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Under 23s Trim GT Massive, 3-2
TORTOLA—Coach Vincent “Nabu” Samuels got what he called a “complete game victory” when his Under 23 Team came from behind to beat GT Massive, 3-2, on Sunday night in their Virgin Gorda Soccer league match.
GT Massive constructed a 2-0 halftime advantage after Ron Parris scored 32 minutes in on a penalty kick. Eight minutes later, Andrew King scored what turned out to be their last goal. Under 23s Odeane Johnson cut the deficit to 2-1, after scoring from a penalty kick four minutes into the second half. Andrew Norford pulled the Under 23 Team even in the 69th minute, before Lee Evans Jacobs scored the game winner two minutes later.
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Oct 29, 2008, 14:56
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Wolues Beat Sugar Boys, 3-0
TORTOLA—David Grant scored first and second half goals to lead the Wolues past the Sugar Boys 3-0, on Sunday, in Virgin Gorda Soccer league play at the Valley Recreation Grounds. Elvis Mangal also scored in the second half.
“We knew they were basically in disciplined and knew we could frustrate them if we had men behind the ball and blocked most of their efforts,” Martin Cooke explained. “We knew that by frustrating their chances, they’d create spaces at the back and that’s what we exploited.”
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Sep 30, 2008, 09:57
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BVI Facing B'dos, St. Kitts in Digicel Championships
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TORTOLA—The British Virgin Islands Football team will face Barbados for the first time and renew kinship with hosts St. Kitts, during Group D play in the Digicel Caribbean Championships on Wednesday and Friday in Warner Park, in Basseterre. “Our goal is to win the zone and as there’s only one team coming out of the zone, we wan to be the one,” said former player and coach Avondale “Avon” Williams. The BVI faces Barbados at 2 p.m. on Wednesday and Williams said they know nothing of the team except that they are a good team and are coming off a 1-0 loss to the United States—which he said, is a strong team these days.
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Sep 23, 2008, 10:04
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Jacobs Bag Six Goals in 9-3, win Over Sugar Boys
TORTOLA—Lee Evans Jacobs scored a double hat trick as the BVI Under 23 team whipped the Sugar Boys, 9-3, during Sunday’s night’s final Virgin Gorda Soccer League match. Evans, who won the MVP award and helped the Virgin Gorda Jr. Mystics to their fourth straight BVI Basketball Federation title and has been included on the BVI’s team that will compete against Barbados and St. Kitts in the Digicel Caribbean Championships, had goals in the 7th 8th 18th 37th, 75th and 77th minutes of play. “This is the first time I’ve ever scored this amount of goals,” Evans said.
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Sep 23, 2008, 09:55
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Football Match Ends in Tie and Controversy
TORTOLA—There was a controversial end to one of Sunday’s matches in the Virgin Gorda Football Association league, when Lucian Stars walked off the field after the Under 23 Team came back to tie the game at 3-3, based on the final judgment of the referee.Under 23 Team coach Vincent “Nabu” Samuel said it was a tight game with the score tied at 1-1, early on, but the Lucian Stars had constructed a 3-1 lead by half time. Samuel said his team seized the momentum in the second half coming up with two goals to knot the game at 3-3.
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Sep 16, 2008, 20:35
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