National cup

National Stadium
Spectators: 1028 (Terracing: 772, Seating: 236, VIP seats: 20) U21 Panama's Humberto Navarro started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After some careless play in the U21 Trinidad & Tobago defense, Beto Smith kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dominic Capildeo. The U21 Trinidad & Tobago fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dominic Capildeo should have stopped the shot. Dominic Capildeo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Orlando Brandao in the 11th minute of the match. The supporters of U21 Trinidad & Tobago booed when U21 Panama was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Orlando Brandao didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Orlando Brandao got free with Dominic Capildeo in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Dominic Capildeo was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Orlando Brandao showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 16 minute of play. The supporters of U21 Trinidad & Tobago booed when U21 Panama was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hector Calderón didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, U21 Trinidad & Tobago's Winifred Alleyne got a free kick in the 23rd minute. The supporters of U21 Panama booed when U21 Trinidad & Tobago was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Stokely Solomon didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 26th minute, Humberto Navarro managed to get in a good position for a shot. U21 Panama's supporters rose to their feet, but Humberto Navarro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dominic Capildeo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 29th minute Dominic Ramjohn shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rafael Ramos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dominic Capildeo made a fantastic save in the 35th minute, when Orlando Brandao sent off a good shot on target. U21 Trinidad & Tobago's Dominic Capildeo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 37th minute of the match, managed to save U21 Trinidad & Tobago from getting a goal against them. 39 minutes into the match, Tony Mason had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rafael Ramos. U21 Panama's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tony Mason was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. After a rather tough play, U21 Panama's Humberto Navarro got a free kick in the 41st minute. After a rather tough play, U21 Panama's Azael Villarreal got a free kick in the 43rd minute. When Dominic Ramjohn came up free with the goalie in the 44th minute, the U21 Trinidad & Tobago fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Dominic Ramjohn couldn't finish the play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Dominic Ramjohn was the one to do the kick off. Dominic Capildeo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Beto Smith, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. The supporters of U21 Panama booed when U21 Trinidad & Tobago was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Roy Layne didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dominic Capildeo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Beto Smith, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Dominic Capildeo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Humberto Navarro in the 68th minute of play. Dominic Capildeo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Humberto Navarro, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Humberto Navarro charged in rather forcefully in the 71st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Humberto Navarro the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of U21 Trinidad & Tobago booed when U21 Panama was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Humberto Navarro didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dominic Capildeo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Orlando Brandao, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. U21 Trinidad & Tobago's Dominic Capildeo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Orlando Brandao in the 76th minute of play. During the 80th minute of the match Humberto Navarro completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Humberto Navarro a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. A collision led to U21 Panama getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Humberto Navarro hit a great ball. In the 83rd minute, Orlando Brandao got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After 88 minutes of play, U21 Trinidad & Tobago's Winifred Alleyne made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rafael Ramos was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 94th minute Orlando Brandao shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dominic Capildeo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Orlando Brandao had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. U21 Trinidad & Tobago succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though U21 Panama had controlled the match.