Busta Soft Shoe Football Competition…Queen Street produces inspiring display against Ballerz

Apr 26, 2015 Sports

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– West Front Road, Festival City, Cross Street also advance
After a slow start to the inaugural Busta Soft Shoe Football Competition, both the fans turnout and the quality of play has built up as witnessed on Friday night in Round of 16 action, at the GFC ground.

In what was easily the biggest crowd to date, Cross Street set the tone for what could be described as a night of rivetting action when they registered an upset over Alexander Village, defeating them 3-1 to book a quarter-final place.
Samuel Hunte opened the scoring for the victors after five minutes when he pierced the defence and the goalkeeper, firing his effort into the left side of the goal from close range.
Ronaldo Dover increased their advantage four minutes later after blowing past an opposing defender to beat the goakkeper to his left.
Oozing with confidence Cross Street strengthened their position following an 11th minute strike off the boot of Dellon David, who reached on to a clinical pass from the wily Dover to finish past the keeper.
However, Sheldon Profitt’s straight red card in the 22nd minute for stomping on the chest of an opposing player while he was lying on the field could prove pivitol in their next game.
His departure was had effect almost immediately as Alexander Village dominated possession and won a penalty kick following a hand ball infraction which was nonchalantly converted by national player Jermin Junor in the 27th minute of play.
That was as far as they would get as time ran out to secure Cross Street berth in the next round.
The next encounter between the highly touted Ballerz and Queen Street of

Tiger Bay produced a shocking result in the favour of the latter who destroyed their opponents by an embarrassing 6-2 margin.
Darren Harris’s 5th minute strike gave little indication of what was in store after he prodded in from close range after the goalkeeper had made a partial save from a stinging shot.
Their talisman Deon Alfred made it 2-0 two minutes later, hitting a powerfully struck left-footer into the far corner immediately evoking brief panic in the opposition’s camp.
Ballerz managed somehow to regain their composure to decrease the deficit by one when the influential Sceyon Hope showed a flash of his skill, easing past a tackle to unleash a powerful shot into the roof of the net in the 11th minute.
However, one minute (14th) prior to the half, Godfrey Powers restored Queen Street’s two-goal cushion after his right footed attempt deflected off the foot of a defender, before trickling over the goalline.
James Meredith was not going to be left out of the rampage and he buried a perfect pass from Alfred three minutes after the resumption to continue Queen Street’s dominance.
Meredith was again on the receiving end of a clinical delivery following a neat exchange that involved the busy Alfred one minute later to extend their lead to 5-1.
Ballerz’s Dorville Stewart pulled one back in the 27th minute, but Keoma Gravesande and Alfred left no doubt about the outcome after netting in the 28th and 29th minutes respectively.
In the encounter that followed, West Front Road recovered from a lacklustre opening first half to beat North East La Penitence 2-0.
Both teams played tentative at the beginning and went to the break goalless, before the second period saw more chances being taken as they looked for a result in regulation time.
Michael Oie, who has muffed several opportunities suddenly came alive and produced the first goal of the game when he fired past the advancing keeper after being let through on a one-on-one breakway in the 25th minute.
Three minutes later, Randolph Wagner added a measure of security when he blasted in after finding himself in a similar situation as Oie.
They held on for the remaining two minutes to earn a spot in the quarter-final.
The final game of the night proved to be heartbreak for the exciting Albouystown unit that had stood toe-to-toe with a strong Festival City combination, before succumbing in the final munite of play due to a breakdown in the defence.
Played in slippery conditions following brief showers, both teams saw their shots being nullified by brilliant goalkeeping with Festival City’s Troy Carrington called upon to effect two astounding saves to keep his team in the battle.
Albouystown’s frustration would continue as Carrington had to dive full stretch to deny the diminutive Roy Cassou deep into the final period.
Festival City’s Dwayne Lawrence then produced the dagger one minute from full time to sink the hearts of Albouystown supporters and also earn a place in the quarters.
Prowling just within the box, Lawrence received a pass from Wayne Wilson, before hammering his effort into the goal.
The final whistle sounded shortly after handing them a hard fought victory.
Action resumes today with the final set of matches in the round of 16 phase, at the same venue.
The first game at 20:45hrs will see Broad Street take on Kitty Weavers, before Sophia collide with North Ruimveldt from 21:30hrs.
West Back Road then tackle Bent Street from 22:15hrs, before Sparta Boss square off againstGlobe Yard in the feature contest at 23:00hrs.
The winning team will receive the championship trophy and $600,000, while 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed finishers collect $300,000, $200,000 and $100,000 respectively.

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