November 20, 2019

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Mexico defeated Bermuda 2-1 in the CONCACAF Nations League on Tuesday at Estadio Nemesio Diez in Toluca, Mexico.
Uriel Antuna scored from close range in the third minute of second-half injury time to give the host all three points. Dante Leverock had put Bermuda ahead in the 10th minute before Sebastian Cordova brought Mexico level in the 27th minute.
Mexico, which had already assured itself of first place in Group B, finishes the group stage with a perfect record in four matches.
In what was a rare miscue by Bermuda’s back four, center back Jaylon Bather missed his header to clear away a pass by Raul Jimenez. That left Antuna all alone to slam home the winner.
A draw would have brought the same overall result for El Tri, who only needed one point to leapfrog Honduras on goal differential for the top seed in the knockout round.
With their semifinal berth already secured, they may have taken Bermuda a little too lightly. ESPN FC’s Tom Marshall also questioned whether the location—Toluca is more than 8,700 feet above sea level—was causing problems for the players:

Leverock unexpectedly put the visiting side ahead when he headed in a corner from Osagi Bascome.

Many expected Bermuda’s advantage wouldn’t hold for long. However, the goal allowed the Gombey Warriors to drop even further back to defend and surround their own 18-yard box.
Goalkeeper Dale Eve was doing a good job as well when Mexico tested him. Eve saved Cordova’s free kick in the 13th minute before Bermuda conceded a corner.

Eve was helpless to stop Cordova’s second effort in the 27th minute, though. The Club America midfielder faked with his right and moved the ball onto his left before unleashing a precise shot into the top right corner.

Getting the equalizer didn’t provide a sustained lift to Mexico, which struggled to make the most of all its time on the ball to end the first half and then into the second.
For a long stretch of the final 45 minutes, a cat was responsible for the most action when it wandered onto the pitch.

The fans won’t remember Mexico’s performance too fondly, but the team closes out 2019 having won 16 of its 17 matches this year. That’s a vast improvement over 2018, when Mexico ended the year with seven losses in eight fixtures—a run that included a round-of-16 exit in the World Cup.

Tuesday’s two goalscorers shouldn’t go unnoticed, either. Both Antuna and Cordova are 22 and made their international debuts under coach Tata Martino. Martino is doing a good job of laying the groundwork for the 2021 Gold Cup and the qualifying campaign for the 2022 World Cu

This afternoon echo 11 unit arrived at St John’s road to pay a visit to the home team Dandy Town Roots whom felt better prepared at home facing the former league champions.

Cup match starter and Dudley Eve Cup winner Treadwell Gibbons was debated to be eligible to participate in the evening events but allow last minute clearance knowing Town needed the extra support.

Police fired home first trough current league leading goal scorer Colin Stewart that split the defense and fired home a daisy cutter in corner pocket.

Dandy town quickly responded minutes later with a Kevin Hurdle shot that made it through the traffic and equalized the game.

Police were not to be undone and Ecuadorian international David muscled through the defense and took the lead once again leading into the half.

Referee Thompson quickly turned the game around for the second half amidst eh falling sunset.

Police rose to the challenge of playing against the wind and continued their scoring run placing the game out of the reach of the home team.

Police ended the game. Dandy Town 1 Police 3.

Possession: Dandy Town 42% Prospect United 58% 
Dandy Town: (4-3-3) T Christopher, C Blankendale, C Anderson, S Tuzo, J Wilkinson, L Furbert (cap), C Davis, S Gilbert, C Gilbert, W Campbell, K Hurdle.

Substitutes: M Bean, U Shaggy.

Goal: Hurdle 31.

Prospect: (4-3-3) A Chase, Miller, O Wolffe, S Simmons, B Harris, V Philgence, R Barker(cap), H Clarke, S Allen, C Stewart.

Substitutes: C Thompson, S Henry.

Goals: Steward, Urbina.

Referee: C Thompson (JAM)

Man of the Match: Shane Simmons (Prospect)

This afternoon Police travelled to St. David’s cricket club to face league hosts Hamilton Parish in the Masters Division.

Both teams decided to play the event amidst gale force winds with gusts of 55 kts and rain conditions.

Police won the toss and decided to play with the wind and quickly massed a 4 – 0 lead early in the game.

Former Prospect Untied striker Cat Thompson was able to get a goal late in the first half.

Referee Box decided to quickly restart the second half with little visibility.

Hamilton Parish capitalized on the conditions and were able to recover the equalizer ending the game HPWC 4 Prospect United 4. Seven out of the eight goals scored in the match were in the southern goal posts.

Possession Police 50% – Hamilton 50 %.

Hamilton Parish: K Banks, A Box, C Pooksie, D Smith, S Spranger, D Williams, G Tankard, Kaya, F Lewis, H Philips, J Michaels.

Substitutes: D Warren, L Simmons, D Wade.

Prospect United: A Chase, S Dennie, S Simmons, S Miller, B Harris, Jr, M Simmons, J Talbot, V Philgence, , C Steward, H Clarke.

Substitutes: C Thompson.

