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2012 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup

Field	Value
title	First Citizens Cup
year	2012
other_title	Trinidad and Tobago League Cup
country	Trinidad and Tobago
num_teams	8
defending champions	Caledonia AIA
champions	Caledonia AIA
runner-up	Defence Force
matches	7
goals	15
top goal scorer	Richard Roy (3 goals)
player	Trayon Bobb
prevseason	2011
nextseason	2013

| runner-up = Defence Force

The 2012 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup was the thirteenth season of the First Citizens Cup, which is the league cup competition for Trinidad and Tobago teams competing in the TT Pro League. Caledonia AIA entered as the cup holders having defeated T&TEC by a score of 2–1 in the 2011 final. Continuing from previous seasons, the slogan for the year's league cup was No Room for Losers and was sponsored by First Citizens Bank for the twelfth consecutive year. To keep with the tag-line, the year's edition only rewarded prizes to the cup winners and runner-up.

Qualification

With the number of participating clubs in the TT Pro League increasing from six to eight over the 2011 edition of the First Citizens Cup, the format of the cup returned to a knockout tournament with all eight teams entering at the quarterfinal round.{{cite news |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095247/http://www.ttproleague.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1337:first-citizens-cup-quarterfinal-round-pits-caledonia-tatec&catid=1:domestic-news&Itemid=2 |archive-date = 2016-03-04 |url-status = dead

As the Morvant/Laventille Stallions entered the competition as the defending league cup winners they were the first to draw from eight secretly numbered cards respective to spots in the quarterfinal round. Caledonia AIA's Kareem Joseph was immediately followed by T&TEC midfielder Keeron Benito who drew the card that pitted the Electricity Boys against the defending champion at Hasely Crawford Stadium.{{cite news

Schedule

The schedule for the 2012 First Citizens Cup, as announced by the TT Pro League:

Round	Date	Matches	Clubs	New entries this round
Quarterfinals	21 September 2012	4	8 → 4	8: 1st–8th
Semifinals	28 September 2012	2	4 → 2
Final	5 October 2012	1	2 → 1

Bracket

21 September 2012 28 September 2012 5 October 2012

| RD1-team1=North East Stars | RD1-score1=1 | RD1-team2=St. Ann's Rangers | RD1-score2=2

| RD1-team3=Defence Force | RD1-score3=3 | RD1-team4=Central FC | RD1-score4=0

| RD1-team5=T&TEC | RD1-score5=0 | RD1-team6=Caledonia AIA | RD1-score6=2

| RD1-team7=W Connection | RD1-score7=0 (3) | RD1-team8=Police | RD1-score8=0 (0)

| RD2-team1=St. Ann's Rangers | RD2-score1= 1 | RD2-team2=Defence Force | RD2-score2= 2

| RD2-team3=Caledonia AIA | RD2-score3= 1 | RD2-team4=W Connection | RD2-score4= 0

| RD3-team1=Defence Force | RD3-score1= 1 | RD3-team2=Caledonia AIA | RD3-score2= 2

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.

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinal round began with a stunning upset from St. Ann's Rangers defeating North East Stars 2–1 in the cup opener. The Rangers used a 70th-minute goal from Devon Modeste to separate the two teams at Hasely Crawford Stadium.{{cite news

Modeste

Holder

Jorsling

Semifinals

In a rematch of the final in the 2012 CFU Club Championship, Caledonia AIA defeated W Connection 1–0 with a goal from Keyon Edwards in the 89th minute to secure a place in the First Citizens Cup final for the Morvant/Laventille Stallions.{{cite news

Carter

Final

The final was contested between the previous year's First Citizens Cup holder Caledonia AIA and two-time league cup winner Defence Force on 5 October 2012. The match began fairly even between the two sides for the first 19 minutes until the lights dimmed. After conferral with both managers, referee Neal Brizan decided to continue the match under the playing conditions. In the 22nd minute, Jamal Gay latched onto a Trayon Bobb cross to make it 1–0 for Caledonia AIA. Shortly after the opening goal, Richard Roy leveled the score at 1–1 with a goal in the 28th minute. Just four minutes into the second half, Caledonia AIA reclaimed the lead as Keyon Edwards drifted wide and delivered a pass to Trayon Bobb who clipped goalkeeper Kevin Graham to score the winning goal for Caledonia AIA.{{cite news

Bobb

References

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