Former Trinidad and Tobago national and Birmingham City (English Premier League) striker Stern John opened his account for the season when leading WASA to the top of the National Super League.
John, Trinidad and Tobago’s all-time record goal-scorer at international level, netted the third goal for WASA which scored a 4-0 win over Joe Public at the Marvin Lee Stadium on Wednesday.
They have now leap-frogged Petrotrin Palo Seco (11 points) by a point, after the previous leaders were held 2-2 by Bethel United of Tobago. John showed the experience of his days playing with Birmingham City, when despite the attention of an eager, young defender Kerron Reid, he flicked a cross low across the dive of Joe Public keeper Vaughn Charles to the far corner.
And at age 37, despite having seen it all during his ten years playing in England, John seemed no less thrilled at scoring. Four victories in five matches puts WASA atop the table with 12 points, followed by Petrotrin on 11 and last year’s runner-up Club Sando on ten points.
Club Sando recovered fom Sunday’s slender 1-0 defeat to WASA with an uncomfortable 4-2 away win over Real Maracas. Club Sando appeared to have matters well in hand when leading 3-0 through goals from Kern Cupid (43rd), Kerron Mitchell (58th), and Akeem Humphrey (65th).
But spured on by their fans, the home team rallied with goals from Shaquille Smith (77th) and Dillon Bartholomew (88th) to pull themselves back into the game to be down 3-2 at one point. It took Andre Quashie’s injury time item to finally kill off Real Maracas.
UPCOMING NATIONAL SUPER LEAGUE MATCHES:
(Sunday)
4 (p.m) - Joe Public F.C. vs Coosal’s Las Lomas Utd , Marvin Lee Stadium
4 (p.m) - T&T Defence Force vs Malabar F.C., Macaripe Youth Camp
5 (p.m) - W.A.S.A. F.C vs Real Maracas F.C., WASA Ground, St. Joseph
NATIONAL SUPER LEAGUE RESULTS:
(Wednesday Aug 7)
WASA FC 4 (Damien Pompey 15th, Kirth Hutchins 35th, Stern John 57th, Ethan Robinson 60th) v Joe Public FC 0
Coosal’s Las Lomas Utd 2 (Dion Lewis 43rd) v Travis Joseph 67th) v T&T Defence Force 2 (Jahvon Neptune 19th, Khalid Chrichlow 25th)
Club Sando 4 (Kern Cupid 43rd, Kerron Mitchell 58th, Akeem Humphrey 65th, Andre Quashie 90th+2) v Real Maracas 2 (Shaquille Smith 77th, Dillon Bartholomew 88th)
Siparia Spurs 3 (Andy London 20th, Shevon Frederick 76th, Denzil Garcia 90th pen) v Malabar FC 2 (Kevon Woodley 6th, Gorean Highley 25th)
Petrotrin Palo Seco 2 (Corey Cyrus 41st, Darren Alexis 67th) v Bethel United 2 (Vernon Wilson 73th, Akeilon Murphy 87th)
Stokely Vale 2 (Dereme Williams 7th, 47th) v FC Santa Rosa 1 (Rashad Griffith 13th)
NLCB La Horquetta SA 4 (Sherlon Phillips 18th (og), Kern Roberts 36th, Kerron St Cyr 62nd, Kevin Mulzac 84th) v D’Lime Bar Goal City 2 (Kayode Legall 33rd, Akini Ferguson 89th pen)
NATIONAL SUPER LEAGUE STANDINGS:
TEAMS P W D L GF GA GD PTS
W.A.S.A. F.C. 5 4 0 1 16 5 11 12
PETROTRIN PALO SECO 5 3 2 0 14 8 6 11
CLUB SANDO 5 3 1 1 11 8 3 10
SIPARIA SPURS 5 3 1 1 11 10 1 10
N.L.C.B LA HORQUETTA S.A. 4 3 0 1 11 7 4 9
T&T DEFENCE FORCE 4 1 3 0 10 7 3 6
STOKELY VALE F.C. 4 2 0 2 5 4 1 6
F.C. SANTA ROSA 5 1 2 2 5 6 -1 5
MALABAR F.C. 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
D’ LIME BAR GOAL CITY 3 1 1 1 4 5 -1 4
1976 F.C. PHOENIX 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
COOSAL’S LAS LOMAS UTD 3 0 1 2 3 5 -2 1
BETHEL UNITED 3 0 1 2 4 7 -3 1
REAL MARACAS F.C. 4 0 1 3 5 11 -6 1
GUAYA UNITED 3 0 1 2 2 9 -7 1
JOE PUBLIC F.C. 5 0 1 4 4 13 -9 1
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