Kevon Cornwall kept Sports & Games FC Santa Rosa on course to do the double in the T&T Football Association National Super League when his late strike earned a 2-1 win over the University of T&T in their blink/bmobile knockout quarterfinal at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya on Wednesday night.
Leaders of the 15-team Premier Division table, Santa Rosa was made to work hard against the Championship Division outfit before taking a 44th minute lead through Rashad Griffith into the break.
However, UTT, which dumped last year's tournament winner, Guaya United in the round-of-16 battled its way back and drew level in the 78th thanks to J'Deem Parris, only for Cornwall to bang in the decisive item for Santa Rosa eight minutes later to set up a semifinal meeting with Bethel United at Mt Pleasant Recreation, Tobago on Wednesday from 7.30 pm.
Over at the Cyd Gray Sports Complex, Roxborough, Teejay Cadiz’s 59th strike was enough to earn Bethel United a shock 1-0 win over fellow Tobago club Youth Stars. Also on Tuesday at Mt Pleasant, Tobago, Police FC will come up against 1976 FC Phoenix from 5pm in the first semifinal.
This after former national midfielder Trent Noel's 85th minute item secured a 2-1 win for the Lawmen over host Petrotrin Palo Seco at the Palo Seco Municipal Stadium, Palo Seco.
Real Didier had given Police FC the lead in the 32nd, but another former national midfielder Romauld Aguillera equalised for Petrotrin Palo Seco in the 77th, only for Noel to hit the winner for the visitors, eight minutes later.
And at Dibe Recreation Ground, Long Circular, St James, visitors 1976 Fc Phoenix got a goal each from David Dominic Mc Dougall, Dominique Kerr and Trevonne James in a 3-1 come-from-behind defeat of Carenage United which got its lone item from Curtis Noel in the 62nd.
The winners of the knockout competition will collect $100,00; second gets $50,000 and the two losing semifinalists, $25,000 each. League action resumes in the Championship and Premier Division on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
Wednesday's blink/bmobile quarterfinal knockout Results:
• FC Santa Rosa 2 (Rashad Griffith 44th, Kevon Cornwall 84th) vs UTT 1 (J'Deem Parris 78th)
• 1976 FC Phoenix 3 (David Dominic Mc Dougall 30th, Dominique Kerr 70th, Trevonne James 75th) vs Carenage United 1 (Curtis Noel 62nd)
• Police FC 2 (Real Didier 32nd, Trent Noel 85th) vs Petrotrin Palo Seco 1 (Romauld Aguillera 77th)
• Bethel United 1 (Teejay Cadiz 59th) vs Youth Stars 0
Upcoming T&TFA SNL Championship Division matches (Saturday October 15):
• Barrackpore Utd SC vs Cunupia FC, Barrackpore Utd Rec. Ground, 4pm
• T&T Prisons vs Petit Valley/Diego Martin Utd, YTC Ground, Arouca, 4pm
• Youth Stars vs Saddle Hill Hotspur, Cyd Gray Sports Complex, Roxborough, 5pm
• Central 500 Spartans vs Carenage Utd, Hugo Francis Rec. Ground, 4pm
Premier Division matches (Sunday October 16):
• 1976 FC Phoenix vs Real Maracas, Canaan Ground, Bon Accord, 5pm
• FC Santa Rosa vs Club Sando Moruga, Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, 5pm
• Bethel United vs Matura Re United, Mt Gomery Rec. Ground, 6pm
• QPCC vs Defence Force, St Mary's College Ground, Serpentine Road, St Clair, 4pm
• Guaya United vs Petrotrin Palo Seco, New Lands Ground, Guaya, 4pm
• Police FC vs Marabella Family CC, St James Police Barracks (inside field), 4pm
• Siparia Spurs vs WASA FC, Irwin Park, Siparia, 5pm
Wednesday October 19 (blink/bmobile knockout semifinals):
Venue: Mt Pleasant Ground, Tobago
• FC Santa Rosa vs Bethel United, 5pm
• 1976 FC Phoenix vs Police FC, 7.30pm
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