The Larry Gomes Stadium, located in
Malabar
Malabar may refer to the following:
People
* Malabars, people originating from the Malabar region of India
* Malbars or Malabars, people of Tamil origin in RĂ©union
Places
* Malabar Coast, or Malabar, a region of the southwestern shoreline o ...
,
Arima
Arima, officially The Royal Chartered Borough of Arima is the easternmost and second largest in area of the three boroughs of Trinidad and Tobago. It is geographically adjacent to Sangre Grande and Arouca at the south central foothills of th ...
, Trinidad and Tobago, is named for
West Indies cricketer Larry Gomes
Hilary Angelo Gomes (born 13 July 1953) is a Trinidad and Tobago and West Indies cricket team, West Indian former cricketer.
Cricket career
Gomes toured England with the West Indian youth team in 1970 and made his first-class cricket, first-cla ...
. The stadium was constructed for the
2001 U-17 World Cup which was hosted by Trinidad and Tobago. It also hosted games from the
2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Women's association football, women's football tournament is the second such tournament, and was held in Trinidad and Tobago from 5 to 25 September 2010. Sixteen teams, comprising representatives from all six c ...
.
References
Football venues in Trinidad and Tobago
Arima
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