By Rawle Toney

SLINGERZ FC and Guyana National striker Anthony ‘Awo’ Abrams is showing that no matter the competition, he’s going to get his goals.

Abrams was part of the bunch of players who departed to represent Guyana at the Annual Caribbean Cup Football tournament in New York.
The tournament features Jamaica, Barbados, Panama, Guyana, Haiti, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica and Trinidad & Tobago, with all its matches being played at the Thomas Jefferson High School playfield in Brooklyn, New York.
The striker, who is only known for high goal-scoring exploits, leads all scorers at the competition with eight goals from three matches. Guyana sit second place in the Western Zone behind St Lucia.
He scored a helmet-trick and a hat-trick in Guyana’s two victories and their lone goal in the country’s single loss at the tournament so far.
Dujon Verneige is the second high scorer behind Abrams with six goals followed by Rhenson Haynes with four.
Another Slingerz FC player Clive De Nobrega (two) is the only other Guyanese to score more than a single goal on the list.
Kevin Beaton, Collie Hercules, Romaine Haynes and Colwyn Drakes each netted a single goal so far in the tournament. Jamaica and Guyana lead the competition with the most goals scored by a team (14).
The 2014 tournament marks 22 years since the tournament has been in existence and Jamaica are by far the most successful team at the event.
Last year’s victory over St Lucia in the final saw the Land of Wood and Water capture their 10th title while St Vincent and the Grenadines hoisted the trophy five times.
In 2011, Grenada were joint winners with Jamaica after Hurricane Sandy caused the final to be abandoned but the Spice Isle had won the tournament on three previous occasions to take their tally to five titles.
Trinidad & Tobago won twice and Barbados and St Lucia claimed victory once each to round off the countries that have all had success at the prestigious tournament.
The tournament wraps up on Sunday, August 31.

(By Rawle Toney)