2009 TT Pro League

The 2009 TT Pro League season (known as the

Pro League for sponsorship reasons) was the eleventh season of the TT Pro League, the Trinidad and Tobago professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1999. A total of eleven teams contested the league, with San Juan Jabloteh the defending champions.^[1] The season began on 8 May, with Super Friday, and ended on 27 October. The format of the season was changed from each club playing three rounds to two rounds in the regular season to facilitate the national team with its attempt to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.^[2]

Caledonia AIA of Morvant/Laventille

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The first goal of the season was scored by

Caledonia AIA's Walter Moore against Joe Public in the second minute of the first game on 8 May.^[5] Kendall Velox of Caledonia AIA scored the first hat-trick of the season against Police on 23 May. Kerry Baptiste won the Golden Boot by providing 35 goals for Joe Public on their way to becoming league champions.^[6]

On 12 September,

Caledonia AIA. The achievement marked their second Pro League title with the first coming in the 2006 season.^[1] Having finished as the league champion, Joe Public qualified for the 2010 CFU Club Championship. By finishing runners-up in the league, San Juan Jabloteh

also qualified for the CFU Club Championship.

With an 8–0 loss to W Connection on 1 September, Police finished bottom in the league. The club had a disappointing campaign having only recorded nine points with a -48 goal difference. This marked the first season in which Tobago United did not finish the league season bottom of the table. Furthermore, on 8 January 2010, United Petrotrin announced that they had pulled the club from the Pro League.^[7]

Changes from the 2008 season

The following changes were made since the 2008 season:

The
TT Pro League signed a sponsorship deal with Digicel and is now known as the Digicel Pro League.^[8]

The number of rounds in the regular season were reduced from three to two to compensate the national team's attempt to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.^[2]
Club rosters were expanded from 25 to 35 players to provide clubs relief during the league season that involved
CONCACAF Champions League, and other domestic fixtures.^[9]

There were a number of changes to the clubs competing in the 2009 season.
- FC South End, a new club based in Point Fortin
  were admitted into the league.
- 2010.^[10]
- Police were re-admitted after sitting out the 2008 season.^[3]
- Caledonia AIA changed the name of the club to Caledonia AIA of Morvant/Laventille
  .
- The Trinidad and Tobago U20 national team were admitted to the Pro League to prepare for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt, but eventually did not enter.^[11]
- Applications for admission by Marabella Flames, 1976 Phoenix, and St. Clair's Coaching School to join the Pro League were rejected.^[12]
The Pro Bowl was shifted to close off the 2009 calendar in November and December with new branding partner Digicel following a pullout by former sponsors Courts Trinidad and Tobago Limited.
A new knockout tournament named the Lucozade Sport
will no longer sponsor the Big Six.

Teams

Team summaries

Rangers
Tobago Utd
Petrotrin
W Connection

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Location of the 2009 TT Pro League teams

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Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Manager	Captain
Caledonia AIA	Morvant/Laventille	Larry Gomes Stadium	10,000	Jamaal Shabazz	Charles Pollard
Defence Force	Chaguaramas	Hasely Crawford Stadium	27,000	Ross Russell	Corey Rivers
FC South End	Point Fortin	Manny Ramjohn Stadium	10,000	Leroy DeLeon	Anthony Rougier
Joe Public	Arouca	Marvin Lee Stadium	6,000	Derek King	Kerry Baptiste
Ma Pau	Woodbrook	Hasely Crawford Stadium	27,000	Michael McComie	Lyndon Andrews
Police	Saint James	Hasely Crawford Stadium	27,000	Richard De Coteau	Keron Archie
San Juan Jabloteh	San Juan	Hasely Crawford Stadium	27,000	Earl Jean	Marvin Oliver
St. Ann's Rangers	San Juan	Hasely Crawford Stadium	27,000	Anthony Streete	Errol McFarlane
Tobago United	Bacolet	Dwight Yorke Stadium	7,500	Peter Granville	Kayode McKinnon
United Petrotrin	Pointe-à-Pierre	Palo Seco Velodrome	10,000	Marcos Tinoco	Cyd Gray
W Connection	Point Lisas	Manny Ramjohn Stadium	10,000	Stuart Charles-Fevrier	Elijah Joseph

