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<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">REIGNING National Premier League (NPL) champions Waterhouse, who played most of the game a man short, are facing an uphill battle to qualify for the semi-final round of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Championship after losing 2-0 to Haitian team Baltimore Sportif at Drewsland in their Group B quarter-final round last evening. </SPAN><SPAN id=Ar0340102 style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"></SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Pierre Saint Jean opened the scoring for the Haitian champions in the 18th minute, pouncing on a ball that the Waterhouse goalkeeper Richard McCallum failed to hold on to from a left sided corner kick. </SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Things took a turn for the worse nine minutes later when temperamental midfielder Irvino English punched the Haitian goalscorer close to the half line </SPAN><SPAN id=Ar0340103 style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">after the visitor had tackled him, and was given marching orders by Trinidadian referee Richard Piper. </SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Waterhouse started the second half more purposeful, mounting a number of attacks, but in the 49th minute, sweeper Desmond Breakenridge failed to control an aerial ball midway his own half and Dumel Decius reacted quickest before dribbling inside the danger </SPAN><SPAN id=Ar0340104 style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">area to place the ball to the left of the onrushing McCallum. </SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The competition continues tomorrow with Curacao champion Deportive Banda Abou facing Baltimore Sportif at the same venue at 6:00 pm. A victory for Baltimore Sportif would eliminate any chances of Waterhouse advancing to the semi-final round. </SPAN></DIV><BR style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 5px; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"><DIV class=HTMLImage style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: 1px solid; LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 1px solid; WIDTH: 79px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid; POSITION: relative; TOP: 0px; HEIGHT: 168px">
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<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">REIGNING National Premier League (NPL) champions Waterhouse, who played most of the game a man short, are facing an uphill battle to qualify for the semi-final round of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Championship after losing 2-0 to Haitian team Baltimore Sportif at Drewsland in their Group B quarter-final round last evening. </SPAN><SPAN id=Ar0340102 style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"></SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Pierre Saint Jean opened the scoring for the Haitian champions in the 18th minute, pouncing on a ball that the Waterhouse goalkeeper Richard McCallum failed to hold on to from a left sided corner kick. </SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Things took a turn for the worse nine minutes later when temperamental midfielder Irvino English punched the Haitian goalscorer close to the half line </SPAN><SPAN id=Ar0340103 style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">after the visitor had tackled him, and was given marching orders by Trinidadian referee Richard Piper. </SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Waterhouse started the second half more purposeful, mounting a number of attacks, but in the 49th minute, sweeper Desmond Breakenridge failed to control an aerial ball midway his own half and Dumel Decius reacted quickest before dribbling inside the danger </SPAN><SPAN id=Ar0340104 style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">area to place the ball to the left of the onrushing McCallum. </SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The competition continues tomorrow with Curacao champion Deportive Banda Abou facing Baltimore Sportif at the same venue at 6:00 pm. A victory for Baltimore Sportif would eliminate any chances of Waterhouse advancing to the semi-final round. </SPAN></DIV><BR style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 5px; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"><DIV class=HTMLImage style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: 1px solid; LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 1px solid; WIDTH: 79px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid; POSITION: relative; TOP: 0px; HEIGHT: 168px">
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