SAINT Lucia Under – 14 Football Team emerged champions of the Caribbean Football Union Under -14 tournament as they demonstrated their prowess in the final game against host nation Dominican Republic.
Saint Lucia enjoyed most of the possession in the first half of the game but the Dominican Republic cleared all attempts off their defensive lines.
After an intense half time talk by Head Coach, Cassim Louis, the boys came back even more dominant.
Striker Steven Octave who scored four goals on his debut was kept at bay in the previous two matches but with such class as he possesses it was a matter of time for him to be back on the score sheet.
Octave went on to score two goals to bring his tally up to six, while Keegan Caul was also back on the score sheet scoring his fifth goal in the tournament.
Final score 3-0 in favour of Saint Lucia.
Team Saint Lucia played unbeaten in four games scoring a total of 17 goals with an average of 4.25 goals per game. While scoring goals has always been a problem for team Saint Lucia, this U14 team has a new outlook on the future of Saint Lucia Football.
Before the team left, the Saint Lucia Football Association planted a seed in their minds when President Lyndon Cooper told them that they will be the next world cup squad for the small island in 2026. As such all players made a promise to bring back that CFU U14 Boys Challenge Series Shield and that they did in Grand style.