National Super League (NSL) knock-out and league winners bmobile Joe Public leaped into the last four of the inaugural Carib Christmas Cup Football Tournament with a 7-2 thrashing of Real Maracas in the quarterfinal at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya on Sunday.
Aside from Joe Public, Club Sando, WASA and West Side Super Starzs, also secured semifinal spots. A 1-0 win for Club Sando and a 5-3 penalty shoot-out victory for West Side came at the expense of 1976 FC Phoenix and Stokely Vale, respectively, also on Sunday.
Phoenix and Stokely Vale were knock-out of the Cup in front of a home crowd, in a double-header at the Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet.
At the Marvin Lee Stadium, Real Maracas drew first blood through a Handel Manswell goal in the tenth minute. The lead last until the hour-mark, when Julien Landeau put Joe Public level at 1-1.
A minute later Ellis Dyett gave the host a 2-1 lead. Five minutes before the break, Real Maracas found the other leveller through an own-goal.
The teams returned to the pitch for the second-half, but with less than a minute into the start, Dyett was on target with his second goal and his team’s second lead. Joe Public sparked an attack from there, and the team got its fourth when Dyett again found the back of the net to seal a hat-trick.
Donovan Derrick made it 5-2 in the 80th minute, before Ricardo Bennett and Andre Toussaint completed the rout in the 86th minute and in added time, respectively. Joe Public’s win put them into the semi-final against Club Sando, which surprised 1976 Phoenix with a 1-0 win.
Andy London scored the only goal of the encounter in the 41st minute. WASA will face West Side Super Starzs in other last-four fixture. WASA defeated Eagles 4-1 at WASA Ground, St Joseph. Michael-Lee Celestine scored in the first minute of play to give WASA a 1-0 advantage, before E’Lon James put the “Water Boys” 3-0 up with goals in the 13th and 51st minute.
Glenwell John pulled one back for Eagles in the 63rd minute, but Glen Walker put the match out of reach, with WASA’s fourth in the 83rd.
Super Starzs kept cools heads when the team overturned a 2-0 deficit to stun Stokely Vale 5-3 on penalties after the match ended with both sides even at 2-2.
After Tyronne Manning (28th) and Kerron Phillips (48th) put Stokely Vale 2-0 up, Super Starzs, responded with quick goals from Sheldon Taylor (55th) and Calvi Grazette (63rd), to take the match to spot kicks.
West Side went on to win 5-3 from the spot. They will play WASA on Saturday in the second match of a double-header at the Marvin Lee Stadium, at 6 pm. The first match will see Joe Public take on Club Sando at 4 pm.
The inaugural Carib Christmas Cup featuring the top eight teams from the 2011 blink/bmobile National Super League (NSL).
Carib Christmas Cup’11
Quarter~Finals – Result Form
Sunday 4th December, 2011
Joe Public 7 (Julien Landeau 30, Ellis Dyett 31, 46, 59, Donavon Derrick 80, Ricardo Bennett 86, Andre Toussaint 90) v Real Maracas 2 (Handel Manswell – 10, Own Goal – 40)
1976 F.C. Phoenix 0 v Club Sando 1 (Andy London – 41)
WASA FC 4 (Michael-Lee Celestine 1, E’Lon James 13, 51, Glen Walker 83) v Eagles United 1 (Glenwell John 63)
Stokely Vale 2 (Tyronne Manning 28, Kerron Phillips 48) v Westside Superstarzs 2 (Sheldon Taylor 55, Calvi Grazette 63)
After Penalties: Stokely Vale 3 v Westside Superstarzs 5