{"id":2586,"date":"2019-07-24T19:44:39","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T19:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westernmirror.com\/?p=2586"},"modified":"2019-07-24T19:44:41","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T19:44:41","slug":"cambridge-take-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/?p=2586","title":{"rendered":"Cambridge take lead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Noelita Lawrence-Ricketts<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cambridge are the new\nleaders of the St. James FA Sandals Resorts International Under-20 competition\nafter a third win, while Bogue pulled off a stunner,and Montego Bay Boys\u2019 and\nGirls\u2019 Club (MBBGC) climbed to nine points following Monday\u2019s round of games.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cambridge rushed to the top of the standings by a single\npoint, amassing 10, after a third victory in four matches, slamming West Green\n3-1 in a lopsided showdown at West Green.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Okeen Allen sent the fancy-playing Cambridge ahead after\n9minutes, but they were pegged back minutes in, before Alex Humphrey and\nRainnor Barnes made the points safe with strikes in the 24th and 84th minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">John Marc Myrie, with an equalizer in the 12th minute, had\ngiven West Green a glimmer of hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile,the versatile Matthew Thorpe, who is set to leave\nfor the United States on a scholarship late next&nbsp; month (August), found a powerful header\nminutes from full time to propel MBBGC to a struggling 1-0 win over a tottering\nHeights at the UDC field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After several missed chances and huffs by the star-studded\nMBBGC, Thorpe, operating on the wing, arrived unchallenged at the back post to\nsend home a well-guided header into the back of the net, getting on the end of\na weighted delivery from Shavon McDonald.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heights too had their moments in the contest, forcing three\ngood saves from the opposing goalkeeper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One tipped over the bar from a free kick, another directed\naround the corner by a flying save and another stopped at the front post, on\nits way in from shots on the run just outside the 18-yard box.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The unimpressive victory by the Boys\u2019 Club team lifted them\nto joint 9 points with disposed first place occupiers, Flanker, but below on\ngoal difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SHOCK RESULT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elsewhere,the prolific Sanjay Patterson, Philip Eubanks and\nMichael Williams, the last two a minute apart, all found the back of the net as\nunfancied Bogue pulled off a stunner, stinging the highly touted and previously\nundefeated Flanker United in a five-goal thriller (3-2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bogue, with what was their first win of the season after two\nstraight draws, stayed fourth but improved their points tally to five, while\nFlanker, entering the showdown occupying top spot, slipped to second following\nthe defeat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">West Green were also in winning form and ticked off their\nfirst, slamming rock bottom club, Norwood FC, 4-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rojae Edwards found the opener 16 minutes in, as West Green\nheld a slender 1-0 lead at the halftime break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roqqayne Thompson, Anthony France and Antonio Kerr in the\n51st, 59th and 81st minutes respectively, added the others as they completed\nthe victory charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Montego Bay United, yet to tick off a win, come head on with\nBogue later today, Wednesday, July 24, at the UDC field beginning at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeffCambridge are the new leaders of the St. James FA Sandals Resorts International Under-20 competition after a third win, while Bogue pulled off a stunner,and Montego Bay Boys\u2019 and Girls\u2019 Club (MBBGC) climbed to nine points following Monday\u2019s round of games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2588,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586\/revisions\/2588"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}