It's a schoolboy football man and cup quarter final action. It's at the Anthony Spaulding sports complex in Kingston and St. Andrew. Yeah, St. Andrew the parish, but the municipality of Kingston and St. Andrew It's stats against Mona and this is a must-win encounter for Mona stats They can manage to have a draw, but that also would be contingent on some other results for them St. Andrew technical they have made it to three man in cup finals since 2017 And they have lost all of those occasions Mona on the other hand They have been progressing nicely the quarter-final then the semi-final last season and as Craig Butler has said The only objective now is to go all the way not even a finals appearance would suffice. He definitely needs a victory Well, we are the Anthony Spaulding sports complex. I mentioned earlier the grass is green Let's pause for the national anthem the national anthem of Jamaica So yeah, you see the beauty of the pitch But 22 players as well as the referee will run around this pitch all with the hope of Making it to the man in cup semi-final and also an automatic Qualification to the champions cup as well St. Andrew technical they ever had that distinction on the quite a few occasions Mona They would have made it last season for the first time in their history But the dynamic of this matchup Christopher Taylor is that only one will make it this time Yeah, very close matchup Both had eye opener so far in this quarter-final I think both these teams would have come in as favorites as we as we see officials Carville Bunton Would be the main man with the whistle Rolanda Bennett Jaheem Morrison and Romaro Francis is able assistance, but yeah Sint Andrew technical coming off their first loss of the season the first time they had trailed the only match that they had never scored in So a big deal for them as we see their starting lineup So in goal, they have Jaheem Williams a back Three of Alex Xavier Gooden J Lloyd Smith and Kim are Thompson five in the middle of the park Richard Livingston At the time Marshall Dwayne Atkinson Kevin Hall and the two-minute top the 14-goal man Leon Brown and he's joined by Dwayne make that Andre salmon who also has a nine goals for assist the coach by Philip Williams Three five two is what they will play and yeah great to see and very important for them that Yeah, he's back into the starting lineup Dwayne Atkinson yeah and coming off of injury seven goals seven assists to him so far And I think that will add more balance to the start starting lineup Here's a look at Mona high a keen Bernard the three-goal man is in goal Stavon Johnson Dante Peralta Carlton Brown Alex Swazo Kishane Gordon Romarian Thomas Robino Gordon Denzel McKenzie De Mario Harris and the McQuarran parchment their coach by Craig Butler Dangerous going forward a keen Bernard has been brilliant between the sticks for Mona high Have missed quite a few penalties of recent diamond five is their formation. Not sure how you want to fully describe that But yeah Mona high Have looked vulnerable from the wide ears in terms of defense. It's been a problem that they have had since last season And with st. Andrew technical being so fluent especially it on right and left that's where they could look to do damage But Mona certainly going forward a very fluent team generally Have had opportunities have had the leads and had opportunities to go further ahead in the quarterfinals miss penalties and missed chances That's cost them and because of that just two points the referee Carvel Banton Sends them off. Of course st. Andrew technical they have in their own Repertoire their arsenal that big switch from Alex Xavier Gooden to Richard Livingston from midway The field and I tell you it's metronomic the accuracy and the control of a Livingston definitely something to note And let's see how they are able to do that Livingston on the ball It's trying to connect with Leon Brown he wins first time Had much more time than he reckoned I believe Chris Taylor Yeah time on his hands Livingston the leader and I'd like to see him improve the energy and so will Philip Williams the head coach as you see there spoke about the fact that as a leader Livingston his body language his energy on the park needs to be a little better against Kingston College Shoulders were shrugged head was down a bit and he wants to see more energy from his captain Here's Alex Xavier Gooden for st. Andrew technical doing some defensive duties there as Mona tried to have a quick break So the drums are here as you can hear and as you see Craig Butler the technical director of Mona high So Mona they have a corner The second minute of the encounter Denzel McKenzie standing behind it lifts it in the area Jaheem Williams experience campaigner now and able hands boots it up feel Ball breaks nicely Went to salmon that it was a handball, but I'm sure salmon thought that perhaps Advantage should have been played exactly. I'm not sure why cover the bottom eventually blue So it had the ball we're ahead Philip Williams accent same question as you see in screen full control. Why would you look at this clear handball didn't blow at first right decision Starts driving forward Yeah, anyhow, here's good J. Lloyd Smith And the both J. Lloyd Smith and good in the both Good in the ear having three goals most of them from headers Her dimension as well that the other quarterfinal would be played at at prison over that was a bit of a surprise to me I thought there are better surfaces around and available that they could have played those matches enough Unfortunate to me right now prison over not at its best not at its best And when you think about other venues that could have been used in the past of st. Catherine if you want to give a st Catherine a whole fixture as it were You know the other venues that you know many of the coaches thought would have been better suited for such an encounter Especially the quarterfinal of the the marquee competition for the urban area. Yeah, I totally agree first yellow card They're the cards on brown The unbrown brought down, but yeah, definitely agree And as far as I'm concerned, there should be no home venues in a quarterfinal round of things So that being said, yeah, I think that that is something that needs to be altered moving forward And many coaches have complained about it. Here's the delivery booted out by the Mona defense it came to Gale so and Funny enough, there's another game between Heidel and Tivoli set for that very tomorrow as well So, you know and when you think of other venues that could have been used for such an encounter such as here again in the case of Tivoli But even today even today as you said the Ash and I am stadium is available My coat is available as well even Heidel's homegrown I think it's a better pitch at this point on your legs. Yeah legs than than than prison oval. So That venue a bit disappointing for me. Sorry to say but yeah, prison oval has seen better days and does need some improving and Doesn't aid the quality of football right now We're over the course of the last year or two We've seen a lot of improvement in the surfaces that we're using credit to It's at the clubs and so on for that Guess one of the problems happening in the parish of St. Catherine is that they are well apart from Pope more as a region Spanish town really doesn't have a team in the top flight as they would have had rivalling past the years that would have used that venue Yeah The point That's a poor challenge Alonso Bennett there Smith brought down Smith committing the infringement, but yeah Bennett with a flog on that far side Assistant referees doing a lot of the games of recent. I heard he's making strides in terms of Maybe FIFA selection. Maybe he's one of the assistant referees that they are looking at Rolando Bennett has been around for quite some time now He's on a lot of these TV fixtures. Isn't he? Yeah? Yeah Has a love for the game as well, you know He definitely has his own opinions on some of the matches and what some of the coaches need to tweak So he has is a student of the game not just a referee as it would say, you know But doing so many of the games as an official you're right there. You're seeing it You know the players you hear that you hear them. You'll hear that you see the language yet a lot of these officials play the game as well or Have played the game Myron Thomas, of course the player to watch for Mona being treated at the moment So the player up now So it's a free kick for Mona Marin Harris and Rabina cordon among some of the players who have gone forward Carlton Brown also there Dems of the Mackenzie Was low it's like At the near post Rabina Gordon Has put Mona in the lead in the some minutes of this encounter Williams in disbelief in dismay Mona pride Have struck like a lion Dead ball opportunity good ball put into the area from Mackenzie and the flick on Another assist for Mackenzie his 20th of the season Denzil Mackenzie and Rabina Gordon picks up his 14th goal leading goal scorer for this Mona team And that's a big lead It was really a depth touch there using his head literally and figuratively and Can stats now we