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Portmore 5 Seba 0; HVFC 4 Seba 2
Nelson gets four as Portmore drub August Town 5-0
by Ainsley Walters, Freelance Writer
Sporting Centrals' Tennyson Smith (centre) is surrounded by Tivoli Gardens' Dwight Heron (right) and Denroy Gordon during their Cash Plus Premier League match yesterday at the Edward Seaga Sports Complex. Tivoli won 2-0. - Ian Allen
PORTMORE UNITED striker Roen Nelson announced his presence in the Cash Plus Premier League in a big way yesterday, slamming in four goals against August Town in his team's 5-0 win at the University of the West Indies.
Nelson's four-timer in his first match since returning from the Trinidad and Tobago pro league, kept Portmore second in the standings, two behind Tivoli Gardens, who moved to 36 points after blanking promoted Sporting Central 2-0 at the Edward Seaga stadium.
However, Waterhouse slipped to fourth on 29 points, drawing 1-1 at Boys' Town and were overtaken by defending champions Harbour View, moving to 30 points with a 4-2 win over Seba at Compound.
In other games, St. Georges drew 1-1 at home with Reno to stay fifth on 26 points, while Village got their second win of the season, stopping Arnett Gardens 2-1 in a battle of cellar dwellers at the Elleston Wakeland Centre.
At Compound, Harbour View striker Fabian Taylor shot to the top of the goalscorers' list, netting a hat-trick in his team's win.
Taylor raced to 10 goals, surpassing Daniel Shaw of August Town's nine strikes, by netting in the sixth, 16th and 63rd minutes, pushing the defending champions to third in the standings.
Harbour View got their fourth goal from substitute Robert Scarlett in a mad final three minutes, during which Seba also got two goals in their losing effort.
The Montegonians got their first goal from the penalty spot in the 89th to make it 3-1 when a shot blasted off Clifton Waugh's hand.
Yellow card
Harbour View responded almost immediately when Scarlett, sporting a wild afro, behaved likewise after latching on to a pass down the left side and booted past goalie Neil Lynch to make it 4-1 in the 90th.
His celebration antics, jumping the perimeter fences and racing through the stands before throwing his shirt, almost out of the ground, earned him a yellow card for his effort.
Harbour View were still celebrating their fourth goal when Seba struck their second in the first minute of time-added, capitalising on a sleeping defence with a snap goal converted by Kemar James.
However, the defending champions could have cared less as it was sweet revenge after being beaten 2-0 at Jarrett Park by Seba in the penultimate match of the first round, crushing their chances of reaching the end-of-round final.
For Seba, it was their ninth straight match without a win, a stinging fall from grace for the team which led the first round for at least seven games.
Seba started the match strong, pinning Harbour View in their half for the first five minutes and going close to grabbing the lead in the first minute when Ricardo Geddes collected a pass from Stephen Irving on the left side of the box.
The Seba winger did well to get around onrushing central defender Clifton Waugh to race inside the box, but blasted his shot into the side netting
However, it was Harbour View who drew first blood five minutes later in their first attacking move of the match.
A corner kick by midfielder Jermaine Hue went like a telegram to Fabian Taylor's forehead and the hot striker rose above his markers to head past Lynch.
Harbour View's second goal was also another clinical display of precision. His strike partner Kavin Bryan kept possession under pressure just inside the box and laid off a pass for Lance Laing, who sent a sweet volley across the area to Taylor, whose one-time shot beat the Seba 'keeper ends up at the far post.
Taylor completed his hat-trick in the 63rd with a simple tap-in after Hue stepped around an onrushing Lynch inside the box and laid off for the striker at goalmouth.
