The 2010 Trinidad and Tobago Goal Shield was the second edition of the annual ''
Lucozade Sport Goal Shield
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'', which is a knockout tournament competition for teams in the
TT Pro League.
W Connection entered as the defending champions after they defeated
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3–0 in the inaugural tournament. Continuing from the previous season, the competition not only allowed the winner and runner-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. In particular, the winner of the competition was awarded
TT$
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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.
Due to the refurbishment of
Trinidad and Tobago's five major
stadiums, ahead of the
2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
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, all of the matches were played at
Marvin Lee Stadium in
Macoya.
Qualification
Seeding was determined from the league standings following the conclusion of the first round of matches in the
2010–11 season. 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.
The automatic quarterfinal qualifiers in order of league position were:
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,
Joe Public,
W Connection,
Ma Pau,
San Juan Jabloteh, and
Caledonia AIA.
Schedule
The schedule for the 2010 Lucozade Sport Goal Shield, as announced by the
TT Pro League:
Bracket
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
The tournament commenced on 23 July with
FC South End defeating
Police 5–3 in a
penalty shootout to determine the tenth team to enter the competition.
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Qualifying round
In the qualifying round,
North East Stars
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took an early lead over
FC South End with a strike from
Sean Fraser and eased into the quarterfinals by a 3–0 score.
In the other fixture,
St. Ann's Rangers and
Tobago United needed 16
penalty kicks
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to determine the winner after the match ended scoreless.
Tobago United's
goalkeeper,
Sean Johnson, provided some brilliant saves during regulation time before pulling off a save against
Joseph Peters in the fifth kick of the
penalty shootout to help his side win 6–5 from the spot.
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Quarterfinals
In the quarterfinals,
Devorn Jorsling completed a beaver-trick to help
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advance with a 5–3 victory over
Tobago United.
Joe Public were knocked out of the tournament following a 2–0 loss to
North East Stars
Athletic Club Port of Spain (previously known as North East Stars) is a Trinidad and Tobago professional football club, based in Port of Spain, Trinidad, that plays in the TT Pro League. The team plays its home games at the Hasely Crawford S ...
.
In addition,
San Juan Jabloteh advanced to the semifinals after they defeated
Ma Pau on penalties 4–2 after the match ended 1–1.
The last team to secure their place was
W Connection who defeated
Caledonia AIA 1–0.
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Semifinals
On 6 August,
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suffered their first defeat of the league season following their loss to
San Juan Jabloteh 0–1.
In the other semifinal,
North East Stars
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upended the defending champions
W Connection by a 2–1 score.
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Final
On 13 August,
North East Stars
Athletic Club Port of Spain (previously known as North East Stars) is a Trinidad and Tobago professional football club, based in Port of Spain, Trinidad, that plays in the TT Pro League. The team plays its home games at the Hasely Crawford S ...
captured the title with the lone goal supplied by
Sean Fraser in the 1–0 win over
San Juan Jabloteh at
Marvin Lee Stadium in
Macoya.
References
External links
Official Website
{{2010–11 in Trinidadian football
2010 Lucozade Sport Goal Shield
Trinidad and Tobago Goal Shield
Goal Shield
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