Bermuda 3 Dominican Republic 1
Bermuda Under-17s national team made a winning start to their final round of the CFU World Cup qualifiers with a 3-0 win over Dominican Republic in Haiti.
Goals by Eva Frazzoni and Zahra Gibbons handed Aaron Denkins’ side a two-goal lead at the interval, but Dominican Republic reduced the deficit in the 76th minute.
Bermuda, who finished runners-up behind Puerto Rico in their first round group, restored their two-goal lead when DeShae Darrell scored in injury-time.
Denkins’ team take on group favourites Trinidad and Tobago in their next game on Monday.
Bermuda Football Association National Academy director Richard Todd said: “Next up for Bermuda is Trinidad who steamrollered their way through the last round by defeating US Virgin Islands 13-0, Antigua 4-1, and St Kitts 7-0.
“This will be a real test and measure of where our girls rank in the Caribbean.”
The top two teams from each group will advance to the semi-finals to be played next Friday.
The final and third-place game will be played on September 29. The two finalists from the Haiti tournament will participate in the CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers scheduled to be played in Jamaica from October 30-November 9.
USA, Canada, Mexico, hosts Jamaica, Central American qualifiers El Salvador and Guatemala will await the two CFU advancing teams.
Bermuda Under-17s
M Pond, T Fubler, K Burch-Waldron, S Dill, N Burgess, K Lespere, Z Gibbons, A Nolan (J Samuals, 89), E Frazzoni, L Smith, D Greaves (S Lowe-Darrell, 70)
Substitutes: D Darrell, V Davis, A Denkins, D Foote, T Durham, Z Durham, K Jackson S Lowe-Darrell
