2010–11 Belize Premier Football League

The 2010–11 Belize Premier Football League (also known as the 2010–11 Caribbean Motors Cup) is the highest competitive football league in Belize, which was founded in 1991. There were two seasons, the opening (which was played at the end of 2010) and the closing (which was played at the beginning of 2011). In 2011, the Belize Premier Football League withdrew from the Football Federation of Belize and all remaining games were abandoned. Thus no winner was crowned for the closing season.

Belize Premier Football League
Season2010–11
ChampionsOpening: Belize Defence Force
Closing: N/A
Matches played75
Goals scored243 (3.24 per match)
Top goalscorerOpening: Christian Okonkwo (11)
Closing: Evan Mariano (7)
Biggest home winBelize Defence Force 7–0 San Pedro Sea Dogs
(14 November 2010)
Biggest away winBelmopan Blaze 1–6 FC Belize
(23 December 2010)
Highest scoringBelize Defence Force 7–2 San Felipe Barcelona
(17 April 2011)
Longest unbeaten runBelize Defence Force (10)

Opening season

There were significant team changes from the 2009–10 Belize Premier Football League closing season. Georgetown Ibayani, Paradise Freedom Fighters and Shanaiah Corozal left the league and in came Griga United, San Felipe Barcelona and Toledo Ambassadors. BRC Blaze were also renamed Belmopan Blaze.

The opening season started on 5 September 2010 with the regular season concluding on 23 December 2010. The playoffs, which are the teams which finished in the top 6, will then take place after this date.

On 24 November 2010, San Pedro Sea Dogs withdrew from the league.

On 30 December 2010, it was revealed by the league that Hankook Verdes would be replacing Belmopan Blaze in the playoffs, due to problems with the Blaze.

Stadia and locations
Location of teams in 2010–11 Opening Season
Team City Stadium Capacity
Belize Defence Force San Ignacio Norman Broaster Stadium 2,000
Belmopan Blaze Belmopan Isidoro Beaton Stadium & FFB Field 2,500
FC Belize Belize City MCC Grounds 3,500
Griga United Dangriga Carl Ramos Stadium 3,500
Hankook Verdes Benque Viejo del Carmen Marshalleck Stadium 2,000
San Felipe Barcelona Orange Walk Town Orange Walk People's Stadium 4,500
San Pedro Sea Dogs San Pedro Town Ambergris Stadium 3,500
Toledo Ambassadors Punta Gorda Toledo Union Field 1,500

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Belize Defence Force (C) 14 11 2 1 34 11 +23 35 Qualification to the Playoffs
2 FC Belize 14 9 2 3 35 19 +16 29
3 Toledo Ambassadors 14 7 3 4 21 16 +5 24
4 Griga United 14 6 4 4 15 13 +2 22
5 San Felipe Barcelona 14 6 3 5 19 21 −2 21
6 Belmopan Blaze 14 4 2 8 15 28 −13 14
7 Hankook Verdes 14 3 4 7 10 17 −7 13 Qualification to the Playoffs
8 San Pedro Sea Dogs 14 0 0 14 7 46 −39 0
Updated to match(es) played on 26 December 2010. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Results

All of the results on this page have been confirmed by the Belize Premier League. All kick off times are UTC−06:00.

Round 1:[1]

Toledo Ambassadors1 – 1Hankook Verdes
A. Makin Jr.  90' Meza  90+1'
Griga United3 – 0Belmopan Blaze
Peters  22', 71'
Serano  31'
FC Belize3 – 1San Pedro Sea Dogs
Andrews  20' (pen.)
McCauley  84'
Davis  88'		 Cantun  48'
BDF4 – 2San Felipe Barcelona
D. Jimenez  27', 34', 81'
Martinez  74'		 Benavides  15', 45'

Round 2:[2]

Belmopan Blaze1 – 3Toledo Ambassadors
Jones  54' Torres  10'
Lyons O.G  20'
Garcia  75'
Hankook Verdes2 – 2FC Belize
Meza  28' (pen.), 47' Mendez O.G  32'
James  71'
San Pedro Sea Dogs1 – 2BDF
Jones  8' R. Jimenez  40'
O. Jimenez  43'
San Felipe Barcelona1 – 3Griga United
Benavides  75' (pen.) Castillo  19'
Haylock  24'
Bermudez  78'

