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From:TheBahamasWeekly.com Sports
CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship hosts Bahamas will contest the fifth-place play-off against USA on Sunday after edging Trinidad and Tobago 5-2. Having seen the USA beat Jamaica, Bahamas then got back to winning ways against Trinidad, with captain Gavin Christie’s brace proving decisive as the home nation held off a late fightback from the Beach Soca Warriors. In a low-key opening, a bobble in the sand deniedChristie the chance to open the scoring with six minutes on the board. Neither side could find a breakthrough before the interval, Trinidad goalkeeper Zane Coker keeping a long-range Kyle Williams strike at bay early in the second frame. But the deadlock was eventually broken when Gary Joseph calmly slipped the ball past Coker one-on-one. And the lead was doubled when Christie prodded in his side’s second from close range. With the hosts in control going into the latter stages of the game, skipper Christie registered again when he won a 50-50 challenge with goalkeeper Victor Thomas and finished into an open net. Trinidad threw everything at Bahamas but were hit by a Justin St. Fleur sucker punch when the in-form forward clipped in his side’s fourth following a swift throw from goalkeeper Torin Ferguson. Jesse Bailey did getTrinidad on the board while Lemuel Lyons also slotted home a penalty but it proved too little, too late, as Joseph’s penalty wrapped up proceedings en route to a meeting with USA for fifth place.
Goals: 1-0: Joseph, min. 5 (2) 2-0: Christie, min. 4 (2); 3-0: Christie, min. 7 (3); 4-0: St. Fleur, min. 5 (3); 4-1: Bailey, min. 3 (3); 4-2: Lyons, min. 1 (3); 5-2: Joseph, min. 0 (3) Fixtures/results Saturday, February 25th 11.15 - Turks & Caicos Islands 4-1 US Virgin Islands 12.30 - Barbados 2-6 Belize 13.45 - Canada 6-1Antigua & Barbuda 15.00 - Costa Rica 5-2Guyana 16.15 - Jamaica 2-6USA 17.30 - Bahamas 5-2Trinidad & Tobago 18.45 - Panama v El Salvador 20.00 - Guadeloupe v Mexico Sunday, February 26th 11.15 - Barbados v US Virgin Islands (Fifteenth-place play-off) 12.30 - Belize v Turks and Caicos Islands (Thirteenth-place play-off) 13.45 - Antigua and Barbuda v Guyana (Eleventh-place play-off) 15.00 - Canada v Costa Rica (Ninth-place play-off) 16.15 - Jamaica v Trinidad and Tobago 17.30 - Bahamas v USA 18.45 - Third-place play-off 20.00 - Final
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