Kellon Serrette fired in a second-half hat-trick as Defence Force kept its faint hopes of claiming the T&T Premier Football League Tier II Division crown with a resounding 6-0 hammering of Tiger Tanks Club Sando in the second match of a double-header at the University of T&T Campus, O’Meara Road, Arima, on Sunday night.
With the win, the Army/Coast-Guard combination improved to 18 points from 11 matches, seven adrift of leaders Guaya United, who drew goalless with second placed MIC Matura ReUnited at the Guaya Recreation Ground, also on Sunday.
At O’Meara Road, Jarique Williams opened the scoring in the fifth minute which proved to be the only goal of the first-half.
However, on the resumption it was all one-way traffic with Serrette getting his first in the 48th minute, followed by Akil Morris’ one minute later to push the lead to 3-0.
Serrette then completed his hat-trick with strikes in the 67th and 85th minutes for a 5-0 cushion followed by Shem Clauzel, the son of Ian Clauzel, 90th minute strike.
RESULTS
Sunday
Defence Force 6 (Kellon Serrette 48th, 67th, 85th, Jarique Williams 5th, Akil Morris 49th, Shem Clauzel 90th) vs Club Sando 0
UTT 2 (Malachi Hazel 73rd, 87th) vs Cunupia Eagles 1 (Leroy Whylie 64th)
MIC Matura ReUnited 0 vs Guaya United 0
Saturday
Bethel 3 (Jabari Mc Millan 56th, 86th, Kieon Melville 68th pen) vs Police FC 2 (Marcus Chandool 32nd, Clevon Mc Fee 75th pen)
Miscellaneous Laventille United 3 (Kester Hewitt 48th, Kersheem Alexander 62nd, Brad Clifton 90+4) vs RSSR FC 0
San Fernando Giants 1 (Aekion Joseph 27th) vs Harlem Strikers 1 (Jiron Francis 90+1)
Friday:
QPCC 3 (Krishon Alexander 30th, Jesus De Lecia 47th, Sean De Silva 71st pen) vs Central Soccer World 0
Latest TTPFL Tier II standings
Pos Teams P W D L F A Pts
1 Guaya Utd 12 8 1 3 21 14 25
2 Matura ReUnited 11 7 3 1 27 14 24
3 Harlem Strikers 13 6 4 3 32 16 22
4 QPCC FC 12 7 0 5 27 12 21
5 PVDM Utd 13 6 3 4 22 18 21
6 San F’do Giants 13 6 2 5 21 21 20
7 Central Soccer World 13 5 5 3 15 16 20
8 Defence Force 11 5 3 3 31 9 18
9 Police FC 12 4 3 5 12 13 15
10 RC Eagles 12 4 3 5 19 23 15
11 UTT Patriots 12 4 1 7 25 29 13
12 Laventille Utd 13 3 2 8 21 39 11
13 Bethel SC 7 2 2 3 11 13 8
14 Club Sando 10 2 2 6 14 33 8
15 RSSR FC 13 2 2 9 12 37 8