Vincy Heat in seventh heaven

St Vincent and the Grenadines’ senior men’s team, Vincy Heat put seven unanswered goals past Cuba last Sunday night, October, 5, 2025 at the Arnos Vale Playing Field in the first of a two-match international friendly, between the two countries.

From left – Azhino Solomon, Oalex Anderson, Cornelius Stewart

A double strike from Garret Leigertwood- in the 74th and 90+1 minutes, and single strikes from Azhino Solomon, 89th; Steven Pierre, 29th, Cornelius Stewart,44 th; Oalex Anderson,14th; and Malcolm Stewart in the 90 + 4 minutes, accounted for the Vincentians’ tally.

It was a confidence booster for St Vincent and the Grenadines, currently ranked 172nd on the FIFA list,whilst Cuba sits at 167th .

Despite the lopsided scoreline, Vincy Heat’s Head Coach, Ezra Hendrickson, thought it was not a near perfect display by his charges.

“For me, I didn’t like the way we started the game; I though for the first five/ ten minutes, Cuba could be easily up one/ two nothing, that is something we have to address. At home we have to start much confident than we did. We weren’t organised defensively,” Hendrickson said. “We were giving them a lot of space so they were able to progress the ball in the middle of our field and got in our box a couple times.”

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