bound of course they went behind against Kingston College and Frustration set in you mentioned earlier the body language and all of that Can they rebound the pressure definitely mounts on them at the moment a bit patched up is Greg Butler But there's some comfort to his heart Amidst that goal So yeah, it's an anti-technical rebound Let's see. Yeah, Mona maintain their lead Technical trying to play through the press of Mona Agitai Marshall they're being tackled His opposite number 10 Denzil Washington Mackenzie Confirmation of the 14th goal for Rabina Gordon this season Here's your Lord Smith But to circulate the ball in their own half Agitai Marshall Was forced a bit wide And the matchup against Kingston College didn't really play as a traditional number 10 Yeah, they really had a defensive masterclass and ensure that he only had opportunities in the wide areas And they were able to really Marshall zone 14 you call it from a zonal system That era just in front of the 18-yard box Given the way possession is an anti-technical Mona now trying to come forward Here's the Marin Harris Kevin Hall trying to do some defensive work Called it. Well on that occasion Boots it forward It's trying to connect with Leon Brown, but that was intercepted. Here's Mona Swazo Play broken up. Swazo gets it back releases Harris At Xavier Gooden in a no-nonsense mood part of the back three for St. Antotechnical Coming under some amount of pressure Mona not giving them a lot of time on the ball in their defensive third Thomas took Mackenzie turn ball was wayward. Here's Thompson now lifts it forward Should be easily handled by a key in Bernard Well, that's a bit of keepy-upy lots of wind at the venue and That will definitely affect Throw-ins and the long balls especially Chris Slip there as you saw The Mona supporters they've really come in their numbers you hear them and They're excited about the prospects of Mona Of course, not only the Manning Cup semi-final at stake a chance to play in the All-Ireland champions cup knockout And the draw for that would be next Tuesday that comprises of all the Manning Cup semi-finalists as well as the DeCosta Cup semi-finalists will be drawn against each other Through seeding of course, no Manning Cup team will play another Manning Cup team in the first round so a win here would guarantee a anyone of these teams a Place in the round of eight the quarter-final round of the champions cup that's where it begins, of course in previous years it was a Round of 16 as the first round of the competition The players teams had a lot of traveling a lot of matches Well played by stats Sal and they was trying to get on the end of that one, but it's a bit too big for him Smith press has Been minimized from a Mona perspective giving stats the amount of room they need just to progress forward offside Flag up there Andres Salmon Nine goals and four assists for him this season Livingston loses position Here's kitchen Gordon Slippery players Gordon has speed as well gets around to players can he whip it across Bundled over the ball, but the referee says nothing to do about that one Taylor it's with Guilty of an offense on that occasion Here's that ball I mentioned earlier and perhaps for the first time this season. I've seen where it has not gone as scripted Simple message from Greg Butler Once I see the bottle over across the area Good skill by Gordon has been in and out of the starting line-up Gordon Last televised game he came off the bench Dangerous players were skillful in the wide areas When you look at this matchup over the last ten years, it's always been close as they said two 1-0 wins For St. Andrew technical and then their last game in the quarter-final on a one-all draw, so Very close generally, but it must be said Mona haven't found a win against it Sam and they're really trying to apply the counter-press Nikoi Gale and a no-nonsense mood as well Sam against possession lifts it across now Arriving at the back post was Richard Livingston, but Mona able to clear break coming for Mona That's to be Gordon can he deliver the pass Went for the shot Jackie Williams was there Yeah, well you still didn't follow the instructions did Gordon This coach cream but I said he wanted a ball Delivered into the air did look up and decided that the pass wasn't the option he wanted That was going wide in any case Williams making sure of it, but that shot wasn't on target Not the best attempt for decision from Gordon Thomas was waiting right at the penalty spot Almost for a tapping had he found him it's a corner kick Mackenzie behind it It's high still kept in play, but Yeah, well actually they will gain another corner Yes, it's actually technicals. Let's look flat at the moment. They haven't started With with energy at all Almost as if they're still thinking about the Kingsland College defeat And this is where Mona must points get another goal here Maybe even another and take this game away from since Andrew technical Very flat look at that not winning any of the 50-50 Duels and even that from Kevin Hall And the supporters Perhaps have a lot to think about and consider It really sends shockwaves at loss against Kingsland College and You know most of the supporters would have left saying that yeah said under technical they had the better of play 70% of the possession But they just couldn't break the Kingsland College defense. They were well organized They really stuck to their task And they didn't have the individual quality that perhaps would have been able to break to breach the defense last year in the semifinal a wonder strike from Their number seven at the time since gone on to European football Take one Satwell Broke down Kingsland College and then Frankson also Added more misery in the first half with a wonder strike himself so moments of individual brilliance But they didn't have it last game against Kingsland College and could it be that that is really where they luck In the final analysis Yeah, last season they dominated the game early against Kingsland College were very reliant on Dijon Richards And they took that two nearly Casey did manage to pull back one early. I think stats went further ahead that three one Late Dijon Richards strike wasn't enough to prolong the game Yeah, so at St. Andrew technical actually did a very good job on him even though he ended up scoring and assist him amazingly But yeah, it was probably the first time in that season that person's really paid him With extra attention and as I said were very aggressive towards it. They didn't want to the game someone But yeah, he was the key for Casey last year This year more of a team effort and a lot of players stepping up at different points And you think of how good they were defensively Kingsland College That was really an eye-opener. I thought it was a really stellar effort against a stats team that have scored over 60 Goals already this season. It's the first game of the season that they hadn't scored it I mean that was amazing. I don't think they're based on their play so far. They still haven't recovered from that His first 20 minutes. They looked dull It hasn't been a spark at all now, they're slow to the ball as you can see even passes not being controlled See what they can Get going here's good Pushes it forward Kevin Hall will try to get by his marker Good challenge that he regains possession. Nikoi Gale the hole in midfielder brings it to J. Lloyd Smith His past week Running battle now and Romarian Thomas has an empty goal He was force-wide his denser Mackenzie Mackenzie and he scored for Mona Wilde he Williams was down The mystery is compounded for San Andrew technical in 21 minutes of play in the quarter-final encounter He's still holding his leg and They're holding Craig Butler You might be holding his heart after this one Yeah credit to Mona since Andrew technical all out of sorts. Jaheem Williams coming out. He actually injured himself did Williams Try to bring down Thomas actually. Let's look at this ball over the top when it's intercepted here ball over top nice Pastor Thomas Thomas no moves it away. He tries to bring down Thomas obviously to stop him from going on to goal injured himself made no attempt to get back then decided to lie down instead and Yeah, as I said since Andrew technical just haven't woken up yet In fact, even the players slowing getting forward Mackenzie Got there to help Thomas ahead of the St. Andrew technical defenders. Where were they and Credit to them and assist for Thomas yet again in second of the season And yeah, Denzel Mackenzie is in double figures on the season. He now has 10 goals 26 difference maker Tell you what It has not gone the way of stats and all the preseason prognostications have been thrown asunder And you mentioned that they were asleep. I tell you it was a it's a nightmare for them at the moment Can he come his team? Can he inspire hope? In a team that has won at the under 16 level 10 goals for Denzel Mackenzie as you see on the screen 20 assists 30 goal contributions for the national under 17 representative Nikoi Gale Standing behind of this free kick for st. Andrew technical listed in the area Here's