Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl was the sixth season of the Digicel Pro Bowl, which is a knockout tournament competition for teams in the TT Pro League. The football tournament took place at the conclusion of the 2009 season. Caledonia AIA entered as the tournament's defending champion.{{cite news |title = Trinidad and Tobago - List of Champions
|url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/trinchamp.html
|publisher = Radek Jelínekm, Hans Schöggl and RSSSF
|date = 2009-04-03
|accessdate = 2009-07-31}} The tournament commenced on 17 November 2009 with 10 teams competing in single elimination matches and concluded with the final on 11 December.
Qualification
Every team based on the island of Trinidad took part in the tournament, with Tobago United as the lone Pro League representative that did not participate. Seeding for this year's competition was determined by each team's league position following the 2009 season. The bottom four teams in the table, United Petrotrin, FC South End, St. Ann's Rangers, and Police entered the tournament in the qualifying round.
The two winning teams from the qualifying round will take on the top two seeds Joe Public and Caledonia AIA, respectively. The other four clubs that qualified for the Pro League Big Six also entered the Pro Bowl directly in the quarterfinals.{{cite news |title = Digicel pump $100,000 into Pro Bowl
|url = http://www.socawarriors.net/league/league-news/tt-pro-league/6574-digicel-pump-100000-into-pro-bowl.html
|publisher = Ian Prescott (T&T Express)
|date = 2008-11-13
|accessdate = 2009-11-21}}
Schedule
The schedule for the 2009 Digicel Pro Bowl, as announced by the TT Pro League:
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
! Round !! Date !! Matches !! width=100 | Clubs !! New entries this round | ||||
| Qualifying round | 17 November 2009 | align=center| 2 | align=center| 10 → 8 | align=center| 4: 7th–10th |
| Quarterfinals | 20 November 2009 | align=center| 4 | align=center| 8 → 4 | align=center| 6: 1st–6th |
| Semifinals | 4 December 2009 | align=center| 2 | align=center| 4 → 2 | |
| Final | 11 December 2009 | align=center| 1 | align=center| 2 → 1 |
{{refbegin}}†The winner will also receive an additional prize amount based on gate receipts from each match.{{refend}}
Bracket
{{10TeamBracket|nowrap=y
| RD1=Qualifying round
17 November 2009
| RD2=Quarterfinals
20 November 2009
| RD3=Semifinals
4 December 2009
| RD4=Final
11 December 2009
| RD1-seed1=7
| RD1-team1= United Petrotrin
| RD1-score1=1
| RD1-seed2=10
| RD1-team2= Police
| RD1-score2=2
| RD1-seed3=8
| RD1-team3=FC South End
| RD1-score3=0
| RD1-seed4=9
| RD1-team4=St. Ann's Rangers
| RD1-score4=1
| RD2-seed1=1
| RD2-team1= Joe Public
| RD2-score1=9
| RD2-seed2=10
| RD2-team2= Police
| RD2-score2=1
| RD2-seed3=4
| RD2-team3=W Connection
| RD2-score3=0
| RD2-seed4=5
| RD2-team4=Ma Pau
| RD2-score4=3
| RD2-seed5=3
| RD2-team5= San Juan Jabloteh
| RD2-score5= 1
| RD2-seed6=6
| RD2-team6= Defence Force
| RD2-score6=2
| RD2-seed7=2
| RD2-team7= Caledonia AIA
| RD2-score7=5
| RD2-seed8=9
| RD2-team8= St. Ann's Rangers
| RD2-score8=0
| RD3-seed1=1
| RD3-team1= Joe Public
| RD3-score1= 1
| RD3-seed2=5
| RD3-team2= Ma Pau
| RD3-score2= 0
| RD3-seed3=6
| RD3-team3= Defence Force
| RD3-score3= 0
| RD3-seed4=2
| RD3-team4= Caledonia AIA
| RD3-score4= 1
| RD4-seed1=1
| RD4-team1= Joe Public
| RD4-score1= 1 (5)
| RD4-seed2=2
| RD4-team2= Caledonia AIA
| RD4-score2= 1 (3)
}}
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.
=Qualifying round=
On 17 November, St. Ann's Rangers pulled an upset over FC South End 1–0 with Josimar Belgrave providing the lone goal. In the other qualifying round match, Police also stunned United Petrotrin 2–1 to complete the teams in the quarterfinals.{{cite news |title = Police stun Petrotrin, Rangers edge South End in Digicel Pro Bowl
|url = http://www.socawarriors.net/league/league-news/tt-pro-league/6619-police-stun-petrotrin-rangers-edge-south-end-in-digicel-pro-bowl.html
|publisher = Randy Bando (TTProLeague.com)
|date = 2009-11-18
|accessdate = 2009-11-21}}
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|date = 17 November 2009
|time = 17:00 (UTC-4)
|team1 = {{nobold|United Petrotrin}}
|score = 1–2
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|team2 = Police
|goals1 = Augustus {{goal|19}}
|goals2 = Harris {{goal|29}}
Peltier {{goal|66}}
|location = Marabella, Trinidad
|stadium = Manny Ramjohn Stadium
|attendance =
|referee =
|result =
|nobars = Y
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|round =
|date = 17 November 2009
|time = 19:00 (UTC-4)
|team1 = {{nobold|FC South End}}
|score = 0–1
|report =
|team2 = St. Ann's Rangers
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Belgrave {{goal|10}}
|location = Marabella, Trinidad
|stadium = Manny Ramjohn Stadium
|attendance =
|referee =
|result =
|nobars = Y
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=Quarterfinals=
In the quarterfinals on 20 November, Joe Public used four goals from 2009 Golden Boot winner, Kerry Baptiste, to a 9–1 win against Police. Ma Pau joined the Eastern Lions in the semifinals, with a win over W Connection at Manny Ramjohn Stadium. On the other side of the bracket, Caledonia AIA defeated St. Ann's Rangers by a score 5–0 following a hat-trick from Kendall Velox, while Defence Force provided the closest match in the round with their win over San Juan Jabloteh 2–1.
