Game Report
Trinidad and Tobago versus Jamaica
May 1st, 1997
Trinidad and Tobago playing it's fourth international of the year tied
Jamaica 1-1 in a friendly in Palo Seco. Jerren Nixon started the T&T
scoring with a strike in the eight minute which marked the begining of
a twenty minute openining barrage by the Calypso boys. Nixon collected
a pass from Peter Prosper who went racing down the right flank on a through
ball. He passed it to Nixon as the Jamaican defenders appealled for off
side. T&T was captained by David Nahkid and in it's lineup foriegn
players Anthony Rougier, Peter Prosper and Wesley Webb. This was also a
young squad as well. Included in the lineup was Anton Pierre, Marvin Andrews,
Travis Mulraine, Welsley Webb, Jerren Nixon and Kelvin Jack all under 23
players. T&T should have gone two goals up but teenage starter Anton
Pierre missed on a through ball from Nahkid. Travis Mulraine also had a
chance smoothered by goalie Arron Lawrence.
Jamaica made the game more even after 25 minutes when they started
to mount pressure on the T&T goal. They should have scored however,
a good save fron Kelvin Jack kept the scoreline 1-0 at the half. In the
78th minute T&T defender Marlon Andrews was sent off for a dangerous
tackle. That stretched the defence thin and in the 83rd minute Butler scored
to gain a 1-1 tie in front of 6,000.
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