Victory Eagles put on a determined fight to get past Monchy United 4-3 as the action continued in the SLFA Inc. Div. I and II Club Championships at the Desruisseaux Playing Field, last Saturday (October 21).
In the Div. 1 competition; Monchy United took a 2- 1 lead, before they were outdone by Victory Eagles. Goal scorers for the victors were Bobby Emmanuel with a brace in the 61 st and 75 th minutes, with other goals coming from Dwain O ‘Brian 24 th and Shawn Alfred 54 th minutes.
Scoring for Monchy were Rafael Joseph in the 17th minute, Sebastien Ribot 28th minute and Troy Greenidge in the 57th minute.
In a Div. 2 encounter, VSADC swamped Diamond Ballers 8-2 with Jamal Wilfred converting a hat trick (20th, 54th and 73rd minutes), and a brace from Simeon Francis 2nd and 13th minutes and other goals from Dante Fitz 34th, Macalan John 36th and Kim Francis an own goal in the 66th minute.
Keus Serieux and Jesse James scored for Diamond Ballers in the 61st and 63rd minutes respectively, the latter a penalty.
Meanwhile matches continued in the SLFA’s Inc. U 17 Boys Club competition, last weekend, at the Technical Centre in Grande Riviere Dennery.
Shamballah Shiloh with a brace from Andrew St. Romain in the 14th and 25th minutes defeated Flames 2-0.
Valley Soccer with goals from Kawson Harris 27th and Jabari Charles 34th got the better of GMC 2-1. Though GMC took the lead with a 21st minute goal scored by Mikel Castang, VS were able to turn the tables and secure a win.
MacKay Erik scored a hat trick for DCYO with goals in the 1st, 24th and 25th minutes to defeat 1987 All Stars 3-0.
Northern United outplayed B 1 FC 3-0 with a brace from Thierry Morrill in the 28th and 44th minutes and the other from Jordan Peter in the 8th minute.
Results of matches played in the SLFA Inc. Club U-17 competition at the Technical Centre in Grande Riviere Dennery on Sunday October 22:
CT Foundation vs. T Valley 3- 2, Challengers vs. Victory Eagles 4- 1.
Scores of other matches played were as follows:
October, 19 – Div. I, at the Dennery Playing Field;
GMC vs. El Ninos 2 – 2,
Bays vs.1987 All Stars 2 – 0.
Div. II – Micoud Playing Field
Black Panthers vs. New Generation 4- 2,
Faith vs. Ti Rocher 7- 3.
October 17 – Deneilson James converted a hat-trick for DCYO to get past Lancers 5-0 as the action continued in the SLFA Inc. Div. II Club Championships. On home soil, at the Dennery Playing Field, James scored in the 5 th, 10 th and 45 th minutes and a brace from Sherquille William in the 2 nd and7 th minutes spelt defeat for the sub-urban city team.
Other Div. II results were;
Piton Travel Young Stars vs. Knights FC 2- 1,
In Div. I encounter; at the Micoud Playing Field;
Northern United vs. Platinum FC 2-0, Uptown Rebels vs. B 1 FC 3-1.
Meanwhile, in other soccer updates, the October window of the 2023-24 Concacaf Nations League delivered many great performances at the individual and collective levels.
There was plenty of movement in the four groups in League B, and in Group A the race is down between Saint Lucia and Guadeloupe.
Group A of League B is not for the faint of heart.
Saint Lucia and Guadeloupe have been jostling for the top spot in this group since the first minute of action back in September, and following the close of the October window, things are still up in the air.
The two sides played each other during the window, with Saint Lucia winning the first, 2-1, in front of their home fans. Guadeloupe got their vengeance though in the second affair at home in a 2-0 victory, which gave Guadeloupe the slightest of edges in the table with a +1 goal differential.
The November window would decide the group winner and promotion, it promises to be a nail-biter.