On location: Metros top Jabloteh.
MetroStars Media Relations.
Port of Spain, Trinidad - Forward John Wolyniec scored two goals and midfielder Mark Lisi netted the game winner in the 86' as the MetroStars defeated San Juan Jabloteh, 3-2, in an international club friendly played in front of 1,750 at Port of Spain's Hasely Crawford Stadium. This match marked the first of two games for the MetroStars Preseason Training in Trinidad presented by Continental Airlines, with the second coming on Friday, March 18 versus W. Connection.
Jabloteh jumped on the board first in the 26' after Kerry Baptiste drilled home an Ansil Elcock cross past Metros goalkeeper Zach Wells on the far post. However, Wolyniec answered with the equalizer just three minutes later when he hammered a Gilberto rebound past Jabloteh 'keeper Daurance Williams. The play was set up by Amado Guevara who struck a beautiful through ball that Gilberto chased down and fired on net. Williams deflected Gilberto's attempt, but Wolyniec was there for the putback.
The score remained at 1-1 until the 47' when Jabloteh forward Nicholas Addlery got behind the Metros defense and snuck one past Wells to make it 2-1 in favor of the home team.
Wolyniec again knotted the score, this time on a chip shot that soared just over the head of the outstretched Williams in the 61'. Forward Sergio Galvan Rey was credited with the assist after making a nice feed to the streaking Wolyniec from the left side.
The match turned extremely physical in the second half and a number of cautions were handed out to both squads. A brutal foul committed by Trent Noel in the 78' on Metros defender Ademir Dos Santos earned Noel a red card, and the subsequent dissent over the call by teammate Charles Pollard warranted a yellow, which was Pollard's second of the game.
The Metros capitalized on their two-man advantage minutes later after Lisi teed off from 23 yards away and hooked the ball past the diving Williams. The game winner was Lisi's first of the preseason.
Jabloteh lost another player in the 88' after Celestine was booked for his second yellow card of the contest, giving the Metros an 11-8 advantage for the final minutes of the contest.
Box Score: MetroStars vs. Jabloteh (March 15, 2005)
Team 1st 2nd Total
MetroStars 1 2 3
Jabloteh 1 1 2
Scoring Summary:
JAB- Baptiste (Elcock) 26'
MET- Wolyniec (Gilberto, Guevara) 29'
JAB- Addlery 47'
MET- Wolyniec (Galvan Rey) 61'
MET- Lisi 86'
Discipline Summary:
JAB - Eve (Caution; Professional Foul) 32'
MET - Bradley (Caution; Professional Foul) 42'
JAB- Pollard (Caution; Dissent) 73'
MET- Guevara (Caution; Dissent) 73'
JAB- Celestine (Caution; Professional Foul) 75'
JAB- Noel (Sent Off; Professional Foul) 82'
JAB- Pollard (Second caution, Sent Off; Dissent) 82'
JAB- Celestine (Second caution, Sent Off; Professional Foul) 88'
MET- Lisi (Caution, Dissent) 89'
Attendance:
1,750
Weather:
70 degrees and calm.
San Juan Jabloteh:
Daurance Williams, Charles Pollard, Trent Noel, Keyeno Thomas, Angus Eve (Travis Mulraine 64'), Kerry Baptiste (Michael Celestine 59'), Ansil Elcock, Nicholas Addlery (Josh Johnson 59'), Nigel Daniel (Devon Mitchell 59'), Nigel Pierre, Aurtis Whitley (Nigel Codrington 78' Marcelle Francois 86').
Substitutes Not Used:
Brian James, Vernon Bailey, Dexter Franklyn, Jerol Forbes, Cyd Gray.
MetroStars:
Zach Wells, Tim Ward (Chris Corcoran 59'), Carlos Mendes, Jeff Parke Chris Leitch (Ademir Dos Santos 69'), Amado Guevara capt. (Pierre Bazie 76'), Michael Bradley (Mark Lisi 64'), Gilberto (Tim Regan 45'), Mahktar N'Diaye (Osni Neto 59'), John Wolyniec, Sergio Galvan Rey
Substitutes Not Used:
Jason Hernandez, Seth Stammler, Ramon Bailey, T.J Tomasson, Jeff Agoos.
Up-Close with Touches.
Gents,
Well I cant say this is a report but I will fill you in on some action that took place.
When I left the stadium when they had a small scuffle on the field Jabloteh had 9 men. MetroStars were leading 3-2 and it was non stop action ALL night.
If we are to qualify for Germany all we have to do is let the Jabloteh side put on the national colours and run out.
This team would have won the Copa Caribe with ease and we would have distressed the Americans on Ash Wed.
Talk about Speed, tactical awareness, excellent possession, movement off the ball, fitness and most of all skills and aggression, with a real fighting spirit.
I saw Jabloteh vs Tivoli Gardens when they rough them up and manners them but tonight against the MetroStars, Jabloteh real play ball.
MetroStars took their chances well and the last goal was a real beauty a bullet from 30 yards.
The second item was a man running up the wing and crossing the ball for a player to slot home. I cant remember the first goal.
Jabloteh items were good a deadly cross was swung in and the deender fumbled with led to the Jabloteh striker putting it away.
They second item was some neat passes, a long ball sent tru where Nigel Pierre flicked the ball with a back header unto the fwd who ran away and slotted home.
Jabloteh scored another but it was deemed offside.
This Jabloteh squad was firing bullet at the post and there was a header on goal from a cross which came orf a defender. I dont know how it didn't score.
This is the first team to trap and pass accurately, plenty pretty flick and when they have the ball wich was about 70% of the time it was just wave after wave of attack and they look like scoring and they had a clue.
OVERS Stern John and Dwight Yorke and put in the Jabloteh forwards who have speed and who running.
Nigel Daniel have real speed and is the answer for the wingback position. The man was sending accurate pin point bullet crosses over and over with pressure on him, dribbling when necessary and he tackling good. Why he cant make the squad is anyones guess when the man know what he doing.
Also the most talented midfielder we have right now not on the socawarriors team.......Aurthis Whitley/Otis Seaton is the man. Fellas the man good...he tackling, have a bullet, he moving into space, he have speed and he have beat and skills for days. Bertie and the TTFF have to be real chupid to leave this man orf the side.
Even though Jabloteh lorse its because they had 9 men and even still they were running and playing ball. When you watch team playing good ball like Jabloteh you doe mind that they lorse, because you could say its hard luck, the amount of chances that were created and saved and the level of entertainment make you want to watch football.
As for MetroStars.........they didn't have a clue, they were chasing shadows whole game but when they got the fast break they fwds nippy and slot it home when it mattered.
Please TTFF/Bertie......the slow fwds we have ent cutting it. Trap and screen from Yorke and stern and the boom kick from the inefficient wingbacks ent cutting it.
Call back Shaka Hislop and Marvin Andrews and put in the Jabloteh team. We will make Germany easy.
