Defending Digicel Pro League champions DIRECTV W Connection continued its rollercoaster ride this season by defeating cellar positioned T&TEC FC 3-1 on Saturday in the second match of a double header at the Marvin Lee Stadium.
The Stars were also in action on Saturday but only managed a point against seventh positioned St. Ann's Rangers following a 0-0 draw in the earlier Round Two Match Day Five fixture at the Macoya venue.
Rangers again being the stubborn opponents that held the Stars to a 2-2 draw last November in Round One.
And in the second contest T&TEC slumped to the bottom of the table with just 4 points from 1 win, 1 draw and 10 defeats, avoided another high scoring defeat following last weekend's 6-0 loss against second positioned Caledonia.
Connection defeated the 'Electric Boys' 7-0 in Round One, but on Saturday night only managed to get three past the Dexter Cyrus coached-outfit this time around.
Surinamese striker Stefano Rijssel blasted Connection in front by the 24th minute for a 1-0 advantage. But teenaged T&TEC midfielder Nathaniel Garcia, a student of Shiva Boys, equalised with a solid strike from inside the area to level the scores 1-1.
The Stuart Charles Fevrier coach-Connection fired back with two more goals to comfortably defeat T&TEC.
Hashim Arcia, one of two double goalscorers in the Round One 7-0 win over T&TEC, restored Connection's advantage in the 45th minute for a 2-1 score. And in the 78th minute Andrei Pacheco wrapped up the scoring for the 3-1 finish.
Connection (19 points), seated third, remains 4 points behind Caledonia (23 points) and 10 points away from leaders Defence Force (29 points). While North East Stars sits fourth with 17 points.
Digicel Pro League Championship
Round Two Match Day Five
Saturday 2 February 2013
North East Stars 0 - 0 St Ann’s Rangers
W Connection 3 - 1 T&TEC FC
Stefano Rijssel 24', Hashim Arcia 45', Andrei Pacheco 78' ; Nathaniel Garcia 42'
Teams
W Connection--Alejandro Figueroa, Akeem Benjamin, Elijah Manners, Daneil Cyrus, Kurt Frederick, Gerrard Williams, Silvio Spann (Neil Benjamin 79th), Hashim Arcia, Jomal Williams, Andrei Pacheco, Stefano Rijssel
Coach--Stuart Charles-Fevrier
T&TEC--Darryl Francis, Cebastian Bailey (Akeem Redhead 81st), Larry Bacchus (Husani Thomas 60th), Angus John, Eustace Darius, Daniel Garcia, Givon John, Shaquille Ferrier, Nathaniel Garcia, Bevon Bass, Sylvester Teesdale
Coach--Dexter Cyrus