Seecharan double keeps Rangers lurking

With the win, Rangers im­proved to 29 points from 15 match­es on the 11-team ta­ble and five match­es left to play to com­plete their cam­paign while three-time T&T Pro League cham­pi­ons De­fence Force and 18-time na­tion­al league win­ners De­fence Force leads with 32 points from 14 match­es and well on course for a first league crown since 2012-2013 while Po­lice FC stayed third with 23 points from 16 match­es.

The 23-year-old Seecha­ran who had stints pre­vi­ous­ly at De­fence Force, Cen­tral FC and North East Stars opened the scor­ing in the 18th minute and added the sec­ond on the stroke of half-time to give his team a com­fort­able lead at the break which they held on­to in the sec­ond half with­out con­ced­ing.

Down at the Ato Boldon Sta­di­um, Cou­va in the oth­er match on sched­ule na­tion­al beach soc­cer play­er Kevon "Show­time" Wood­ley con­tin­ued to im­press in his quest for se­nior na­tion­al foot­ball team call-up by net­ting the de­ci­sive item in Cunu­pia FC's 2-1 de­feat of AC Port-of-Spain.

Shem Clauzel, the son of long-time stand­out Ian "The Dread­ed Drib­bler" Clauzel hand­ed AC Port-of-Spain the lead a minute be­fore the half-time in­ter­val.

Nine min­utes af­ter the restart, Gio­van­ni Abra­ham drew Cunu­pia FC lev­el and 12 min­utes be­fore the fi­nal whis­tle, Wood­ley banged in the match-win­ner, to earn his team on­ly their sec­ond win in 15 match­es this cam­paign.

Last night (Wednes­day, March 4), De­fence Force h had a chance to re­store its nine-point lead when they face San Juan Jabloteh at Cou­va from 6 pm fol­lowed by Mor­vant Cale­do­nia and Cen­tral FC at the same venue two hours lat­er, while Pt Fortin Civic host­ed Club San­do at Ma­haica Oval.

Full Results

Tuesday March 3

Cunu­pia FC 2 (Giovanni Abraham 54, Kevon Woodley 78) vs AC Port-of-Spain 1 (Shem Clauzel 44), Ato Boldon Sta­di­um, Cou­va, 7pm

La Hor­quet­ta Rangers 2 (Kishun Seecharan 18, 45) vs Po­lice FC 0, La Hor­quet­ta Rec. Grd, 7pm - Match Highlights

Lat­est Team Stand­ings

P  W  D  L  F  A  GD  Pts
1  Defence Force FC  14 11 2 1 25 11 +14 35
2  La Horquetta Rangers  15 9 2 4 43 18 +25 29
3  Police FC  16 6 5 5 28 18 +10 23
4  W Connection  14 6 3 5 23 20 +3 21
5  Morvant Caledonia United  14 5 6 3 17 17 0 21
6  Point Fortin Civic  14 6 3 5 19 21 -2 21
7  Club Sando  15 5 4 6 23 19 +4 19
8  San Juan Jabloteh  15 4 4 7 19 29 -10 16
9  Central FC  15 3 4 8 15 26 -11 13
10  AC Port of Spain  15 3 4 8 18 35 -17 13
11  Cunupia FC  15 2 5 8 13 29 -16 11

Upcoming Matches.

March 4

San Juan Jabloteh vs De­fence Force, Ato Boldon Sta­di­um, Cou­va, 6pm

Mor­vant Cale­do­nia Unit­ed vs Cen­tral FC, Ato Boldon Sta­di­um, Cou­va, 8pm

Point Fortin Civic vs Club San­do, Ma­haica Oval, Point Fortin 7pm

March 6

W Connection v AC Port of Spain, 6pm, Ato Boldon Sta­di­um

March 7

Point Fortin Civic v Morvant Caledonia United, 6pm, Mahaica Oval

March 8

Club Sando v La Horquetta Rangers, 3:30pm, Larry Gomes Stadium

Central FC v Cunupia FC, 4pm, Ato Boldon Sta­di­um

Defence Force v Police FC, 6pm, Ato Boldon Sta­di­um