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Another exciting afternoon of New York Caribbean Cup Championship soccer saw Team Trinidad and Tobago rough up Team Antigua & Barbuda, Team St. Kitts & Nevis upset Team Haiti, while Team Panama play even- stevens with 2014 New York Caribbean Cup runners up Team St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Team Trinidad & Tobago 11 vs Team Antigua & Barbuda 0
If this were a boxing match the referee would have stopped the fight by the third round. Team Trinidad and Tobago opened the contest in overcast skies playing Soca Ballers football and it didn’t take long for them to begin the carnage. The shrill of the referee’s whistle had hardly died when Keston George lofted a ball over the middle to the waiting Jamal Samaroo who made no mistake. Minutes later Samaroo was at it again, this time dribbling through an inept Team Antigua & Barbuda defense before slotting the ball pass an advancing Rowan Laviscount.
Jamal Samaroo got his third goal of the contest in the sixteenth minute when Kirt Dorsett beat his man down the right side and clinically crossed to Samaroo to drive home.
Following goal number three the short-handed Benna Boys appeared to have closed ranks defensively and regrouped but with the clock running down to half time gave up goals to Keston George and Tarik Beckles to close the half down 5-0.
Just after Kristoff John made it 6-0 following the break, the Benna Boys had additional troops join them for a full complement of eleven players on the field. And if you were expecting them give the Soca Ballers stiffer opposition it didn’t happen. Jamal Samaroo appeared to have scored his fourth and Team Trinidad & Tobago’s seventh, but the referee ruled it an own goal.
The route was on with Tarik Beckles scoring the eighth, Jamal Samaroo getting his fourth and Kristoff John scoring twice more for a hat-trick.
Team St. Kitts & Nevis 2 vs Team Haiti 0
Based on prior years performances Team St. Kitts & Nevis’ 2-0 win over Team Haiti would ordinarily be regarded as a major upset, but based on 2015 performance it’s probably only a mild upset.
The Sugar Boyz under coach Roy Charles has been a breath of fresh air in this year’s New York Caribbean Cup Soccer Tournament. Despite losing 1-0 to defending champions Team Jamaica in their opening game they gave notice that they maybe a handful this year as they matched the NY Reggae Boyz stroke for stroke. Then they confirmed their 2015 intentions by dropping Team Panama 4-1 in the following game.
It was obvious from the opening whistle that this would not be an easy contest for Team Haiti this afternoon.
For the first twenty five minutes or so, while Les Grenadiers attacked the Sugar Boyz counter attacked swiftly catching the Haitian defensive line out of position on several occasions. Just after Kittishian custodian Ian James was called on to make a brilliant save on a Marvens Dominique shot the Sugar Boyz scored on a counter attack when Orlando Mitchum opened the scoring from close in.
The setback didn’t appear to affect the Haitians as one got the feeling that they might equalize at any moment. However, this did not happen and it was the Sugar Boyz who doubled their lead in the 38th minute when Team Haiti’s defense reacted slowly to a throw in and watched helplessly as Alister Warner bundled the ball into the goal from a goal front scramble.
Team St. Kitts & Nevis were riding a cloud now and the first half scores held up as Team Haiti was unable to crack a well-organized Sugar Boyz defense.
Team St. Vincent & the Grenadines 1 vs Team Panama 1
Team Panama showed only one addition to their squad for this afternoon’s game and came out a much more purposeful team than in previous games this season. On the other hand, Team St. Vincent and the Grenadines looked sluggish and paid the price in the 26th minute when Irahil Soto crossed s ball to Jaime Bennett who stroked the ball on the volley to put Los Canaleros ahead 1-0 lead.
There was no further scoring in the half as Team Panama took a 1-0 lead to half time.
Vincy came out in the second half looking a bit more organized but still not with the sharpness we have come accustomed to with this team. It took a while for the equalizer to come, but in the 66th minute Ricardo Clarke latched on to a free kick and slid the ball pass a helpless goalkeeper Michael Ashby.
With that score the game suddenly came to life with both teams attacking and counter attacking, however, there was no further scoring and the game ended with the teams sharing the points.
Week 7 Games, July 5th, 2015
Independence week-end and Caribbean Cup Soccer
3:30pm – Team Guyana vs Team St. Kitts & Nevis
5:30pm – Team St. Vincent & the Grenadines vs Team St. Lucia
All games played at Jefferson High School Field, 12508 Flatlands Ave (at Shepherd) in Brooklyn.
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