BT off to winning start in KSAFA league

Last season’s champions Boys’ Town FC turned back beaten Major League finalists Duhaney Park 2-0 as the Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) Championship League kicked off last Friday with a doubleheader at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex.

With the four finalists from last season’s Championship and Major Leagues clashing on opening day, Boys’ Town made sure they started on a winning note with goals from Raheem Porter (second minute) and Ronaldo Livingston (18th).

In the second match, last season’s beaten Championship League finalists, Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), and Major League champions August Town battled to a 1-1 draw.

Sheldon Kogbeer scored for the JDF, and Ika Hudson got August Town’s goal.

Boys’ Town’s coach, Leon Hardware, and Duhaney Park’s coach, Keneil Hyde, said their teams gave a creditable display but admitted that there is a lot more work to be done.

“It was a good game, but we are not where we want to be. So we had to work hard, and we did that and came out victorious, and we really appreciate the win,” commented Hardware. “They are not fit as yet, so the game took its toll on them. By the next game we will pick it up a notch and as we go along we will see how far we can go.”

Hyde noted that the inclement weather affecting the island for the last month or so had severely affected their preparation but believes that the chances they created throughout the game is reason to be positive.

“We have to put in some more work. We played well, especially in the second half. We got a lot of chances. We just didn’t put them away. We just have to work on that,” he said.

“Hopefully, we will have some good weather going forward so we can put in some work. But we created a lot of chances, and if we put them away, it could have been a better game,” Hyde noted.

- L. S.