Livingston Livingston tries to shoot, but Swazer was in the way and Kishane Gordon trying to mop up the resulting Deflection puts it out for a throw in for stats Think about when a goalkeeper's attempt to follow player doesn't work Wow credit to Romarian Thomas. He really stood his ground. Perhaps other players would have gone down Draw perhaps a card, but he recognized that well I can still fight and there's still opportunity and even though he was force-wide the recovery of the stats place You mentioned it earlier. I just can't help but mention it again Chris Yeah, well, I he wouldn't have suited Romarian Thomas to go down at all because obviously by getting around the keeper It was us a goal in front of him. So he would have been looking to convert. Yes. He was trusted wide But obviously as well, I'm not sure which defender it was that was making his way back towards the line But yeah, don't know the sports max after they get another Google Play or the Apple app store And what schoolboy football on the sports max plus channel for free And of course, there are other channels that you can take your fees of football action tennis and Other sports as well. Yeah, download the sports max app Dream start for Craig Butler and his troops They have now touched over 50 goals on the season 51 to be exact They've just conceded some seven goals are excellent work from Craig Butler's team many concerns Against the signature technical team, especially how they might have been exploited in their wide areas But they have done very well and we know how Portland they are going forward and they have proven that Sintana technical have not come to play yet. I think what owner trying to ensure is that they never do at this stage of the competition This is a flattest I've seen Sintana technical in years Usually coming into a lot of these matches as underdog in previous seasons against the big teams now At front runners, you would have to say and as favorites They're faulted Yeah Perhaps that plays on their mind more pressure Sintana technical trying to get a spot Kevin Hall that pass to Salmon was a bit too heavy a man in prayer is a keen Bernard prostrate all smiles around the ball Mackenzie Found a big switch to room are in Thomas Yes, Smith Mona was certainly be very aware that they held leads in both of their quarterfinal games couldn't keep them against KC and St. Catherine respectively And that will be something that Craig Butler will be reminding them as well to maintain concentration Interested to see if they're to get a penalty this time What would happen so far they have seen what five or six different penalty kickers and they have missed their last three Mona and charter territory this for stats as well because Before the KC game, they had never trailed this season. Now. They're actually training by two goals And this is how the current group looks the live group Mona on top with five points KC in second Based on goal difference both with five points and yes in tango technical ensign Catherine complete in the four Of course just the top two to go through So just to give you some context to that as well Kingston College should they win their encounter? They definitely would pop the group with seven points Mona only can Go as far as five points. I've been had two draws before today But they're there alongside its principal Kevin Jones Kevin Jones, of course Coming from a football powerhouse in the form of clandon college as a principal for Monon. He's at most of the matches Has been a good period So here's Marshall for stats takes a throw quickly. They're in a good area stats Referee ignores the shouts Currently nil all between Mona and sin cat between Casey and sin Catherine at prison over similar time there Thomas doing well to review the challenge of J. Lloyd Smith He looks bad badgered at the moment Smith We hope he's not thinking of making any changes to his team right now because they're not in a purple patch. You could say Would want to break up the chemistry at all So the senator technical contingent certainly very much here Flag and all Can they spur on their team? So a dramatic comeback victory So Kingston College in their encounter against a sin Catherine. I don't attend men That's an update. We'll give you some more as that game progresses football there for Livingston Carlton Brown doing to defending Good to see him back on his feet The captain he has work to do because man Sin tanger technical Well, it's been a real slow start preseason favorites for most Right now, they're heading out at the quarter-final stage Salmon fighting salmon shockwaves What booted up for Mona header Under the way of Peralta His ball forward push forward by G. Lloyd Smith Livingston clicks it fall for Marshall gets a return ball dangerous area now Can this be a moment for st. Andrew technical? Livingston in chase has the ball tries to go around one, but Swayze is there please it out Good recovery from st. Andrew technical to gain possession It was a good challenge Here's kitchen Gordon for Mona going the opposite direction now Here's Mackenzie Thomas almost got around Alex Avery Gooden Lifted forward now You'll be no good Potsman tried to play that one forward Sin anja now That ball count Kevin Hall Poor play for for salmon Akeem Bernard Alert to the danger there Colleen Montague to your left Principle of woman's high school for girls part of the leadership of Issa in the 37 minute of play. Let's see What the rest of this half holds for us Swaz or to Peralta Listen here on the play He's shown to dance the McKenzie late challenge that against Livingston Livingston still being treated after that challenge from Danza McKenzie kitchen Gordon there getting himself refreshed Geloots with behind the kick lifted in the area Handled well by Bernard in goal for Mona way wide of the area, but they still have possession with Peralta now They sit in the area he was offside to Shane Gordon Kevin Hall the sense of urgency certainly Not in st. Andrew technicals play at the moment Doesn't look very disturbed though Philip Williams Perhaps he's quietly confident Here they come. Of course, they're trying the long ball forward Marshall Thompson now That shot Marshall there straight to goalkeeper Bernard Here's Mona through Gordon He brought it outside. It's the throwing for st. Andrew technical to my I Chris Taylor there is an Absence of the utilization of the midfield in a lot of their build-ups and under technical so a lot of times when they are At the halfway line there about Again, they try a long ball And it's just they haven't worked. They haven't settled from the start and obviously going two goals behind hasn't helped them at all But it does seem very panicky and frantic in the back line Even when good and and company pick up the ball They just looking to boot it out without looking as you said a lot of times bypass in the midfield. I find it Going forward. They are very narrow Not a lot of movement not a lot of switch plays and this aerial ball But here now it goes out wide. Let's see Kevin Hall We'll sit forward but intercepted once more and certainly the win the conditions Not favorable for that kind of play It's not an enclosed venue So even that has to be calculated carefully when you strategize how you'll play but one of things about it's an antithetical that I've noticed they continue in the system their structure and You can't really fault them because repetition Brings that kind of reinforcement But the adjustments that are needed sometimes in tight conditions are necessary in in championship level football Yeah, Casey and St. Catherine still locked up in it all as you said Casey down to ten men come all partisan They're right back the player sent off So Casey down to ten men against a very talented St. Catherine side who still have an opportunity to go through That much been played at prison over St. Catherine Could go through if they beat Kingston College by two clear goals Here's Gail lifts it forward Sam down quickly throughout her now Who would sit forward with that one only back to Gail Here's Cylinder technical See if I throw deep in the moan a half living stun on the ball didn't get to lift it across gets another throw taken quickly Samma gets the return ball tries the shot Blocked Here's Gail good Brought down by Peralta. Yeah big free kick Looking a little better now sent into technical word coming in St. Catherine have got the go-ahead goal against Kingston College in the 36 minute Jacques Watson With the goal Still in the first half there 36 minutes down St. Catherine won an advantage against ten men ten man Casey Four minutes of time to be added on to the first half. We're in the first of that four Here's good Definitely can't strike the ball Let's see if you can get it around the wall or up and Down good Straight to the wall will try to go by but that's broken up Very good from distance good Struck the cross bar in the match against Kingston College was a Don't even know if it was as much as an inch away from recording a goal there Very good technique generally it surprised at it at his approach to that ball that free kick on this occasion