The 2008 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup was the ninth season of the ''
First Citizens Cup
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'', which is the league cup competition for
Trinidad and Tobago teams competing in the
TT Pro League. The slogan for the year's league cup was ''No Room for Losers'' and was sponsored by
First Citizens Bank for the eighth consecutive year.
W Connection entered as the defending champions after having defeated
Caledonia AIA 2–0 in the 2007 final for their fourth consecutive league cup title.
Qualification
Seeding for the competition was determined from the league standings following the eighteenth league match day. The bottom four teams were placed in the qualifying round to determine which teams advance to the quarterfinals. The teams ranked from first to sixth advanced directly to the quarterfinals.
The automatic quarterfinal qualifiers in order of league position were:
San Juan Jabloteh,
W Connection,
Caledonia AIA,
United Petrotrin,
Joe Public, and
St. Ann's Rangers.
Schedule
The schedule for the 2008 First Citizens Cup, as announced by the
TT Pro League:
Bracket
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
The knockout cup began in the qualifying round with
Tobago United and
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recording upsets over higher-seeded
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respectively.
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Quarterfinals
Fans saw a goal spree in the quarterfinals where 22 goals were scored in four matches on 12 September, which saw
Jabloteh,
Joe Public,
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, and
W Connection advance to the semifinals.
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Semifinals
On 19 September 2008,
Joe Public used a lone goal from
Gregory Richardson to advance to the final. In the other semifinal,
W Connection blanked
St. Ann's Rangers after goals from
Jonathan Faña and
Atiba McKnight on either side of half-time.
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Third place
With wins by Joe Public and W Connection in the semifinals; San Juan Jabloteh and St. Ann's Rangers were sent to the third place match. Before the final match,
St. Ann's Rangers used strikes from
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and
Josimar Belgrave in two minutes to put away top seeded
San Juan Jabloteh for a third-place finish.
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Final
W Connection claimed their fifth consecutive title and sixth overall in the tournament's nine-year history with a win over
Joe Public in the final. The match was held on 26 September in
Manny Ramjohn Stadium. After being dead-locked 2–2 at the end of regulation, W Connection used a miss by Joe Public's
Jason Springer on the twelfth kick from the penalty spot to win 6–5 in the shootout.
Although
Joe Public finished runners-up,
Gregory Richardson led the tournament with four goals scored.
References
External links
Official Website
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2008 First Citizens Cup
Trinidad and Tobago League Cup
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