It was the tale of two halves as the University of The Bahamas men's soccer team fell 5-1 to the Western Warriors Titans in the first leg of the Bahamas Men's Soccer League's Knockout Cup Wednesday at the Roscow A.L. Davies Soccer Fields.
UB will be looking to bounce back on Sunday, May 4 in the second leg clash between these two teams. UB's head coach, Alex Thompson said his side played a great first half.
"It was a terrible second half, the last time we played them it was very similar with a great first half and the first 20 minutes of the second half was good. Today (Wednesday), we were poor from the start of the second half and we were missing some personnel, and we ran out of steam," Thompson said.
The last time these two teams faced each other on Sunday, March 30 UB won 5-4. The first half on Wednesday saw UB going toe-to-toe with the Titans even getting several chances on goal but none were successful.
UB's midfielder Ronaldo Green who has been on a tear for the past two games with a hat-trick in each of them, got his name on the scoresheet once again. That goal came in the 37th minute when he took on two defenders to dribble inside Titans' 18-yard box and sent a well-placed shot past the goalkeeper. It put the Mingoes up 1-0 and in control. The score remained the same as the first half ended.
The second half saw UB starting out flat and the Titans punished them in the 51st minute with a goal. The Titans kept the pressure up on UB for the rest of the second half to score four more goals to take the 5-1 victory.
The second leg clash is set for Sunday, May 4 at 7.15 p.m.