MIAMI, Florida, CMC – A primary-half hat-trick from midfielder Rianna Cyrus enabled hosts Barbados to start out the Concacaf Highway to W Gold Cup with a convincing 5-0 win in opposition to St Vincent & the Grenadines in Group C of League B on Friday.
Jaden Masters scored a brace, and hosts Bermuda landed a 2-0 win in opposition to the Dominican Republic in one other Group C, League B contest in certainly one of two wins for English-speaking Caribbean groups within the match that opened this previous Wednesday across the confederation, whereas Cuba rolled previous hosts St Lucia 2-1 in Group B of League C.
AT THE WILDEY TURF STADIUM: Cyrus reeled off successive objectives after Shanice Stevenson gave Barbados the lead within the tenth minute from a free kick.
Cyrus prolonged the lead within the nineteenth minute with nifty footwork contained in the field to transform on a supply from Shauntae Hinds earlier than she evaded SVG goalkeeper Altica Benn within the twenty second minute to hit a exact ball from outdoors the proper aspect of the aim space and accomplished her hat-trick off a free kick service from Stevenson.
Cheyanna Burnett-Griffith scored within the 74th minute with a strike off a bouncing ball after Keinelle Johnson supplied the cross from the left flank to search out her inside the world.
AT THE NATIONAL SPORTS CENTRE: Masters opened the scoring within the tenth minute with a rocket from lengthy vary, solely moments after the Girl Warriors had been near taking the lead on an try from Eva Frazzoni that flew extensive.
Masters earned her second aim within the first minute of first-half stoppage time when she slipped the ball previous DR goalkeeper Odaliana Gomez a bit of outdoors the sting of the field on a Bermuda quick break.
AT THE DAREN SAMMY CRICKET GROUND: Mauritania Mengana scored a dramatic late winner to interrupt St Lucian’s hearts after the hosts performed defiantly all through the competition.
Mengana determined the match after she made a blazing run down the proper wing and composed herself earlier than ending previous St Lucia reserve goalkeeper Kenna Lionel within the third minute of second-half stoppage time.
Earlier, Katheryn Rodriguez gave the guests the lead within the fourth minute when she latched onto a direct ball excessive and chipped it over Saint Lucia beginning’ keeper Renala Francis.
The St. Lucians confirmed coronary heart and responded within the fifteenth minute when striker Shamalyn Albert ended some nifty dribbling and strikes with a cross in entrance of the aim, and Freegeanne Joseph guided the ball into the web on the far submit within the fifteenth minute.
Cuba continued to say itself, particularly within the second half, once they began to come back on the Saint Lucia protection in waves. Nonetheless, Albert got here near giving the house group the lead, solely to see her shot within the eighty fifth minute fly extensive earlier than Mengana intervened.
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