Round 3:[3]

Toledo Ambassadors0 – 1San Felipe Barcelona
O. Acebedo  84'
Griga United3 – 2San Pedro Sea Dogs
Serano  22'
Tasher  39', 63'		 Hicks  69' (pen.), 77'
FC Belize4 – 2Belmopan Blaze
Martinez  9'
Davis  24', 81'
Okonkwo  78'		 Bermudez  48'
Wiltshire  65'
BDF1 – 0Hankook Verdes
Guzman O.G  12'

Round 4:[4]

Belmopan Blaze1 – 1BDF
Hendericks  88' Casey  56'
San Pedro Sea Dogs0 – 3Toledo Ambassadors
A. Makin Jr.  12'
R. Flores  81'
Linarez  87'
San Felipe Barcelona2 – 1Hankook Verdes
Benavides  6'
H. Cruz  44'		 Monroy  7'
FC Belize1 – 0Griga United
James  77'

The Round 4 fixtures were put back a week in the schedule, meaning that they were played on 2/3 October 2010 instead of 25/26 September 2010.

Round 5:[5]

San Felipe Barcelona1 – 3FC Belize
O. Acebedo  86' Davis  42'
Okonkwo  61', 90'
Hankook Verdes0 – 0Griga United
San Pedro Sea Dogs0 – 3Belmopan Blaze
Leslie  34'
Bermudez  82'
Jones  89'
BDF4 – 3Toledo Ambassadors
Nunez  47'
Mariano  65'
Flores  87', 90+3'		 Torres  7', 87'
Linarez  44'

Round 6:[6]

Hankook Verdes3 – 0San Pedro Sea Dogs
Belmopan Blaze1 – 1San Felipe Barcelona
Hendericks  22' E. Cruz  78'
Toledo Ambassadors0 – 0FC Belize
Griga United0 – 2BDF
Mariano  7'
R. Jimenez  90+2'

Hankook Verdes beat San Pedro Sea Dogs 3–0 by default, therefore no goals were actually scored by players.

Round 7:[7]

Belmopan Blaze2 – 0Hankook Verdes
Jones  26', 32'
San Felipe Barcelona3 – 2San Pedro Sea Dogs
Rodriguez  2'
Andrade  38'
L. Acebedo  49'		 Andrade O.G  18'
Witzil  67'
Griga United2 – 1Toledo Ambassadors
Burgess  33', 70' Nunez  61'
BDF2 – 1FC Belize
Trapp  31'
D. Jimenez  90+3'		 Okonkwo  80'

The Round 7 fixtures were put back a week in the schedule, meaning that they were played on 30/31 October 2010 instead of 23/24 October 2010.

Round 8:[8]

Hankook Verdes0 – 1Toledo Ambassadors
Bermudez  65'
San Pedro Sea Dogs1 – 4FC Belize
Nunez  63' Andrews  30'
Usher  40', 85'
Okonkwo  61'
San Felipe Barcelona2 – 0Belmopan Blaze
Benavides  16'
H. Cruz  71'
BDF0 – 0Griga United

Round 9:[9]

Griga United1 – 1San Felipe Barcelona
Peters  3' O. Acebedo  32'
Toledo Ambassadors2 – 0Belmopan Blaze
D. Makin  50'
Ramirez  84'
FC Belize2 – 0Hankook Verdes
Okonkwo  65'
Davis  71'
BDF7 – 0San Pedro Sea Dogs
Nunez  14', 59'
Mariano  33', 46'
Cho  84'
D. Jimenez  86'
Casey  88'

Round 12:[10]

Toledo Ambassadors0 – 3BDF
Lennen  30'
R. Jimenez  68'
O. Jimenez  90'
Griga United1 – 1Hankook Verdes
Castillo  49' Meza  34'
FC Belize3 – 2San Felipe Barcelona
Okonkwo  19'
A. Jones  38'
Usher  90+1'		 Benavides  60'
Rodriguez  62'

Belmopan Blaze were awarded a victory, due to the withdrawal of San Pedro Sea Dogs.

