Defence Force (45 points) may have been humbled in their Concacaf Champions Cup tie with Philadelphia Union, but they're still a cut above the rest on the local circuit at present, boasting a six-point lead in the 2025/26 TT Premier Football League (TTPFL) standings after 17 matches.
With five games left in the league season, Defence Force are still unbeaten and are threatening to go undefeated for back-to-back league seasons. After being shown a red card in Defence Force's 5-0 first-leg loss to Philadelphia on Ash Wednesday, 34-year-old playmaker Joevin Jones got back down to business on March 4, scoring a brace as his team defeated Tobago's 1976 FC Phoenix 4-1 in a midweek TTPFL game. In the process, Jones moved to the top of the TTPFL scoring charts with 11 goals, just one ahead of Phoenix forward Teejay Cadiz.
Having scored four league goals earlier this season for Miscellaneous Police FC before making the move to the Army/Coast Guard combination, Jones will be eager to add to his tally, as Defence Force are scheduled to face the cellar-placed Point Fortin Civic on March 7.
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| Defence Force midfielder Joevin Jones (right) takes on a Philadelphia Union player during their Concacaf Champions Cup round one tie on February 18. Photo courtesy Concacaf/Daniel Prentice |
From 6 pm at the Phase 2 La Horquetta recreation ground on March 6, the sixth-placed San Juan Jabloteh (24 points) will play the eighth-placed Phoenix (15 points), with the seventh-placed MIC Central FC Reboot (24 points) taking on the ninth-placed Caledonia AIA (13 points) in the second game of the double-header.
At the St James Police Barracks on March 7, the tenth-placed Eagles (13 points) will tackle the fourth-placed Prisons FC (32 points) in the first match, with the fifth-placed AC Port of Spain (31 points) then facing the third-placed Police (36 points) in a tasty clash.
At the Manny Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella on March 7, the second-placed Club Sando (39 points) will look to make their mark before Defence Force take centre stage when they go head-to-head with the 11th-placed Terminix La Horquetta Rangers (12 points).
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| Top scorers in the TTPFL 2025/26 season after 17 matches. |
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| A look at the TTPFL top five in the 2025/26 season after 17 matches. |
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