Adam Pierre scored the lone goal as Cunu­pia FC stunned ta­ble lead­ers and pre­vi­ous­ly un­beat­en W Con­nec­tion FC in Group B ac­tion of the Next Lev­el Con­sult­ing Lim­it­ed (NL­CL) Un­der-19 Com­mu­ni­ty Cup con­tin­ued on Thurs­day.

Play­ing at the Bal­main Recre­ation Ground, Cou­va, Pierre got the de­ci­sive item in the 46th minute to earn Cunu­pia FC on­ly their sec­ond win in eight match­es, but good enough to move them up to the third and fi­nal qual­i­fi­ca­tion po­si­tion for the play­offs.

De­spite the loss, W Con­nec­tion re­mained top of the six-club ta­ble with 19 points from eight match­es, and two left to play while Made In La Brea (15 points) nar­rowed the gap at the top to four points af­ter a 3-0 tri­umph over Point Fortin Youth Foot­ball Acad­e­my (FA) at Brighton Recre­ation Ground.

Fourth-placed Gas­par­il­lo Youths al­so stayed in con­tention for a top-three fin­ish af­ter a tense 3-2 de­feat of Moru­ga FC at Lums­den Recre­ation Ground.

In Group A, de­fend­ing cham­pi­ons Soc­cer Made Sim­ple re­turned to win­ning ways vi a 7-1 de­feat of T&T Mae­stros at Bon Air Recre­ation Ground, Arou­ca to move to 20 points, five clear of World Class Soc­cer Clin­ic, and Mal­abar Young Stars who bat­tled to a 1-1 draw at Prime Min­is­ter Ground, Five Rivers in Arou­ca, while Trend­set­ter Hawks picked up a first win eas­ing past San­ta Cruz Unit­ed 3-1 at Ed­die Hart Ground, Tu­na­puna.

Over in To­ba­go, at the Black Rock Recre­ation Ground, Ball Blasters crushed Rox­bor­ough Lak­ers for their third in four match­es to lead the ta­ble while Geor­gia slipped past ti­tle-hold­ers Ea­gles 1-0 to leave both teams sec­ond on the four-team ta­ble with six points each, three ahead of Lak­ers. The top two teams in To­ba­go will qual­i­fy to the na­tion­al quar­ter­fi­nals.

The tour­na­ment and its Hol­i­day Ham­per Dri­ve are be­ing held un­der the aus­pices of the non-prof­it or­ga­ni­za­tion, the Next Lev­el Foun­da­tion

Re­sults

Thurs­day, Jan­u­ary 19:

Group A:

World Class Soc­cer Clin­ic 1 vs Mal­abar Young Stars 1

Soc­cer Made Sim­ple 7 vs T&T Mae­stros 1

Trenset­ter Hawks v3 s San­ta Cruz Unit­ed 1

Group B:

Cunu­pia FC 1 vs W Con­nec­tion 0

Gas­par­il­lo Youths 3 vs Moru­ga FC 2

Made In La Brea 3 vs Point Fortin Youth FA 0

To­ba­go:

Venue: Black Rock Recre­ation Ground.

Geor­gia FC 1 vs Ea­gles FC 0

Ball Blasters F.A 6 vs Rox­bor­ough Lak­ers 0

Cur­rent stand­ings:

Trinidad

Group A:

Teams P W D L F A Pts

Soc­cer Made Sim­ple 8 6 2 0 31 4 20

World Class Soc­cer Clin­ic 8 4 3 1 17 10 15

Mal­abar Young Stars 8 4 3 1 10 7 15

T&T Mae­stros 8 2 1 5 10 24 7

Trend­set­ter Hawks 8 1 2 5 10 18 5

San­ta Cruz Utd 8 1 1 6 6 17 4

Group B:

W Con­nec­tion 8 6 1 1 15 7 19

Made In La Brea 8 4 3 1 11 1 15

Cunu­pia FC 8 2 3 3 4 7 9

Gas­par­il­lo Youths 8 2 2 4 11 12 8

Moru­ga FC 8 1 4 3 14 19 7

Pt Fortin Youths F.A 8 2 1 5 6 15 7

To­ba­go:

Ball Blasters 4 3 0 1 13 3 9

Ea­gles FC 4 2 0 2 5 2 6

Geor­gia FC 4 2 0 2 3 7 6

Rox­bor­ough Lak­ers 4 1 0 3 1 10 3

Sun­day's match­es

Mal­abar Young Stars vs San­ta Cruz Unit­ed, Lar­ry Gomes Sta­di­um, Mal­abar, 2 pm

Soc­cer Made Sim­ple vs Trend­set­ter Hawks, Lar­ry Gomes Sta­di­um, Mal­abar, 4 pm

Ea­gles FC vs Geor­gia FC, Mount Saint George Rec. Ground, 2 pm

Rox­bor­ough Lak­ers vs Ball Blasters F.A, Mount Saint George Rec. Ground, 4 pm

T&T Mae­stros vs World Class Soc­cer Clin­ic, St Georges Rec. Ground, Barataria, 4 pm

W Con­nec­tion FC vs Gas­par­il­lo Youths, Plai­sance Park Rec. Ground, 4 pm

Point Fortin Youth Foot­ball Acad­e­my vs Moru­ga FC, Ma­haica Oval, Point Fortin, 4 pm

Cunu­pia FC vs Made in La Brea, Bal­main Rec. Ground, Cou­va, 4 pm