The Ato Boldon Stadium is an athletics and football stadium located in Balmain,

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. It is currently the home ground of

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and Club Sando.

History

The stadium was constructed for the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship which was hosted by Trinidad and Tobago, and was named for eight-time Olympic and World Championship medal winner and 1997 200m World Champion, sprinter Ato Boldon. It hosted four of the six Group C matches. It was also used for the

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, in which it hosted one match from Group A, one from Group B, four of the Group C matches, one of the quarter-finals and both semi-finals. The stadium played host to a World Cup qualifier on October 10, 2017, in which Trinidad and Tobago defeated the United States 2-1; this result alongside

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defeating

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2-1 and

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defeating

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3-2 sent

into the World Cup while simultaneously eliminating the US from qualifying. Prior to the match, the

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complained of inadequate conditions after the track separating the pitch from the stands was flooded, forcing players to be carried across.

References

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