Every team in leagues across the globe start off with the same record and a desire to be crowned champion.It is no different in Trinidad & Tobago, where defending champion DirecTV W Connection, St. Ann's Rangers, Defence Force, Caledonia AIA, North East Stars F.C., Police FC, T&TEC and Central FC will battle for supremacy.

W Connection, which was preparing for Tuesday's Champions League game at Xelaju, was one of two teams not to play on the opening week of play.  It will not begin its domestic schedule until October 2 against Central FC, giving the players time recover from a stinging 3-2 loss in Guatemala, which eliminated them from the CONCACAF competition with one game remaining.

Central FC, the league's newest addition, has lofty ambitions of hanging with the big boys and would be boosted by an historic win against its more vaunted opponent.

Brent Sancho, a former Trinidad & Tobago international and now Central's managing director, said, "I'd like to publicly thank the players and staff for their patience.  Although we've tried to reassure them, the boys have been training for six weeks without any guarantee of employment.Their professional attitude is to be applauded."

Police FC started well against T&TEC, last season's runner-up, with a 2-0 victory. Caledonia AIA, the current Caribbean club champion, was upstaged 3-1 by North East Stars, while Defence Force posted a 2-1 triumph over St. Ann's Rangers.

Dexter Skeene, the league's CEO, expects an exciting year of good quality football and a bigger commitment from everyone involved: "Our coaches and players must climb out of their individual and collective comfort zones.  If we believe we are good enough, we have to redefine that perspective."

The former Trinidad & Tobago national team striker said that this is the season where all stakeholders in the TT Pro League must respond to challenges with clear minded determination.

"Hard work beats talent that will not work hard all the time."

The time is now and the games have just begun.