Woodley brace lifts Cunupia to first win

Wood­ley, a mem­ber of the Na­tion­al Beach Soc­cer team opened the scor­ing five min­utes in­to the sec­ond half with a right-foot­ed shot, but with­in three min­utes Shaq­keem Joseph net­ted his sixth goal of the cam­paign to get Club San­do, lev­el.

Club San­do then had a chance to a 2-1 lead from the penal­ty spot, but Michael Bas­deo saw his week ef­fort saved by Cunu­pia goal­keep­er Ke­ston Malchan.

And that miss would come back to haunt Club San­do as Wood­ley then scored his sec­ond of the match, the even­tu­al match-win­ner in the 70th minute with an ac­ro­bat­ic right-foot­ed vol­ley in­to the top right-hand cor­ner of the goal with his back to goal af­ter tak­ing a long free-kick down on his chest.

De­spite the win, Cunu­pia re­mained bot­tom of the ta­ble with eight points from 12 match­es, while at the top De­fence Force who was on a bye this week­end leads the 11-team ta­ble with 26 points from 11 match­es, six Ter­minix La Hor­quet­ta Rangers who were sur­pris­ing­ly held to a 2-2 draw by AC Port-of-Spain at Lar­ry Gomes Sta­di­um, Mal­abar.

Na­tion­al strik­er Ty­rone Charles fired Rangers ahead as ear­ly as the sec­ond minute which his team held un­til John-Paul Rochford got AC Port-of-Spain on even terms on the stroke of half-time.

Against the run of play, Sedale Mc Lean then put AC Port-of-Spain ahead in the 73rd af­ter which his team de­fend­ed stub­born­ly be­fore Aikim An­drews saved Rangers blem­ish­es from a shock de­feat with his 87th-minute strike.

In the open­er at Cou­va, de­fend­ing cham­pi­ons W Con­nec­tion eked out a 2-1 tri­umph over Point Fortin Civic thanks to Je­vaughn Humphrey’s 81st-minute strike.

Kurt Fred­er­ick had giv­en the “Savonet­ta Boys” a 12th minute lead from the penal­ty spot be­fore Daniel Di­az net­ted the equalis­er in the 71st.

On Fri­day at Cou­va, Cen­tral FC got a dou­ble from na­tion­al youth play­er Che Ben­ny to whip San Juan Jabloteh 3-1 while Tev Lawrence’s dou­ble earned Mor­vant Cale­do­nia Unit­ed a 2-2 draw with third-placed Po­lice FC who led 2-0 at one stage thanks to goals from out-of-favour na­tion­al strik­er Ju­ma Clarence, and Ka­reem “Scoo­by” Fre­itas.

Tonight (Tues­day, Feb­ru­ary 11), Mor­vant Cale­do­nia Unit­ed will have an­oth­er chance to take sole pos­ses­sion of sec­ond spot on the ta­ble when they come up against San Juan Jabloteh at Cou­va from 6 pm, while to­mor­row (Wednes­day, Feb­ru­ary 12), two match­es are on sched­ule with Cen­tral FC host­ing W Con­nec­tion at Cou­va from 6 pm, while Pt Fortin Civic en­ter­tains AC Port-of-Spain at Ma­haica Oval, Point Fortin.

Full Results

(Friday 7 February)

Central FC 3 (Akim Armstrong 11, Ché Benny 61, 72-Pen) v San Juan Jabloteh 1 (Justin Araujo-Wilson 5), 6pm, Ato Boldon Stadium

Morvant Caledonia United 2 (Tev Lawrence 62, 83) v Police FC 2 (Juma Clarence 10, Kareem Freitas 58), 8pm, Ato Boldon Stadium - Highlights

(Sunday 9 February)

AC Port of Spain 2 (John-Paul Rochford 45, Sedale McLean 73) v La Horquetta Rangers 2 (Tyrone Charles 2, Aikim Andrews 87), 3:30pm, Larry Gomes Stadium;

W Connection 2 (Kurt Fredericks 12-Pen, Jevaughn Humphrey 81) v Point Fortin Civic 1 (Daniel Diaz 71), 4pm, Ato Boldon Stadium;

Cunupia FC 2 (Kevon Woodley 50, 70) v Club Sando 1 (Shaqkeem Joseph 53), 6:00pm, Ato Boldon Stadium; - Match Highlights

Defence Force - Bye

Lat­est Team Stand­ings

P  W  D  L  F  A  GD  Pts
1  Defence Force FC  11 8 2 1 19 9 +10 26
2  Terminix La Horquetta Rangers  FC 12 6 2 4 35 17 +18 20
3  Police FC  12 5 4 3 21 12 +9 19
4  Morvant Caledonia United  11 4 6 1 13 9 +4 18
5  W Connection  FC 10 4 3 3 17 14 +3 15
6  Central FC  12 3 4 5 13 15 -2 13
7  San Juan Jabloteh FC  12 3 4 5 14 24 -10 13
8  Athletic Club Port of Spain  12 3 4 5 14 27 -13 13
9  Tiger Tanks Club Sando FC  12 3 3 6 16 17 -1 12
10  Point Fortin Civic  FC 10 3 3 4 13 17 -4 12
11  Cunupia FC  12 1 5 6 9 23 -14 8

Upcoming Fixtures

(Tuesday 11 February)

Morvant Caledonia United v San Juan Jabloteh, 6:00pm, Ato Boldon Stadium.

(Wednesday 12 February)

Central FC v W Connection, 6:00pm, Ato Boldon Stadium;

Point Fortin Civic v AC Port of Spain, 7:00pm, Mahaica Oval.