Man of the Match: Barker (Prospect)

Referee: Box (BDA)

Somerset fight back Police at SCC

This afternoon the Echo 11 Police bus arrived at Somerset Cricket Club to settle the issue in west end after clearing out all competition in the east in the masters league division. Dexter Hunt captained his team and met Dion Stovell in the center of the pitch to discuss to dual with the match commissioner watching from the top porch.

Police won the toss and elected to center off first giving them the running advantage against the sunlight.

Somerset struck first with and stroke of luck as Twin Wade ran behind the back line and slotted home the first goal of the game.

Police would not be denied and leading goal scorer Colin Stewart fired home a low daisy cutter into the corner pocket of the goal giving Keeper Bull no chance.

Both teams entered the half with the score of Somerset 1 Police 1.

Henry was summons from the bench and Police did as Police do and took the lead in the second half of the game with striker Clarke chipping the keeper and silencing the home crowd.

Twin Wade decided to join his brother on the score sheet and equalized the match at 2-2 with a  good play in front of goal.

Play halted after claims of high kicking by Somerset and an offside appeal to which Dion Stovell finished the play and struck home a volley from the 6 yard box ending the game in controversial manner Somerset 3 – Police 2.

Possession: Somerset 52% Police 48%

Somerset Extros: B Smith, N Woods (cap), S Sandy, M Hunt, S Franks, A Wade, M Riley, B Wade, J Tucker, C Webb, D Basden.

Substitutes: B Boyles,

Goals: Wade 15, Wade 62, Stovell 80.

Prospect United: A Chase, S Dennie, S Simmons, A Miller, B Harris, D Hunt (cap), S Allen, Ricochet, H Clarke, C Stewart.

Substitutes: Henry.

Goals: Steward 23, Clarke 58.

Referee: B Todd (Bda)

Yellow cards: none

Match Commissioner: T Simmons

Man of the match: Dion Stovell (Somerset)

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October 31, 2019 | 0 Comments
Scottie Scheffler holds one-shot lead at Bermuda Championship — which is taking place at Port Royal Golf Course — according to a story in the PGA Tour website.
The story said, “Scottie Scheffler closed with a bogey for a 9-under 62 and a one-stroke lead Thursday after the first round of the PGA Tour’s inaugural Bermuda Championship.
“Scheffler played his opening nine at hilly Port Royal Golf Club in 6-under 29, making an eagle on the par-5 17th. He added birdies on Nos. 2, 4, 6 and 7. In position to birdie in for a 59, he parred the par-3 eighth and dropped the stroke on the par-4 ninth.

“Wes Roach was second. He eagled the par-5 seventh, but also finished with a bogey on No. 9.
“Rob Oppenheim, Bo Hoag and Russell Knox shot 64. Oppenheim birdied seven of the first eight holes, then parred the final 10.
“Lanto Griffin, making his first start since winning the Houston Open three weeks ago, shot 71.”
Read the full story here on the PGA Tour website.

Dandy Town 4 Somerset Trojans 3
Dandy Town scored the first two and last two goals in a seven-goal thriller as visiting side Somerset Trojans suffered their fourth loss in five matches despite a spirited second half fightback at St John’s Field yesterday.
Town were coasting to victory at 2-0 up after 25 minutes, courtesy of two well-taken goals from winger Oneko Lowe.
But then things dramatically turned around after the Trojans scored the first of two Jaz Ratteray-Smith penalties right on half-time.
Two goals in the first seven minutes of the second half enabled the visiting side to dramatically claim the lead, only to be denied a first win of the season when Town struck twice more in the second half to clinch three points.
The win moves Town six points above Somerset in the second relegation spot.
“League football is about results and in today’s game it has been a mirror of all our other games, where we had large periods of control,” Devarr Boyles, the Town coach, said. “This led to chances and a 2-0 lead.
“Credit to Somerset, they scored at the right time and we had to respond. We came out after half-time, conceded early and Somerset had their moment of dominance.
“They had another opportunity to score and did so with a good finish and then it was just a matter of our team managing their emotions because it’s difficult to concede two goals quickly.
“I always thought we would get back into the game, but not sure we would do enough to win it. In the other games we didn’t show that, in this game we did.”
Town concentrated their raids down Lowe’s right side and were rewarded with the lead after just ten minutes when captain Angelo Simmons threaded a pass into the box to set up Lowe who rounded the goalkeeper Dequan Crockwell before scoring into an open goal.
It was virtually all Town in the first 20 minutes with Somerset getting their first real chance in the 21st minute when a long ball across to the left flank created an opening for D’Andre Wainwright who blasted wide of the far post.
Lowe added a second goal in the 25th minute after another ball into the box saw him pounce and score at the second attempt after goalkeeper Crockwell challenged.
Somerset, in an attempt to tighten things up on the left side, switched full back Micah Henschke with midfielder Jaden Ratteray-Smith in the 37th minute.
Against the run of play Somerset pulled a goal back right on half-time when defender Azende Furbert was penalised for a handball and Jaz Ratteray-Smith converted a well-placed penalty kick.
Somerset, with Jeze Butterfield replacing Henschke at the start of the second half, came out playing with more vigour and within three minutes of the restart were back on level terms after Ratteray-Smith converted following a second penalty, this time for a foul by Seion Darrell on Leo Burgess as he tried to turn inside the box.
Goalkeeper Treadwell Gibbons blocked the spot kick to his right but Ratteray-Smith followed up to score the rebound.
The momentum was with Somerset after that as a free kick from Burgess 28 yards from goal went just over the crossbar.
A minute later the visiting side took the lead for the first time when substitute Butterfield volleyed past Gibbons from close range following a corner.
Somerset were looking like pulling off a surprise win, however, the match had a couple more twists, with Town netting two more unanswered goals to deny them the points.
Defender Jomei Bean-Lindo pushed forward for a corner in the 57th minute and scored from close range to make it 3-3.
Then Clay Darrell, on as a substitute for Dashun Butterfield in the 68th minute, netted the winner when he turned inside the box on the left side and placed his shot past Crockwell at the near post.
Somerset had the opportunity to snatch a dramatic equaliser when Wainwright ran through down the left side but his shot with his weaker left foot went well wide of the far post as two team-mates waited for a pass into the centre of the box.

