The Ato Boldon Stadium is an athletics and football stadium located in Balmain, Couva , Trinidad and Tobago . It is currently the home ground of Central and Club Sando .
4-415: The stadium was constructed for the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship which was hosted by Trinidad and Tobago, and was named for eight-time Olympic and World Championship medal winner and 1997 200m World Champion, sprinter Ato Boldon . It hosted four of the six Group C matches . It was also used for the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup , in which it hosted one match from Group A, one from Group B, four of
8-620: The Group C matches, one of the quarter-finals and both semi-finals. The stadium played host to a World Cup qualifier on October 10, 2017, in which Trinidad and Tobago defeated the United States 2–1 ; this result alongside Panama defeating Costa Rica 2–1 and Honduras defeating Mexico 3–2 sent Panama into the World Cup while simultaneously eliminating the US from qualifying. Prior to
12-464: The match, the United States complained of inadequate conditions after the track separating the pitch from the stands was flooded, forcing players to be carried across. This article about a Trinidad and Tobago sports venue is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship The FIFA U-17 World Championship 2001 , the ninth edition of
16-631: The tournament, was held from 13 to 30 September 2001 in the cities of Trinidad and Tobago ; in Port of Spain , Malabar in Arima , Marabella in San Fernando , Couva , and Bacolet in Scarborough . Players born after 1 January 1984 could participate in this tournament. The official mascot of this FIFA U-17 World Championship, Trinidad & Tobago 2001 , was BEATS , the humming bird. Its outfit
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