2009 Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl

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2009 Digicel Pro Bowl
Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl
Tournament details
Country Trinidad and Tobago
Teams10
Defending champions Caledonia AIA (1)
Final positions
Champions Joe Public
Runner-up Caledonia AIA
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored29 (3.22 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Kerry Baptiste
Hayden Tinto
(4 goals)
  2008
2011  

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 football 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.

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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 round 17 November 2009210 → 84: 7th10th
Quarterfinals 20 November 200948 → 46: 1st6th
Semifinals 4 December 200924 → 2
Final 11 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 21 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 16 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 10 with Josimar Belgrave providing the lone goal. In the other qualifying round match, Police also stunned United Petrotrin 21 to complete the teams in the quarterfinals. [3]

17 November 2009 United Petrotrin 1–2 Police Marabella, Trinidad
17:00 (UTC-4)Augustus Soccerball shade.svg19' Harris Soccerball shade.svg29'
Peltier Soccerball shade.svg66'
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 91 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 50 following a hat-trick from Kendall Velox, while Defence Force provided the closest match in the round with their win over San Juan Jabloteh 21.

20 November 2009 Joe Public 9–1 Police Marabella, Trinidad
18:00 (UTC-4) Tinto Soccerball shade.svg11', 81', 83'
Power Soccerball shade.svg26'
Baptiste Soccerball shade.svg44', 56', 76', 80'
Rochford Soccerball shade.svg63'
Report Jones Soccerball shade.svg76'Stadium: Manny Ramjohn Stadium



20 November 2009 Caledonia AIA 5–0 St. Ann's Rangers Malabar, Trinidad
18:00 (UTC-4)Velox Soccerball shade.svg15', 56', 65'
David Soccerball shade.svg36'
Moore Soccerball shade.svg86'
Report Stadium: Larry Gomes Stadium

Semifinals

On 4 December, Joe Public and Caledonia AIA both registered 10 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.



Final

In the final, Joe Public came from behind to earn a draw 11 in regulation time before Colombian goalkeeper Alejandro Figueroa saved a Caledonia AIA's Keon Daniel penalty kick to give Joe Public a 53 win from the penalty spot. [4]

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