Having the opportunity to go the top of the standings, champions bmobile Joe Public faltered to a 1-0 loss when they travelled to Tobago to challenge Stokely Vale, in the blink/bmobile National Super League (NSL), on Sunday.
A second-minute strike from Rundel Winchester, moved his team into fourth in the 12-team table, while shocking Joe Public, a team that won three major titles last season.
Consequently, Joe Public, which could have taken top spot as league leader Westside Superstars saw its match against WASA FC abadoned due to a waterlogged pitch, remained in second with its second loss of the season.
Westside remained on top by two points, followed by Joe Public (17 points) and WASA (16 points). In other matches, 1976 FC Phoenix rebounded from its narrow loss to Joe Public last weekend to defeat an improving 1st FC Santa Rosa 3-2, thanks to a final minute goal from Andel Noray.
Darrin Mitchell and Le’Jandro Williams both scored to give Phoenix a 2-0 lead by the half-hour mark, before Danilo Silva and Simba Aberdeen scored late in the first half for Santa Rosa to keep the scores level at 2-2 at the break.
The match seemed all but heading in the way of Phoenix’s first draw of the season, before Noray stole all three points for the Tobago team, with his first goal of the season.
Results
1976 FC Phoenix 3 (Darrin Mitchell 14th, Le’Jandro Williams 27th, Andel Noray 90th) vs FC Santa Rosa 2 (Danilo Silva 40th, Simba Aberdeen 45th)
Siparia Spurs 2 (Nathaniel Garcia 70th, Jesse Edwards 72nd) vs Eagles United 1 (Ian James 11th)
Real Maracas 2 (Isaiah Mejias 10th, Renaldo Mejias 38th) vs Defence Force 2 (Kayode Thomas 3rd, Dexter Thornhill 45th)
Stokely Vale 1 (Rundel Winchester 2nd) vs Joe Public 0
Club Sando 3 (Jason Boodram 58th, Sylvester Teesdale 85th, Keston London 90th) vs Biche United 0
WASA FC vs Westside Superstarz—Postponed due to unplayable conditions
Standings
Teams P W D L F A Pts
W/side Superstarz 8 6 1 1 19 10 19
Joe Public 0 5 2 2 15 6 17
WASA FC 8 5 1 2 10 6 16
Stokely Vale 8 4 2 2 14 11 14
Real Maracas 9 3 3 3 12 13 12
1976 FC Phoenix 8 4 0 4 12 14 12
Eagles United 9 3 3 3 13 16 12
FC Santa Rosa 9 3 2 4 16 15 11
Club Sando 8 3 0 5 12 11 9
Defence Force 8 2 2 4 17 21 8
Siparia Spurs 9 2 2 5 9 16 8
Biche United 9 1 2 6 7 18 5
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