2010–11 Belize Premier Football League

The 2010–11 Belize Premier Football League (also known as the 2010–11 Caribbean Motors Cup) is the highest competitive football league in Belize, which was founded in 1991. There were two seasons, the opening (which was played at the end of 2010) and the closing (which was played at the beginning of 2011). In 2011, the Belize Premier Football League withdrew from the Football Federation of Belize and all remaining games were abandoned. Thus no winner was crowned for the closing season.

Belize Premier Football League
Season2010–11
ChampionsOpening: Belize Defence Force
Closing: N/A
Matches played75
Goals scored243 (3.24 per match)
Top goalscorerOpening: Christian Okonkwo (11)
Closing: Evan Mariano (7)
Biggest home winBelize Defence Force 7–0 San Pedro Sea Dogs
(14 November 2010)
Biggest away winBelmopan Blaze 1–6 FC Belize
(23 December 2010)
Highest scoringBelize Defence Force 7–2 San Felipe Barcelona
(17 April 2011)
Longest unbeaten runBelize Defence Force (10)

Opening season

There were significant team changes from the 2009–10 Belize Premier Football League closing season. Georgetown Ibayani, Paradise Freedom Fighters and Shanaiah Corozal left the league and in came Griga United, San Felipe Barcelona and Toledo Ambassadors. BRC Blaze were also renamed Belmopan Blaze.

The opening season started on 5 September 2010 with the regular season concluding on 23 December 2010. The playoffs, which are the teams which finished in the top 6, will then take place after this date.

On 24 November 2010, San Pedro Sea Dogs withdrew from the league.

On 30 December 2010, it was revealed by the league that Hankook Verdes would be replacing Belmopan Blaze in the playoffs, due to problems with the Blaze.

Stadia and locations
Location of teams in 2010–11 Opening Season
Team City Stadium Capacity
Belize Defence Force San Ignacio Norman Broaster Stadium 2,000
Belmopan Blaze Belmopan Isidoro Beaton Stadium & FFB Field 2,500
FC Belize Belize City MCC Grounds 3,500
Griga United Dangriga Carl Ramos Stadium 3,500
Hankook Verdes Benque Viejo del Carmen Marshalleck Stadium 2,000
San Felipe Barcelona Orange Walk Town Orange Walk People's Stadium 4,500
San Pedro Sea Dogs San Pedro Town Ambergris Stadium 3,500
Toledo Ambassadors Punta Gorda Toledo Union Field 1,500

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Belize Defence Force (C) 14 11 2 1 34 11 +23 35 Qualification to the Playoffs
2 FC Belize 14 9 2 3 35 19 +16 29
3 Toledo Ambassadors 14 7 3 4 21 16 +5 24
4 Griga United 14 6 4 4 15 13 +2 22
5 San Felipe Barcelona 14 6 3 5 19 21 −2 21
6 Belmopan Blaze 14 4 2 8 15 28 −13 14
7 Hankook Verdes 14 3 4 7 10 17 −7 13 Qualification to the Playoffs
8 San Pedro Sea Dogs 14 0 0 14 7 46 −39 0
Updated to match(es) played on 26 December 2010. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results

All of the results on this page have been confirmed by the Belize Premier League. All kick off times are UTC−06:00.

Round 1:[1]

Toledo Ambassadors1–1Hankook Verdes
A. Makin Jr. 90' Meza 90+1'
Griga United3–0Belmopan Blaze
Peters 22', 71'
Serano 31'
FC Belize3–1San Pedro Sea Dogs
Andrews 20' (pen.)
McCauley 84'
Davis 88'		 Cantun 48'
BDF4–2San Felipe Barcelona
D. Jimenez 27', 34', 81'
Martinez 74'		 Benavides 15', 45'

Round 2:[2]

Belmopan Blaze1–3Toledo Ambassadors
Jones 54' Torres 10'
Lyons O.G 20'
Garcia 75'
Hankook Verdes2–2FC Belize
Meza 28' (pen.), 47' Mendez O.G 32'
James 71'
San Pedro Sea Dogs1–2BDF
Jones 8' R. Jimenez 40'
O. Jimenez 43'
San Felipe Barcelona1–3Griga United
Benavides 75' (pen.) Castillo 19'
Haylock 24'
Bermudez 78'

