{"id":2345,"date":"2019-04-29T19:16:04","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T19:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westernmirror.com\/?p=2345"},"modified":"2019-04-29T21:22:29","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T21:22:29","slug":"mbbgc-in-crucial-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/?p=2345","title":{"rendered":"MBBGC in crucial clash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Noelita Lawrence<\/strong> &#8211; Staff Reporter<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It will be a crucial and must-win showdown for Montego Bay Boys\u2019 and Girls\u2019 Club (MBBGC) today, Monday, April 29, when they come face-to-face with out of contention Marl Road in a vital clash in the St. James FA Sandals Resorts International Major League encounter at the UDC field beginning at 3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MBBGC, occupying third spot in Zone Two, must win what will\nbe their final contest, and improve their goals tally if they are to keep alive\ntheir hopes of progress to the semi-finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marl Road occupy bottom spot and have no hopes of making the\nplayoffs, however, having been one of the free-scoring teams in the League,\nfireworks are expected as they know how to put the ball in the back of the net\nand will be against a defense that has at times proved vulnerable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Should MBBGC manage a win, it would move them to 15 points\nand into second position with Heights, for at least 24 hours, before last\nyear\u2019s beaten finalist contest their final preliminary round match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They would also be required to win by at least a four-goal\nmargin to nudge ahead on goal difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile Heights, seeded second in the zone entering the\nfinal game, will be required only to avoid defeat to punch their ticket to the\nsemis for the third straight year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PLAYING FOR PRIDE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the meantime, Lilliput Rovers and Catherine Hall ended\ntheir preliminary round with the former warming up for the last four action\nwith a less-than-impressive 1-0 win in a lone game on Thursday afternoon, April\n25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Substitute Terrick Dixon provided the all important strike\nin the 58th minute, mere five minutes after entering the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a very late start due to the lack of available players\nfor the Catherine Hall team, Rovers, already assured of a semi-final slot after\nwinning Zone One, started slow in the encounter and was pinned on the back foot\nwith Catherine Hall\u2019s eight outfield players calling all the shots in the\nattacking half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dixon entered the field 10 minutes into the resumption and\nquickly got on the scoresheet when he pressed a defender to turn at the top of\nhis own penalty area, before robbing him of possession and rifling into the\nback of the net.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The victory was a League-high 8 for Rovers and pushed them\nto an improbable 24 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Premier League champions Violet Kickers, Irwin and\nperennial semi-finalists Melbourne Mind Games, are also among those hunting a\nsemi-final berth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Noelita Lawrence &#8211; 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