Crab Connection win second straight

CRAB CONNECTION travelled east to the Sangre Grande Recreation Ground and inflicted a 4-1 beating on Tamana United in the second round of the All Sport National Super League yesterday.

Captain Warren Butler gave the Eastern Football Association (EFA) outfit the lead after 25 minutes with veteran midfielder Joseph Peters scoring the second 10 minutes later. Kevin Baptiste widened the advantage for Connection in the 50th before David Francis pulled back one for Tamana in the 60th. But all hopes for a revival for Tamana were shattered when Marlon Warren notched Connection’s fourth and final goal in the 85th. Connection and Maraval Youth Academy share the lead atop the 12-team standings with six points. The Maraval lads recorded their second successive win when they rallied from an early setback to defeat TCL Samba Boys 2-1 at Trinity College Grounds, Moka, Maraval. Jerome Simmons scored for the Samba Boys in the 14th but their joy was shortlived when Maraval equalised through Ainsley Joyeau in the 27th. And a late winner from Anton Corbin in the 78th gave the hosts full points.

WASA Clean and White gained their first points of the season with a come-from-behind 3-1 triumph over Defence Force at the WASA Grounds, St Joseph. Skipper Sherwin Russell headed home from a freekick, in the 49th minute, to put the Army-Coast Guard combination in front but Brian Bain struck a thunderous right-footed drive, past D/Force’s goalkeeper Shurland Wheeler, to level the scoring in the 53rd. Gary Jones gave the hosts the lead two minutes later and captain Kien Hernandez put the game beyond doubt for WASA in the 79th, with a right-footed blast, from outside the penalty area, which gave Wheeler no chance. And Club Sando handed Mayaro Spurs their second straight loss, with a 1-0 victory courtesy of a Kevin Olivierre strike in the 40th minute. Third round of the inaugural Super League will be held on Saturday.