Melbourne blank Violet Kickers
Melbourne FC rebounded from last week’s loss to Faulkland FC to blank winless Violet Kickers 2-0 in their St James Football Association’s Sandals/ATL Senior League first-round game on Tuesday.
Androcle Poyser scored in the 30th minute while Lloyd Whittingham added a second in the 73rd minute as Melbourne cruised, picking up their fourth win and joined Faulkland FC on 12 points at the top of the tables.
The game was played at Albion. Meanwhile, Violet Kickers ended the first round without a point, losing all five games.
At the UDC field, Catherine Hall moved up to second in Zone 2 after a 3-0 win over Mountain Villa.
All three goals came in a 15-minute period in the second half, after the teams were goalless through the first hour of the game.
Jamal Morrison scored in the 61st minute to give Catherine Hall the lead; Keatanna Dawkins made the score 2-0 after 74 minutes, while Errol Jones added a third in the 76th minute.
