2009 Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl

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 tournament took place at the conclusion of the 2009 season. Caledonia AIA entered as the tournament's defending champion.[1] The tournament commenced on 17 November 2009 with 10 teams competing in single elimination matches and concluded with the final on 11 December.

2009 Digicel Pro Bowl
Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl
CountryTrinidad and Tobago
Teams10
Defending championsCaledonia AIA (1)
ChampionsJoe Public
Runners-upCaledonia AIA
Matches played9
Goals scored29 (3.22 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Kerry Baptiste
Hayden Tinto
(4 goals)
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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.[2]

Schedule

The schedule for the 2009 Digicel Pro Bowl, as announced by the TT Pro League:

RoundDateMatchesClubsNew entries this round
Qualifying round17 November 2009210 → 84: 7th–10th
Quarterfinals20 November 200948 → 46: 1st–6th
Semifinals4 December 200924 → 2
Final11 December 200912 → 1
†The winner will also receive an additional prize amount based on gate receipts from each match.

Bracket
Qualifying round
17 November 2009 		Quarterfinals
20 November 2009 		Semifinals
4 December 2009 		Final
11 December 2009
1 Joe Public 9
7 United Petrotrin 1 10 Police 1
10 Police 2 1 Joe Public 1
5 Ma Pau 0
4 W Connection 0
5 Ma Pau 3
1 Joe Public 1 (5)
2 Caledonia AIA 1 (3)
3 San Juan Jabloteh 1
8 FC South End 0 6 Defence Force 2
9 St. Ann's Rangers 1 6 Defence Force 0
2 Caledonia AIA 1
2 Caledonia AIA 5
9 St. Ann's Rangers 0

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.[3]

17 November 2009 United Petrotrin 1–2 Police Marabella, Trinidad
17:00 (UTC-4) Augustus 19' Harris 29'
Peltier 66'		 Stadium: Manny Ramjohn Stadium
17 November 2009 FC South End 0–1 St. Ann's Rangers Marabella, Trinidad
19:00 (UTC-4) Belgrave 10' Stadium: Manny Ramjohn Stadium

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.

20 November 2009 Joe Public 9–1 Police Marabella, Trinidad
18:00 (UTC-4) Tinto 11', 81', 83'
Power 26'
Baptiste 44', 56', 76', 80'
Rochford 63'		 Report Jones 76' Stadium: Manny Ramjohn Stadium
20 November 2009 W Connection 0–3 Ma Pau Marabella, Trinidad
20:00 (UTC-4) Report Caesar 60'
Samuel 79', 89'		 Stadium: Manny Ramjohn Stadium
20 November 2009 San Juan Jabloteh 1–2 Defence Force Malabar, Trinidad
20:00 (UTC-4) Sam 52' Report Balthazar 29'
Jorsling 58'		 Stadium: Larry Gomes Stadium
20 November 2009 Caledonia AIA 5–0 St. Ann's Rangers Malabar, Trinidad
18:00 (UTC-4) Velox 15', 56', 65'
David 36'
Moore 86'		 Report Stadium: Larry Gomes Stadium

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.

4 December 2009 Joe Public 1–0 Ma Pau Mucurapo, Trinidad
20:00 (UTC-4) Tinto 13' Stadium: Hasely Crawford Stadium
4 December 2009 Caledonia AIA 1–0 Defence Force Mucurapo, Trinidad
18:00 (UTC-4) Joseph 81' Stadium: Hasely Crawford Stadium
Referee: Gordon Maloney

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.[4]

11 December 2009 Joe Public 1–1
(5–3 p)		 Caledonia AIA Mucurapo, Trinidad
20:00 (UTC-4) Highley 35' Report Theobald 3' Stadium: Hasely Crawford Stadium
Referee: Gregory Hospidales
Penalties
Baptiste soccer ball with check mark
Noel soccer ball with check mark
Smith soccer ball with check mark
Mitchell soccer ball with check mark
Power soccer ball with check mark		 Daniel soccer ball with red X
Joseph soccer ball with check mark
David soccer ball with check mark
Joseph soccer ball with check mark

References
  1. "Trinidad and Tobago - List of Champions". Radek Jelínekm, Hans Schöggl and RSSSF. 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
  2. "Digicel pump $100,000 into Pro Bowl". Ian Prescott (T&T Express). 2008-11-13. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  3. "Police stun Petrotrin, Rangers edge South End in Digicel Pro Bowl". Randy Bando (TTProLeague.com). 2009-11-18. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  4. "Figueroa comes up big". Nigel Simon (T&T Guardian). 2009-12-12. Retrieved 2009-12-12.
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