Morvant Caledonia stops Army 2-1

In spite of the vic­to­ry, how­ev­er, the De­fence Force still main­tained their top po­si­tion on the 11-team stand­ings with 17 points, but the Mor­vant men have now closed the gap be­tween the teams to with­in one point as they moved to 16 points.

The Army Coast-Guard com­bi­na­tion un­til, for all their dom­i­nance in the sea­son so far, had to de­pend on the un­for­tu­nate gen­eros­i­ty of the op­po­si­tion which scored all three goals in the con­test on the day.

Fol­low­ing a goal­less first half, Tev Lawrence fired the Mor­vant Cale­do­nia team in­to the lead in the 52nd minute.

But they be­gan to feel un­lucky when their de­fend­er Melville Dox­il­ly turned the ball in­to his own goal to even up the score­line at 1-1 some nine min­utes af­ter the open­ing goal.

How­ev­er, Joshua Alexan­der sealed the win for Ja­maal Shabazz's team with a goal in the 71st minute that as­sured them max­i­mum points in the en­counter.

Over at the Lar­ry Gomes Sta­di­um in Mal­abar, Ari­ma, Ja­mal Creighton scored a dou­ble to guide Ter­minix La Hor­quet­ta Rangers to a 2-0 shut-out of Cen­tral FC which moved them to fourth on the ta­ble.

Rangers, which strug­gled to repli­cate the form that took them to the fi­nal of the First Cit­i­zens Cup in De­cem­ber, saw a sem­blance of it when Creighton took the ad­vance in the 86th minute be­fore he lat­er drilled the nail in­to the Cen­tral FC cof­fin three min­utes lat­er.

Yesterday's Results.

(Saturday 25 January)

Central FC 0 v La Horquetta Rangers 2 (Jamal Creighton 86, 89), 3:30pm, Larry Gomes Stadium;

Defence Force 1 (Melvin Doxilly 59 Own-Goal) v Morvant Caledonia United 2 (Tev Lawrence 52, Joshua Alexander 71), 4pm, Ato Boldon Stadium.

Standings

Teams*P*W*D*L*GF*GA*GD*Points
1*De­fence Force FC*8*5*2*1*12*8*4*17
2*Mor­vant Cale­do­nia Unit­ed*9*4*4*1*11*7*4*16
3*Po­lice FC*8*4*2*2*13*7*6*14
4*Ter­minix La Hor­quet­ta Rangers*8*4*1*3*20*11*9*13
5*W Con­nec­tion*7*3*3*1*13*6*7*12
6*Point Fortin Civic*7*3*3*1*11*7*4*12
7*Cen­tral FC*9*2*3*4*8*11*-3*9
8*San Juan Jabloteh*8*2*3*3*9*13*-4*9
9*AC Port of Spain*8*2*1*5*10*24*-14*7
10*Tiger Tanks Club San­do*8*1*3*4*7*12*-5*6
11*Cunu­pia FC*8*0*3*5*5*13*-8*3

Upcoming Fixtures

(Tuesday 28 January)

Central FC v Defence Force, 6pm, La Horquetta Recreation Ground;

La Horquetta Rangers v Point Fortin Civic, 8pm, La Horquetta Recreation Ground;

AC Port of Spain v Club Sando, 6pm, Diego Martin Sporting Complex;

San Juan Jabloteh v Cunupia FC, 8pm, Diego Martin Sporting Complex;

W Connection v Police FC, 6pm, Ato Boldon Stadium.