Waterhouse defender Marco McDonald (left) turns away from Boys' Town's striker Oraine Miller in action from the Cash Plus Premier League at the Collie Smith Drive ground yesterday. The game ended 1-1. - Ian Allen
Yesterday's results
August Town 0 Portmore 5
St Georges 1 Reno 1
Boys' Town 1 Waterhouse 1
Village 2 Arnett 1
Tivoli 2 Sporting Central 0 Harbour View 4 Seba 2
by Ainsley Walters, Freelance Writer
Sporting Centrals' Tennyson Smith (centre) is surrounded by Tivoli Gardens' Dwight Heron (right) and Denroy Gordon during their Cash Plus Premier League match yesterday at the Edward Seaga Sports Complex. Tivoli won 2-0. - Ian Allen
PORTMORE UNITED striker Roen Nelson announced his presence in the Cash Plus Premier League in a big way yesterday, slamming in four goals against August Town in his team's 5-0 win at the University of the West Indies.
Nelson's four-timer in his first match since returning from the Trinidad and Tobago pro league, kept Portmore second in the standings, two behind Tivoli Gardens, who moved to 36 points after blanking promoted Sporting Central 2-0 at the Edward Seaga stadium.
However, Waterhouse slipped to fourth on 29 points, drawing 1-1 at Boys' Town and were overtaken by defending champions Harbour View, moving to 30 points with a 4-2 win over Seba at Compound.
In other games, St. Georges drew 1-1 at home with Reno to stay fifth on 26 points, while Village got their second win of the season, stopping Arnett Gardens 2-1 in a battle of cellar dwellers at the Elleston Wakeland Centre.
At Compound, Harbour View striker Fabian Taylor shot to the top of the goalscorers' list, netting a hat-trick in his team's win.
Taylor raced to 10 goals, surpassing Daniel Shaw of August Town's nine strikes, by netting in the sixth, 16th and 63rd minutes, pushing the defending champions to third in the standings.
Harbour View got their fourth goal from substitute Robert Scarlett in a mad final three minutes, during which Seba also got two goals in their losing effort.
The Montegonians got their first goal from the penalty spot in the 89th to make it 3-1 when a shot blasted off Clifton Waugh's hand.
Yellow card
Harbour View responded almost immediately when Scarlett, sporting a wild afro, behaved likewise after latching on to a pass down the left side and booted past goalie Neil Lynch to make it 4-1 in the 90th.
His celebration antics, jumping the perimeter fences and racing through the stands before throwing his shirt, almost out of the ground, earned him a yellow card for his effort.
Harbour View were still celebrating their fourth goal when Seba struck their second in the first minute of time-added, capitalising on a sleeping defence with a snap goal converted by Kemar James.
However, the defending champions could have cared less as it was sweet revenge after being beaten 2-0 at Jarrett Park by Seba in the penultimate match of the first round, crushing their chances of reaching the end-of-round final.
For Seba, it was their ninth straight match without a win, a stinging fall from grace for the team which led the first round for at least seven games.
Seba started the match strong, pinning Harbour View in their half for the first five minutes and going close to grabbing the lead in the first minute when Ricardo Geddes collected a pass from Stephen Irving on the left side of the box.
The Seba winger did well to get around onrushing central defender Clifton Waugh to race inside the box, but blasted his shot into the side netting
However, it was Harbour View who drew first blood five minutes later in their first attacking move of the match.
A corner kick by midfielder Jermaine Hue went like a telegram to Fabian Taylor's forehead and the hot striker rose above his markers to head past Lynch.
Harbour View's second goal was also another clinical display of precision. His strike partner Kavin Bryan kept possession under pressure just inside the box and laid off a pass for Lance Laing, who sent a sweet volley across the area to Taylor, whose one-time shot beat the Seba 'keeper ends up at the far post.
Taylor completed his hat-trick in the 63rd with a simple tap-in after Hue stepped around an onrushing Lynch inside the box and laid off for the striker at goalmouth.
Waterhouse defender Marco McDonald (left) turns away from Boys' Town's striker Oraine Miller in action from the Cash Plus Premier League at the Collie Smith Drive ground yesterday. The game ended 1-1. - Ian Allen
Yesterday's results
August Town 0 Portmore 5
St Georges 1 Reno 1
Boys' Town 1 Waterhouse 1
Village 2 Arnett 1
Tivoli 2 Sporting Central 0 Harbour View 4 Seba 2
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