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Inform San Juan Jabloteh striker Willis Plaza.Adam’s Construction San Juan Jabloteh cruised into the quarter-final round of the 2011 Toyota Classic with a more than comfortable 5-0 preliminary round win over Super League club Real Maracas at the Hasely Crawford Stadium.

Striker Willis Plaza found the back of the net three times for the Earl Carter coached side while former England based forward Hector Sam and England born Luke Gullick notched a goal each.

Jabloteh meets cross-town rivals Caledonia AIA of Morvant/Laventille in the quarter-final round on Saturday 26 November from 8pm at the Larry Gomes Stadium.

Guyanese winger Trayon Bobb netted the lone item in the 75th minute to hand Caledonia a 1-0 hard-fought win over Super League’s Club Sando.

Sando had a couple opportunities through Trevon Mitchell, one of which he forced a low save out of goalkeeper Zane Coker with a wonderful half volley just two minutes inside.

And in the fourth minute on the other end, Caledonia’s Abdallah Phillips was denied by the crossbar and in the seventh wingback Kareem Joseph was denied by goalkeeper Alexei Julien.

Caledonia continued to create the opportunities with Makesi Lewis hitting inches wide on two occasions and teenager Trayon Bobb denied by the upright in the 16th minute.

In the 26th minute Club Sando’s Andy London did everything right on a breakaway against the Morvant/Laventille club defense and eluded goalkeeper Coker, but failed to let off a shot towards an open net.

Caledonia’s Keyon Edwards who picked up a knock in the first half, was probably the most disappointing player on the night after finding himself in a number of openings, but just wasn’t his usual self.

But at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Jabloteh’s most lethal forward this season, Willis Plaza netted his first of the hattrick in the 9th minute followed by Sam in the 34th minute and Gullick in the 36th minute for a 3-0 score at the break.

Plaza spared no mercy against Maracas netting late items in the 81st and 85th minutes to complete his hattrick.

Full Preliminary Round results

Joe Public 1—3 Tobago Phoenix
Ricardo Bennett 39’ ; Dominique Kerr 43’, 56’, Le’Jandro Williams 90’

WASA FC 1—3 Stokely Vale
Michael Celestine 31’(pen)  ; Krishawn Joseph 71(pen), Rundell Winchester 78’, Jerron Quashie 89’

St. Ann’s Rangers 1—0 Eagles United
Devon James 76’(own goal)

San Juan Jabloteh 5—0 Real Maracas
Willis Plaza 9’, 81’ 85’ Hector Sam 34’, Luke Gullick 36’

North East Stars 4—3 Westside Stars
Kaydion Gabriel 14’, 51’, Kevin Jagdeosingh 20’, 59’  ;  Kareem Freitas 11’, Christian Freitas 72’, Kevon Dove 82’

Caledonia AIA 1—0 Club Sando
Trayon Bobb 75’

SWO Member Up-Close.

Tobago teams progress in Toyota Classic.
By SWO Member (Football Supporter).


Both Phoenix and Stokely Vale progressed to the next round of the Toyota Classic last night.

In games rearranged to kick off at 4pm to allow the clubs time to catch flights back to Tobago, Phoenix overcame Joe Public 3-1 after going a goal behind and Stokely Vale also beat fellow Super League opposition, WASA, when they also came from a goal down to win with 3 goals in the last 20 minutes.

Generally, the Toyota Classic kicked off with some exciting matches. North East Stars fell a goal behind to Westside before banging home 4 goals in reply, notably with Kaydion Gabriel, just released from the U-23 squad, making his point with 2 goals.

However, in a hard fought game which saw 3 red cards, Westside never gave up and scored 2 more goals to give the North East fans a tense final 10 minutes.

Other Pro League clubs doling out defeats to Super League clubs were San Juan Jabloteh, Caledonia AIA and St Anns Rangers.

Jabloteh smashed 5 goals past Real Maracas, with Willis Plaza adding to his impressive total this season, with a hat trick, with Hector Sam and Luke Gullick adding goals.

St Ann's Rangers won by a single Devon James own goal against Eagles, while Caledonia had to wait until the 75th minute for Trayon Bobb to settle the match against Club Sando.

Pro League leaders, T&TEC and 2nd place W Connection will now enter the fray with the next round taking place on Friday 25th at Mannie Ramjohn and Saturday 26th at Larry Gomes.

The Semi Final takes place on 2nd December with the final on December 9th.

It was noted that with games at 4pm and 7pm, the double headers left supporters with nothing to do for a hour between games.

At Larry Gomes, there was no entertainment provided, not even a DJ, and there was no signage or promotion, save for a Toyota banner erected by North East Stars.

Many supporters left after the first game, however the North East Stars Estrellas made up for lack of numbers with their non stop chants, banter and general noisemaking throughout the match.

With the next rounds taking place on the weekend, hopefully there will be greater numbers attending.