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Everton F.C. Westchester Lansdowne Bhoys
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| Lansdowne Bhoys celebrate after defeating Everton F.C. Westchester in the Cosmopolitan Soccer League final Sunday night. Lansdowne Bhoys Images |
Lansdowne takes the trophy home again as they cruise past Everton F.C. Westchester with a double from Ovan Oakley and a stunning long range strike by Pat McCann.
Yet again this season, the Cosmopolitan Soccer League first division trophy was bombarded by Irishmen fingerprints and kisses.
Lansdowne Bhoys downed Everton F.C. Westchester 3-0 for a third straight CSL title Sunday night at Icahn Stadium.
The two Irish Reggae Boyz, Sikele Sylvester and Ovan Oakley, connected brilliantly up top to score the Bhoys' first two goals, with Oakley being the finishing man on both occasions in the 15th and 62nd minute.
Pat McCann put the icing on the cake with a beauty from outside the 18 about half an hour into the second half.
"I'm extremely happy right now," Oakley said of his two championship goals.
"[But] it's not even about me scoring the goals, it's just that we won, that's the most important thing. I'm extremely happy, I feel like everybody came out and did the job, you know, that's the most important thing, we got the win. Three in row, so that's good."
Lansdowne opened the game with one of their most recognizable features, physicality, as right back Conor Hunter slid for a clashing tackle on Martin Dadaj to pick up the first yellow card in the fourth minute.
Jimmy Nealis picked up another foul for Austin Friel's side six minutes later as he brought the Eagles' number 10 down, Lucas Befi.
Although the Bhoys started the match like Men as always, they had a slow start as they allowed Everton to take four shots in the first 10 minutes.
The champions picked it up in the quarter hour mark when Oakley hit a clever through ball to Daryl Kavanagh. Kavanagh hesitated before shooting and found his shot blocked by an Everton defender.
Three minutes later, Sylvester found Oakley in the Eagles' open defense. Oakley's shot was parried away by Everton's keeper, but straight at Sylvester, who passed the ball back to Oakley. The Jamaican striker kept his shot away from the keeper this time to put Lansdowne ahead in the final.
The Eagles came close to equalizing early in the second half as Josue Ortiz tasted Danso Abdoukarim's glove with a glancing header.
But it was Lansdowne who scored the second goal of the game as Oakley curled Sylvester's pass on top of the net two minutes after the hour mark.
The two Jamaicans connected for the Bhoys first two goals. Sylvester told a reporter about how him and Oakley built such chemistry on the field after the game.
"When we practice, we always ask coach to put us together, so in the games we get better," Sylvester said.
He later added: "He's a good friend, we're both Jamaicans. Any Jamaicans who link up on the team, we're all going to get close."
McCann closed the scoring in grand fashion for Lansdowne. The 25-year-old whipped a low-drive shot to the bottom right corner of the net in the 78th minute of play.
Next up for the Bhoys is the USASA Regional Amateur Cup final against Christos F.C.
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| Lansdowne goalscorer Ovan Oakley. David Harris/Facebook Imagaes |
Lansdowne opened the game with one of their most recognizable features, physicality, as right back Conor Hunter slid for a clashing tackle on Martin Dadaj to pick up the first yellow card in the fourth minute.
Jimmy Nealis picked up another foul for Austin Friel's side six minutes later as he brought the Eagles' number 10 down, Lucas Befi.
Although the Bhoys started the match like Men as always, they had a slow start as they allowed Everton to take four shots in the first 10 minutes.
The champions picked it up in the quarter hour mark when Oakley hit a clever through ball to Daryl Kavanagh. Kavanagh hesitated before shooting and found his shot blocked by an Everton defender.
Three minutes later, Sylvester found Oakley in the Eagles' open defense. Oakley's shot was parried away by Everton's keeper, but straight at Sylvester, who passed the ball back to Oakley. The Jamaican striker kept his shot away from the keeper this time to put Lansdowne ahead in the final.
The Eagles came close to equalizing early in the second half as Josue Ortiz tasted Danso Abdoukarim's glove with a glancing header.
But it was Lansdowne who scored the second goal of the game as Oakley curled Sylvester's pass on top of the net two minutes after the hour mark.
The two Jamaicans connected for the Bhoys first two goals. Sylvester told a reporter about how him and Oakley built such chemistry on the field after the game.
"When we practice, we always ask coach to put us together, so in the games we get better," Sylvester said.
He later added: "He's a good friend, we're both Jamaicans. Any Jamaicans who link up on the team, we're all going to get close."
McCann closed the scoring in grand fashion for Lansdowne. The 25-year-old whipped a low-drive shot to the bottom right corner of the net in the 78th minute of play.
Next up for the Bhoys is the USASA Regional Amateur Cup final against Christos F.C.
Statistics
Everton F.C. Westchester Eagles
Shots (on target): 13 (7)
Corners: 5
Offsides: 2
Fouls: 2
Yellow: 1-- Martin Dadaj
Red: 0
Saves: 7
Lansdowne Bhoys F.C.
Shots: 15 (10)
Corners: 3
Offsides: 7
Fouls: 12
Yellow: 3-- C. Hunter, S. Sylvester, S. Foster
Red: 0
Saves: 7
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