Kerry Daniel netted a brace as Back Street slammed Pipiol 5-0 in their final round-robin Group B match to seal a last-eight spot in the 16-team Santa Cruz Football Organisation Monteco Cup on Saturday. Going into the match at the Brian Lara Recreation Ground, Sam Boucaud, Lower Santa Cruz, Dathea led the Group B four-team table with five points from its three matches, one ahead of Back Street and Pipiol.
Back Street enjoyed a better goal difference of plus-six to Pipiol's plus-two and only needed a drawn result to advance to the quarterfinals while Pipiol needed maximum points. However, Back Street proved a class above and coasted to the comfortable win with Ronald "Sharky" St Louis, Kerry Fredericks and Keron Cordner also on strike.
With the victory, Back Street topped Group B with seven points and will face Group A runner-up, San Juan/San Juan in the quarterfinals tomorrow from 4.15 pm. Dathea, second in Group B with five points tackles Hot Shots, Group A winner in first quarterfinal tomorrow from 2.15pm. In the two other quarterfinal matches on Sunday, Police and Fire Service, the only clubs to win all three matches in their respective groups, will start as favourites to advance to the semifinals. The lawmen, who edged past North Coast United on Tuesday 2-1 with a goal each from Christopher Sam and H Jones to top Group C with maximum nine points, face Group D runner-up River Plate while Fire Service, 3-1 victors over River Plate in their Group D decider, comes up against North Coast, which ended ahead of La Pastora on goal-difference after both clubs tallied four points. The winner of the tournament will walk away with $10,000 while second gets $5,000, third $2,500 and fourth, $1,500.
Current Standings
Group A:
Teams P W D L F A Pts
Hot Shots 3 2 0 1 6 2 6
SJuan/SJuan 3 2 0 1 4 3 6
Sam Boucaud 3 1 1 1 5 6 4
B/Mulatresse 3 0 1 2 3 7 1
Group B:
Back Street 3 2 0 1 13 2 7
Dathea 3 1 0 2 12 3 5
Pipiol 3 1 0 2 4 7 4
NASC 3 0 0 3 1 18 0
Group C:
Police 3 3 0 0 15 3 9
North Coast 3 1 1 1 6 2 4
La Pastora 3 1 1 1 4 7 4
Look We 3 1 0 2 4 17 0
Group D:
Fire Service 3 3 0 0 13 5 9
River Plate 3 2 0 1 15 4 6
Blackford St 2 0 0 2 3 10 0
Bon Air 2 0 0 2 2 14 0
MONTECO CUP RESULTS
September 3:
Back Street 5 (Kerry Daniel 2, Ronald St Louis, Kerry Fredericks, Keon Cordner) vs Pipiol 0
September 5:
La Pastora 4 (Nigel Peters 2, Kyle Hart, Allister Ramlochan) vs Look We 1 (Donille Derek).
September 6:
Police 2 (Christopher Sam, H Jones) vs North Coast 1 (Akeel Andrews).
September 7:
Fire Service 3 (Marcus Chandool 2, Kevin Thomas) vs River Plate 1 (Kevin Williams).
