Darren Alexis scored a first-half brace as Petrotrin Palo Seco whipped Real Maracas 4-1 at Maracas Recreation Ground, St Joseph on Sunday to open a one point lead at the top of the 16-team T&T Football Association National Super League standing.
Petrotrin Palo Seco started the day as joint leaders with Club Sando, both win seven points after three matches, however Alexis quickly sounded his team's intentions to take the outright lead when he fired in the opener after six minutes while he made it 2-0 in the before Marvin Manswell reduced the deficit for the host, in the 33rd for a 2-1 half-time score.
On the resumption, the visitors restored their two-goal cushion via Corey Cyrus in the 58th while former national striker, Sylvester Teesdale, added a fourth item, seven minutes from the final whistle.
The win carried Petrotrin Palo Seco to ten points after four matches, one more than WASA FC, which edged Club Sando 1-0 at its St Joseph Ground via a strike from Keron Clarke to leapfrog its opponent who slipped to third with Siparia Spurs, 2-1 winners over Coosal's Las Lomas United.
results:
T&TFA National Super League
Sunday's results:
Defence Force 2 (Sean Narcis 41st, Ronald St Louis 83rd pen) vs Joe Public 2 (Desmond Baptiste 3rd, 39th)
WASA 1 (Keron Clarke) vs Club Sando 0
Siparia Spurs 2 (Chris Collins 2) vs Las Lomas Utd 1 (Andre Nichols pen)
Petrotrin Palo Seco 4 (Darren Alexis 6th, 24th, Corey Cyrus 58th, Sylvester Teesdale 83rd) vs Real Maracas 1 (Marvin Manswell 33rd)
Malabar FC 2 (Nicholas Armstrong 70th, Gorean Highley 73rd) vs FC Santa Rosa 1 (Rashard Griffith 54th)
Goal City 1 (Kayode Legall) vs Stokely Vale 0
standings:
Super League standings:
Teams P W D L F A Pts
Petrotrin Palo Seco 4 3 1 0 12 6 10
WASA 4 3 0 1 12 5 9
Club Sando 4 2 1 1 7 6 7
Siparia Spurs 4 2 1 1 8 8 7
La Horquetta 3 2 0 1 7 5 6
Defence Force 3 1 2 0 8 5 5
Santa Rosa 4 1 2 1 4 4 5
Goal City 2 1 1 0 2 1 4
Stokely Vale 3 1 0 2 3 3 3
1976 Phoenix 1 1 0 0 2 3 3
Malabar FC 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
Real Maracas 3 0 1 2 3 7 1
Joe Public 4 0 1 2 3 7 1
Guaya Utd 3 0 1 2 2 9 1
Las Lomas Utd 2 0 0 2 1 3 0
Bethel United 2 0 0 2 2 5 0
fixtures:
Tomorrow's matches:
Joe Public vs WASA, WASA Ground, St Joseph, 4 pm
Las Lomas Utd vs Defence Force, Madras Rec. Ground, Cunupia, 5 pm
Real Maracas vs Club Sando, Maracas Rec. Ground, St Joseph, 5 pm
Siparia Spurs vs Malabar FC, Fyzabad Rec Ground, 4 pm
Petrotrin Palo Seco vs Bethel United, Palo Seco Veledrome, 3.30 pm
FC Santa Rosa vs Stokely Vale, YTC Ground, Arouca, 3.30 pm
La Horquetta SA vs Goal City, UTT Ground, O'Meara Road, Arima, 3.30 pm
Postponed:
1976 FC Phoenix vs Guaya United, Canaan Rec Ground, 4 pm
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