T&T on the brink after losing to hosts
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago chances at the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship suffered yet another blow when they went down 1-0 to hosts Costa Rica in their second Group C game here Wednesday.
Randall Leal’s second half goal was enough to deny the Trinidadians the three points they desperately craved, especially after they were held to a 1-1 stalemate by Bermuda in their opening game last Sunday.
As a result of the defeat, T&T sit third in the group one a single point with El Salvador, who thrashed Bermuda 3-1 in the other game on Wednesday, top with six points.
Costa Rica are second on three points with Bermuda bottom with a single point.
Both T&T and Costa Rica failed to make any inroads in the first half, leaving the contest on even keel at the break.
However, the hosts took the lead nine minutes following the resumption when Leal unleashed a superb long range volley to beat goalkeeper Denzil Smith.
The goal proved decisive as Trinidad failed to find an equalizer for the remainder of the contest at the Estadio Nacional.
Bermuda, meanwhile, proved no match for El Salvador and trailed 10 at half-time through a Roberto Dominguez 21st minute strike.
After the break, Fernando Castillo (65th) and Josue Rivera (67th) scored in the space of three minutes to put the game out of reach and Mazhye Burchall’s 75 minute stunner was only consolation for the Bermudians.