Caribbean Cup: British Virgin Islands 0-2 Turks & Caicos Islands

Tuesday 3^rd June 2014

Caribbean Cup Qualifier Preliminary Round Group Two

Trinidad Stadium, Oranjestad, Aruba

Gavin Glinton came back in to replace Stevens Derilien and Kely Louima and Syed Hassan replaced Paul Collis and Marc-donald Fenelus.  Crucially, Raymondon Azemard was fit enough to start in goal.

Looking for their first win in an international fixture in over six years, since a World Cup win over St Lucia in February 2008, the Turks & Caicos players set about their task with purpose.

It would prove to be a relatively even contest but the Turks & Caicos twice capitalised on slack defending from their opponents to seal the win.  The first came shortly after half an hours play when Marco Fenelus was gifted the ball in a dangerous position and ran into the area to fire past the BVI keeper.

Mid way through the second half the win was assured with a second goal, this time coming from Stevens Derilien, who had come on for Syed Hassan at half time.  An attack had seemingly broken down but the ball was regained on the left wing and a simple ball across goal, combined with some shoddy defending, left an easy tap in for Derilien.

Brief highlights can be seen here:

So the Turks & Caicos Islands have their first win for six years and will climb off the bottom of FIFA’s rankings when the next edition is published (after the World Cup) leaving us with just two teams to follow: San Marino and Bhutan.

Turks & Caicos Islands line up:

Raymondson Azemard, Wildens Delva, James Rene, Chris Gardiner, Kely Louima, Syed Hassan (Stevens Derilien, 46), Jerry Liluce, Jack McKnight, Gavin Glinton (Paul Collis, 83), Fred Dorvil (Philip Shearer, 86), Marco Fenelus.

The win sealed a third place finish for the Turks & Caicos Islands in Group Two of the Caribbean Cup Qualifiers Preliminary Round.  The focus as far as qualification was concerned was on the other match between hosts Aruba and French Guiana.  And it was the French who grabbed the place in the next round with a 2-0 over Aruba.

Other Group Two results:

French Guiana 6-0 British Virgin Islands

Aruba 1-0 Turks & Caicos Islands

Turks & Caicos Islands 0-6 French Guiana

Aruba 7-0 British Virgin Islands

British Virgin Islands 0-2 Turks & Caicos Islands

Aruba 0-2 French Guiana

Final Standings:

1. French Guiana                     3              3              0              0              14-0       9

2. Aruba                                   3              2              0              1              8-2         6

3. Turks & Caicos Islands       3              1              0              2              2-7         3

4. British Virgin Islands          3              0              0              3              0-15       0