Central Market and Western Division completed the line-up for last night's semifinal double-header in the 110th anniversary of the Port-of-Spain Corporation Football League Tournament with contrasting wins at Nelson Mandela Park, St Clair on Monday (July 8) night.
Needing just to avoid defeat in the final match of the night's triple-header Central Market got a lone strike from Ronaldo Burke to seal all three points against fellow semifinal hopefuls Public Health.
With the win, Central Market ended the seven-team round-robin series with 11 points from six matches, in the third spot, two more than Western Division who whipped winless Corporation Veterans 3-1 led by a brace from Sean Hill.
Jurome Phillip added the other item for Western Division while Andre Frederick was on target for Corporation Veterans, with their first goal of the competition.
And in the marquee match of the night, Central/Eastern defeated Transport & Cleansing 2-1 in their top-of-the-table clash and went into semifinal as the top seeded team.
For Central/Eastern Israel Mylan and Robert Phillips scored one goal each to cancel out Andy Charles' item for Transport & Cleansing.
The win lifted Central/Eastern to 16 points and an unbeaten league record from their six matches, while Transport & Cleansing slipped to second with 13 points after their first defeat.
In the first semifinal, Transport and Cleansing met Central Market followed by Central/Eastern against Western Division with the winners to meet in Friday's final from 7 pm while the losers face-off for the third spot also on Friday from 6 pm.
Results:
Monday (July 8):
Central/Eastern 2 (Israel Mylan, Robert Phillips) vs Transport & Cleansing 1 (Andy Charles). Man-of-the-match: Robert Phillips (Central/Eastern)
Western Division 3 (Sean Hill 2, Jurome Phllip) vs Corporation Veterans 1 (Andre Frederick). Man-of-the-match: Sean Hill (Western Division)
Central Market 1 (Ronaldo Burke) vs Public Health 0. Man-of-the-match: Ronaldo Burke (Central Market)
Final round-robin standings:
Pl* Teams*P*W*D*L*F*A*Pts
1*Central/Eastern*6*5*1*0*11*2*16
2*Transport&Cleansing*6*4* 1*1*14*5*13
3*Central Market*6*3*2*1*7*4*11
4*Western Division*6*3*0*3*8*6*9
5*Public Health*6*1*2*4*8*7*5
6*City Hall*6*1*2*3*4*11*5
7*Veterans*6*0*0*6*1*18*0