Round 13:[11]

San Felipe Barcelona2 – 1BDF
Benavides  2', 90+1' (pen.) O. Jimenez  84'
Belmopan Blaze0 – 1Griga United
Castillo  80'
FC Belize3 – 4Toledo Ambassadors
McCauley  7'
Andrews  25' (pen.)
Perez  74'		 Ramirez  1'
Garcia  30' (pen.), 84' (pen.)
Torres  85'

Hankook Verdes were awarded a victory, due to the withdrawal of San Pedro Sea Dogs.

Round 14:[12]

Hankook Verdes1 – 4Belmopan Blaze
Eiley  83' Jones  34', 57' (pen.)
Leslie  70', 90+1'
Toledo Ambassadors2 – 0Griga United
R. Flores  34', 39'
FC Belize1 – 2BDF
James  28' Trapp  12'
Symms  38' (pen.)

San Felipe Barcelona were awarded a victory, due to the withdrawal of San Pedro Sea Dogs.

Round 10:[13]

Hankook Verdes1 – 0San Felipe Barcelona
R. Cano  63'
Griga United1 – 2FC Belize
Serano  30' Okonkwo  42'
D. Jones  48'
BDF4 – 0Belmopan Blaze
D. Jimenez  22', 48'
Velasquez  58'
Mariano  71'

Toledo Ambassadors were awarded a victory, due to the withdrawal of San Pedro Sea Dogs.

Round 11:[14]

Belmopan Blaze1 – 6FC Belize
Bermudez  28' Davis  9', 45', 48'
Okonkwo  21', 66', 85'
San Felipe Barcelona1 – 1Toledo Ambassadors
O. Acebedo  8' A. Makin Jr.  50'
Hankook Verdes0 – 1BDF
R. Jimenez  34'

Griga United were awarded a victory, due to the withdrawal of San Pedro Sea Dogs.

Results

Quarter-Finals[15]

Griga United2 – 3San Felipe Barcelona
Serano  32'
Peters  63'		 Benavides  55'
H. Cruz  72'
O. Acebedo  90'
Toledo Ambassadors0 – 0 (a.e.t.)Hankook Verdes
Penalties
Garcia
T. Flores
Muschamp
Eiley
Ramirez 		4 – 2 Meza
A. Cano
Guerra
Monroy

Semi-Finals

Game One:[16]

FC Belize1 – 1Toledo Ambassadors
Andrews  1' Muschamp  63'
San Felipe Barcelona1 – 2BDF
Cawich  81' Mariano  61'
Cawich O.G  84'

Game Two:[17]

Toledo Ambassadors3 – 0FC Belize
R. Flores  21', 30', 80'

(*) Toledo Ambassadors win the series 4 – 1

BDF6 – 2San Felipe Barcelona
D. Jimenez  30', 40'
Trapp  36'
Symms  38' (pen.)
R. Jimenez  52'
Mariano  82'		 H. Cruz  81' (pen.)
Wicab  83'

(*) Belize Defence Force win the series 8 – 3

Championship-Finals

Game One:[18]

Toledo Ambassadors2 – 2BDF
D. Makin  8'
R. Flores  24'		 R. Jimenez  12'
Flores  73'

Game Two:[19]

BDF2 – 0Toledo Ambassadors
R. Jimenez  48'
D. Jimenez  87'
 2010–11 Opening season champions 
Belize Defence Force
3rd title

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Team Goals
1 Christian Okonkwo FC Belize 11
2 Daniel Jimenez Belize Defence Force 10
3 Deris Benavides San Felipe Barcelona 9
4 Jarrett Davis FC Belize 8
5 Ralph Flores Toledo Ambassadors 7
Richard Jimenez Belize Defence Force 7
Evan Mariano Belize Defence Force 7
8 Leon Jones Belmopan Blaze 6
9 Oscar Acebedo San Felipe Barcelona 5

Playoff goals are included.

