T&T club, Trinic­ty Na­tion­als fin­ished in the fourth spot af­ter go­ing un­der to Vieux Fort South 8-7 on sud­den-death penal­ty kicks fol­low­ing a 1-1 draw in their third-place play­off of the 2022 Free Kick Youth (Un­der-19 Cup at the Dar­ren Sam­my Crick­et Sta­di­um, Gros Islet, St Lu­cia on Ju­ly 25).

For Trinic­ty Na­tion­als, Ri­ley Hill got their goal in reg­u­la­tion time, but it was not enough as they missed out on a top-three fin­ish by the slimmest of mar­gins.

In the semi­fi­nals, Trinci­ty Na­tion­als fell to Vin­cy Ballers 1-2 with Malachi Ce­les­tine for the T&T club while in the oth­er semis, St Lu­cia Se­lect de­feat­ed Vieux Fort South 5-3.

When the tour­na­ment kicked off with round-robin group match­es, the Joel War­rick-coached Trinic­ty Na­tion­als com­pet­ing in Group A de­feat­ed Bim Unit­ed of Bar­ba­dos 3-1; Vieux Fort South 3-1; Wings FC 3-0 and bat­tled to a 3-3 draw with Xcel Acad­e­my of Eng­land, 3-3 to top the five-team ta­ble with ten points led by Ce­les­tine’s six goals, hav­ing scored in each match. Vieux Fort South was sec­ond in the pool with nine points, their lone loss com­ing against Trinci­ty Na­tion­als, which they avenged in the third place en­counter.

The teams in Group B were St Lu­cia Se­lect, Vin­cy Ballers, Lit­tle Haiti, Harlem Unit­ed, and Re­al Betis T&T.

Fol­low­ing the com­ple­tion of the com­pe­ti­tion, the duo of Trinci­ty Na­tion­al play­ers, de­fend­ers Nicholas White­man, and Isa­iah Ed­wards along with for­ward Ce­les­tine were named to the Group Stages All-Tour­na­ment Team for Group A while Re­al Betis T&T goal­keep­er David Floyd was named to the Group B All-Star team. And in the fi­nal All-Tour­na­ment Team, the pair of White­man and Ce­les­tine gained se­lec­tion.

Group A round-robin pool re­sults

Pre­lim­i­nary Round

• ↓Trinci­ty Na­tion­als 3 (Khaleem Prince, Har­ri­son Parks, Malachi Ce­les­tine) vs Bim Unit­ed (B’dos) 1

• ↓Trinci­ty Na­tion­als 3 (Malachi Ce­les­tine 2, Omari Flan­ders) vs Xcel Acad­e­my (Eng­land) 3

• ↓Trinci­ty Na­tion­als 3 (Jovonn Gomes, Khaleem Prince, Malachi Ce­les­tine) vs Wings FC 0

• ↓Trinci­ty Na­tion­als 3 (Malachi Ce­les­tine 2, Ri­ley Hill) Vs. Vieux Fort South 1