Here's a living start Marsha spreads it wide to Kevin Hall Tries to dart by DeMarion Harris Loses possession and it's all his pleas Play resumes. Here's Thomas now Connects well with Mackenzie Mackenzie and the referee points to the spot Takes out a card as well Jay lightsmith the guilty party Jaheem Williams pleading for mercy Carvel Banton says no It's a penalty for Mona and at a time in the first half Well, let's see on the live shot it seemed like the ball was played But yeah, what a big moment for Mona Mackenzie I was shocked when I saw it. Yeah live and That hasn't really convinced me otherwise I play the ball. Yeah, in fact I wonder that first if the reason Carvel Banton blew the whistle was because he took out the right leg of Mackenzie But he didn't touch the right leg at all. He played the ball All ball in fact bad call there shocking shocking call Let's see if Mackenzie can convert You'd say it would be lights out if he does Mackenzie from 12 yards He saved Jaheem Williams perhaps the most important save of his schoolboy career to date Well Mona We spoke about them and penalties. It's yet another kicker in Denzel Mackenzie And it's four misses in a row for Mona from the penalty spot. They held the lead They held the lead twice Twice in the quarter-final round got penalties to extend it and missed and they have done so again Three misses in three games and not the kind of statistic you want for your team. Here's Thomas in the area Smith Unbothered by that previous challenge Still sticking to his defensive tasks So Carvel Banton has seen enough Of the first half a half that Mona Has controlled by virtue of goals scored two they have St. Andrew technical they have a lot to consider in their halftime talk He's doing his right now Craig Butler And the heads the smiles the eyes Not showing the kind of confidence you expect from a team that has made it to Semi-final last season and it to the final as well St. Andrew technical And they have to lift their heads and Rebound in the second half Richard Livingstone trying to Give that team the confidence Jaylene white the goalkeeper coach also giving a brotherly Lecture to J. Lloyd Smith It's halftime between st. Andrew technical and Mona sports max and the Lions United Versus Mount Pleasant Football Academy live Sunday 3 p.m. 4 in the rest of the Caribbean Then ardent gardens versus typically garden the West Kingston Derby Sunday 6 p.m. 7 in the rest of the Caribbean Then on Monday half of you they host home humble lion 5 p.m. 6 in the rest of the Caribbean that's on sports max 2 Also in sports max 2 camp earlier versus waterhouse 7 30 p.m. 8 30 in the eastern Caribbean that too on a Monday Welcome back to the Anthony Smalling sports complex Mona versus an antithetical this quarter final Manning Cup fixture Mona leading to me lap the half 45 minutes of play left Chris Taylor can stats Provide one of the most sin to lies in since late in comebacks. We've seen over the schoolboy football season this year Well, they have the depth they have the ability just against Casey a Couple days ago was the first time they have trailed all season. They couldn't get it done They haven't really looked likely to get back into this game so far. So But they have the talent they have the ability that's how this the group looks at this moment Mona in first position with five points Kingston College who trails in Catherine in second position on four points as well as in Catherine But they have an inferior gold difference losing Catherine hence their third place, of course It's a top two to go through St. Catherine currently lead 1-0 And Casey are down to 10 men as well Mona with another big opportunity to go to take the game further away from stats almost the last kickoff the first half Missed another penalty four games in a row. They have missed penalties and needless to say it was a really poor call Certainly was not a penalty Any old maybe retribution. Yeah, I would definitely think so But you'd have to think that they need to get it together. It was Mona as to who is their designated penalty kicker because Four different kickers as well and four misses Yeah and in fact if you caught the tool that they scored in the Jonathan Grant game, it's six different kickers because Three different kickers in that game two scored one missed I guess one by one. They're trying the entire squad. Well, it has hurt them already Here's someone trying to do some damage to Mona Peralta was there to mop up any danger Because if you think about it, they did have the lead in both their quarter final matches against Casey and St. Catherine and miss penalties cost them ended up with a draw so Let's see what happens here Someone do it well there to hold His own and gets the corner kick for St. Andrew technical. It's a bright start for them so far Can Kevin Hall Give a sweet delivery on a kick was poor against Casey you couldn't see where someone from St. Andrew technical wanted to take the game by the scruff of its neck and Lift their heads and really do damage and we're yet to see it in the first 46 minutes here as well They're obvious front runners this season and because they haven't Trailed at all. They have no struggled when put in that position The psychological aspect of the game certainly nothing to frown about because especially when you are Schoolboys and you hear all of the preseason chatter a lot of vloggers share in their opinions It can give you a false sense of security And it really takes maturity and wise counsel to bring them back to level-headedness. Here's that delivery Easily handled by Jaheem Williams Lee and Brown on the ball After the first round these are the second that went first and third round teams respectively St. Andrew technical was a number one team and Mona were the third round team Mona undefeated so far this season It must be said eight wins from eight in the first round And then two wins against Jonathan Grant and a 10-1 aggregate And then of course the two draws in the quarter-final round so far, so they haven't tasted a fee What they said George's college the only other team having that distinction undefeated this season I guess you'd have to say KC on a technicality because they did lose their first game four-nil But then we're awarded the points Livingston lifts it in the area Say it by Mona Shane Gordon many more options with Gordon. Here's that Paul Simon sends it across And Hall has been guilty on quite a few occasions No trickery at all to his place. That's very obvious what he's going to do every time on the red him well Here number 18 on the on the plan that dangerous attack that St. Andrew technical I've had all season that's been the most disappointing part to me Where's Leon Brown in both of these matches? He's been nullified not really getting involved not ensuring that he gets the ball there number 940 goal man this season What do you think he has had a shot in these two games? Of course, they've made a change because of that Marshall has come out And on his France and three goals and an assist for France and there's Leon Brown These big Name players on the St. Andrew technical team are who have to be stepping up now. Somebody has to step up We spoke about the captain's energy in that match against KC just looked at defeated player from the conceded Philip Williams can't do it for them from the bench His players have to step up Here's Livingstone Trying to be a little bit more vocal but his body language as well not the best Doesn't have the bite that sometimes a captain needs to have Credit to Mona. They have been very focused Throwing chicken quickly by St. Andrew technical So also being challenged by Paul Paul standing across salmon on the ball salmon brings it to Livingston That's not the time to Skype That's not the time to Skype at all. Mr. Livingston What a glorious opportunity they had Chris Taylor Yeah, not the best defending goodbye salmon Just slashed at it and then look at look at that no conviction from Livingston as well Look at that just putting not leaning over it any at all And that's a disappointing finish. He's a two-footed player. I'm not sure why he went with a left foot on that occasion nine goals nine assists I don't have a big problem with him going with the left foot but In terms of the technique At time that's why I had a problem with because you needed Yeah, but he has a technique on the left foot. He just didn't show it there It would be much easier just to convert that on the right foot because Yeah, we might have a there The first real goal month action Pussel on the play there A bit clumsy on that occasion the clashes of the number fives Gale You couldn't find two defensive midfielder's last season better than Nikoi Gale Arguably the best in schoolboy football last season Speak about the best To John Whisper Richards leading scorer last season In the Manning Cup Days away from Going after Chelsea Already signed a pre-contract Here to support Craig Butler instead of his school Kingston College Who are also playing They are part of the phoenix academy today Is a day of two matches St. Catherine currently lead KC by a goal to nail Mona As you