Ronaldo Green and Kevin Thomas finished with hat-tricks for the Mingoes
- Simba French
- Nov 27, 2023 Updated Nov 27, 2023
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The University of The Bahamas Mingoes midfielder Ronaldo Green on the attack during their 10-1 victory against Cavalier FC yesterday. SIMBA FRENCH.
The Bahamas Football Association Men’s League continued yesterday with a four-game slate at the Roscow A.L. Davies Soccer Field. The University of The Bahamas Mingoes took down Cavalier F.C 10-1. while Baha Juniors came back and tie Seventeen F.C. 3-3.
The Mingoes got a hat-trick performance from Ronaldo Green and Kevin Thomas. Thomas scored all three of his goals in the first half while Green’s hat-trick included two goals in the first half and one in the second half. Assistant coach for the Mingoes, Adam Miller was happy with how team staying locked in despite the lopsided win.
“Even though we were missing a few people due to injuries and illness, it gave some of the players the opportunity to get some reps in different positions. The result was by a wide margin, but I think that these games are important for us to put into practice on the things that we worked on in training such as set plays and buildups,” Miller stated.Up Next – Monday’s news in < 10 minutesUp Next – Monday’s news in < 10 minutesclosehttps://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.605.0_en.html#goog_135447156Ad 1 of 1 (0:08)NextStay
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Thomas got the scoring started for the Mingoes when he scored in the ninth minute. At the end of the first half, the
Mingoes went up 7-0 as they got the early advantage. The second half saw the Mingoes applying less pressure as Cavalier pulled one back when Cherven Adza found the back of the net to make it 8-1 in the 65th minute.
The Mingoes have a tough matchup against the defending champions, Western Warriors next week. Miller said that it was important to get a god result going into that game.
“We both have a strong start to the season. We are happy to be going into the game with good momentum especially knowing we are going up against a talented and well-coached team. Our mindset for the next couple of days in training will be on how we elevate our play and intensity to replicate the game as much as possible,” Miller stated.
Baha Juniors went up first in the game against Seventeen FC on an early goal from Youvens Richard. Seventeen FC got an own goal from Baha Juniors’ captain Anson Coakley. Just before halftime, Celestin Guerold put Seventeen FC up 2-1 to no surprise as they attacked more.
They got another goal in the 68th minute from Markens Das as they went up 3-1. Seventeen looked like they were going to run away with the game as they kept attacking Baha’s goal. Baha found life in the 85th minute when Cochise Burrows pulled Baha to 3-2. In the 90th minute, Burrows was fouled in Seveteen’s 18-yard box as they were awarded the penalty. Richard took the penalty and tied the game at 3-3.
Coakley spoke about his team’s resilience to get the draw.
“My team fought and I am proud of them. It speaks volumes as to who they are and what we are about. Our coaches has been preparing us to reach our potential. It has been a slow build and went down nine men and we were able to get the point,” Coakley said.
He is hoping that the team builds off the comeback win going forward into the season.
There were two late games but scores were not available at press time.