SCORERS

Dandy Town: Lowe 10, 25, Bean-Lindo 57, Darrell 79

Somerset Eagles: Jaz Ratteray-Smith 45 pen, 58 pen, Jeze Butterfield 52

TEAMS

Dandy Town (4-3-3): T Gibbons — A Furbert, J Bean-Lindo, S Darrell, E Blankendal — L Emery, J Chapman (sub: O Wilson 85), K Steede — A Simmons, O Lowe, D Butterfield (sub: C Darrell, 68). Substitutes not used: M Parsons, T Lowe, N Smith, J Rosser. Booked: S Darrell.

Somerset Trojans (4-3-3): D Crockwell — R Quinn, J Stowe, T Ming, M Henschke (sub: J Butterfield, 46) — D Seymour, Jaden Ratteray-Smith, M Joell, (sub: V Perinchief, 85) — D Wainwright, Jaz Ratteray-Smith (sub: K Butterfield, 66), L Burgess. Substitutes not used: C Durham, G Fubler, R Seaman, K Harvey. Booked: K Butterfield.

Referee: G Swainson.

Police clear out St. George’s Cricket Club

This afternoon Echo 11 Unit police bus arrived at Wellington Oval at 1500s to settle the issue with the remainder of the of the St. Georges expansion outfit calling themselves All Stars.

Dell Tyrell led his team from the front line running at the Police but found himself abandoned by his team mates that were afraid of the collision they would face.

Police featured their well renown Barbados Triangle in their defensive line up with Chase, Miller and Shane running circles around their opponents efforts while keeping a clean sheet.

Former police midfielder Vernaza stood between the post and was terrified at the current fire power he found himself up against.

A pure Jamaican link up attack was unleashed as both forwards Marlon and Colin finished in fine form.

Former police midfielder Kenny Bartram tried to come to terms with the confrontation in the center of the park in efforts to help his friends from the east but found no success.

Player / Coach Thompson silenced the home crowd with a glancing header into the top corner of the goal placing the score beyond that of a come back.

Both teams entered the half St. Georges 0 Police 4.

James and Sticky tried their best second half to mount a come back but were unable to stop the wing attacks from Hunt and Clarke with not only produced the goods but also enabled Colin to complete his hat trick.

Match commissioner ended the game St. Georges 0 Police 6

Possession: St. Georges 44% Police 56 %

St George’s All Stars: M Vernaza, E Cooke, Q Francis (cap), A Darrel, D Minors, H Mathie, H O’Conner, D Tyrell, K Bartram, K Moreno, M Simons.

Substitutes: D Wright, C Richardson, S Gibbons, R Denbroke, M Burgess.

Goals:

Prospect United: A Chase, S Dennie, S Simmons,  A Miller, B Harris, D Hunt (cap),  S Allen, H Clarke, Marlon, C Stewart.

Substitutes:  Thompson, Lekel, Junior.

Goals:  Steward 23, 50, 67 Marlon 32, Clarke 38, Thompson 43.

Referee: B Smith (Bda)

Yellow cards: none

Man of the match: Stewart (Prospect)

Police beat St. Georges football players at Wellington Oval in front of their friends and family.

This afternoon the Police bus arrived at Wellington Oval for a spectacular event overseen by match commissioner Stacy Babb that saw former league champions lock horns with arch rivals and former KO champions St Georges Stallions.

Stallions struck first and enjoyed the lead for the entire match until player coach Chris Thompson unleased his second half fire power and secret weapon onto the field. This time, himself.

Entering the game trailing 4-2 to Stallions, Thompson caused havoc in the attacking half of the field releasing both strikers in to firing position.  This attacking formation over took the lead that would not be caught by the home side whos fans and supporters were silenced and left stunned in their bleachers.

Police ended the contest St Georges 4 Police 5 as they celebrated their come from behind victory.