T&T lost in Bermuda
Trinidad and Tobago suffered a shock 2-1 defeat to Bermuda in World Cup qualifying for the CONCACAF region on Friday while Canada romped to a 7-0 win in St. Lucia.
Trinidad, who qualified for the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany, continued their miserable decline with a loss to opponents ranked 187th in the world.
Second half goals from Antwan Russell and Nahki Wells put Bermuda 2-0 up and although Kevin Molino scored for the visitors nine minutes from the end it was too late to stop the embarrassing loss for German Otto Pfister's team.
Bermuda have never made it close to qualifying for a World Cup and indeed have never even made it to the regional CONCACAF Gold Cup.
The defeat puts Trinidad at risk of failing to reach the third round of qualifying when the major regional powers, including Mexico and the United States, join the fray.
Guyana moved above Trinidad to the top of Group B after they enjoyed a 2-0 win away to Barbados with late goals from Anthony Abrams and Chris Nurse securing the win for the Golden Jaguars.
Canada enjoyed their trip to the Caribbean with Norwich City's Simeon Jackson scoring a first half hattrick while Olivier Occean and Iain Hume scored two each in the rout.
Panama enjoyed a 5-0 win at Dominica with Amir Waithe scoring twice while El Salvador were made to fight for the three points in the Dominican Republic -- a 67th minute goal from Mark Blanco grabbing the win.
The six group winners in the current second stage of qualifying go through to face the top-six ranked teams in the region in the third phase.
The top three teams at the end of the fourth phase of qualifying, involving six teams, will qualify for the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil with the fourth placed team heading into a playoff with the top team from Oceania.
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