Jabloteh, Caledonia lose in Big 6.
By: Ian Prescott (Express).[/size]
Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA put in enough work to expect some reward from their opening T&T Pro League Big Six match against Defence Force, but suffered a 1-0 defeat yesterday evening at the Hasely Crawford Stadium.
It was not Caledonia's day, conceding a lone Devon Jorsling goal against the run of play and also twice hitting the post through Marvin Oliver and substitute Caryle Mitchell in the final minutes.
Trailing league leaders CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh by a point going into the match, Caledonia AIA showed more ambition under testing conditions and only a superb save from keeper Selwyn George prevented Oliver from heading in Abdullah Phillip's cross in the 27th minute.
Surprisingly, it was Defence Force who took a 1-0 advantage in the 34th from a short corner, Jorsling's low shot deflected past keeper Richard Reynold.
Caledonia AIA continued to press, but the Army squad defended resolutely and almost got a second from Ronald Boyce's back-post header, which fell straight to keeper Reynold. In yesterday's other games, nine-man Jabloteh lost to Vibe CT105 W Connection and b-mobile Joe Public got past North East Stars 2-0.
Teams
Defence Force:[/b] - Selwyn George, Keston Williams, Christopher Durity, Devon Jorsling, David Alleyne, Anton Joseph, Jerwin Balthazar (Ronald St Louis), Ronald Boyce, Akile Edwards, Keston Britto, Richard Roy (Kevon Carter).
Caledonia AIA: - Richard Reynolds, Howard Lowe, Dexter Franklyn, Sheldon Emmanuel (capt), Stephan David, Conrad Smith (Anthony Abrams), Marvin Oliver, Abdullah Phillip, Charles Pollard, Marcus Ambrose (Dwight Peters), Nigel Codrington (Hayden Tinto).
Yesterday's Lucozade Big 6 Results:
Defence Force 1 (Devon Jorsling 34th) v Caledonia AIA 0
W Connection 2 (Hughton Hector 20th; Dwayne Jack own goal 27th) v San Juan Jabloteh 1 (Trent Noel 42nd)
Joe Public 2 (Kerry Baptisete 7th, 26th) v North East Stars 0