can see enjoying this lead Maybe a good opportunity here to To make some other inroads Well, it's his birthday to John Richards officially 18 years today was made on the platter there parchment Didn't get the memory. It seems his parchment trying to stand it forward for Mona Couldn't in a no nonsense mood there Thomas takes the throw Leon Brown they're trying the acrobatic clearance Not sure what for Nikoi Gale boots it forward Rubino Gordon in defense Here's Atkinson Stepping forward is Atkinson pokes it forward for Salmon The defensive work there for Mona You can see is the throw in but they now have a corner kick does St. Andrew technical I'm not the only one who's had a problem with the numbering system the font used and I can't help but talk about it I'll be the first to admit that I am I'm sure I've called 13 18 and 18 13 on a number of occasions. Here's the corner kick In the area couldn't rose up Bernard able to handle it in the end. He's Be bruised Couldn't really does well to rise for the headers Bernard being surrounded by a number of his teammates Gordon Johnson Harris Brown Here's the first goal of the encounter The corner kick came from Densever, Kenzie Rubino Gordon Going to the near post going low Flickle on header And then the second one Romarian Thomas broke forward Jaheem Thomas came for James Williams rather came forward the goalkeeper unable to bring him down Thomas played it for Mackenzie Mackenzie In the back of the net Mona trying to come forward Just over half an hour left in this encounter well by Salmon she is living stuck Trying to come forward Pass wayward. Well, they definitely have the support of the drummers still the senator technical Striker rhythm for them had a flicked on by Livingston but God wants there to Play the ball out for throwing taken quickly Thompson It's another throwing Thompson on the ball Smith Control there was a bit lacking from To have been atkinson Here's the in brown Trying to turn loses possession Harris now breaking forward for Mona Thomas on the ball Shows a bit too much of it and Nikoi Gale gets it Here's Livingston has space to drive forward Atkinson his final pass was poor but still falls for Hall Part went able to Boot it forward Jay Lloyd Smith brings it under control Gale Thompson Livingston His ball forward intercepted by Gordon Alex Xavier Gooden there In a battle with Mackenzie comes out on top plays it forward Not using the aerial ball as much as they did in the first half I'm sure they were listening to us Chris Taylor Yes, come on Thompson stepping forward now Plays it back to Gale Pass good Referee gives the call Taken quickly here's brown Just wide of the upright He's saying a referee Members of last year that young man from Calabar Tick tock famous Sinandra technical they did they wasted no time to take the kick Wanted that ball was still moving though I think it was Yeah, so there's Gale That was a situation where probably the whistle should have gone for it to stop Simon on that occasion, but yeah, finally a shot from Leon Brown It comes forward Simon missed terribly Brown's boot High on that occasion High boot and not offside, okay Here's the flick on header Just wonder if on that occasion if someone was offside though before that Just look at because a signal from Bant and I think it was offside, you know Yeah, and he's get the assistant It is offside They headed ball to salmon He was ahead of the defense naive But yeah more positive positivity from sin tango technical Gordon is off the So more not making a change yet again or making a change I should say There'll be no Gordon there 14 goals, but he's in the heart of the defense. He's had a good game actually He really has We've manning things in that backline and making it very difficult for stats So it's was a Danza McKenzie make that Thomas trying to navigate through two players That's regain possession If you look at this shot now 18 I tell you That's all And 13 it's it's really yeah unless you're seeing it close close up like that Kevin Hall there Their right winger still not seen enough Wide play from sin tango technical, which was something they were known for Throughout the season that switch of play Missing in both these games as further changes are made hall is off now So you won't have that problem with the 18 by grave comes on Two goals and three assists for Jamal by grave They need goals stats and they need them quickly Well, the captain is taken off as well That tells you something and terrain hall is brought on Came on in the last game as well hall with one goal and two assists When you have to take off your captain at 65 minutes There's a lot of stories in that Good Was the captain in some instances One last season was was a captain for Majority of it Here's that And it was a substitute by grave Running on to it Good attempt by the number 19 Looking for his third goal finally That kind of play which we're talking about the switch of play from one flank to the other Good overlapping run Yeah, the finish does need it to be a bit lower Good good power, but yeah shots even But we don't have to tell you who is more accurate Three to nil And for status sake You hope that doesn't reflect on the score sheet as well in the final analysis from the throwing Just in front of this then on the technical bench They come far Carlton brown Brown from distance Still one nil with between st. Catherine and the kingston college st. Catherine leading by a goal to nil Fifty-five minutes gone in that match KC down to 10 men Patterson the man sent off And Watson the goal scorer for st. Catherine Certainly would be interested if both of those teams in android I mean that st. Catherine and moaner Advanced from the group Both of them being in the first Round group as well. Both of them being the same first round group Is good for stats Brought down by swazzle Ball lifted in the area franksness there Not to head to it, but Wasn't on target. We tried to recycle now Clean the ball on the surface much more The first half that would have been lifted high Much earlier. They tried it a while ago didn't work in their favor gets a throw in Substitute by grave Get to take it Dussau Smith Thompson Kale And you'd think with a three five two formation Five midfielders You'd think that they'd have more or use more outlets in the middle of the park that hasn't been the What we've seen from senator technical. Here's leon brown Hasn't really sparked has the number nine The 14 gold man of four senator technical carlton brown Thomas Well taken by mckenzie Just had a shot there of the president of the jamaica Athletics administrative association garth gale also principal of charlemate high school Beside him was kadeen webley She's been a brand Manager for digicel I'm sure she might have a prize or two to give out later andrey virtue Head of ballers academy or a national youth player as well Jamaica college Number seven standout Down on the sportsmax app today getting on the google player the apple app store And feast your eyes on the variety of sporting Treats available on the sportsmax app, of course on the sportsmax plus channel available exclusively on the app you can watch You can watch schoolboy football for free senator technical trying to recover from two gold deficit Moments like that won't help at all And the minutes just go by so quickly next to be thomas As well brought down All ball says the referee Now starts able to break he's atkinson Puts it forward The unbrown now Goes wide He was offside. Oh lovely move by thomas. I don't think that's a penalty Play the ball dinty then thomas fell over the leg Well, they're watching their app Love to see it again They're certainly looking for the replay Here it is through the legs Did he actually throw the ball away that angle not really conclusive What I can tell you that was certainly a closer shot. Yeah Than the first half penalty given But yeah Let's see here thomas throws it through the legs Just look at the right footed pot Not sure he got the ball there. Not sure he got the ball Maybe that might be more of a penalty and he did look nervous Was it good with the challenge? Yeah good Actually, I think maybe good was the one who took down thomas and thomas probably touched the ball That one might have more have been a penalty Well The game continues by the way talking about penalties. St. Catherine has a penalty against kingston college Do you remember that st. Catherine missed a penalty Against mona In their previous game both teams actually missed penalties now st. Catherine have a penalty and an opportunity to go to nail up against kc That would bring the gold difference level wouldn't level zero But st. Catherine Would then have three goals More than kingston college who have two. Yeah So kc would drop into third position. Wow jailo it's with here foul in javier done the substitute for mona Quarter for an hour left in this encounter. We did forward now Here's that kinson for stats By great gets it across frankson frankson Got the shot off Was blocked Player down for stats Player down. Yeah word coming in st. Catherine have converted their penalty They now lead by two goes to