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Table
Police	Re-admitted team				Richard De Coteau	29 January 2009^[14]	Pre-season
FC South End	Expansion team				Leroy DeLeon	9 May 2009	Pre-season
United Petrotrin	Leon Carpette	End of caretaker contract	18 December 2008^[15]	6th (2008)	Marcos Tinoco	21 February 2009^[16]	Pre-season
Defence Force	Kerry Jamerson	Sacked	18 December 2008	8th (2008)	Ross Russell	8 April 2009^[17]	Pre-season
Ma Pau	Ronald La Forest	Sacked	17 January 2009^[18]	9th (2008)	Ubirajara Veiga Da Silva	21 January 2009^[19]	Pre-season
Ma Pau	Ubirajara Veiga Da Silva	Mutual consent	2 April 2009^[20]	9th (2008)	Michael McComie	8 April 2009^[21]	Pre-season
San Juan Jabloteh	Terry Fenwick	Resigned	17 April 2009^[22]	1st (2008)	Earl Jean	18 April 2009^[23]	Pre-season
San Juan Jabloteh	Earl Jean	Sacked	26 November 2009^[24]	2nd	Terry Fenwick	26 November 2009^[25]	Post-season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Joe Public (A)	20	12	5	3	50	24	+26	41	Qualification for 2009 Pro League Big Six
2	Caledonia AIA (A)	20	13	1	6	49	30	+19	40
3	San Juan Jabloteh (A)	20	11	6	3	29	16	+13	39
4	W Connection (A)	20	9	7	4	36	17	+19	34
5	Ma Pau (A)	20	10	4	6	31	21	+10	34
6	Defence Force (A)	20	9	5	6	36	26	+10	32
7	United Petrotrin	20	7	9	4	32	21	+11	30	Team disbanded after season^[a]
8	FC South End	20	4	4	12	15	36	−21	16
9	St. Ann's Rangers	20	4	3	13	22	46	−24	15
10	Tobago United	20	2	7	11	17	32	−15	13
11	Police	20	2	3	15	16	64	−48	9

Home \ Away	CAL	DEF	SOE	JOE	MAP	POL	SJJ	RAN	TBU	UPE	WCO
Caledonia AIA		2–3	2–1	2–3	2–1	7–2	1–1	1–0	5–3	3–2	1–2
Defence Force	1–0		4–1	4–3	2–3	4–0	0–1	0–2	3–1	0–0	1–2
FC South End	0–2	0–2		0–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	0–3	1–4	1–1
Joe Public	2–3	3–3	1–0		2–1	2–0	4–0	3–0	3–1	1–1	2–2
Ma Pau	4–2	3–0	2–0	3–2		1–1	1–3	3–1	2–0	0–1	1–1
Police	2–6	1–5	0–0	0–7	1–0		3–4	1–2	2–1	0–3	0–1
San Juan Jabloteh	2–0	1–0	5–0	0–0	0–1	3–0		2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0
St. Ann's Rangers	0–6	2–3	0–2	3–5	0–2	3–3	1–0		1–1	1–4	0–3
Tobago United	0–1	0–0	2–2	0–3	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–1		0–0	0–0
United Petrotrin	0–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	4–0	1–1	2–4	3–0		2–5
W Connection	1–2	0–0	3–0	1–2	1–1	8–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	0–1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Joe Public (O)	5	3	2	0	9	4	+5	11
2	San Juan Jabloteh	5	3	1	1	10	9	+1	10
3	W Connection	5	2	3	0	4	1	+3	9
4	Caledonia AIA	5	2	1	2	5	4	+1	7
5	Ma Pau	5	1	1	3	5	6	−1	4
6	Defence Force	5	0	0	5	6	15	−9	0

2009 TT Pro League

Changes from the 2008 season

Teams

Team summaries

Player transfers

Managerial changes

Regular season

Competition table

Results

Pro League Big Six

Competition table

Results

League table

Positions by round

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Discipline

Awards

Round awards

Annual awards

References

External links

Award	Winner
Player of the Year	Kerry Baptiste (Joe Public)
Manager of the Year	Derek King (Joe Public )
Best Goalkeeper	Alejandro Figueroa (Joe Public )
Best Defender	Keyeno Thomas (Joe Public)
Best Midfielder	Trent Noel (Joe Public)
Best Forward	Kerry Baptiste (Joe Public)
Golden Boot	Kerry Baptiste (Joe Public)
Team of the Year	Joe Public
Most Disciplined Team of the Year	Caledonia AIA
Referee of the Year	Neal Brizan
Assistant Referee of the Year	Ainsley Rochard
Match Commissioner of the Year	Boris Punch