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Sunday, July 20, 2025

Defence Force, Tobago Chicas secure WoLF semis spot

by

Nigel Simon
26 days ago
20250624
UTT’s Tyeisha Griffith scored nine goals versus Athletic International Academy.

UTT’s Tyeisha Griffith scored nine goals versus Athletic International Academy.

De­fence Force and To­ba­go Chi­cas se­cured their spots in the semi­fi­nals of the T&T Women’s League Foot­ball (WoLF) af­ter end­ing as win­ners of their re­spec­tive Trinidad Group and To­ba­go Groups when the reg­u­lar sea­son con­clud­ed last week­end (June 21-22).

On Thurs­day at the De­fence Force Head­quar­ters Re­serve Ground in Mac­queripe, Ch­aguara­mas, host De­fence Force got a goal each from four dif­fer­ent play­ers in their 4-0 blank­ing of reign­ing cham­pi­ons Club San­do to se­cure the top spot in the Trinidad Group.

Go­ing in­to the con­test, De­fence Force (37 points) held a one-point lead over Club San­do and need­ed on­ly a draw to stay on course to fin­ish as group win­ners ahead of their fi­nal match on Sun­day.

In the 29th minute, mid­field­er Anne Fer­nan­dez fired in a free kick from about 20 yards out off the back of the goal­keep­er af­ter the ball ric­o­cheted in­to play off the cross­bar to put the host ahead.

With 19 min­utes left in the con­test, for­mer Club San­do star­let Niki­ta Go­sine made cer­tain there was no way back for her for­mer team­mates when he dou­bled De­fence Force’s ad­van­tage to 2-0 be­fore Aaliyah Prince (76th) and Den­necia Prince (80th) added one each to put the stamp on the vic­to­ry to open a four-point lead, which was fol­lowed by a win by de­fault on Sun­day over Trinci­ty Na­tion­als while Club San­do thrashed Diego Mar­tin Cen­tral Unit­ed 23-1 to end the reg­u­lar sea­son on a high.

For Club San­do, Col­lette Mor­gan (third, fifth, 43rd, 48th, 70th, 79th, 90+1) and Jes­si­ca Har­ra­gin (ninth, 12th, 19th, 20th, 39th, 80th, 83rd) both fired in sev­en goals to lead the on­slaught against the host at the Diego Mar­tin Cen­tral Sec­ondary Ground.

Shieni­ka Paul al­so added a hat-trick in the 31st, 53rd, and 73rd min­utes with Rashee­da Archer (sixth, 14th) and Ja­vanah Moreno (11th, 26th) scor­ing twice each, and Ah­keela Mol­lon (27th), and Karyn Forbes (61st), the oth­ers while Diego Mar­tin Cen­tral Unit­ed got a con­so­la­tion strike from Karimah Charles in the 50th.

The Uni­ver­si­ty of T&T (UTT) warmed up for the quar­ter­fi­nals with a 16-0 trounc­ing of Ath­let­ic In­ter­na­tion­al Acad­e­my at the UTT Ground, O’Meara Road, Ari­ma on Sun­day in­spired by a nine-goal burst from Tyeisha Grif­fith.

Griffth scored in the 16th, 24th, 30th, 34th, 39th, 54th, 60th, 61st, and 65th while the trio of Mari­ah Williams (50th, 72nd), Kani­ka Ro­driguez (51st, 89th) and Anas­ta­sia O’Brien (81st, 82nd) got braces, and Caris­sa Cow­an, the oth­er in the 88th as they end­ed in the third spot with 28 points.

Over in the To­ba­go Group on Sat­ur­day, To­ba­go Chi­cas got a goal each from J’Eleisha Alexan­der and Ter­rysha Har­ry to beat Jew­els SC at Cour­land Recre­ation Ground in Black Rock for the To­ba­go Group ti­tle and the au­to­mat­ic semi­fi­nal spot in the na­tion­al play­offs.