nil against kingston college St. Catherine are now In second position behind mona So it's mona one st. Catherine two kingston college have dropped to third And st. Andrew technical are in fourth wow As it stands st. Catherine have scored three goals and conceded three their goal difference is zero Kc negative one on their goal difference st. Andrew technical Under quarter of an hour To keep their season alive still a lot to play for yeah Same amount of time to ensure their season remains alive One goal can't help them though. They need two Couldn't of course a draw for them and two goals would mean that they have four goals And they would be better off. They would have been the highest scoring team In the tie up and at that point mona would actually drop out it's Wow, so interesting, isn't it? Yeah, so many things cannot remember that at the start of the day st Catherine were in fourth position And now we're in second What a difference a day can make Or a goal or two So as it stands the moan on five points and Catherine four With a zero goal difference minus one for Kingston college also on four points that's on three points The permutations are There for your viewing pleasure The second place time for the sportsmax that moment The penalty saved by jahim williams And yeah denser mckenzie denied it from a second goal in the afternoon Jaheem williams coming up big for st. Andrew technical A deserved save of course Suspicions on that penalty call Of course brought you by the sportsmax app Get the sportsmax app and follow all the action and schoolboy football in jamaican internet and tobago for free on the sportsmax app 10 minutes left in this encounter mona leads st. Andrew technical two goals to nil of course the teams who a third and fourth in the group Would drop down to the walker cup And what a present the ball has come all the way In my hands Perhaps i'm the man of the match takes the throw quickly J. Lloyd Smith on the ball They have so much space The undrown look at the space they have there For all the space in the middle of the park. They've not been able to breach the defense If they come forward his salmon has to go wide Still of the ball is st. Andrew technical And why the man dropped down on that occasion substitute Can this be An injection of life In the season for st. Andrew technical Very careful banton and to put the ball back a bit White Almost tested the keeper there Wasn't a bad Effort and a lot of curve on that one Substitution being made for mona Myron thomas the number eight exit in the game Adriano vassal coming on for Him not in the 84th minute Of course The myron thomas having an assist Of the second goal Over 70 minutes gone in the match between kc and st. Catherine st. Catherine still continue to lead by two goals to nil at prison over So as it stands Mona and st. Catherine will be heading to the semifinals of the manning cup Both coming out of the same zone In the first round zone e to be exact In which mona finished first and st. Catherine finished second KC and st. Andrew technical are heading out Pressure mounting now on st. Andrew technical can they keep this season alive? Mona says no Here's gay Leone brown having to drop deep And midfield roll It's ball coming forward Bernard easily handling that one Not sure the if stats know the urgency of the situation in hand Get relaxed in their play Have they resigned themselves? Let's see Delaney white is going from distance well Not the level of accuracy that we usually align with gooden So st. Catherine's second goal came from the penalty spot romain waltz as their captain and number five the player converting For their two nearly at watson And then waltz the scorers was in catherine, of course tomorrow Two big matchups as well Jamaica college versus in george's college High del versus tivoli. Yeah tivoli already out can't go through But lots to play for for high del Draw is good enough for high del That would bring them on five points draw good enough for st. George's as well, but jamaica college have to win Or the defending champions will be out And guess what? Last year's beaten finalists are heading out to as it stands It would be three of the semifinalists from last season out If those permutations Are fulfilled One would be through though and they lead here The only one Trying to get the header on but Gordon was it again couldn't put the throw in Even mackenzie the deepest player back from owner. He's not taking any chances Denzel mackenzie is wiped Gail is the victor still on the ball there lift it in the area now Gail His pass that Thompson was off Thompson now gets control too good To gail Gail's pass cut out hasn't been the most attractive Football in Matter we've seen all season for sure From either team that actually has been disappointing. I think in terms of the quality Phillip Williams must be very frustrated and certainly sintangio technical in these last two games Their performance way below par credit to the opponents, but still You want to be champions? You've got to step up to the plate and and bring performances and none of his players on the field including his captain who has had to take off I've raised their heads and said look, let's give it our best fight here Let's go down with a big effort Still not seeing a player from sintangio technical. Maybe the closest one being good That has showed that kind of tenacity And Mona they have certainly played the better 89 minutes so far. Yeah Of course, we're being a garden one of the players who would have Mentioned for Mona as having had a very good game Click on header. Yeah, for me, it's good Especially if they keep sintangio technical to a clean sheet He scored a goal at one end and he has defended so well organized the back line here. He is very vocal as well Not regularly. You see a number nine in this kind of position So eight minutes added to the second half Of course, Mackenzie would ask to get a note of a mention even though he missed a penalty because he did have a goal analysis Substitution's coming in the substitute being pulled out to be done Sean Layton Here's Thompson Just not seen urgency not seen it at all Hall the substitute. They was trying to turn Ball booted up field J. Lloyd Smith miscontrolling substitute Layton stumbling Here's a possession Here's Hall Swaz are doing well in the defensive end of things Here's Gooden Wait that white he was trying the shot apartment playing it forward Layton perhaps should have held up the ball a bit more Layton to run out the clock Three minutes having having elapsed out of the eight Over 80 minutes gone in the match at prison oval still 2-0 to St. Catherine Watson and Walters are scorers Kingston College Well, they need to find a goal Or they'll be heading out just like this Sintangio technical team They find it hard knowing and quite frankly based on the balance of play They don't deserve to to get something from this game Sintangio technical They have been outplayed by Mona. Yeah credit to Mona who have missed a penalty as well And they have this 2-0 lead. You just to see how stats are going to find two goals in this time Philip Williams wow He looks a frustrated man Crunch time of the season and his team just haven't risen to the occasion. They haven't managed Being favorites very well In all of the seasons that they have really progressed Deep into the competition to the finals. They've always been outsiders who always been the underdogs even though you expect them to be there They have not been expected to to necessarily win and a lot of persons Don't don't take that part seriously how much added pressure it is when you are favorites for something It must be said over the years that it's something that jc especially in this In these last this last decade have dealt with well. Well, yeah Here's what? But I can tell you it's not only the two matches here in Kingston that I'm looking forward to tomorrow But certainly the Dacosta Cup matches because those groups let me tell you they are going to be as as confused as these are I expect a surprise or two pre-kick In fact before nail in for Gavi Massio of a BB coke was a surprise to me not that Gavi Massio necessarily got the victory But the score line for nail. I just didn't see that coming BB coke. I've had such a good season Come out of a strong zone and I've been doing well But Meron Gordon and company. Well, they pulled them apart Peaking perhaps at the right time is Gavi Massio Overconfident perhaps a BB coke. They do have a player like like Cleo Clark or on his own can winner can win a match Here's the delivery it was Put outside for corner kick. Yeah, he hasn't been tested today has he? A king Bernard he's well if he could have every game like this he would take it Really straightforward game for him Amazing you're talking about a team who has scored over 60 goals this season I mean almost 180 minutes. They haven't been able to find one This is where on the play It's about two minutes to go That's going to be it, you know Dean Smith. I think so too. Yeah And I think this is a free kick in Mona's direction. Is it it should be shouldn't it? Maybe not maybe not Carlton Brown