Ancil Elcock

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Ancil Elcock |image = |upright = |alt = |caption = |full_name = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|03|17|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Port of Spain]], Trinidad and Tobago |height = 1.80 m<ref name="nft"/> |position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = |years1 = |clubs1 = [[St. Augustine FC]] |caps1 = |goals1 = |years2 = |clubs2 = [[Malta Carib Alcons]] |caps2 = |goals2 = |years3 = 1997–2001 |clubs3 = [[Columbus Crew]] |caps3 = 130 |goals3 = 7 |years4 = |clubs4 = [[San Juan Jabloteh]] |caps4 = |goals4 = |years5 = |clubs5 = [[North East Stars]] |caps5 = |goals5 = |years6 = |clubs6 = [[Tobago United]] |caps6 = |goals6 = |totalcaps = |totalgoals = |nationalyears1 = 1994–2004 |nationalteam1 = [[Trinidad and Tobago national football team|Trinidad and Tobago]] |nationalcaps1 = 69 |nationalgoals1 = 0 |medaltemplates = }} '''Ancil Elcock''' (born 17 March 1969) is a Trinidadian former professional footballer.<ref name="nft">{{cite web |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/13931/Ancil_Elcock.html |title = Ancil Elcock (Player) {{!}} National Football Teams}}</ref> 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 football team|Trinidad and Tobago national team]] between 1994 and 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/elcock-intl.html |title = Ansil Elcock - International Appearances}}</ref> Ancil Elcock became infamous for fracturing Mexican forward [[Cuauhtémoc Blanco]] in a World Cup qualification match.<ref name="Blanco">{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/es-mx/news/4773/m%C3%A9xico/2015/07/15/13611192/el-d%C3%ADa-que-trinidad-y-tobago-quebr%C3%B3-a-cuauht%C3%A9moc-blanco|title=El día que Trinidad y Tobago quebró a Cuauhtémoc Blanco|publisher=Goal.com|accessdate=6 December 2017}}</ref>

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 national football team|Trinidad and Tobago]] contested a [[2002 FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] qualification match against [[Mexico national football team|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 (Mexican footballer)|Víctor Ruiz]] resulting in the final score of the game 7–0 in favor of [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.11v11.com/matches/mexico-v-trinidad-and-tobago-08-october-2000-269141/|title=Mexico v Trinidad and Tobago, 08 October 2000|publisher=AFS Enterprises Limited|accessdate=6 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="Blanco" />

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060205095159/http://www.socawarriors.net/ansil_elcock.htm Bio] at socawarriors.net

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