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|date = 20 November 2009
|time = 18:00 (UTC-4)
|team1 = Joe Public
|score = 9–1
|report = [http://www.socawarriors.net/league/league-news/tt-pro-league/6631-lions-aia-ma-pau-a-army-move-on-in-digicel-pro-bowl.html Report]
|team2 = {{nobold|Police}}
|goals1 = Tinto {{goal|11||81||83}}
Power {{goal|26}}
Baptiste {{goal|44||56||76||80}}
Rochford {{goal|63}}
|goals2 = Jones {{goal|76}}
|location = Marabella, Trinidad
|stadium = Manny Ramjohn Stadium
|attendance =
|referee =
|result =
|nobars = Y
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|round =
|date = 20 November 2009
|time = 20:00 (UTC-4)
|team1 = {{nobold|W Connection}}
|score = 0–3
|report = [http://www.socawarriors.net/league/league-news/tt-pro-league/6631-lions-aia-ma-pau-a-army-move-on-in-digicel-pro-bowl.html Report]
|team2 = Ma Pau
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Caesar {{goal|60}}
Samuel {{goal|79||89}}
|location = Marabella, Trinidad
|stadium = Manny Ramjohn Stadium
|attendance =
|referee =
|result =
|nobars = Y
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|round =
|date = 20 November 2009
|time = 20:00 (UTC-4)
|team1 = {{nobold|San Juan Jabloteh}}
|score = 1–2
|report = [http://www.socawarriors.net/league/league-news/tt-pro-league/6631-lions-aia-ma-pau-a-army-move-on-in-digicel-pro-bowl.html Report]
|team2 = Defence Force
|goals1 = Sam {{goal|52}}
|goals2 = Balthazar {{goal|29}}
Jorsling {{goal|58}}
|location = Malabar, Trinidad
|stadium = Larry Gomes Stadium
|attendance =
|referee =
|result =
|nobars = Y
}}
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|round =
|date = 20 November 2009
|time = 18:00 (UTC-4)
|team1 = Caledonia AIA
|score = 5–0
|report = [http://www.socawarriors.net/league/league-news/tt-pro-league/6631-lions-aia-ma-pau-a-army-move-on-in-digicel-pro-bowl.html Report]
|team2 = {{nobold|St. Ann's Rangers}}
|goals1 = Velox {{goal|15||56||65}}
David {{goal|36}}
Moore {{goal|86}}
|goals2 =
|location = Malabar, Trinidad
|stadium = Larry Gomes Stadium
|attendance =
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|nobars = Y
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=Semifinals=
On 4 December, Joe Public and Caledonia AIA both registered 1–0 victories in the semifinals to advance to the final. The Eastern Lions used a Hayden Tinto goal in the thirteenth minute to upend Ma Pau. However, Caledonia AIA needed an 81st minute free kick from winger Kareem Joseph to defeat Defence Force.
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|round =
|date = 4 December 2009
|time = 20:00 (UTC-4)
|team1 = Joe Public
|score = 1–0
|report =
|team2 = {{nobold|Ma Pau}}
|goals1 = Tinto {{goal|13}}
|goals2 =
|location = Mucurapo, Trinidad
|stadium = Hasely Crawford Stadium
|attendance =
|referee =
|result =
|nobars = Y
}}
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|round =
|date = 4 December 2009
|time = 18:00 (UTC-4)
|team1 = Caledonia AIA
|score = 1–0
|report =
|team2 = {{nobold|Defence Force}}
|goals1 = Joseph {{goal|81}}
|goals2 =
|location = Mucurapo, Trinidad
|stadium = Hasely Crawford Stadium
|attendance =
|referee = Gordon Maloney
|result =
|nobars = Y
}}
----
=Final=
In the final, Joe Public came from behind to earn a draw 1–1 in regulation time before Colombian goalkeeper Alejandro Figueroa saved a Caledonia AIA's Keon Daniel penalty kick to give Joe Public a 5–3 win from the penalty spot.{{cite news |title = Figueroa comes up big
|url = http://guardian.co.tt/sports/football/2009/12/13/figueroa-comes-big
|publisher = Nigel Simon (T&T Guardian)
|date = 2009-12-12
|accessdate = 2009-12-12}}
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|round =
|date = 11 December 2009
|time = 20:00 (UTC-4)
|team1 = Joe Public
|score = 1–1
|report = [http://guardian.co.tt/sports/football/2009/12/13/figueroa-comes-big Report]
|team2 = {{nobold|Caledonia AIA}}
|goals1 = Highley {{goal|35}}
|goals2 = Theobald {{goal|3}}
|location = Mucurapo, Trinidad
|stadium = Hasely Crawford Stadium
|attendance =
|referee = Gregory Hospidales
|result =
|nobars = Y
|penalties1 = Baptiste {{pengoal}}
Noel {{pengoal}}
Smith {{pengoal}}
Mitchell {{pengoal}}
Power {{pengoal}}
|penaltyscore = 5–3
|penalties2 = Daniel {{penmiss}}
Joseph {{pengoal}}
David {{pengoal}}
Joseph {{pengoal}}
}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100403005400/http://www.ttproleague.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=17&Itemid=37 Official Website]
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