will rise to a yellow card. Oh, I read It's a second yellow Carlton Brown being dismissed in at a time was a challenge on good who was trying to turn him. He'll have to sit out a match Will Carlton Brown Here's the replay Yeah, he really ran into the back of Gooden. Yeah, well Luckily for him, it won't be the semifinal of the Manning Cup that you miss out on it will be the first round of the champions cup If we do call that lucky, of course the champions cup starts at a quarter final stage Delaney white with the delivery brings it in the area Easily handled by Aki Bernard He'll spend as much time as possible on the ground and I tell you what Senator technical We'll see them in the Walker cup Mona pride alive and well bumper Hall hearty is also alive and well the referee has seen enough The final whistle in this quarter final encounter between Mona and senator technical Mona pride alive and well craig butler Has a reason to rejoice back-to-back semifinal appearances In his third season in schoolboy football Phillip Williams for the first time In six years will not see the semifinal of the manning cup senator technical A picture of disappointment the pressure of being pre-season favorites. Perhaps in the end too much for the team from bumper hall And yeah, the disappointment the resignation It's evident on a face like that joint jubilation on mona road mona high Through through the semifinals and the first round of the champions cup Jaden white knows what it feels like to be in a manning cup final But again, he knows what it feels like to come out On the bitter end full-time score Mona to senator technical nil And perhaps we should plug this in Kingston college had drawn one goal back and that would Put them back into second place and through Oh, wow, it's all happening on decision day Carvel Banton sent off this encounter and in the seventh minute From a free kick That flick on head up by rabbina garden Gave mona the one nil advantage Yeah, he went low at the near post and jahim williams didn't have enough jailoid smith didn't have enough to bring it out either rabbina garden 14 goals this season They would continue to push forward through kishane garden and he fired wide Jaheem williams put in a hand to it, but Nothing was on it in the 21st minute Ball played forward for rumarian thomas jaheem williams tried to take him out, but he stood ground Played it to denser mackenzie who fired home tunnel for mona and denser mackenzie 20 assists 10 goals What a season he's having the number 10 for mona. Here's another look at the shot a clean finish Poor defending all around from st. Andrew technical And the keeper Was trying to hold up the play, but The referee ignored his plight joy for Craig butler and kevin jones a principle of mona Mackenzie would come forward jailoid smith was a judge to have found him got a yellow card for it as well penalty spot 12 yards rejection rejection from jaheem williams A crucial say that would have given st. Andrew technical hope They had that attempt in the second half the free kick from delaney white over the crossbar They also tried to come forward here Carlton brown Taking down alexa via good rising to a yellow card a second yellow sent off on the occasion But he still had calm He had the final whistle mona having the semifinal birth Here the match statistics No shot and target from ten attempts from st. Andrew technical that's telling through and target from 13 attempts from mona 17 fouls nine of them to mona. They had two yellow cards st. Andrew technical at one One red card for mona. They had one offside corner split In the middle for a piece one save made by jaheem williams in goal 60 percent of the possession for mona Two goals to go along with that possession and a birth to the semifinal and the champions cup Kimania salavan is standing by with the digital man of the match Thank you dean. I'm joined by digital man of the match robinio gordon of mona high school He'll be presented with his man of the match award from kadeen webley junior brand manager of digital robinio Let's have a quick chat You're into the semifinals once again How happy are you that you could have defeated stats today and get to that round? Well, I'm very happy with myself And in terms of that goal the flick on I was going to your mind when the free kick was coming in to the box Well, I owe my team a lot so I don't have to do it And in terms of owing your team a lot. What what exactly do you miss pen on the last few months Yeah, it's almost win. Well, we have to do it my own field. So that's it. And in terms of penalties Mona tends to rotate their penalty kicks a lot Is penalty shootouts on the menu in training coming up? No, no, okay. Thank you robinio all the best Yeah, that's man of the match robinio gordon Of semifinalists Mona I'm joined now by coach philip williams of st. Andrew technical coach I mentioned that Mona would be very desperate for a win today They set the tone early the dear boys just were your boys unable to just match the intensity of Mona high today I think the goals came off of two mistakes Um, but definitely Mona was a better team on the day and we have a good credit to them to put in a full 90 minutes And um keep us keep us off the scoring sheet Yeah, that's back to back games you you're failed to score a goal How concerning was the performance is up front in these two games? Yeah, very very concerned. I mean, um, we did create chances what we didn't put any away and against a good team such as Mona Who did put away their chances you have to To at least put away one of your your chances so as to to bring some amount of competitiveness to the game And from your perspective just personally What are your thoughts from such a taxing season? Given the circumstances I mean, um, this is this is this is the life that we choose So we we we know the ups and don't have it and um, it's just about um taking a break for a while And um recoup to come again next year and in terms of taking a break that means we'll see you once again in stats colors, right? Definitely I mean, um The biggest part of this is is developing football in Jamaica and I think um We are doing a part of that. Um at the school boy level. So we continue doing that. All right. Thank you coach. All of us Yeah, man. Okay All right, that was coach. Philip Williams there I'll be now joined by a very proud man if you know him A very proud man indeed and he's joined by a special guest coach butler Yeah, he welcomes his coaching staff and a very special Supporter here coach into the semifinals. You got it done against this very difficult and talented stats team. How proud are you? Very proud of my team. Very proud of my coaching staff. Very proud of them Very proud of the players played with all heart. That's took to the task. We took whispers advice Yes, and we did well. Yeah, you mentioned whisper. He was actually giving some Thoughts to the boys at halftime speak to me about his support as well as the coaching staff whispers family He grew up with us at phoenix and at mono and we work hard together He's always been here. His heart has always been here and he's come out and helped us a lot today We especially with the changes and the tactical and um, we part the bus And towards the end we got the two goals. We wanted to part the bus the boys played disciplined Dan was excellent, you know doing the job. I'm not well. So Boy a lot was on his shoulders today and he stood up and did well So very proud of him very proud of the team very proud of the principal The principal came up with the formation for today. Believe it or not Kevin Jones top man big coach Right top man. So coach, I don't know if you mind, but I'd love to to get the genre's thoughts as it relates to the advice He would have given to the boys at halftime, you know to see this result through any words whisper Yeah, man, a few words is the genre's as well coach into the semi-finals into the champions cup Looking forward to more from you remember this moana is still unbeaten still standing still forward and still Having pride. All right, coach, all the best. Good job. Thanks so the players showing camaraderie and sportsmanship Few of the st. Andrew technical players greeting the moana players who have every reason to rejoice they put in a spirited performance And they eked out a two nil win over st. Andrew technical So here are the results From the matches today Moana beat in stats too nearly just saw that st. Catherine high beat in kingston college two goals to one and Of course, we're giving you the updated Table as well. So with that result moana topping the group with five points kingston college having a zero goal difference with four points and kathryn negative one and that Late goal from kingston college sees them through to the semi-final and to the champions cup St. Catherine till the walker cup stats to the walker cup. That's our group one of the quarterfinals finish More is a man in cup quarter final action tomorrow It's a battle of the blues jamaica college. They call themselves true blue versus the light blues of st. George's college saturday 2 30 p.m. 3 30 in the rest of the caravan What a mouth water in clash Tuesday in the dacosta cup garbama seah versus cornwall college 2 30 p.m. 3 30 in the rest of the Caribbean It's been a good day of football in action moana beating st. Andrew technical two goals to nil And they secure back to that birth in the champions cup and perhaps more importantly in the manning's cup


