Fol­low­ing the month-long break for the Car­ni­val sea­son, De­fence Force Elites will re­sume their quest to­wards se­cur­ing the ti­tle in the 2024/2025 T&T Pre­mier Foot­ball League (TTPFL) Tier I with a clash against ri­vals Mis­cel­la­neous Po­lice FC Fri­day night.

The bat­tle be­tween the De­fence Force, who leads the ta­ble with a per­fect 33 points af­ter 11 wins in as many match­es, and third-placed Po­lice FC with 21 points kicks off at 8 pm at the Phase II Recre­ation Ground, La Hor­quet­ta.

When both teams clashed on the open­ing day of the sea­son back on De­cem­ber 6, last year, De­fence Force un­der the su­per­vi­sion of first-year coach Den­sill Theobald got goals from new sign­ing Kevin Moli­no and Isa­iah Lea­cock to de­feat Po­lice 2-1 with Ka­reem "Scoo­by" Fre­itas scor­ing a last minute con­so­la­tion for the Law­men.

Since that vic­to­ry, both Moli­no and Lea­cock have con­tin­ued their im­pres­sive form in front of goal with ten and 11 strikes, re­spec­tive­ly to their names to lead the scor­ing charts as well.

Pri­or to the break, De­fence Force edged Prison Ser­vice FC 1-0 to main­tain their per­fect start to the sea­son and hav­ing had the mid-sea­son mi­ni break will no doubt be ea­ger to get back to win­ning ways.

It is al­so left to be seen if for­mer De­fence Force tal­is­man and T&T strik­er Re­on Moore will make his de­but for the "Teteron Men" in this year's com­pe­ti­tion against the long-time ri­vals since he cut short his two-year with Cana­di­an Pre­mier League club Pa­cif­ic FC af­ter just one sea­son last De­cem­ber.

Moore who has been in train­ing with Theobald's men since late Jan­u­ary is said to be suf­fer­ing from the flu and will be a game-time de­ci­sion.

Mean­while, the "Law­men" whipped Point Fortin Civic 4-1 in their last out­ing and they too will be hope­ful of kick­ing off the sec­ond half of the sea­son on a win­ning note while end­ing their long-time bit­ter-ri­vals win­ning streak.

Two hours ear­li­er at La Hor­quet­ta, sixth-placed Cale­do­nia AIA (19 points) boost­ed by the ac­qui­si­tion of Brazil­ian duo Bruno Ro­drigues Da Sil­va and Bruno Ro­drigues Soares Do San­tos from Sao Paulo, come up against Ter­minix La Hor­quet­ta Rangers, eighth on the ta­ble with ten points.

To­mor­row (Sat­ur­day, March 15), a dou­ble-head­er is al­so card­ed for the Ari­ma Mu­nic­i­pal Sta­di­um with Club San­do FC fac­ing Prison Ser­vice FC from 5 pm fol­lowed by MIC Cen­tral FC Re­boot and San Juan Jabloteh.

Then on Sun­day at the Ken Cooke Ground, Po­lice Bar­racks, Long Cir­cu­lar Road, St James, 1976 FC Phoenix faces FC Ea­gles from 5 pm while de­fend­ing cham­pi­ons, Ath­let­ic Club Port-of-Spain (AC PoS) comes up against Point Fortin Civic.

Match­es

Fri­day (March 14)

Venue: Phase II La Hor­quet­ta Rec. Grd.

Cale­do­nia AIA vs La Hor­quet­ta Rangers, 6 pm

De­fence Force Elite vs Mis­cel­la­neous Po­lice FC, 8 pm

Sat­ur­day (March 15)

Venue: Ari­ma Mu­nic­i­pal Sta­di­um.

Club San­do FC vs Prison Ser­vice FC, 5 pm

MIC Cen­tral FC Re­boot vs San Juan Jabloteh, 7 pm

Sun­day (March 16)

Venue: Ken Cooke Grd, St James Po­lice Bar­racks.

1976 FC Phoenix vs FC Ea­gles, 5 pm

AC PoS vs Point Fortin Civic, 7 pm

Lat­est Stand­ings

Pos*Teams*P*W*D*L*F*A*GD*Pts

1. De­fence Force FC*11*11*0*0*43*11*32*33

2. Cen­tral FC*11*8*0*3*31*20*11*24

3. Po­lice FC*11*7*1*3*36*19*17*22

4. Jabloteh*11*6*3*2*25*16*8*21

5. AC PoS*11*7*3*2*23*14*9*21

6. Cale­do­nia AIA*11*6*1*4*19*22*-3*19

7. Club San­do*11*3*3*5*17*16*1*12

8. L. H Rangers*11*2*4*5*19*22*-3*10

9. 1976 Phoenix*11*2*3*6*14*24*-10*9

10. Prison Ser­vice*11*1*3*7*12*23*-11*6

11. Point Fortin Civic*11*2*0*9*11*28*-17*6

12. Ea­gles FC*11*1*1*9*10*45*-35*4

Lead­ing scor­ers:

11 - Isa­iah Lea­cock (De­fence Force)

10 - Kevin Moli­no (De­fence Force)

8 - Kwe­si Allen (Po­lice FC)

7 - Ty­rone Charles (Cen­tral FC), Kadeem Corbin (Cen­tral FC), Nathan Lewis (AC PoS)

6 - Shack­ile Hen­ry (Club San­do), Jean-Heim Mc Fee (Cale­do­nia AIA), Eli­jah Seechan (Jabloteh)