The Belize Defense Force remains No.1 in the Belize Premier Football League rankings, with 29 pts from 9 wins and 2 draws, after they posted their 9th win in Week 12 of the Caribbean Motors Cup competition, 2-1 over FC Belize 2-1 at the MCC garden on Sunday. Evan Mariano and Mike Cho spear-headed the BDF offensive with Ricky Jimenez and Paul Nunez on the wings, supported by Orndo "lichy" Jimenez and David Trapp at midfield. Trapp scored the BDF's 1st goal on a free kick in the 12th minute, which beat the FC Belize goalkeeper Elden Linares who could not get a glove on it as it screamed in under the crossbar. Jerome "Jaro" James and Christian Okonkwo teamed up to deliver the equlizer for FC Belize in the 28th minute, when Okonkwo beat BDF defender Irwin "Bird" Flores and crossed the ball to Jerome for the header that beat BDF goalie Woodrow West to tie the score at 1-1. FC Belize were left with only 10 men on the field when Jarret Davis elbowed Ricky Jimenez in the face after the referee blew a foul, and the ref had no choice but to eject him from the ball game. Jerome James made things worse when he fouled Nunez inside the goal area, as Elden Linares came out of goal to block Nunez's attack. The referee awarded the BDF a penalty and BDF's Vallan Symns stepped up to convert with ease for a 2-1 lead in the 40th minute and so it remained at the half. Okonkwo tried to even the score, but his shot was inches outside the sticks, while David "Dav" Macaulay's shot from point blank range went over the crossbar. Kristian Perez left FC Belize with only 9 men on the field when he too got a 2nd yellow card for a 2nd foul on Trapp. Shawn Gill and Wayne Moody refreshed the FC Belize attack lineup, but BDF went on to post the 2-1 big win. The Toledo Ambassadors posted a 2-0 win over the Griga United at the Toledo Union field on Sunday, when Ralph Flores scored twice in the first half. Belmopan Blaze scorched Hankook Verdes 4-1 at the Marhalleck Stadium on Saturday night. Leon "Lem" Jones scored the first goal in the 34th minute of play to lead 1-0 at the half. Jones added a 2nd goal in the 57th minute when he converted a penalty. Mark Leslie extended the lead to 3-0 when he scored a 3rd goal in the 70th minute, before Noel Eiley scored a single consolation goal for Verdes in the 83rd minute. Leslie added a 4th goal in injury time for the 4-1 win.
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Source: The Belize Times
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