Cale­do­nia AIA, W Con­nec­tion and De­fence Force all record­ed vic­to­ries in the TTFF FA Tro­phy to ad­vance to the quar­ter­fi­nal of the tour­na­ment af­ter the Round of Eight con­clud­ed, on Sun­day. A 38th minute Shah­don Win­ches­ter's strike sep­a­rat­ed W Con­nec­tion and Adam's Con­struc­tion San Juan Jabloteh as the for­mer team ad­vanced with a 1-0 win at the Ato Boldon Sta­di­um, Cou­va. Cale­do­nia AIA, went lev­el with T&TEC (who are at the helm of the TT Pro League) on Fri­day. They re­quired penal­ties to ad­vance, which they did 4:3, at the ex­pense of North East Stars at the Lar­ry Gomes Sta­di­um, Ari­ma. Cale­do­nia struck first through na­tion­al at­tack­er De­vorn Jorsling in the 65th minute, be­fore An­tho­ny Wolfe put North East Stars on lev­el terms. In the oth­er match, De­fence Force was made to work for its spot in the quar­ter­fi­nal af­ter a nail-bit­ing 3-2 win over Po­lice at the Man­nie Ramjohn Sta­di­um, Mara­bel­la. Pro League and De­fence Force lead goal-scor­er, Richard Roy net­ted a dou­ble, while Josi­mar Bel­grave grabbed the oth­er vi­tal goal, which put De­fence Force through.

Po­lice, how­ev­er, opened with a Trent Noel strike in the 13th minute. The lead last­ed less than 60 sec­onds when Roy gave De­fence Force the equalis­er. The "Tetron Boys" then found them­selves in front through Bel­grave in the 35th minute, as in the first half, the lead was short lived as Noel found his sec­ond item of the match just four min­utes lat­er. The two teams were dead­locked at 2-2, go­ing in­to the fi­nal min­utes, when Roy bagged his sec­ond of the match and the match-win­ner for De­fence Force in the 84th minute. The vic­to­ries put De­fence Force, Cale­do­nia and W Con­nec­tion in­to the quar­ter­fi­nal, where they will join OJ Sol­da­do, Sec­ondary Schools' Foot­ball League's Scar­bor­ough Sec­ondary, Su­per League clubs WASA FC and Joe Pub­lic, as well as St Fran­cois Na­tion­als. The draw for the quar­ter­fi­nal round will take place to­day at Har­vard Sports Club, Tra­garete Road, from 2.30 pm. The next round of match­es will be played on Sun­day.