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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><SPAN class=TopStory>Portmore outclass Boys' Town 2-0</SPAN>
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Thursday, January 18, 2007
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<P class=StoryText align=justify>Portmore United.................. 2
Deerr (33rd), Bennett (42nd)
Boy's Town............................. 0<P class=StoryText align=justify>Portmore United continued their dominance over Boys' Town with a 2-0 win at Ferdie Neita Park yesterday <P class=StoryText align=justify>Kevin Deerr's 33rd-minute strike and Anthony Bennett in the 42nd sealed the victory for the former champions.<P class=StoryText align=justify>However, the game got ugly close to the end when Deerr and Xavean Virgo were ejected in the 87th minute by referee Kevin Thomas following a scuffle between the two, before Portmore's Christopher Dawes was ejected in the final minute.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Though far from the clinical 4-1 drubbing handed out in their first meeting at Collie Smith Drive, Portmore's class was evident yesterday.<P class=StoryText align=justify>They dominated the first half with good movement despite failing to score before the half- hour mark.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Deerr broke the deadlock when he fired a thunderbolt past goalkeeper Kirk Porter after receiving a diagonal pass from Dawes which was poorly handled by defender Xavean Virgo.<P class=StoryText align=justify>The goal lifted Paul Young's team and an unchallenged Bennett headed Rafe Wolfe's cross just off the mark moments later.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Bennett, who had a decent game up front, then ran through to volley home Deerr's chipped pass from 10 yards.
Portmore had the momentum on the resumption with the burly Onandi Lowe and Wollery Wolfe entering the fray.
"I thought we played well to win the game. We pretty much won the game from the first half," said Young.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"We have not given up two goals in any game this season. but I thought we had a chance to go 3-0 up, but we didn't convert"<P class=StoryText align=justify>According to Andrew Price: "We didn't play well at all. It was a tale of two halves. We didn't play well in the first half; we weren't tracking and we gave up two soft goals."<P class=StoryText align=justify>Teams<P class=StoryText align=justify>Portmore - Shawn Saywers, Anthony Modeste, Demar Stewart (Adrian Mitchell 46th), Tyrone Sawyers, Rafe Wolfe, Christopher Dawes, Jason Morrison, Bryan Baylis (Onandi Lowe 69th), Anthony Bennett (Wolry Wolfe 69th), Carlington Smith, Kevin Deerr.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Subs not used: S Morrisey, S Mundle, D Ford, S Brown<P class=StoryText align=justify>Booked: W Wolfe (86th)<P class=StoryText align=justify>Ejected: Deerr (87th), (Dawes 90th)<P class=StoryText align=justify>Boys' Town - Kirk Porter, Fabian Watkins (Troy Dawes 46th), Oneil Thompson, Xavean Virgo, Gaemion Watkins, Daemon Benjamin, Omar Campbell (Peter Keyes 46th), Marvin Morgan (Jermaine James 74th), Garfield Gillespie, George Vernal, Michael Campbell.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Subs not used: D Burnett, R Bradbury, S White, C Wright
Booked: Benjamin (30th), Thompson (44th), Virgo (87th - ejected)<P class=StoryText align=justify>Referee: Kevin Thomas<P class=StoryText align=justify>Assistants: Garnet Page, Malachi Brown<P class=StoryText align=justify>Fourth Official: Nigel Roberts<P class=StoryText align=justify>Match Commissary: Charles Barrett
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Thursday, January 18, 2007
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<P class=StoryText align=justify>Portmore United.................. 2
Deerr (33rd), Bennett (42nd)
Boy's Town............................. 0<P class=StoryText align=justify>Portmore United continued their dominance over Boys' Town with a 2-0 win at Ferdie Neita Park yesterday <P class=StoryText align=justify>Kevin Deerr's 33rd-minute strike and Anthony Bennett in the 42nd sealed the victory for the former champions.<P class=StoryText align=justify>However, the game got ugly close to the end when Deerr and Xavean Virgo were ejected in the 87th minute by referee Kevin Thomas following a scuffle between the two, before Portmore's Christopher Dawes was ejected in the final minute.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Though far from the clinical 4-1 drubbing handed out in their first meeting at Collie Smith Drive, Portmore's class was evident yesterday.<P class=StoryText align=justify>They dominated the first half with good movement despite failing to score before the half- hour mark.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Deerr broke the deadlock when he fired a thunderbolt past goalkeeper Kirk Porter after receiving a diagonal pass from Dawes which was poorly handled by defender Xavean Virgo.<P class=StoryText align=justify>The goal lifted Paul Young's team and an unchallenged Bennett headed Rafe Wolfe's cross just off the mark moments later.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Bennett, who had a decent game up front, then ran through to volley home Deerr's chipped pass from 10 yards.
Portmore had the momentum on the resumption with the burly Onandi Lowe and Wollery Wolfe entering the fray.
"I thought we played well to win the game. We pretty much won the game from the first half," said Young.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"We have not given up two goals in any game this season. but I thought we had a chance to go 3-0 up, but we didn't convert"<P class=StoryText align=justify>According to Andrew Price: "We didn't play well at all. It was a tale of two halves. We didn't play well in the first half; we weren't tracking and we gave up two soft goals."<P class=StoryText align=justify>Teams<P class=StoryText align=justify>Portmore - Shawn Saywers, Anthony Modeste, Demar Stewart (Adrian Mitchell 46th), Tyrone Sawyers, Rafe Wolfe, Christopher Dawes, Jason Morrison, Bryan Baylis (Onandi Lowe 69th), Anthony Bennett (Wolry Wolfe 69th), Carlington Smith, Kevin Deerr.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Subs not used: S Morrisey, S Mundle, D Ford, S Brown<P class=StoryText align=justify>Booked: W Wolfe (86th)<P class=StoryText align=justify>Ejected: Deerr (87th), (Dawes 90th)<P class=StoryText align=justify>Boys' Town - Kirk Porter, Fabian Watkins (Troy Dawes 46th), Oneil Thompson, Xavean Virgo, Gaemion Watkins, Daemon Benjamin, Omar Campbell (Peter Keyes 46th), Marvin Morgan (Jermaine James 74th), Garfield Gillespie, George Vernal, Michael Campbell.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Subs not used: D Burnett, R Bradbury, S White, C Wright
Booked: Benjamin (30th), Thompson (44th), Virgo (87th - ejected)<P class=StoryText align=justify>Referee: Kevin Thomas<P class=StoryText align=justify>Assistants: Garnet Page, Malachi Brown<P class=StoryText align=justify>Fourth Official: Nigel Roberts<P class=StoryText align=justify>Match Commissary: Charles Barrett