| Country | Trinidad and Tobago | ||
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| Teams | 10 | ||
| Champions | W Connection | ||
| Runner-up | Joe Public | ||
| Matches played | 10 | ||
| Goals scored | 36 (3.6 per match) | ||
| Top goal scorer(s) | Gregory Richardson (4) | ||
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The 2008 First Citizens Cup was the ninth season of the First Citizens Cup, which is the league cup competition for teams in the Pro League. The slogan for this year's league cup was No Room for Losers was again sponsored by First Citizens Bank for the eighth consecutive year.[1]
The knockout cup began in the Qualifying round with Tobago United and Defence Force recording upsets over higher-seeded Ma Pau and North East Stars respectively. Fans saw a goal spree in the Quarterfinals where 22 goals were scored in four matches on 12 September, which saw Jabloteh, Joe Public, Rangers, and W Connection advance to the Semifinals.
With wins by Joe Public and W Connection in the Semifinals; San Juan Jabloteh and St. Ann's Rangers were sent to the Third Place match. Before the final match, St. Ann's Rangers used strikes from Keyon Edwards and Josimar Belgrave in two minutes to put away top seeded San Juan Jabloteh for a third place finish.
W Connection claimed their fifth consecutive title and sixth overall in the tournament's nine year history with a win over Joe Public in the Final. The match was held on 26 September in Manny Ramjohn Stadium. After being dead-locked 2–2 at the end of regulation, Connection used a miss by Joe Public's Jason Springer on the twelfth kick from the penalty spot to win 6–5 in the shootout.[2] Although Joe Public finished runners-up, Gregory Richardson led the tournament with four goals scored.
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Seeding for the competition was determined from the league standings following the eighteenth league match day. The bottom four teams were placed in the Qualifying round to determine which teams advance to the Quarterfinals. The teams ranked from first to sixth advanced directly to the Quarterfinals.
The automatic Quarterfinal qualifiers in order of league position were: San Juan Jabloteh, W Connection, Caledonia AIA, United Petrotrin, Joe Public, and St. Ann's Rangers.
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| Qualifying round | 2 September 2008 |
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| Quarterfinals | 12 September 2008 |
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| Semifinals | 19 September 2008 |
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| Third place | 26 September 2008 |
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| Final | 26 September 2008 |
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| Qualifying round 2 September 2008 |
Quarterfinals 12 September 2008 |
Semifinals 19 September 2008 |
Final 26 September 2008 |
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| 9 | Ma Pau | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Tobago United | 2 | 1 | San Juan Jabloteh | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Tobago United | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | San Juan Jabloteh | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Joe Public | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | United Petrotrin | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Joe Public | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Joe Public | 2 (5) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | W Connection | 2 (6) | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Caledonia AIA | 3 (3) | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | St. Ann's Rangers | 3 (4) | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | St. Ann's Rangers | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | W Connection | 2 | Third place | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | W Connection | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | North East Stars | 1 (0) | 8 | Defence Force | 2 | 1 | San Juan Jabloteh | 1 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Defence Force | 1 (3) | 6 | St. Ann's Rangers | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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.
| 2 September 2008 | Tobago United | 2 – 1 | Ma Pau | Malabar, Trinidad | ||
| 17:00 (UTC-4) | Hercules 68' (pen.) Hernandez 82' |
Proctor 19' | Stadium: Larry Gomes Stadium Referee: Gordon Maloney |
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| 2 September 2008 | North East Stars | 1 – 1 (0 – 3 pen)
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Defence Force | Malabar, Trinidad | ||
| 19:00 (UTC-4) | Teesdale 60' | Jorsling 50' | Stadium: Larry Gomes Stadium |
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| Stewart Cooper Jeffrey |
Pierre Jorsling Williams |
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| 12 September 2008 | San Juan Jabloteh | 2 – 0 | Tobago United | Malabar, Trinidad | ||
| 18:00 (UTC-4) | Noel 14' (pen.) Forbes 87' |
Stadium: Larry Gomes Stadium |
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| 12 September 2008 | United Petrotrin | 2 – 4 | Joe Public | Marabella, Trinidad | ||
| 18:00 (UTC-4) | Aguillera 11' Woodley 18' |
Richardson 5', 19', 26' Calderon 44' |
Stadium: Manny Ramjohn Stadium Referee: Phillip Jordan |
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| 12 September 2008 | St. Ann's Rangers | 3 – 3 (4 – 3 pen)
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Caledonia AIA | Malabar, Trinidad | ||
| 20:00 (UTC-4) | Thomas 37' Edwards 41' Belgrave 53' (pen.) |
Moore 6' Smith 18', 26' |
Stadium: Larry Gomes Stadium |
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| 12 September 2008 | W Connection | 5 – 2 | Defence Force | Marabella, Trinidad | ||
| 20:00 (UTC-4) | Hector 15', 53' Faña 40' Viana 43' Toussaint 89' |
Williams 6' Carter 57' |
Stadium: Manny Ramjohn Stadium |
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| 19 September 2008 | San Juan Jabloteh | 0 – 1 | Joe Public | Marabella, Trinidad | ||
| 20:00 (UTC-4) | Report | Richardson 48' | Stadium: Manny Ramjohn Stadium Referee: Austin Perelion |
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| 19 September 2008 | W Connection | 2 – 0 | St. Ann's Rangers | Marabella, Trinidad | ||
| 18:00 (UTC-4) | Faña 8' McKnight 74' |
Report | Stadium: Manny Ramjohn Stadium |
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| 26 September 2008 | San Juan Jabloteh | 1 – 2 | St. Ann's Rangers | Marabella, Trinidad | ||
| 18:00 (UTC-4) | Marcano 67' | Report | Edwards 60' Belgrave 61' |
Stadium: Manny Ramjohn Stadium Referee: Julien Drayton |
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| 26 September 2008 | W Connection | 2 – 2 (6 – 5 pen)
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Joe Public | Marabella, Trinidad | ||
| 20:00 (UTC-4) | Toussaint 18' Faña 35' |
Report | Harvey 11' Thomas 55' |
Stadium: Manny Ramjohn Stadium Referee: Gregory Hospedales |
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| Faña Toussaint Seabra Viveros Joseph Cupid McKnight |
Baptiste Dwarika Harvey Saunders Wolfe Thomas Springer |
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