H’View add to MoBay’s misery
CATHERINE HALL, Montego Bay — Less than three days after they were awarded their first win of the season in the boardroom, promoted team Montego Bay United crashed to their third win in four outings in the National Premier League after they were beaten 2-0 by Harbour View at the Montego Bay Sports Complex on Sunday.
Goals from Fabian Taylor in the first half and Donovan Edwards in the second, carried the east Kingston team to their second win and fifth place in the tables with seven points, just three behind leaders Waterhouse.
Donovan Hayles, the Harbour View coach, told the Observer he was pleased with his team’s performance as they controlled the game’s flow from the midfield.
“We created a lot of openings behind the Montego Bay United defence and had the majority of the possession,” he said.
Hugh Solomon said his players did not “play the way they trained” and gave away too many balls allowing Harbour View to capitalise on their errors.
The loss dropped the Montego Bay team to 10th place, just above Arnett Gardens on goal difference, both on three points.
The home team started better and created several chances in the first 10 minutes, the best of which was a shot from Troy Reid that curled just wide of goalkeeper Michaud Barrett’s right ‘pigeon hole’.
Taylor gave Harbour View the lead in the 13th minute when he beat the Montego Bay united goalkeeper Jacomeno Barrett at his left near post after a quick counter attack.
However, Barrett pulled off a fine save in the 20th minute when he blocked a shot at the same angle.
The home team looked better at the start of the second half, keeping the ball in the Harbour View half but failed to finish their build-ups.
A blunder by Barrett led to the second goal as he allowed a shot from Edwards to slip through his legs and across the goal line for the final nail in Montego Bay United’s coffin.
Montego Bay United should have pulled one back in the 81st minute, but substitute Kimario James shot wide after Reid had created the scoring chance after a wonderful run down the right flank.