The win lift­ed To­ba­go Chi­cas to 34 points from 17 match­es, two more than Jew­els SC who start­ed the en­counter in the top spot but will now com­pete in the na­tion­al quar­ter­fi­nals along with sec­ond, third and fourth-placed teams from the Trinidad Group.

Re­sults

Trinidad Group

Sun­day

UTT 16 (Tyeisha Grif­fith 16th, 24th, 30th, 34th, 39th, 54th, 60th, 61st, 65th, Mari­ah Williams 50th, 72nd, Kani­ka Ro­driguez 51st, 89th, Anas­ta­sia O’Brien 81st, 82nd, Caris­sa Cow­an 88th) vs Ath­let­ic In­ter­na­tion­al Acad­e­my 0

Club San­do 23 (Col­lette Mor­gan 3rd, 5th, 43rd, 48th, 70th, 79th, 90+1, Jes­si­ca Har­ra­gin 9th, 12th, 19th, 20th, 39th, 80th, 83rd, Shieni­ka Paul 31st, 53rd, 73rd, Rashee­da Archer 6th, 14th, Ja­vanah Moreno 11th, 26thj, Ah­keela Mol­lon 27th, , Karyn Forbes 61st) vs vs Diego Mar­tin Cen­tral Utd 1 (Karimah Charles 50th)

De­fence Force 3 vs Trinci­ty Na­tion­als 0 - by de­fault

Po­lice 1 (Shaquil­la Daniel) vs Point Pi­o­neers 0

Thurs­day

UTT 3 vs Diego Mar­tin Cen­tral Uni­etd 0 -by de­fault

De­fence Force 4 (Anne Fer­nan­dez 29th, Niki­ta Go­sine 71st, Aaliyah Prince 76th, Den­necia Prince 80th) vs Club San­do 0

Po­lice 5 (Chi­nade Pru­dence 2, Asha James, Oya Harp­er, Tr­ishell Charles) vs AIA 0

June 15

Po­lice 12 (Tr­ishell Charles 2, Jhanay Camp­bell 2, Chi­nade Pru­dence 2, Oya Harp­er 2, Shaquil­la Daniel 2, Shak­e­ria Williams, Asha Jones) vs Diego Mar­tin Cen­tral Unit­ed 1 (Ak­i­lah Craw­ford)

To­ba­go Group

Sat­ur­day

To­ba­go Chi­cas 2 (J’Eleisha Alexan­der, Ter­rysha Har­ry) vs Jew­els SC 0

Fi­nal T&T WoLF stand­ings

Trinidad Group

Pos TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts

1. De­fence Force 15 14 1 0 87 1 86 43

2. Club San­do 15 13 0 2 114 10 104 39

3. UTT Pa­tri­ots 15 9 1 5 61 14 47 28

4. Point Pi­o­neers 15 6 2 7 42 35 7 20

5. Po­lice 15 6 2 7 34 37 -3 20

6. AIA 15 4 3 8 10 56 -46 15

7. Trinci­ty Na­tion­als 15 4 3 8 21 34 -13 15

8. DMC Utd 15 1 0 14 7 133 -126 3

To­ba­go Group

Pos TEAM P W D L Pts

1. To­ba­go Chi­cas 17 10 4 3 34

2. Jew­els SC 17 10 2 5 32

3. Black Pan­thers 17 4 4 9 16

4. Com­bined Ballerz 17 1 2 13 5

Up­com­ing match­es

Na­tion­al Play­offs

Quar­ter­fi­nals

Sat­ur­day

Venue: Phase II Rec. Grd, La Hor­quet­ta.

Jew­ls SC vs Point Pi­o­neers, 5 pm

Club San­do vs UTT, 7 pm

Semi­fi­nals

Ju­ly 6

Venue: Ato Boldon Sta­di­um, Cou­va

To­ba­go Chi­cas vs Club San­do/UTT win­ner, 4 pm

De­fence Force vs Jew­ls SC/Point Pi­o­neers win­ner, 6 pm

Fi­nal and Third place:

Ju­ly 13

Venue: Ato Boldon Sta­di­um, Cou­va:


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