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When Blast FC opened the scoring within 60 seconds of the kickoff against QPCC – City FC yesterday, they probably had little idea of what lay ahead in their NLCL U19 Community Cup fixture at the Prime Minister’s Recreation Ground in Five Rivers.
Suffice to say that it did not get much better for Blast, as City FC recovered to win by a whopping 12 goals! Luke Correia scored a handful for the “Parkites” while Caden Trestrail got a beavertrick and Seth Hadeed notched a double.
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The massive City win, coupled with a stumble for Athletic International Academy (AIA), saw the west Port of Spain team take pole position in Group A—two points clear of AIA.
At the Eddie Hart Recreation Ground, AIA tasted defeat for the first time this season as they were outgunned 3-1 by Soccer Made Simple (SMS).
Attacking midfielder Stephano Christopher got his fourth goal of the season for SMS while Zakari King and Deisean Plaza were also among the scorers. Forward Jean-Marc Thomas got the lone goal for AIA, who were without their inspirational captain Theo Crovador.
Elsewhere in Malabar, the Malabar Young Stars kept their own fading hopes of a top three finish alive as they routed Cantaro United 5-1, with a hattrick by Samuel Charles.
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Malabar, who are fifth, trail third-placed SMS by six points with four games remaining. The top three finishers advance to the quarterfinal stage of the U-19 Community Cup.
NLCL U19 Community Cup results
(Thursday 25 January)
Group A
AIA 1 (Jean-Marc Thomas 43), SMS 3 (Zakari King 12, Deisean Plaza 72, Stephano Christopher 88) at Eddie Hart Recreation Ground;
Malabar Young Stars 5 (Anthony Wells 10, 61, Samuel Charles 14, 52, 70), Cantaro United 1 (Nash Morrison 20) at Malabar;
Blast FC 1 (Jahmarley Caleb 1), QPCC – City FC 12 (Luke Correia 14, 26, 44, 77, 90+3, Seth Hadeed 18, 55, Caden Trestrail 45+1, 50, 63, 74, Darius Jordan 60) at Prime Minister’s Recreation Ground;
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Group A Standings (Tabulated as played-won-drew-lost-goals for-goals against-points)
QPCC – City FC 8-6-1-1-37-7-19
AIA 8-5-2-1-24-5–17
SMS 8-5-1-2-17-10-16
Caledonia AIA 7-4-0-3-14-17-12
Malabar YS 8-3-1-4-14-16-10
Blast FC 7-1-1-5-4-26-4
Cantaro United 8-0-0-8-5-34–0
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