Joe Public, TTEC stay on track for football honours

At the WASA Ground in St Joseph, the hosts were set back with an early double from Donovan Derrick, in the first and 14th minutes, before former national midfielder Michael-Lee Celestine pulled one back for WASA in the 39th, but Anthony Thompson secured full points in the 90th.

TTEC, who have a match in hand, took the lead at the Sangre Grande Recreation Ground through Shatton Ollivierre after ten minutes. Striker Carlon Hughes tied the scores for Economy in the 25th before TTEC responded with two goals in quick succession, from ex-Trinidad and Tobago defender Anthony Noreiga (27th) and midfielder Sylvester Teesdale (30th).

Evergreen forward Christon Freitas netted a pair as third-placed Harvard strolled past the hapless Harlem Strikers 3-0 at the Dibe Recreation Ground in Long Circular, St James. Freitas struck in the 50th and 55th to give Harvard full points, following Saleem Rahaman’s opener after 15 minutes. The pair of matches in the Chaguaramas vicinity each ended in 1-1 stalemates.

At the Army Base, Defence Force earned a come-from-behind draw, courtesy of Akil Pierre’s 76th equaliser, against Queen’s Park, after Chike Phillip put the visitors ahead in the 32nd. And, at the Youth Camp, Carenage United and Club Sando earned a share of the points, with Curtis Noel’s 26th opener for Carenage being cancelled out by veteran Dexter Franklyn in the 74th.

The meeting between St Francois Nationals and 1976 FC Phoenix, which was scheduled to take place at the Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya, was cancelled due to inter-island flight problems affecting the Phoenix outfit. The match will now be played on December 1.

In related news, Economy thrashed St Francois 5-1 in a rescheduled Match Day 16 encounter last Wednesday at the Youth Camp.

Kevin Jagdeosingh notched a pair for Economy, in the 68th and 82nd, while Hughes (15th), Shervin Charles (43rd) and Larry Jones (86th) contributed one apiece.

Wendell Douglas got St Francois’ consolation item, in the 57th. Match Day 23 action will take place on October 18.

STANDINGS

Teams P W D L F A Pts
Joe Public 21 16 3 2 59 18 51
TTEC 20 15 0 5 45 23 45
Harvard 20 10 4 6 38 28 34
Phoenix 19 10 3 6 36 20 33
Defence Force 19 8 6 5 39 29 30
Queen’s Park 21 8 6 7 38 38 30
Economy Strikers 21 8 3 10 38 37 27
Club Sando 21 8 3 10 41 41 27
WASA 21 7 4 10 40 40 25
St Francois 19 7 3 9 29 39 24
Carenage 20 4 4 12 22 42 16
Harlem 20 3 3 14 16 57 12