St James Under-20 competition continues Tuesday with two games
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Granville United will host Maldon while Green Pond will welcome Spot Valley as the St James Football Association/Guardian Group Under-20 competition continues Tuesday with two Zone B games.
The competition kicked off on Saturday with defending champions Cambridge United coming from 0-2 behind after just 20 minutes to beat hosts Irwin High 3-2.
Ten teams are taking part in the competition including five schools that are using the tournament to prepare for the ISSA daCosta Cup set to kick off in September.
On Saturday, Irwin raced to a 2-0 lead with goals from Nicardo Tomlinson in the 11th minute and Ronaldo Hylton in the 20th minute and looked well set for an opening game win.
Davion McLean pulled a goal back for Cambridge in the 35th minute before Shanour Smith drew the champion’s level just before halftime, in the 45th minute.
Tajay McIntyre scored the winner for Cambridge United in the 65th minute.
Both teams ended the game with 10 players after Jayquan Beckford of Irwin and McLean of Cambridge United were shown red cards in the 80th minute for fighting.
Both will miss their team’s next game on Wednesday when Cambridge United play Reggae Youths and Irwin play Bogue United.
— Paul Reid