Team captain Ryan Stewart scored the match winner with ten minutes remaining to lead Guaya United to its fifth consecutive victory in the blink/bmobile National Super League, yesterday, this time with a 1–0 triumph over the struggling defending champion WASA FC.
In contrast to each other, Guaya, which was recently promoted from the Eastern Counties Football Union, won all but one match for the season with the only points dropped on the opening day via a goalless draw with Joe Public. On the other hand, WASA, which only won its second ever NSL league title last season, has been unable to find a win in any of its six matches to date.
The match was played simultaneously with Club Sando’s come-from-behind 2–1 win over Westside Superstarz, at St Anthony’s College Ground, which saw the former team remain joint top of the standings with Guaya, with five wins and a draw.
Keron Cummings scored the opener for Westside in the seventh minute, before Kenuel Rivers cancelled out the effort with a 34th minute goal for the visitors. Then, with less than ten minutes left in the fixture, Club Sando stole all three points courtesy of Teba Mc Knight’s third goal in as many matches.
Meanwhile, Joe Public, the 2011/2012 treble winner which failed to find a win in its opening three matches, won its second straight match with a 4–0 victory over Bethel United. Ellis Dyett and Kevern DeBellott both scored in successive matches, while Arvid Applewhile and Rashad Griffith scored the other goals.
Results
Guaya United 1 (Ryan Stewart 80th) vs WASA FC 0
Club Sando 2 (Kenuel Rivers 34th, Teba McKnight 82nd) vs Westside Superstarz 1 (Keron Cummings 7th)
Malabar FC 6 (Nicholas Armstrong 3rd, Jameel Neptune 15th, 81st, Kendall Velox 24th, Gorian Highley 69th, Donavon Derrick 79th) vs Defence Force 1 (Ronald St Louis 59th)
1976 FC Phoenix 2 (Andel Brown 69th, 89th) vs Stokely Vale FC 0
Real Maracas 3 (Purnell Schultz 7th, Dillon Bartholomew 63rd, Shane Glasgow 90th) vs Santa Rosa 1 (Kern Thomas 60th)
Joe Public 4 (Ellis Dyett 13th, Kevern DeBellott 25th, Arvid Applewhite 30th, Rashad Griffith 89th) vs Bethel United 0
Siparia Spurs - Bye
Standings
Teams P W D L F A Pts
Guaya Utd 6 5 1 0 15 7 16
Club Sando 6 5 1 0 12 6 16
Westside 6 4 0 2 15 7 12
Malabar 6 2 3 1 16 12 9
Joe Public 5 2 2 1 9 4 8
Phoenix 5 2 2 1 5 4 8
Real Maracas 4 2 1 1 9 6 7
Stokely Vale 6 2 0 4 13 14 6
Siparia 5 1 2 2 11 10 5
WASA FC 6 0 3 3 1 5 3
Defence Force 5 0 2 3 6 16 2
Bethel Utd 5 0 2 3 2 12 2
FC Santa Rosa 4 0 1 3 3 12 1
Fixtures
Sunday
Malabar FC vs WASA FC, UTT, O’Meara, 4 pm
Guaya United vs FC Santa Rosa, Guaya Recreation Ground, 4 pm
Siparia Spurs vs Bethel United, Palo Seco Velodrome, 4 pm
Stokely Vale vs Westside Superstarz, Plymouth Recreation Ground, 4 pm
Joe Public vs Real Maracas, Marvin Lee Stadium, 4 pm
Defence Force vs Club Sando, Frederick Settlement, Caroni, 4 pm
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