MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (CMC) – A Kevin Molino brace fired Trinidad and Tobago to their second straight win in the Caribbean Cup finals here Thursday night, and into the prestigious CONCACAF Gold Cup next year.

The 24-year-old, who plays for Orlando City in the Major League Soccer, scored on either side of halftime to propel the multiple-time champions to an easy 4-2 win over spirited French Guiana at the Montego Bay Sports Complex.
Lester Peltier and Ataullah Guerra added second-half goals to cancel out strikes from Brian St Clair and Jean-David Legrand, as French Guiana showed fight late on.
The victory puts T&T top of Group A with six points and they can now finish no worse than second in the group. The winners and runners-up of each group automatically qualify for the Gold Cup.
More importantly, T&T require only a single point from their final group game against Cuba today, to qualify for the final.
Despite starting without Cardiff City star Kenwyne Jones – who scored a double in Tuesday’s opener – and goalkeeper Jan-Michael Williams, T&T made a positive start and were soon ahead through the superb Molino.
He showed good strength in staying on his feet under pressure from a defender to shoot past goalkeeper Donovan Leon from a tight angle in the 17th minute.
He was almost on the scoresheet again six minutes later when Justin Hoyte picked him out with a cross from the right but the resulting shot lacked power and was easily saved.
Despite their energy, T&T still held a narrow 1-0 lead at the break and it was left to Molino again to lift them in the second half.
In the 58th minute, Guerra’s powerful free kick rebounded from the body of Marc Edwige and Molino pounced on the loose ball to double T&T’s lead.
Four minutes later, the Trinidadians went 3-0 up with Molino at the centre of play again. This time, he was floored by Marvin Torvic in the box leaving the referee with little choice but to point to the spot, and Peltier calmly converted.
Torvic received a second yellow card for the foul, leaving French Guiana down to ten men.
Undeterred, French Guiana pressed for their opening goal and soon found it when St Clair fired home from just inside the 18-yard box. Legrand then brought the game to life in the 84th minute, burying a free kick into the nets from the edge of the box, to set up a tense last six minutes plus stoppage.
Peltier missed out two chances to put the game out of French Guiana’s reach but Guerra put the game to bed in added time at the end, brilliantly firing home a free kick from 23 yards out.