Adam's Con­struc­tion San Juan Jabloteh missed its chance to go on top of the Dig­i­cel T&T Pro League af­ter be­ing made to set­tle for a 1-1 draw against hold­ing cham­pi­ons De­fence Force in the sec­ond match of a dou­ble head­er, played at the Lar­ry Gomes Sta­di­um, Ari­ma, on Fri­day night. Pro League lead­ing scor­er Richard Roy bagged his ninth ef­fort of the sea­son, as ear­ly as the ninth minute to give De­fence Force a 1-0 lead. The lead, how­ev­er, last­ed just un­til the 41st minute when Ja­son Mar­cano put Jabloteh lev­el 1-1, a score which would stand un­til the end. A win for Jabloteh would have seen the team go a point clear over cur­rent lead­ers W Con­nec­tion. The team crept up one place to joint-sec­ond with Cale­do­nia, both of which are on 20 points. The match fol­lowed a 2-1 win for St Ann's Rangers over Di­recTV North East Stars in the open­ing en­counter.

In the open­er, St Ann's Rangers sur­vived a late scare when at 2-0 up, vet­er­an at­tack­er Gary Glas­gow pulled a goal back for North East Stars with five min­utes to go. It was too late, how­ev­er, as Na­tion­al un­der-23 strik­er Cameron Ro­get's tap-in in the fourth minute and a freak own goal from Stars' Glen­ton Wolfe in the 22nd proved to be the de­ciders. Un­for­tu­nate­ly for North East Stars, the team could not muster the same come­back per­for­mance on Tues­day against Po­lice at the Ato Boldon Sta­di­um, when the team trailed to even­tu­al­ly take the match 3-2. The re­sult means Rangers go lev­el with their op­po­nents on the day, North East Stars on 12 points. W Con­nec­tion leads the eight-team ta­ble with 21 points, one more than Cale­do­nia and Jabloteh, both of which are on 20 points.

Re­sults- Fri­day

St Ann's Rangers 2 (Cameron Ro­get 4th, Glen­ton Wolfe (og) 22nd) v North East Stars 1 (Gary Glas­gow 85th)

De­fence Force 1 (Richard Roy 8th) v San Juan Jabloteh 1 (Ja­son Mar­cano 41st).

STAND­INGS

Teams P W D L F A Pts

W Con­nec­tion 12 7 0 5 11 11 21

Cale­do­nia 13 6 2 5 17 16 20

Jabloteh 13 5 5 4 18 14 20

T&TEC 11 5 4 2 14 9 19

De­fence Force 9 3 4 2 12 10 13

NE Stars 12 3 3 6 11 14 12

Rangers 12 3 3 6 12 18 12

Po­lice 8 1 3 4 9 12 6