Petrojam outscore Gleaner to win KO title

PETROJAM WON the Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA)/Scotia-bank Group Business House knockout competition after defeating The Gleaner 4-2 on penalties in the final at the Edward Seaga Sports Complex on Saturday.

Both teams had played to an exciting 1-1 regulation and extra-time draw.

Dwayne Thompson gave The Gleaner the lead in the 13th minute when he fired home from close range past goalkeeper Damion Campbell. However, Warren Anderson scored the equaliser for Petrojam 13 minutes later, when he eluded The Gleaner's offside trap to shoot a powerful right-foot shot past custodian, Everdean Scarlett.

Reclaiming the lead

Oneil Morrison came close to reclaiming the lead for The Gleaner on the stroke of halftime but, with Campbell at his mercy, his effort went high over the crossbar.

Both teams squandered numerous clear-cut chances in the second period, which sent the match into extra time.

The Gleaner's Robert Coley should have scored the winning goal for his team in the final minutes of the extra time but his point-blank effort went wide of the target.

Raymond Quallo, coach of Petrojam, was delighted with his team's victory.

"They beat us in penalty kicks in 2006 and I think this victory is sweet revenge for us," said Quallo.

"I believe that this is also one of our worst performances but we were able to come away with the victory. I think that The Gleaner should have won the match 4-1," he said.

Dwight Morgan, Enos Knight, Aphas Bernard and Campbell were the scorers for Petrojam. Coley and Scarlett were the men on target for The Gleaner in the shootout.

Barrington Deer, manager of The Gleaner team, said: "We got too many chances and didn't put them away.

"I think it was a poor showing by us today because of indiscipline and a lot of our players didn't show up to training leading into this game and we paid the price for it," he said.