Awards

On 10 February 2011, the Belize Premier Football League in partnership with league sponsors Caribbean Motors presented the 2010–11 Opening Season Awards.[20]

Award Recipient Team
Most Goals Christian Okonkwo FC Belize
MVP (Regular Season) Deris Benavides San Felipe Barcelona
MVP (Playoff) Richard Jimenez Belize Defence Force
Best Forward Jarrett Davis FC Belize
Best Midfielder Deris Benavides San Felipe Barcelona
Best Defender Vallan Symms Belize Defence Force
Best Goalkeeper Woodrow West Belize Defence Force
Rookie Leobardo Mendez Hankook Verdes
Manager Ian Jones FC Belize
Coach Andres Makin Toledo Ambassadors

BPFL Cup

Only four teams from the opening season competed in the BPFL Cup, with the four teams scheduled to play a triple round-robin regular season. The BPFL Cup started on 20 March 2011, with the regular season concluding on 23 April 2011. After Round 7 of the competition it was announced by BPFL Manager Marvin Ottley that the league decided to abort the remaining games of the regular season and go straight to the playoffs.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Belize Defence Force 7 4 2 1 18 9 +9 14 Qualification to the Playoffs
2 FC Belize 7 3 2 2 11 10 +1 11
3 San Felipe Barcelona 7 2 2 3 12 21 −9 8
4 Hankook Verdes 7 2 0 5 11 12 −1 6
Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2011. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Round 1:[21]

BDF2 – 1Hankook Verdes
D. Jimenez  ?'
R. Jimenez  ?'		 Meza  ?'
FC Belize2 – 0San Felipe Barcelona
Canul  65'
Ramos  70'

Round 2:[22]

Hankook Verdes0 – 1FC Belize
Jones  ?' (pen.)
San Felipe Barcelona3 – 2BDF
Allen  38', 66'
Morales  59'		 Mariano  30'
Flores  34'

Round 3:[23]

BDF1 – 0Hankook Verdes
D. Jimenez  ?'
FC Belize2 – 2San Felipe Barcelona
Jones  55'
Thurton  70'		 Acebedo  61'
Wicab  63'

Round 4:[24]

FC Belize1 – 1BDF
Andrews  82' Flores  90+1'
San Felipe Barcelona3 – 2Hankook Verdes
Morales  5'
Cruz  58'
West  59'		 Maldonado  44'
Meza  74'

Round 5:[25]

Hankook Verdes5 – 1San Felipe Barcelona
August  24', 83'
Mendez  28'
Maldonado  43'
Meza  88'		 Allen  36'
BDF4 – 1FC Belize
Mariano  13'
Trapp  65'
R. Jimenez  67'
Own Goal  ?'		 Perez  2'

Round 6:[26]

BDF7 – 2San Felipe Barcelona
Mariano  47', 62'
West  57' (pen.)
Lennen  70'
R. Jimenez  72'
Cho  78', 89'		 Own Goal  4'
Morales  87'
FC Belize4 – 2Hankook Verdes
Thurton  9', 46'
Diaz  73'
Usher  90'		 Maldonado  56', 58'

Round 7:[27]

Hankook Verdes1 – 0FC Belize
Maldonado  48'
San Felipe Barcelona1 – 1BDF
West  25' Mariano  81'

Results

Semi-Finals[28]

Hankook Verdes0 – 3BDF
Mariano  ?', ?'
Casey Jr.  ?'
San Felipe Barcelona2 – 3FC Belize
West  10', 90' Usher  16'
Andrews  38'
Garnett  90+'

Championship-Finals

Game One:

FC BelizeN/ABDF

(*) The Belize Premier Football League withdrew from the Football Federation of Belize and subsequently the league abandoned all remaining games, therefore no winner was crowned.[29]

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Team Goals
1 Evan Mariano Belize Defence Force 7
2 Julian Maldonado Hankook Verdes 5
3 Clifton West San Felipe Barcelona 4
4 Andrew Allen San Felipe Barcelona 3
Richard Jimenez Belize Defence Force 3
Marlon Meza Hankook Verdes 3
Eduardo Morales San Felipe Barcelona 3
Gilroy Thurton FC Belize 3

Playoff goals are included.

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