Brandon Baldeo's 72nd minute goal in a 2�1 losing effort for 1976 Phoenix against Club Sando was enough to hand his team the National Youth League Under-18 crown on goal-difference on Tuesday at the Caanan Ground, Bon Accord. Going into the match, Pheonix was level on seven points with Mayaro at the top of the table, and needed a draw to be certain of the crown.
Club Sando (four points) was in a must win situation (two clear goals). Club Sando got the best start possible when Rondell Thomas opened the scoring after four minutes and Quammie Gonzales made it 2�0 in the 66th to put his team within reach of the crown. However, Baldeo struck for Phoenix in the 72nd minutes which meant, Club Sando needed to score another goal.
That goal never came and at the end of the 90 minutes, Phoenix, Club Sando and Mayaro Spurs were all level on seven points, but Phoenix topped the table because of a superior goal-difference of plus-four to Club Sando's plus-three and Mayaro's plus-two. Last week, 1st FC Santa Rosa won the U-16 title, after completing its four-match schedule with a perfect record of four wins for maximum 12 points, three more than second place Club Sando.
Results
U-16: QPCC 4 (MylesYorke 29th, Travis Sinnette 72nd, Kwesi Alleyne 76th, Justin Edwards 79th) vs Harvard 1 (Kevin Jessop 35th).
U-18: Club Sando 2 (Rondell Thomas 4th, Quammie Gonzales 66th) vs Phoenix 1 (Brandon Baldeo 72nd).