Round 3:[3]

Toledo Ambassadors0–1San Felipe Barcelona
O. Acebedo 84'
Griga United3–2San Pedro Sea Dogs
Serano 22'
Tasher 39', 63'		 Hicks 69' (pen.), 77'
FC Belize4–2Belmopan Blaze
Martinez 9'
Davis 24', 81'
Okonkwo 78'		 Bermudez 48'
Wiltshire 65'
BDF1–0Hankook Verdes
Guzman O.G 12'

Round 4:[4]

Belmopan Blaze1–1BDF
Hendericks 88' Casey 56'
San Pedro Sea Dogs0–3Toledo Ambassadors
A. Makin Jr. 12'
R. Flores 81'
Linarez 87'
San Felipe Barcelona2–1Hankook Verdes
Benavides 6'
H. Cruz 44'		 Monroy 7'
FC Belize1–0Griga United
James 77'

The Round 4 fixtures were put back a week in the schedule, meaning that they were played on 2/3 October 2010 instead of 25/26 September 2010.

Round 5:[5]

San Felipe Barcelona1–3FC Belize
O. Acebedo 86' Davis 42'
Okonkwo 61', 90'
Hankook Verdes0–0Griga United
San Pedro Sea Dogs0–3Belmopan Blaze
Leslie 34'
Bermudez 82'
Jones 89'
BDF4–3Toledo Ambassadors
Nunez 47'
Mariano 65'
Flores 87', 90+3'		 Torres 7', 87'
Linarez 44'

Round 6:[6]

Hankook Verdes3–0San Pedro Sea Dogs
Belmopan Blaze1–1San Felipe Barcelona
Hendericks 22' E. Cruz 78'
Toledo Ambassadors0–0FC Belize
Griga United0–2BDF
Mariano 7'
R. Jimenez 90+2'

Hankook Verdes beat San Pedro Sea Dogs 3–0 by default, therefore no goals were actually scored by players.

Round 7:[7]

Belmopan Blaze2–0Hankook Verdes
Jones 26', 32'
San Felipe Barcelona3–2San Pedro Sea Dogs
Rodriguez 2'
Andrade 38'
L. Acebedo 49'		 Andrade O.G 18'
Witzil 67'
Griga United2–1Toledo Ambassadors
Burgess 33', 70' Nunez 61'
BDF2–1FC Belize
Trapp 31'
D. Jimenez 90+3'		 Okonkwo 80'

The Round 7 fixtures were put back a week in the schedule, meaning that they were played on 30/31 October 2010 instead of 23/24 October 2010.

Round 8:[8]

Hankook Verdes0–1Toledo Ambassadors
Bermudez 65'
San Pedro Sea Dogs1–4FC Belize
Nunez 63' Andrews 30'
Usher 40', 85'
Okonkwo 61'
San Felipe Barcelona2–0Belmopan Blaze
Benavides 16'
H. Cruz 71'
BDF0–0Griga United

Round 9:[9]

Griga United1–1San Felipe Barcelona
Peters 3' O. Acebedo 32'
Toledo Ambassadors2–0Belmopan Blaze
D. Makin 50'
Ramirez 84'
FC Belize2–0Hankook Verdes
Okonkwo 65'
Davis 71'
BDF7–0San Pedro Sea Dogs
Nunez 14', 59'
Mariano 33', 46'
Cho 84'
D. Jimenez 86'
Casey 88'

Round 12:[10]

Toledo Ambassadors0–3BDF
Lennen 30'
R. Jimenez 68'
O. Jimenez 90'
Griga United1–1Hankook Verdes
Castillo 49' Meza 34'
FC Belize3–2San Felipe Barcelona
Okonkwo 19'
A. Jones 38'
Usher 90+1'		 Benavides 60'
Rodriguez 62'

Belmopan Blaze were awarded a victory, due to the withdrawal of San Pedro Sea Dogs.

