FANS were left awestruck, and even national head coach Winfried Schaefer approved, describing the individual display of Dino Williams as “wonderful”, after Montego Bay United dismantled Waterhouse FC 5-2 at the National Stadium on Monday to win the 2013-14 Red Stripe Premier League title.

The wily Williams, who scored thrice in the action-packed encounter, set up the other two goals for the industrious Omar Gordon. Williams, the 24-year-old former Village United player, found the net in the 26th, 58th and 78th minutes, while Gordon pounced in minutes 64 and 69.

Waterhouse’s goals came from national midfielder Romario Campbell (43rd minute) and captain Damarley Samuels (81st), but undoubtedly it was the ‘Williams Show’ at the National Stadium as the wire-framed striker ran amok in exquisite style.

It was the third top division league title for Montego Bay United after previously winning in 1986-87 and 1996-97 — the last time a team from western Jamaica copped the crown — under the name Seba United.

MoBay pocketed the winners’ prize of $2.5 million, while Waterhouse won $1 million for topping the preliminary stage weeks ago.

Dr Dean Weatherly, the coach of the St James-based outfit, was a picture of pride and satisfaction as players, club officials and fans celebrated several minutes after the final whistle.

He explained that, though his team gave up the equalising goal two minutes before the half-time break, he had a second-half ploy that took the game away from Waterhouse.

“The first half was one where we tried to see and then tried to make the adjustments. In the second half, we did that. It was a silly mistake to concede just before the break, but going back into the locker room at 1-1, I told them [my players] to look at it as a new game.

“We knew we needed to mark Campbell out of the game, because everything was coming through him. From closing him down it was all our game, because they [Waterhouse] got frustrated. It was not surprising because we always had the ability and the mettle,” he told the Jamaica Observer.

The Anthony Patrickconditioned Waterhouse, who entered the encounter on a 20-game unbeaten run, were suffering their first loss since January and will endure an agonising season break before getting the chance to end their barren spell dating back to the 2005-06 campaign.

Patrick laid the weight of the loss at the feet of his team’s defence. And the entry of Kimorlie Brissett to replace the beleaguered left-back Omar Walcott hardly stemmed the tide. “We started a little bit flat, but after the first 15 minutes we got back into the game.

MoBay went up early and we got back a goal in the first half, but senior players made some crucial mistakes at the back.

“We were playing so badly at the back and we tried to correct it but we still fell down.” While admitting that the absence of the suspended midfielder Vincent Earle was a blow, Patrick said other players have stepped in well in the past.

At the suggestion that tactically his players were outdone, Patrick said his team just had a bad game in the most important fixture of the season. “We missed him, yes, but we also played a lot of games without him and the youngsters were carrying us.

“I don’t think [the tactic] was wrong. But when you look at some of the goals you see there were some very soft goals we gave up. This was a bad game and this was the worse time — in the final to play our bad game,” Patrick told the Observer.

Both teams began nervously in front of a couple thousand spectators, limited to the use of the grandstand by the match organisers.

Waterhouse nearly got onto the score sheet within the first five minutes after Montego Bay’s goalkeeper Jacomeno Barrett ill-advisedly left his line, but the defence was able to brush aside any danger. A few minutes later, Williams saw his toe poke from a tight angle being snuffed out by the advancing Waterhouse custodian Richard McCallum, as MoBay enjoyed the better of the early exchanges.

Waterhouse eventually settled and troubled their opponents’ defence on a few occasions, but it was Williams who opened the scoring at the other end. He took a ball on his chest wide on the right before turning inside his marker and crashing a low shot via the far post and into the goal from an acute angle.

With half-time nearing, defender John Barrett could have doubled the advantage; however, his glancing header flashed past the far post with McCallum left rooted to the spot. By then, Montego were in charge, and if Waterhouse were to score it would have had to come from a counterattack.

And three minutes before the break, Montego Bay were left short at the back after Waterhouse’s Juvaune Benjamin lost possession attempting a prolonged dribble.

Luckily for him, the loose ball fell to Campbell, who took a touch before sliding a shot past the advancing Barrett. Waterhouse emerged from the interval looking menacing, and Kenroy Howell’s leftfooted blast was spectacularly blocked by Barrett early on.

Thereafter, Montego Bay looked by far the fitter unit, while the exasperated Waterhouse team lost patience and adopted a long ball approach which often bypassed Campbell and his midfield colleagues. In addition, Williams, showing strength and acceleration, began slicing through the Waterhouse defence with effortless skill.

Oozing with confidence and appearing a step above all others on the field on the night, he pulled off an audacious piece of trickery that bamboozled three players and left most in the National Stadium with mouths agape.

He held off a series of firm challenges during a persevering dribble in minute 58, before pivoting into the box between a pair of defenders and slotting past McCallum to give his team a 2-1 lead. It was 3-1 in the 64th minute when Williams turned provider, collecting a ball in the centre of the park, and spreading a pass with the outside of his right foot to Gordon, who crashed home.

With Waterhouse showing gaping holes, Williams broke down the right five minutes later and crossed low for the unmarked Gordon, who controlled and sneaked a low left-footed shot beyond McCallum.

A mix-up in the 78th minute, between defender Hughan Gray and McCallum, allowed Williams to roll into an empty goal for his third of the night and his 11th of the league campaign. Waterhouse managed a consolation nine minutes before the close when Campbell skewed his volley across goal for Samuels to side-foot into the net.

Williams was given the opportunity to soak in the individual praise from supportive fans when he was substituted mere minutes before the end.