Canada-born T&T defender Luke Singh conceded an own goal, but his Atletico Ottawa still managed to come away with a 4-3 win over Forge FC in the Canadian Premier League on Friday (June 28).
Ottawa got on the board less than two minutes in as Aboubacar Sissoko scored with an overhead volley from a set-piece, with the only goal of a much quieter first half.
Forge equalized and took the lead rapidly after the break though, as a Singh own goal and an Alex Achinioti-Jönsson header took the wind out of the home side — but not for long. Amer Didic and Rubén del Campo replied with a pair of goals for Ottawa, and they seemed set to carry the 3-2 win forward.
However, Atletico’s Liberman Torres made a critical error in midfield, passing it backward into the path of Kwasi Poku for an easy equalizer. But in the end, Torres went from scapegoat to hero within five minutes, as it was his thundering header that finished Dani Morer’s cross in the 93rd minute to win it 4-3 for Ottawa.
A day earlier, T&T duo, Steffen Yeates and Reon Moore both played the full match for Pacific FC in a 2-1 loss away to Vancouver.
In the United Soccer League Championship Division, defender Leland Archer marshalled the Charleston Battery defence to a 5-2 thumping of North Carolina FC; Leston Paul came off the bench in the 74th minute for Samuel Careage in Memphis 901 FC’s 5-1 spanking of Phoenix Rising; Neveal Hackshaw led Oakland Roots to a 2-0 blanking of Orange County SC; Andre Fortune’s Las Vegas Lights also won 2-0 against Pittsburgh Riverhounds, and Anthony Herbert and New Mexico United got the better of fellow T&T international Shannon Gomez’ San Antonio FC 3-2.
Utility player, Noah Powder came off the bench in the 64th minute to help guide Northern Colorado to a 3-1 defeat of Spokane Velocity in the USL League One Cup while in the US Major League Soccer, Ajani Fortune featured for the first 59 minutes in Atlanta United’s 2-0 win over Toronto FC who was without injured T&T player Tyrese Spicer, and Los Angeles FC trounced Colorado Rapids, 3-0 with Wayne Frederick II, an unused substitute for the latter.