Jor­dan Vieira scored a dou­ble as the T&T men’s hock­ey team got their cam­paign off in the in­au­gur­al Hock­ey5s Pan Amer­i­can Cup (PAC) Tour­na­ment in Kingston, Ja­maica, with an im­pres­sive 5-1 vic­to­ry over Cos­ta Ri­ca on Sun­day.

The tour­na­ment, be­ing played at the Uni­ver­si­ty of the West In­dies (UWI), Mona Cam­pus Turf, is be­ing used as qual­i­fiers for the Men’s and Women’s FIH Hock­ey5s (five-a-side) 16-team World Cup set for Jan­u­ary 2024 in Mus­cat, Oman.

Coached by for­mer na­tion­al play­er Dar­ren Cowie, T&T wast­ed lit­tle time in grab­bing the ad­van­tage, cour­tesy of a field goal from Vieira in just the sec­ond minute.

Shaquille Daniel gave the men in red, white, and black a two-goal ad­van­tage in the third minute, cour­tesy of an­oth­er field goal while Eng­land-based play­er Teague Mar­cano, who re­turned to the team af­ter help­ing guide his team South­gate Hock­ey Club to pro­mo­tion to the Out­door Pre­mier Di­vi­sion, then hand­ed T&T a third item from the open field in the ninth minute.

Cowie’s men took their 3-0 lead to the half­time in­ter­val and emerged even hun­gri­er. From an­oth­er field goal in the 11th minute, Vieira got his sec­ond goal of the match which gave his team a more-than-com­fort­able 4-0 ad­van­tage.

But be­fore the cel­e­bra­tion could be com­plet­ed, the Cos­ta Ri­cans pulled a goal back through Pic­a­do Ik­er in the 11th minute. The goal ap­peared to be a sort of re­ju­ve­na­tion for the Cos­ta Ri­cans but it was too late.

Mick­ell Pierre sealed the lop­sided win with a goal in the 12th minute.

Lat­er, the T&T women’s unit was al­so vic­to­ri­ous on Sun­day, beat­ing the home team, Ja­maica, 2-1 with the win­ner com­ing from Amie Olton.

Fe­li­cia King-Ash­by scored the open­ing goal for T&T in the fourth minute but Imauny Lin­ton lev­elled the scores in the sev­enth.

Five min­utes lat­er, Olton put T&T ahead, 2-1, which they held on to when time ex­pired.

The T&T women will next play against Uruguay on Mon­day while the men will have a date with Guatemala from 4.40 pm (TT time).

Sun­day, June 4 re­sults:

Men

Pool B:

Paraguay 2 vs Guatemala 1

T&T 5 vs Cos­ta Ri­ca 1

Pool A:

Puer­to Ri­co 3 vs Pana­ma 2

USA 4 vs Ja­maica 2

Women

Pool A:

Paraguay 4 vs Cos­ta Ri­ca 0

Guatemala 2 vs Pana­ma 1

USA 8 vs Cos­ta Ri­ca 0

Paraguay 7 vs Pana­ma 0

Pool B:

Uruguay 7 vs Brazil 0

T&T 2 vs Ja­maica 1

Up­com­ing match­es:

Men's com­pe­ti­tion

:

To­day

Pool B:

Paraguay vs Cos­ta Ri­ca, 4 pm

T&T vs Guatemala, 4.40 pm

Pool A:

Puer­to Ri­co vs USA, 5.20 pm

Ja­maica vs Pana­ma, 8 pm

To­mor­row (Tues­day, June 6)

Pool B:

Guatemala vs Cos­ta Ri­ca, 5.20 pm

Paraguay vs T&T, 6 pm

Pool A:

USA vs Pana­ma, 6.40 pm

Ja­maica vs Puer­to Ri­co, 8 pm

Women’s com­pe­ti­tion

To­day

Pool A:

Pana­ma vs Cos­ta Ri­ca, 2 pm

Guatemala vs USA, 2.40 pm

Paraguay vs USA, 6.40 pm

Cos­ta Ri­ca vs Guatemala, 7.20 pm

Pool B:

T&T vs Uruguay, 3.20 pm

Brazil vs Ja­maica, 6 pm

To­mor­row (Tues­day, June 6)

Pool A:

USA vs Pana­ma, 3.20 pm

Guatemala vs Paraguay, 4 pm

Pool B:

Brazil vs T&T, 4.40 pm

Uruguay vs Ja­maica, 7.20 pm