Connection narrow gap

TWO GOALS by national striker Kendall Davis and one apiece from Jefferson Goulart and George Isaac gave W Connection a 4-1 triumph over the winless Tobago United at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva yesterday.

Garth Woodley gave the Tobagonians a shock 10th minute lead by playmaker Goulart levelled the scores for Connection 12 minutes later. Prolific St Kitts’ striker Isaac scored in the 37th minute and Davis’ double, in the 53rd and 67th, ensured that Connection narrowed the gap with CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh. Jabloteh, who trounced North East Stars 5-2 on Saturday, are atop the ten-team standings with 28 points, with Connection five points adrift. South Starworld Strikers jumped to fourth on the table with a 4-0 hammering of “The Stallions” Caledonia AIA at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella. Kester Cornwall opened the scoring for the hosts in the 31st while midfielder Marc Borde’s 42nd minute strike gave Starworld a 2-0 halftime cushion. Cornwall netted his second four minutes after the restart, with national midfielder Dale Saunders completing the rout in stoppage time.

At the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, Joe Public recorded their eighth draw in 11 matches after a 1-1 stalemate against a plucky South West Institute of Football (SWIF) outfit. Ex-national defender Derek King, unmarked in the penalty box, glanced his header wide of the mark from a Sterling O’Brien freekick after six minutes, while former TT striker Peter Prosper skied his left-footer overbar from a Bevon Lewis feed in the 27th. But the “Eastern Lions” got on the scoresheet in the 32nd, when Ochieng Abosi met a Densil Theobald freekick and planted his header past the SWIF goalkeeper Andy Dean. King failed to extend Joe Public’s lead in the 43rd, scooping his penalty high after Theobald was brought down by SWIF defender Kelvin Hernandez. King and his teammates were made to pay for that error two minutes later when Prosper, who recently joined SWIF following a lengthy professional stint in Lebanon, evaded defender Seon Power and, with goalie Michael McComie at his mercy, buried his right footer home.

UNDER-20 RESULTS -
JOE PUBLIC (2) - Terrence McAllister 35th, Lincoln Brown 40th vs SWIF (1) - Warren Andrews 12th.
W CONNECTION (4) vs TOBAGO UNITED (2).
STARWORLD STRIKERS (1) vs CALEDONIA AIA (1).