Treasure Beach, Lime Hall qualify for Premier League
St Elizabeth will get a Premier League team for the first time in over 40 years while St Ann will have two teams in next season’s Jamaica Premier League after Treasure Beach FC and Lime Hall Academy booked their spots after contrasting wins in Sunday’s return leg semi-finals of the Jamaica Football Federation Tier II competition.
Treasure Beach FC advanced 2-0 on aggregate after playing out a 0-0 draw with 10-man Tru-Juice at the Bramwell-Clarke Sports Complex in Ewarton, while Lime Hall beat Racing United 4-3 on penalties at Drax Hall after they played out a 4-4 tie on aggregate.
Racing United had won 2-1 after regulation 90 minutes to tie up the scores at 4-4 after they had lost the first leg by the same scoreline.
Raheem Edwards scored for Racing in the 21st minute and DeAndre Johnson added a second in the 60th minute after Kimani Beckford had drawn Lime Hall Academy level after 31 minutes.
After they failed to break the tie in 30 minutes of extra-time, Lime Hall prevailed from the penalty spot.
Meanwhile, at Bramwell-Clarke complex, Tru-Juice were reduced to 10 men after just three minutes when captain Tydequan Wedderburn was sent off for striking an opponent.
– Paul Reid