Ancil Elcock
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-03-17) 17 March 1969
Place of birth Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
St. Augustine FC
Malta Carib Alcons
1997–2001 Columbus Crew 130 (7)
San Juan Jabloteh
North East Stars
Tobago United
International career
1994–2004 Trinidad and Tobago 69 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ancil Elcock (born 17 March 1969) is a Trinidadian former professional footballer.[1] He played for Major League Soccer team Columbus Crew between 1997 and 2001 (130 games and 7 goals), and for Tobago United. He got 69 caps for the Trinidad and Tobago national team between 1994 and 2004.[2] Ancil Elcock became infamous for fracturing Mexican forward Cuauhtémoc Blanco in a World Cup qualification match.[3]

Elcock is the older cousin of Stern John, whom he recruited to the Columbus Crew while tenured there.

Blanco's Injury

On 8 October 2000, Trinidad and Tobago contested a World Cup qualification match against Mexico. The match was played in Mexico City at the Estadio Azteca and the referee was Carlos Batres Gonzalez. In the 72nd minute, Elcock slide-tackled Cuauhtémoc Blanco hitting him on the knee as he received the ball in the penalty area. Referee Gonzalez determined the tackle to be of excessive force and called for a penalty and ejected Elcock by showing him a direct red card, even though Elcock had previously received a yellow in the game. The penalty was taken and scored by Víctor Ruiz resulting in the final score of the game 7–0 in favor of Mexico.[4][3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ancil Elcock (Player) | National Football Teams".
  2. ↑ "Ansil Elcock - International Appearances".
  3. 1 2 "El día que Trinidad y Tobago quebró a Cuauhtémoc Blanco". Goal.com. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "Mexico v Trinidad and Tobago, 08 October 2000". AFS Enterprises Limited. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  • Bio at socawarriors.net


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