Lady Tridents miss out on Gold Cup playoff spot after 4-2 defeat

Barbados has been eliminated from the CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup qualifiers after suffering a 4-2 defeat to Bermuda on Tuesday night.

The Lady Tridents found themselves out of contention for a playoff spot when they slumped to the second straight loss of the campaign to remain third on four points, as the curtains came down on the October fixtures at the National Sports Centre in Bermuda.

Jaden Masters, Victoria Davis and Aaliyah Nolan fired Bermuda to an early 3-0 lead over Barbados.

Masters opened the scoring in the sixth minute when she dispossessed a defender and struck a left-footed shot past Kamilla Burke.

Davis added a second in the 10th with a delightfully taken freekick from a distance that gave Burke no chance at a save.

Two minutes later, Nolan added a third for the hosts as she dismissed her marker and drove home a right-footed shot from deep inside the box.

Ashanee Thompson reduced the deficit for Barbados in the 34th. She picked up a short corner and later found time and space outside the box to put a curve ball to the far post.

Thompson grabbed a second for the visitors in the 45+5 after a throw-in quickly developed into danger inside the penalty area and a quick hit from the forward beat Zakhari Turner, in goal for Bermuda, all ends up.

A second yellow card for Khyla Brangman in the 47th resulted in Bermuda going down to 10 players early in the second half.

But with their one-goal advantage, Bermuda kept Barbados at bay and Nolan added another for assurance in the 74th. She connected with a Masters pass that went behind the defence and tucked away a shot to complete her brace.

Rianna Cyrus almost pulled Barbados back within reach with a 79th-minute shot but it went just over the crossbar.

Substitutes Felicia Jarvis and Makela Alleyne combined in the 90+3 to try to force a dramatic finish, but Bermuda’s Turner was there for the stop on a night in which she had five saves.

With their win, Bermuda consolidated their lead atop Group C, as they moved to 10 points, still one ahead of Dominican Republic, which sets a course for a potential group-decider on the final matchday.

In the same group, St Vincent and the Grenadines also tasted elimination following a heavy 4-0 defeat to the Dominican Republic.

Playing at the Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium in Santo Domingo, the Vincentians found themselves down 3-0 at the break and failed to recover in the second half as the hosts pressed home their advantage.

The defeat was their fourth in as many games, leaving them rock bottom of Group C in League B without a point. It came five days following an 8-0 drubbing at the hands of the same opponents at home in Kingstown.

SVG fell behind as early as the second minute when unmarked Jazmin Jackson curled in a volley from eight yards out after being set up by Nadia Colon.

Lucia Marte doubled the lead in the 18th with a glancing header from the middle of the box which slithered through the grasp of goalkeeper Altica Benn, and SVG were on the ropes when Jaylen Vallecillo survived a collision with Benn to head in Kathrynn Gonzalez’s floated cross in the 40th minute.

On resumption, Gabriella Cuevas put the game out of reach on the hour mark, squeezing the ball over the line after Benn had parried a long range header. (CONCACAF/BT)