MIAMI, Florida – on Wednesday night at the Stade Pierre-Aliker in Fort-de-France, Martinique.
It marked the second time that Thomas has scored a hat trick in the tournament, giving him a Caribbean Cup-leading seven goals in four games.
Cavalier could not have asked for a better start, as they quickly grabbed a 1-0 lead in the 6’ when a cross from Calvin from the right wing took a wicked deflection off the foot of Golden Lion DF Marvin Bellance, leaving GK Alan Rose wrong-footed as the ball rippled the net.
Calvin continued to be a nuisance on the right flank and made a big impact again in the 14’ with a dashing run that ended with a strong right-footed finish for a 2-0 lead.
Calvin added another notch to his first half belt with an assist on a Thomas goal in the 34’ during which Calvin got loose on the right channel before cutting back to Thomas, who swept in a shot past Rose to extend the Cavalier advantage to 3-0
Thomas was once again at the right place at the right time in the 37’ when an under-hit back pass allowed him to swoop in and score for a 4-0 Cavalier lead.
The Calvin-Thomas show continued into first half stoppage time and it was another pass from Calvin from the right and another powerful finish from Thomas to make it 5-0 at the break for the Jamaicans.
Golden Lion came out with a purpose to start the second half and pulled one back in the 51’ through a Thierry Catherine header to make it 5-1. They then made it 5-2 in the 71’ courtesy of Wilfrid Charloton’s finish inside the area, but in the end the spoils and first-place finish in the group belonged to Cavalier.
