Digicel Pro League Champions Defence Force made easy of Guyanese opponents Milerock on Sunday night at the Mac Kenzie Sports Club Ground, Linden, Guyana with a comfortable 4-0 win in their first leg clash of the Caribbean Football Union Club Championship second round.
Veteran player Michael Edwards scored his second double of this season’s Club Championship with second half goals in the 65th and 75th minutes following first half strikes by Kerry Joseph (7th minute) and Richard Roy (35th minute) against the Guyana Super League runner-up which boasted former Pro League standouts Collie Hurcules and Kayode McKinnon.
Joseph scored his other double against Bermudan side Dandy Town Hornets in the first round of the CFU Club Championship.
The comfortable away win on Sunday puts the Ross Russell coached Defence Force in the driver’s seat with the return leg set for April 22 at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, Trinidad.
Also on April 22, fellow TT Pro League club Caledonia AIA making its CFU debut this season, will contest Tempete of Haiti in their second-round first-leg match as part of a double-header with the return set for May 7 in Haiti.
The winners of the second round home and away series will advance to the semi-final round in T&T from May 25 with the final and third-place games set for four days later.
The semifinal winners and third placed club will qualify for the 2011-2012 CONCACAF Champions League.
In the other second-round home and away series, Puerto Rico Islanders begin defense of their title on April 23 at Juan Ramon Loubriel Stadium in Bayamon against Suriname's Walking Boyz while Guyana Super League champ Alpha United will play River Plate FC of Puerto Rico on Friday, April 15, at Georgetown's GCC Bourda Park, which also will be the site of the second leg two days later.
Coach Russell and his charges are scheduled to return to Trinidad on Monday afternoon.
Milerock 0—4 Defence Force
Kerry Joseph 7’, Richard Roy 35’, Michael Edwards 65’, 75’