Byron Usher scored BDF’s 1st goal
San Ignacio, May 12, 2013
FC Belize will host Police United in Game 1 of the 2013 Premier League of Belize football championship finals at the MCC Garden on Sunday, May 19.
FC Belize upset the No. 1 seed, Belmopan Bandits, 1-0 in Game 1 of the semifinals and shut them out 0-0 in Game 2 to eliminate the defending champs at the Isidoro Beaton Stadium in Belmopan last Saturday night.
The Bandits needed a 2-0 win to move on to the championship finals, but were without mid-fielders David Trapp and Gilbert Swazo who were sitting out red card suspensions. Deon McCauley launched the Bandits’ first attacks on the right wing, but FC Belize goalie Glenford Chimilio was up to the challenge.
The Belize Defence Force were the No. 2 seed entering the playoffs, but they too were eliminated, 2-1, by the Police United in Game 2 at the Norman Broaster Stadium in San Ignacio on Sunday afternoon.
The Police United were sitting pretty with a 3-1 win over the BDF in game 1, so the BDF’s strikers Harrison “Kafu” Roches, Shane “Chucky” Flores Byron “Barro” Usher and Richard “Cheety Jimenez were
all out for blood, but could not get past the Police defenders Glen Martinez, Kishane Pech, Orlando “Lichy” Jimenez and Trevor “Burger” Lennon.