Trinidad and Tobago Goal Shield
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The Trinidad and Tobago Goal Shield, or commonly known as the Lucozade Sport Goal Shield for sponsorship reasons, is a knockout tournament competition for football teams competing in the TT Pro League of Trinidad and Tobago. Similar to the First Citizens Cup, it is played on a knockout (single elimination) basis in April and May towards the end of each Pro League season. The structure of the competition not only allows 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 is awarded TT$30,000 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 is 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. The knockout tournament is sponsored by Lucozade Sport and is therefore officially known as the Lucozade Sport Goal Shield.[1][2]
Founded | 2009 |
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Region | Trinidad and Tobago |
Number of teams | 9 |
Current champions | Central FC (1st title) |
Most successful club(s) | W Connection (2 titles) |
Website | Goal Shield |
2014 Goal Shield |
W Connection is the most successful club in the Goal Shield having won the inaugural tournament in 2009 and again in 2013. Central FC are the current holders having defeated their Couva rivals, W Connection, 2–1 on 25 April 2014 to claim their first Goal Shield.[3][4]