Bermuda 1 Grenada 1
Bermuda advance to the next round winning Group 3 with 7 points.
Bermuda Starting lineup: Lejaun Matthews, Link Smith, Brandon Jones, Keishon Bean, Rahzi Jones, Zuhri Burgess, Jaquari Paynter, Cory Booth, San-tze Burgess, Simeon Burrows, Edry Moore
After winning their second game only covered by ww.islandstats.com, Bermuda went into this third game of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) 2016 Under-17 World Cup Qualifiers needing only a draw to advance.
At the start of the day Bermuda in first place with two wins in Group 3.
Bermuda took the lead in the 14th minute when Rahzi Jones found the back of the net, however just like the first game Bermuda would play short as San-tze Burgess was sent off in the 38th minute, Bermuda also had coach Dennis Brown sent off the bench.
Both Cory Booth and Jones could have put the game out of the reach of Grenada in the first half with both having chances go wide.
Bermuda goalkeeper Lejaun Matthews had a blocked shot keeping the only Grenada attack of the game out.
Down to 10 men for the second time Bermuda again showed the mental strength to gut out a well deserved lead going into half time.
Tactical changes were made to combat the reduced numbers.
Grenada scored the penalty but Bermuda would not give up on their destiny.
The introduction of Tai Williams made sure that there would be no further attacks by Grenada. Watching Williams glide over the surface put fear into the Grenada back line.
When the fourth signal 4 additional minutes Williams and his teammates managed 4 extra time with the same tenacity as the first 90.
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