St. Kitts and Nevis paid a visit to fellow islanders St. Lucia at Gros Islet. St. Lucia were looking to add other saints to their name because Lucia just was not enough to put up a fight against visiting St. Kitts. The goals came early and often for St. Kitts, with three goals coming in the first quarter hour of the match, effectively ending St. Lucia's hopes of a result before the home side could find a rhythm. St. Kitts added a fourth one minute before halftime, giving themselves a 4-0 lead.St. Lucia, to their credit, did not give up on the match, and they were able to pull back two goals before the final whistle sounded to come up with a less disastrous scoreline than their previous 4-1 defeat in Canada. St. Kitts and Nevis jump to second place in the group ahead of Puerto Rico.
Group favorites Canada visited the side pegged as being their greatest challengers for the Group D title, Puerto Rico. However, the Canadians found that to them, their biggest challenger was the humid weather of Bayamon. The big question was weather the Canadians were in good enough physical condition to conquer both the weather and Puerto Rico. Canada absorbed Puerto Rico's early pressure, with Lars Hirschfeld coming up with two good saves. The tide began turning in favor of the northerners soon after. An opportunistic goal four minutes from the end of the half sent Canada to the locker room up 1-0.
In the second half, it was Puerto Rico who surprisingly became the team that was slowed down by the weather. Canada were alert to this, and intelligently substituted two speedy offensive players into the mix, with great dividends being paid in the final six minutes of the match. Canada's substitutes scored two goals in this period to seal the victory and paint a glossier picture of the match through the final scoreline of 3-0 than perhaps was merited by their performance. Canada assume control of the top of the table with the victory.
Canada 6 pts +6
St. Kitts 4 pts +2
Puerto Rico 1 pts -3
St. Lucia 0 pts -5
Goals:
St. Kitts and Nevis
Ian Lake 6
Mudassa Howe 12
Joel Jeffers 14
Devaughn Elliot 44
St. Lucia
Zaine Pierre 65
Cliff Vaclin 84
Canada
Iain Hume 41
Simeon Jackson 84
Tosaint Ricketts 89
Match Reports:
Highlights:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgHHs6pFjuM (Canada v. Puerto Rico)
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