By Duncan Saul Photos by Orlando Charles
Defending National and Georgetown champs Queen Street Tigerbay were eliminated from Guinness Greatest of the Streets, losing to North Ruimveldt 2-1 on penalty kicks in a wild night that saw two teams thrown out for bad behaviour.
Beginning the shoot-out at the National Cultural Centre Tarmac after normal time ended 0-0, Travis Grant would convert from the halfway mark to transfer the pressure on the defending champions.
The resulting pressure would get the better of the title holders as Godfrey Powers missed their first attempt at the distance to surrender a 1-0 lead.
North Ruimveldt would then maintain their one-goal advantage in the second round of the shoot-out as both sides netted from the mark, with Joshua Brown scoring for the challengers and Jeffrey Newton converting for the champions.
With only a conversion needed to seal the win in the third and final round,
