Point Fortin Civic Centre and Marabella Family CC both took giant steps toward places in the last-eight of the Southern Football Association League Cup after first-leg victories in their round-of-16 encounters on Tuesday.
At Lower Barrackpore, Point Fortin, the current leader of the SFA Petrotrin Super League Premier Division, outgunned Diamond United 4-2 led by two goals each from out-of-favour national players Marcus Joseph and Matthew Bartholomew while Keston Jacobs also netted twice for the losers.
Marabella was much more emphatic in beating Penal All Stars 6-3 at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium Training Field, Marabella, led by a double from Mark Rivers while Akiel Joseph, Carlon Acosta, Stefon Campbell and Anton Pierre added the others.
SFA League Cup Round-of-16 first-leg results
Tuesday Results:
Pt Fortin CC 4 (Marcus Joseph 2, Matthew Bartholomew 2) vs Diamond Utd 2 (Keston Jacobs 2)
PAL Utd 3 vs Cedar Hill Utd 0 - By Default
Marabella Family 6 (Mark Rivers 2, Akiel Joseph, Carlon Acosta, Stefon Campbell, Anton Pierre) vs Penal All Stars 3
Today’s match
UTT vs Big Dreams Utd, 4pm