Champions Old Road Face Lodge As Premier League Returns
BASSETERRE — Defending champions MFCR Old Road United Jets face 607 Construction Lodge Patriots tonight, opening the fourth week of action in the SKNFA/National Bank Group Premier League, after a break for the CONCACAF Nation’s League.
Old Road is seventh with three points after the team lost their first two matches. They then beat TGE Dieppe Bay Eagles 8-3, a game in which captain Tiquanny Williams scored six goals. Williams then scored eight times in four CONCACAF Nations League matches for the Sugar Boyz. The Lodge Patriots are still looking for their first point. They have scored twice and conceded 12 goals.
Saturday’s schedule starts at 6 p.m. with Dieppe Bay against SKELEC Garden Hotspurs. The Eagles are fifth on four points. They opened with a 5-1 win over Lodge Patriots, drew 2-2 with Conaree, then lost 8-3 to Old Road. Garden Hotspurs have gone three matches without a goal or a point and have conceded nine.
The headline match follows at 8:30 p.m., when unbeaten Honda Newtown United meet fellow unbeaten Rams Village Superstars. Newtown and SL Horsford St. Paul’s United share top spot on nine points from three matches, and neither has conceded a goal. Village are third on seven points, with a 4-0 win over Garden Hotspurs, a 2-2 draw with Azul Cayon Rockets and a 3-2 win over St. Peters in Week Three. Those three are the league’s only unbeaten sides.
On Sunday, St. Peters and SOL Island Auto Conaree meet at 5 p.m. with both clubs on four points, St. Peters fourth and Conaree sixth. Conaree earned their first win of the season in Week Three, a 2-0 victory over Lodge Patriots in which Malik France scored both goals. St. Peters lost for the first time that same week, a 3-2 defeat to Village.
The weekend closes at 7:30 p.m. with Cayon against St. Paul’s. Cayon are eighth with two points from draws against St. Peters and Village, followed by a 4-0 loss to Newtown. St. Paul’s beat Garden Hotspurs 3-0 in their last outing, with Keithroy Freeman scoring twice.
