2010 Trinidad and Tobago Goal Shield
# 2010 Trinidad and Tobago Goal Shield

The 2010 Trinidad and Tobago Goal Shield was the second edition of the annual Lucozade Sport Goal Shield, which is a knockout tournament competition for teams in the TT Pro League. W Connection entered as the defending champions after they defeated Defence Force 3–0 in the inaugural tournament. Continuing from the previous season, the competition not only allowed the winner and runner-up healthy purses at the end of the tournament, but more so give an added incentive for more goals to be scored throughout the tournament. In particular, the winner of the competition was awarded TT$20,000 plus an additional TT$3,000 for every goal scored in the final, TT$2,000 for every goal in the semifinals, and TT$1,000 for each goal scored in the quarterfinals. Whereas, the runner-up was awarded TT$10,000 plus TT$1,500 for every goal scored in the final, TT$1,000 for every goal in the semifinals, and TT$500 for each goal scored in the quarterfinals.

Due to the refurbishment of Trinidad and Tobago's five major stadiums, ahead of the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, all of the matches were played at Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya.

## Qualification

Seeding was determined from the league standings following the conclusion of the first round of matches in the 2010–11 season. The bottom two teams were placed in a penalty shootout to determine which team would advance to the qualifying round. Teams ranked seventh to ninth were then placed directly into the qualifying round which will determine the seventh and eight spots in the quarterfinals. Finally, the teams ranked from first to sixth automatically qualified for the quarterfinals.

The automatic quarterfinal qualifiers in order of league position were: Defence Force, Joe Public, W Connection, Ma Pau, San Juan Jabloteh, and Caledonia AIA.

## Schedule

The schedule for the 2010 Lucozade Sport Goal Shield, as announced by the TT Pro League:

| Round | Date | Matches | Clubs | New entries this round |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Penalty shootout | 23 July 2010 | 0 | 11 → 10 | 2: 10th–11th |
| Qualifying round | 23 July 2010 | 2 | 10 → 8 | 3: 7th–9th |
| Quarterfinals | 30 July 2010 | 4 | 8 → 4 | 6: 1st–6th |
| Semifinals | 6 August 2010 | 2 | 4 → 2 | |
| Final | 13 August 2010 | 1 | 2 → 1 | |

## Bracket

| Penalty shootout 23 July 2010 | Penalty shootout 23 July 2010 | Penalty shootout 23 July 2010 | Qualifying round 23 July 2010 | Qualifying round 23 July 2010 | Qualifying round 23 July 2010 | Quarterfinals 30 July 2010 | Quarterfinals 30 July 2010 | Quarterfinals 30 July 2010 | Semifinals 6 August 2010 | Semifinals 6 August 2010 | Semifinals 6 August 2010 | Final 13 August 2010 | Final 13 August 2010 | Final 13 August 2010 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | 8 | St. Ann's Rangers | 0 (5) | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 9 | Tobago United | 0 (6) | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 1 | Defence Force | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 9 | Tobago United | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Defence Force | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 5 | San Juan Jabloteh | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Ma Pau | 1 (2) | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | San Juan Jabloteh | 1 (4) | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | San Juan Jabloteh | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | North East Stars | 1 |
| | | | | | | 3 | W Connection | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | Caledonia AIA | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | W Connection | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 7 | North East Stars | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | Joe Public | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 7 | North East Stars | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | North East Stars | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | FC South End | (5) | 10 | FC South End | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Police | (3) | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Results

All matches except the Penalty shootout 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.

### Penalty shootout

The tournament commenced on 23 July with FC South End defeating Police 5–3 in a penalty shootout to determine the tenth team to enter the competition.

### Qualifying round

In the qualifying round, North East Stars took an early lead over FC South End with a strike from Sean Fraser and eased into the quarterfinals by a 3–0 score. In the other fixture, St. Ann's Rangers and Tobago United needed 16 penalty kicks to determine the winner after the match ended scoreless. Tobago United's goalkeeper, Sean Johnson, provided some brilliant saves during regulation time before pulling off a save against Joseph Peters in the fifth kick of the penalty shootout to help his side win 6–5 from the spot.

### Quarterfinals

In the quarterfinals, Devorn Jorsling completed a beaver-trick to help Defence Force advance with a 5–3 victory over Tobago United. Joe Public were knocked out of the tournament following a 2–0 loss to North East Stars. In addition, San Juan Jabloteh advanced to the semifinals after they defeated Ma Pau on penalties 4–2 after the match ended 1–1. The last team to secure their place was W Connection who defeated Caledonia AIA 1–0.

### Semifinals

On 6 August, Defence Force suffered their first defeat of the league season following their loss to San Juan Jabloteh 0–1. In the other semifinal, North East Stars upended the defending champions W Connection by a 2–1 score.

### Final

On 13 August, North East Stars captured the title with the lone goal supplied by Sean Fraser in the 1–0 win over San Juan Jabloteh at Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya.

