Caribbean Selects game Rained Out

Caribbean Selects received bitter sweet news from the game officials on Saturday that the Lamport Stadium field condition was not conducive for play. Due to excessive water lodged under the surface of the carpet (turf) and around the goal area the field was deemed unfit for use. The Selects game was against division leading Serbian White Eagles and it would have been the third game of the publicized Caribbean team’s soccer weekend.

The first two were played by Jamaica Reggae Boyz against England and Trinidad and Tobago Soca Warriors against the Czech Republic. The Caribbean teams did not fear well in those encounters in that the Reggae Boyz were soundly beaten by England 6-0 and the Soca Warriors was dominated by the Czech Republic 3-0 in a game where the score was unchanged after half time after the Czech made several substitution within 16 minutes into the second half.

The Caribbean Selects as the third choice was in second place in their division heading into this game and was said to be ready for the Serbs. But if the results of the other two Caribbean team’s games were an indication of what might have been in store for the selects then the rain out game could be interpreted as a blessing in disguise and probably gave the Selects more needed time to prepare for the strong Serbian team.

Some of the Caribbean Select players can be seen above in their change room awaiting word from the officials on the status of their game against the Serbian White Eagles and below the team posed for a picture before leaving Allan Lamport Stadium. Next weekend the Selects play matches against teams in their division. On Friday June 9 the team is at Streetsville Memorial Park in Oakville against Toronto Croatia with a kickoff at 8pm and on Sunday June 11, they travel to the Soccer Centre in Woodbridge to play against the Italia Shooters at 7pm.