Club Sando striker Kevon "Showtime" Woodley netted a double as T&T whipped Turks & Caicos 6-2 for its second straight Group B win at the Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship in San Salvador, El Salvador on Sunday night.
Coming off a come-from-behind 8-4 win over Guadeloupe in its opener on Saturday, T&T came up against a Turk & Caicos which was drubbed 8-3 by Mexico at the same Estadio de Futbol Playa.
And it did not take T&T very long to open its account as former Soca Warriors defender Makan Hislop found the back of the net after only three minutes when his free-kick from some distance took a wicked bounce off the surface and beat hapless goalkeeper Sean O'Neil.
Eight minutes later Woodley, who netted six times in the win over Guadeloupe, got his first of the afternoon tapping in a rebound from close range after O'Neil failed to hold onto a long range effort from T&T captain, Ryan Augustine and three minutes later, goalkeeper Victor Thomas made it 3-0 with a dipping free-kick from inside the T&T half.
However, Thomas' night ended in the 18th minute after he was harshly shown a red-card for what was deemed a foul on Turks & Caicos Herby Magny to provide his opponents with a chance to get on the scoreboard.
But regular first-choice custodian Zane Coker was in no mood to allow any goals, and parried away Magny's attempt to preserve a blank sheet.
T&T the added further goals through Kerwin Stafford in the 23rd from a free-kick, Woodley in the 29th off a rebound from Chad Appoo's initial effort, and the sixth, a gem of a volley by Augustine to put the result beyond doubt at 6-0.
With time ticking away, Magny got two late goals for Turks & Caicos, both off left footed free-kicks, but it was too little to late to deny T&T a second straight win, and the first quarterfinal spot available to the delight of USA-born coach and former international player Benyam Astorga.
Less than an hour later, T&T, seventh in 2013 was joined by 2008 and 2010 winners, and Group B rivals Mexico in the last-eight after it swept past Guadeloupe 8-1 led by two goals each from Francisco Cari (14th, 33rd), Ramon Maldonado (19th, 24th) and Gerardo Gomez (27th, 34th).
T&T, which had an off day yesterday will face 2013 bronze winners Mexico in their group decider from 10.15 tonight, ahead of the quarterfinals, with the Caribbean boys needing a win to secure the Group B title and avoid one of the major teams in the last-eight clashes.
Also through to the quarterfinals are Pool A duo, 2009 champions El Salvador and T&T's Caribbean rivals, Jamaica who both won for a second straight time as well.
This after Jamaica followed up its 7-3 beating of Puerto Rico by outgunning Belize 8-5 while El Salvador, 17-2 victors in Saturday's opener with Belize blanked Puerto Rico 7-0.
Following today's final round of round-robin pool matches, the top two teams in each group will advance to the main draw knockout quarterfinals on Thursday, then onto the semifinals and final on Friday and Saturday, respectively.
The top two sides at the Concacaf qualifying event will represent their region at Espinho, Portugal 2015, July 9-19.
Two-time world champions Russia, Spain, Italy and Switzerland have qualified from Europe for the Beach Soccer World Cup.
Results
Sunday
Pool A
El Salvador 7 (Francisco Velasquez 6th, 11th, 18th, 36th, Abraham Henriquez 14th, 32nd, Hebert Ramos 1st) vs Puerto Rico 0
Jamaica 8 (Philip Peddie 6th, 8th, Rohan Reid 15th, 29th, Andre Reid 22nd, 27th, Daemion Benjamin 19th, Gregory Simpson 34th (red 35th) vs Belize 5 (Jeremy James 6th, 10th, 14th, Franz Nunez 1st, John King 22nd)
Pool B
T&T 6 (Kevon Woodley 11th, 30th, Makan Hislop 3rd, Victor Thomas 13th (red 18th), Kerwin Stafford 23rd, Ryan Augustine 32nd) vs Turks & Caicos 2 (Herby Magny 34th, 36th)
Mexico 8 (Francisco Cari 14th, 33rd, Ramon Maldonado 19th, 24th, Gerardo Gomez 27th, 34th, Adrian Gonzalez 9th, Diego Rodriguez 31st) vs Guadeloupe 1 (Sebastien Hell 21st, (red 31)
Pool D
Guatemala 2 Angel Gomez 16th, Miguel Enriquez 28th) vs Panama 1 (Ricardo Torres 9th)
Costa Rica 12 (Greivin Quesada 16th, 21st, 21st, 33rd, Christian Gonzalez 1st, 29th, William Cruz 3rd, 4th, Danny Hadson 20th, 34th, Alfredo Urea 4th, Jose Mac Adam 12th) vs British Virgin Islands 1 (Adam Fuller 24th)
Today's matches:
Panama vs US Virgin Islands, 4pm
Barbados vs Antigua & Barbuda, 5.15pm
Guadeloupe vs Turks & Caicos, 6.30pm
Costa Rica vs Guatemala, 7.45pm
USA vs Bahamas, 9pm
Mexico vs T&T, 10.15pm