Devonshire Cougars 2 Trinidad and Tobago Under 23 Team 3
On a night were the temperature reached 54F the match between the Trinidad and Tobago Under 23 Team and the Premier Division champions Devonshire Cougars got underway. Several development’s to note as Devarr Boyles is on the Devonshire Cougars bench as the teams Technical Director and player/coach Kwame Steede started the match on the bench.
The first chance of the game fell to the feet of Trinidad’s Jean-Luc Rochford but his shot from the edge of the box went well over the top in the third minute. In the 17th minute Sean Brangam played a one-two with Aljame Zuill and his twenty-five yard shot beat a diving Andre Marchan to his right. In the 26th minute Cougars goalkeeper Clyde Darrell made a save diving to his left to stop a Rochford shot but Jamal Juma Clarence was on hand to put the rebound away from just inside the six yard box. In the 36th minute Trinidad took the lead, a corner from Rochford saw Nicholas Walker out jump the Cougars defense to head the ball home. Two minutes later a thunderous shot from Lougheed from some twenty yards out flew pass a diving Darrell to make the score 3 – 1. In the 42nd minute Cougars came close to making it a one goal game but Daniel Cyrus cleared the ball off the line.
One minute into the second half Trinidad’s Lougheed had a shot from inside the box go well wide. In the 56th minute Cougars striker Aljame Zuill headed on a long ball for Korvon Tucker to outpace the Trinidad defense and score from inside the box to make the score 3 – 2. In the 65th minute Kwame Steede had a chance to equalize for Cougars but his penalty kick was saved by Marchan and then hit the rebound well over the top. In the 82nd minute Trinidad’s Micah Lewis went on a run and had a shot from some 25 yards out that was well saved by Darrell.
