Thomas College with their Bermuda Eight overcame two one-goal deficits in the second half to earn a 2-2 draw against in-town rival Colby.
Eight of Bermuda’s Young Footballers are playing for the Thomas College Men's Soccer team. The eight include, Winston Trott, Zeon Robinson, Mikal Simmons, Marcus Johnson, London Steede-Jackson, Tre Ming, Khamisi Lightbourne and Chris Godfrey.
Lightbourne scored both Thomas goals on a couple of dazzling displays that pleased the onlookers at Smith Field.
The match started off slowly as the first shot was not recorded until 11:46 in to the first half on a wide left miss by Dakota Duplissie. Colby then began to pressure the Thomas defense and test goalkeeper Joakim Sternas, who would make three first half saves.
With just under four minutes to play in the half, Colby struck for the game's first goal, when Charlie Dupee received a pass from teammate Keith Chernin and put it by Sternas for the 1-0 lead. Colby would take that lead into halftime, where they outshot Thomas 8-2.
Thomas would waste little time evening up the score in the second half, as Lightbourne would use some skilled dribbling to set up his shot that darted by goalkeeper John Pappas to tie the match up at one.
Less than nine minutes later, Dupee would strike again, this time on a dish from Matt Ayers that would beat Sternas for his team-leading fourth goal of the season to take back the lead for Colby.
Thomas once again would fight back and have an answer, as Lightbourne would score goal number two on the day, once again using his dribbling to set up a powerful right footed kick that beat Pappas top right. The Thomas offense played much better in the second half, holding a slight edge in shots 8-7.
The competitiveness rose as the game drew closer to the end of regulation, as multiple players received cards, including a red for Thomas’ Ming.