ALPHA United’s 2-0 defeat by Slingerz in the Kashif and Shanghai final is history and the club is now focused on the imminent Group One competition in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Championships. 

Coach Wayne `Wiggy’ Dover yesterday revealed that losing to Slingerz on Sunday was not a setback but offered him a chance to better analyse his players ahead of next week’s CFU competition.
“We had some concerns with how we played in the early part of the competition. In four games of the Kashif and Shanghai tournament we scored only eight goals. That is very low by our standard. It tells me that we need to do some work on finishing and a few other areas,” Dover said.
“We have to learn from the past. We have been defeated on Sunday but my club would not dwell on that. Our focus now is on the CFU competition.
The deficiencies highlighted during the Kashif and Shanghai tournament would be fixed before we get into the regional competition,” the coach added.
Alpha United have just over a week before they plunge into the regional Club Championship. The local side will play nemesis Inter Moengotapoe of Suriname in the opening match scheduled for April 15 at the National Stadium.
The Suriname club had defeated Alpha in their last five meetings but Dover reasoned that the psychological advantage held by Inter Moengotapoe is only one part of the equation.
“Of course they may have the psychological advantage but on any given day Alpha United are up to the task and can make an impact. I am confident that we will qualify out of our Group.”
Inter Moengotapoe clash with Central Football Club of Trinidad and Tobago on April 17 at the National Stadium while Alpha and the Trinidad side meet on April 19 at the same venue, to end competition in the Group. The winner of the Group will qualify for the semifinals.
“With just about a week left for the CFU tournament, our area of concentration would be fitness and finishing. I think that if we get those two areas right there would be no stopping us,” declared Dover