Making the journey from Tobago to Couva, 1976 FC Phoenix, would have been satisfied taking a point from the fixture, when the club held top-of-the-table and unbeaten Club Sando to a 1-1 draw, at the Ato Boldon Stadium, yesterday.
The draw, only Club Sando’s second in 10 matches, moved it four points ahead of similarly unbeaten Guaya United, which has two matches in hand. Guaya was scheduled to meet Defence Force yesterday, but the fixture was postponed due to the Teteron Boys’ commitments in Independence Day activities.
It may have appeared to be yet another routine win for Club Sando, which took the league by storm this season, as the league’s top scorer Teba McKnight bagged his 11th goal of the season in the initial stages of the first half.
However, McKnight’s 8th-minute effort was cancelled out by a strike from LeJandro Williams in the 41st minute, which proved to be the final goal of the match. Phoenix, which sits in sixth of 13 teams prevented itself from being broken down as it demonstrated why it is the second best team in defence this season.
In the match of the round, Malabar FC extended its third place position to fourth-placed Westside Superstarz by six points when the two teams met at St Anthony’s College Ground, Westmoorings.
The placement in the standings have set up a mouth-watering fixture for Match Day 11, next Sunday. Guaya United will host Malabar FC, at Guaya Recreation Ground, while Westside Superstarz travels to the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya to meet Joe Public FC.
Sunday’s Results
Real Maracas 3 (Jemel Patron 15th, Pernell Schultz 53rd, Dillon Bartholomew 77th) v WASA FC 1 (Andel Noray 49th)
Bethel United 4 (Kino Proctor 15th, 32nd, 39th, Keron Duncan 65th) v FC Santa Rosa 2 (Jean-Luc Rochford 45th, Kern Thomas 90th)
Club Sando 1 (Teba McKnight 8th) v 1976 FC Phoenix 1 (LeJandro Williams 41st)
Joe Public 4 (Ellis Dyett 9th, 11th, Rashad Griffith 20th, Kashif Clarke 90th) v Siparia Spurs 3 (Len Mejias 18th, 74th, Jesse Edwards 59th)
Malabar FC 3 (Hayden Tinto 45th, Gorian Highley 68th, Kevon Cornwall 70th) v Westside Superstarz 2 (Kevon Piper 56th, Qian Grosvenor 58th)
Standings
Teams Pld W D L F A Pts
Club Sando 10 8 2 0 26 7 26
Guaya United 8 7 1 0 22 8 22
Malabar 10 6 3 1 31 19 21
Westside 9 5 0 4 21 12 15
Joe Public 9 4 3 2 17 12 15
Phoenix 8 3 4 1 10 8 13
Real Maracas 8 4 1 3 13 12 13
Stokely Vale 9 4 0 5 17 19 12
Bethel Utd 9 2 2 5 12 23 8
WASA FC 10 1 3 6 8 14 6
Siparia Spurs 9 1 2 6 20 26 5
Defence Force 8 1 2 5 11 26 5
FC Santa Rosa 9 0 1 8 7 29 1
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