ORLANDO, CMC- Trinidad and Tobago rebounded from a 22-nil pounding at the hands of host United States to beat Dominican Republic 4-0 in the second CONCACAF Under-15 Girls Championship in Orlando on Wednesday. A second-half hat-trick from striker Aaliyah Prince fired T&T to victory after a one-nil half time lead at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Arena.
USA-based player Annika Daniel put the young Trinidadians in the lead with a second minute goal before Prince started her second half rampage.
The secondary school student doubled her side’s advantage with a 55 minute penalty, followed by two quick strikes.
Prince extended T&T’s lead with a goal in the 64th minute and a second penalty in the 69th minute allowing them to complete a four-nil triumph.
“The effort was better from the entire team,” said Coach Marlon Charles.
“These players are in a learning environment and every day is a new lesson for them. It was good to see Aaliyah get among the goals and Annika got us off to a good start. I am proud of the players doing as much as they can in this tournament”.
T&T will come up against Haiti on Saturday and Mexico on Monday to close out round-robin pool play.
“We have two tough games left against Mexico and Haiti and I am looking to see how they will face up to these teams,” said Charles.
“They showed good character today and now will look to continue it for the rest of the tournament”.
22 nations from across the CONCACAF region have signed on to participate in the tournament.