Round 13:[11]

San Felipe Barcelona2–1BDF
Benavides 2', 90+1' (pen.) O. Jimenez 84'
Belmopan Blaze0–1Griga United
Castillo 80'
FC Belize3–4Toledo Ambassadors
McCauley 7'
Andrews 25' (pen.)
Perez 74'		 Ramirez 1'
Garcia 30' (pen.), 84' (pen.)
Torres 85'

Hankook Verdes were awarded a victory, due to the withdrawal of San Pedro Sea Dogs.

Round 14:[12]

Hankook Verdes1–4Belmopan Blaze
Eiley 83' Jones 34', 57' (pen.)
Leslie 70', 90+1'
Toledo Ambassadors2–0Griga United
R. Flores 34', 39'
FC Belize1–2BDF
James 28' Trapp 12'
Symms 38' (pen.)

San Felipe Barcelona were awarded a victory, due to the withdrawal of San Pedro Sea Dogs.

Round 10:[13]

Hankook Verdes1–0San Felipe Barcelona
R. Cano 63'
Griga United1–2FC Belize
Serano 30' Okonkwo 42'
D. Jones 48'
BDF4–0Belmopan Blaze
D. Jimenez 22', 48'
Velasquez 58'
Mariano 71'

Toledo Ambassadors were awarded a victory, due to the withdrawal of San Pedro Sea Dogs.

Round 11:[14]

Belmopan Blaze1–6FC Belize
Bermudez 28' Davis 9', 45', 48'
Okonkwo 21', 66', 85'
San Felipe Barcelona1–1Toledo Ambassadors
O. Acebedo 8' A. Makin Jr. 50'
Hankook Verdes0–1BDF
R. Jimenez 34'

Griga United were awarded a victory, due to the withdrawal of San Pedro Sea Dogs.

Results

Quarter-Finals[15]

Griga United2–3San Felipe Barcelona
Serano 32'
Peters 63'		 Benavides 55'
H. Cruz 72'
O. Acebedo 90'
Toledo Ambassadors0–0 (a.e.t.)Hankook Verdes
Penalties
Garcia soccer ball with check mark
T. Flores soccer ball with red X
Muschamp soccer ball with check mark
Eiley soccer ball with check mark
Ramirez soccer ball with check mark		 4–2 soccer ball with check mark Meza
soccer ball with red X A. Cano
soccer ball with red X Guerra
soccer ball with check mark Monroy

Semi-Finals

Game One:[16]

FC Belize1–1Toledo Ambassadors
Andrews 1' Muschamp 63'
San Felipe Barcelona1–2BDF
Cawich 81' Mariano 61'
Cawich O.G 84'

Game Two:[17]

Toledo Ambassadors3–0FC Belize
R. Flores 21', 30', 80'

(*) Toledo Ambassadors win the series 4 – 1

BDF6–2San Felipe Barcelona
D. Jimenez 30', 40'
Trapp 36'
Symms 38' (pen.)
R. Jimenez 52'
Mariano 82'		 H. Cruz 81' (pen.)
Wicab 83'

(*) Belize Defence Force win the series 8 – 3

Championship-Finals

Game One:[18]

Toledo Ambassadors2–2BDF
D. Makin 8'
R. Flores 24'		 R. Jimenez 12'
Flores 73'

Game Two:[19]

BDF2–0Toledo Ambassadors
R. Jimenez 48'
D. Jimenez 87'
 2010–11 Opening season champions 
Belize Defence Force
3rd title

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Team Goals
1 Nigeria Christian Okonkwo FC Belize 11
2 Belize Daniel Jimenez Belize Defence Force 10
3 Belize Deris Benavides San Felipe Barcelona 9
4 Belize Jarrett Davis FC Belize 8
5 Belize Ralph Flores Toledo Ambassadors 7
Belize Richard Jimenez Belize Defence Force 7
Belize Evan Mariano Belize Defence Force 7
8 Belize Leon Jones Belmopan Blaze 6
9 Belize Oscar Acebedo San Felipe Barcelona 5

Playoff goals are included.

