Golden Warriors roar to historic win – soccer

-eliminate the highly touted Soca Warriors

By Rawle Welch – for Kaieteur News – November 12, 2011.
The setting was perfect, a packed National Stadium with fans decked out in yellow

Jubilation among the Guyana players as the final whistle sounded to hand them victory. (picture at right)

and Guyana’s ‘Golden Jaguars’ did not disappoint, beating the highly touted Trinidad and Tobago’s ‘Soca Warriors’ 2-1 last evening to advance to the third round of the FIFA 2014 World Cup qualifiers for the first time.
UK-based Ricky Shakes, who plays professionally, opened the scoring in the 10th minute with a magnificent volley that crashed into the far corner.           more

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