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Red brigade!
The outstanding Omar Reid(right) of Boys' Town triesto elude the challenge ofGeovani Thomas of CavalierSC during their KSAFA/Alliance MoneyGramUnder-17 football finalat Excelsior High Schoolyesterday. Reid scored twiceas Boys' Town won 3-0.(Photo: Garfield Robinson)
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Howard Walker | Sports Writer  
August 4, 2018

Red brigade!

Boys’ Town stun Cavalier 3-0 to claim KSAFA Under-17 crown

Boys’ Town stunned the much-vaunted Cavalier Soccer Club 3-0 to capture the Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA)/Alliance MoneyGram Under-17 title at Excelsior High School yesterday.

The talented Omar Reid grabbed a double, netting in the 18th and 53rd minutes, while Kevin Johnson set the ball rolling in the ninth minute.

It was Boys’ Town’s second triumph in this tournament and it was truly a deserved victory as they took the chances and stifled the slick-moving defending champions Cavalier.

Kevin Johnson gave Boys’ Town the lead with a swerving corner kick that goalkeeper Khalifah Richards could only parry into the net.

Reid then doubled Boys’ Town’s advantage, as from another corner kick the ball fell nicely to him and he made no mistake from close range.

The much-talked about Dwayne Atkinson had a glorious change to reduce the deficit but missed a penalty in minute 28th, kicking wide of the target. It was probably poetic justice as the infringement seemed to have occurred outside the box.

But with Cavalier pressing for a goal yet not getting any real look-in, it was no surprise as the “Red Brigade” scored once more as Reid put the icing on the cake.

Boys’ Town caught Cavalier on the counter-attack once again and the talented Reid collected a pass at the edge of the box, firing home a sweet left-footer to seal the victory.

It was a morale-boosting win for a club that saw their senior team relegated from the premier league, and winning coach Leon Hardware was extremely happy.

“We went into the game as the underdogs so I am very pleased with this win. For a team that wasn’t training together from the quarter-final coming up, our display was very good,” said Hardware.

“It means a lot because the last time we went to the final with Cavalier they gave us 1-0 and they beat us at quarter-final last year. and I have been drilling it in the guys’ heads from day one that once we reach here, there is no turning back. We have to go out there and fight, give it our all — and they did it today,” he noted.

Boys’ Town’s victory was a shining light for a club and a community that is struggling and despite a bright future with these youngsters, Hardware is cognisant of the difficulty they will face to keep this talented crop of players together.

“There will be people coming in influencing the youths and they will buy into it and some will go. It’s just (that) we have to try and hold on to to these and work with them.

“They are the future, but it will be very difficult with the resources that we have down there,” he noted.

Meanwhile, Cavalier’s coach Rudolph Speid was clearly disappointed and pointed out that his team’s lack of preparation might have been their downfall.

“In the semi-final we conceded two set plays and today we came back and concede two again. We didn’t train from the quarter-final as a team mainly because all of the players went back to their respective schools, in their respective camps and I was not so sure what their workload could be in those scenarios,” he said.

“We didn’t play anything today like our normal self and Boys’ Town wanted it more and got couple goals early. we adjusted and tried to get back but missed a penalty, and it was an uphill task for us,” Speid added.

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