Awards

On 10 February 2011, the Belize Premier Football League in partnership with league sponsors Caribbean Motors presented the 2010–11 Opening Season Awards.[20]

Award Recipient Team
Most Goals Nigeria Christian Okonkwo FC Belize
MVP (Regular Season) Belize Deris Benavides San Felipe Barcelona
MVP (Playoff) Belize Richard Jimenez Belize Defence Force
Best Forward Belize Jarrett Davis FC Belize
Best Midfielder Belize Deris Benavides San Felipe Barcelona
Best Defender Belize Vallan Symms Belize Defence Force
Best Goalkeeper Belize Woodrow West Belize Defence Force
Rookie Belize Leobardo Mendez Hankook Verdes
Manager Belize Ian Jones FC Belize
Coach Belize Andres Makin Toledo Ambassadors

BPFL Cup

Only four teams from the opening season competed in the BPFL Cup, with the four teams scheduled to play a triple round-robin regular season. The BPFL Cup started on 20 March 2011, with the regular season concluding on 23 April 2011. After Round 7 of the competition it was announced by BPFL Manager Marvin Ottley that the league decided to abort the remaining games of the regular season and go straight to the playoffs.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Belize Defence Force 7 4 2 1 18 9 +9 14 Qualification to the Playoffs
2 FC Belize 7 3 2 2 11 10 +1 11
3 San Felipe Barcelona 7 2 2 3 12 21 −9 8
4 Hankook Verdes 7 2 0 5 11 12 −1 6
Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2011. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Round 1:[21]

BDF2–1Hankook Verdes
D. Jimenez ?'
R. Jimenez ?'		 Meza ?'
FC Belize2–0San Felipe Barcelona
Canul 65'
Ramos 70'

Round 2:[22]

Hankook Verdes0–1FC Belize
Jones ?' (pen.)
San Felipe Barcelona3–2BDF
Allen 38', 66'
Morales 59'		 Mariano 30'
Flores 34'

Round 3:[23]

BDF1–0Hankook Verdes
D. Jimenez ?'
FC Belize2–2San Felipe Barcelona
Jones 55'
Thurton 70'		 Acebedo 61'
Wicab 63'

Round 4:[24]

FC Belize1–1BDF
Andrews 82' Flores 90+1'
San Felipe Barcelona3–2Hankook Verdes
Morales 5'
Cruz 58'
West 59'		 Maldonado 44'
Meza 74'

Round 5:[25]

Hankook Verdes5–1San Felipe Barcelona
August 24', 83'
Mendez 28'
Maldonado 43'
Meza 88'		 Allen 36'
BDF4–1FC Belize
Mariano 13'
Trapp 65'
R. Jimenez 67'
Own goal ?'		 Perez 2'

Round 6:[26]

BDF7–2San Felipe Barcelona
Mariano 47', 62'
West 57' (pen.)
Lennen 70'
R. Jimenez 72'
Cho 78', 89'		 Own goal 4'
Morales 87'
FC Belize4–2Hankook Verdes
Thurton 9', 46'
Diaz 73'
Usher 90'		 Maldonado 56', 58'

Round 7:[27]

Hankook Verdes1–0FC Belize
Maldonado 48'
San Felipe Barcelona1–1BDF
West 25' Mariano 81'

Results

Semi-Finals[28]

Hankook Verdes0–3BDF
Mariano ?', ?'
Casey Jr. ?'
San Felipe Barcelona2–3FC Belize
West 10', 90' Usher 16'
Andrews 38'
Garnett 90+'

Championship-Finals

Game One:

FC BelizeN/ABDF

(*) The Belize Premier Football League withdrew from the Football Federation of Belize and subsequently the league abandoned all remaining games, therefore no winner was crowned.[29]

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Team Goals
1 Belize Evan Mariano Belize Defence Force 7
2 Belize Julian Maldonado Hankook Verdes 5
3 Belize Clifton West San Felipe Barcelona 4
4 Belize Andrew Allen San Felipe Barcelona 3
Belize Richard Jimenez Belize Defence Force 3
Belize Marlon Meza Hankook Verdes 3
Belize Eduardo Morales San Felipe Barcelona 3
Belize Gilroy Thurton FC Belize 3

Playoff goals are included.

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