Substitute Tyrone Charles came off the bench to score a double as defending champion Play Whe San Juan Jabloteh crushed Super League side Guaya United 5-0 in their Toyota Classic quarterfinal on Saturday night.
Playing in the second match of a double-header at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Jabloteh's win set up a semifinal clash with Defence Force, who needed the help of ex-T&T forward Devorn Jorsling to edge Super League side FC Santa Rosa 2-1 in the day's first quarter-final.
Guaya turned up in Port-of-Spain, seemingly, with the entire countryside of Guayaguayare in tow, their talented captain and player/coach Ryan Stewart, and a goalkeeper named Erskine Johnson.
Stewart was up to his usual self, dispatching brilliant passes from midfield but it was the talent of Johnson that kept Jabloteh without a goal until the 50th minute.
Johnson, who denied Kennedy Hinkson, Jevon Morris and Fabian Reid in the first half, was hung out to dry five minutes into the second period.
In a play kept alive by a defensive error by wingback Leroy Jones, Jabloteh's Nathan Lewis was able to feed forward Jamal Gay, who held his composure to hit past Johnson from inside the area.
The cookie crumbled from there on for Guaya.
Jamaican Reid, who went inches wide of the target in the 10th minute, gave Jabloteh 2-0 cushion on the 60th minute. Reid's strike from an acute angle on the right, following a neat chest down, surprised Guaya's "Green Army" supporters when it flew past Johnson at near post.
Johnson, however, was not deflated. He did well to deny Reid (F) a second in the 68th minute, then produced consecutive saves a minute later to blank Reid again and a follow-up attempt from Gay.
But there was little Johnson could do in the 75th minute when Jabloteh increased their lead.
Johnson's team-mates allowed Morris to power his way into the Guaya area before blasting the ball into the far netting from the right.
It was clearly the end for Guaya, who had two missed headers from forward Carlon Hughes moments earlier.
Substitute Tyrone Charles made it 4-0 in the 79th minute with a simple tap in to complete a neat build involving substitute Kaashif Thomas, Lewis and Gay.
Charles, wasted overbar in the 86th minute with substitute Sean Bonval free on goal, but redeemed himself in the 89th minute to complete the 5-0 Jabloteh win as Guaya and their hundreds of "Green Army" supporters made their quiet exit.
Yesterday at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva Caledonia Morvant United met Digicel Pro League leaders, Central FC, while 2012 winner North East Stars, 2012 Toyota Classic champion came up against three-time champion W Connection, with the winners to clash in the other semis.