Excuse me, my script says good morning, but we all know that it's not because the commission moved the meeting because we were concerned about the weather, which turned out to be a huge concern, but not for us in Bethesda. This afternoon, CPSC staff will brief the commission regarding a draft final rule on safety standards for carriages and strollers. The standard is a part of CPSC's congressionally mandated rulemaking under the 2008 Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, or CPSIA. Section 104 of the CPSIA, also known as the Danny Kazar Child Product Safety Notification Act, requires the CPSC in coordination with new or existing voluntary standards to promulgate a number of new mandatory federal safety standards for durable infant nursery products annually. The draft final rule the commission is considering would incorporate by reference ASTM F833-13B, the Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Carriages and Strollers, with the modification, which I assume staff will explain to us to address head entrapment hazards associated with multi-positional adjustable grab bars. The new safety standard addresses a product, strollers, that has been involved in some of the agency's most serious recalls in recent years. Since 2008, there have been more than 30 stroller recalls involving nearly 6 million units, five deaths, and almost 100 injuries. Unfortunately, the range of injuries and fatalities that we have seen from strollers is incredibly broad. They run the gamut from children's submarineing and suffocating to fingertips being amputated to falls from strollers by young children. That's why the rule is so comprehensive in nature and touches on a number of safety issues. And the complexity of new strollers, which were demonstrated to us, is breathtaking. We have 2D, we have 3D strollers, as well as 3-in-1 and 4-in-1 systems, all of which adds up to a fairly complex but incredibly important standard. Today, we're going to be briefed on the proposed rule by Rana Balcicina, Hyang Kim, and Mark Kumagai. I want to take the opportunity to thank each of you and the rest of the team for all your hard work on this package, and I now turn it over to staff. Good afternoon. Under Section 104 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, the commission is directed to issue consumer product safety standards for durable, infinite toddler products. Strollers is specifically identified as one of those products. In addition, carriages are also included in the voluntary standard. For 104 rules, the commission is required to follow notice and comment procedures under the Administrative Procedure Act. If the commission issues a Consumer Product Safety Standard under Section 104, the standard must be substantially the same as the voluntary standard or more stringent. The commission was also directed to issue standards for infant or toddler products every six months and periodically review those standards. The notice of proposed rulemaking was issued for carriages and strollers in May of 2013. The commission received six comments. The draft final rule addresses the comments on the proposed rule. Staff recommends that the commission adopt the current stroller standard, which is ASTM F833-13B. However, staff also recommends an additional modification to address head and trapman hazards associated with adjustable grab bars on strollers. Rana Balchisinha will discuss the comments on the proposed rule and the modification in the draft final rule. Mark Kumagai will assist in demonstrating some of the stroller products. I would like to start with the definition of a stroller and the types of strollers that are covered under the standard. ASTM F833, the voluntary standard for carriages and strollers, defines stroller as a veiled vehicle for the transport of infants or children generally in a sitting-up or semi-reclined position. The motive power is supplied by a person moving at a walking rate while pushing on a handle attached to the strollers. Carriages shown on the upper right hand of the slide are veiled vehicles used to transport an infant, usually in a lying-down position. Strollers are normally used for children from infancy to 36 months of age. Strollers that fold the handlebars and leg tubes only in the front to back or back-to-front direction are called 2D strollers.  Thank you. Umbrella strollers, on the other hand, are lightweight, may lack certain accessories such as cup holder tray for the caregiver, but they are compact when folded as they usually fold in three dimensions. That is, handlebars and leg tubes collapse both in the front to back and side-to-side directions. If a stroller is intended to be used at a jogging rate, then it is called a jogging stroller. An example is shown on the lower right-hand corner of the slide. Travel systems accommodate an infant car seat on a stroller. Strollers can accommodate more than one child. Side-by-side strollers allow two or more children to sit next to each other, while tandem strollers allow them to sit one behind another. In addition, multiple occupant strollers, which are often used in daycare situations, are also available for private use and accommodate up to 10 children. The NPR stated that staff was aware of 1,207 incidents related to strollers and carriages that were reported to have occurred between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2012. In the first half of 2013, there were an additional 90 incidents reported to have occurred. There were no new fatalities added to the four that were already reported in the NPR. An additional 32 injuries were reported during the first half of 2013, which increased the number of injuries to 391. Among the new injuries, four hospitalizations occurred. Two resulted in amputations due to fingers getting caught in the hinge mechanism. One lesseration to the crotch area was a result of child unbuckling the restraints, attempting to leave the stroller and getting caught on a rivet. And the fourth hospitalization involved a cut on the forehead that occurred after a stroller rolled off a train platform and fell on the tracks. The hazard patterns identified among the new 90 incidents were similar to the hazard patterns identified in the NPR. In addition to the injuries involving children four years old and under, there were reports of adults, many injuring their fingers. Six new incidents were reported during the first half of 2013, which brings the total number of incidents involving older children and adults to 84. In terms of nice estimates, there were an estimated 46,200 injuries that were treated in US hospital emergency departments from January 2008 through December 2011, as stated in the NPR. For the year 2012, the estimated number of injuries is 10,400. There were no deaths reported through nice, most incidents were related to falls. In May 2013, the commission published a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register. The NPR proposed incorporating by reference the volunteer standard ASTM F-833-13 standard consumer safety performance specification for carriages and strollers with one modification related to scissors, shearing, and pinching hazards associated with two default strollers. Now I would like to review the changes that occurred in ASTM F-833 starting from the version that NPR referenced. ASTM F-833-13 included substantial additions or changes to the standard, including parking brakes, head entrapment with a car seat on a stroller, wheel detachment, latching and locking mechanisms, restraint mechanisms, pinching, shearing, and scissors at the saddle hinge link on a 3D stroller, canopy hinges, stability requirements, and cores and straps in the occupant space. While the NPR referenced the adoption of a F-833-13, it also included a requirement associated with pinching, shearing, and scissors test for 2D strollers. This identical requirement was adopted by ASTM and was published in ASTM F-833-13A version of the standard. This added requirement was later modified with regards to the travel distance calculation for certain 2D strollers, and the updated requirement has been part of the latest version of the standard, F-833-13B, which was published in November 2013. This slide outlines the difference between ASTM F-833-13A, which is identical to the NPR, and the latest version of the standard, F-833-13B. The difference refers to the distance calculation that is used in certain types of 2D strollers, namely 2D strollers where front and rear wheels move toward each other during folding. In the initial method of calculation, which is shown on the left side of the slide, the travel calculation includes the distance between wheels in both open and closed position of the stroller. In the updated method that is adopted in F-833-13B, only the distance between front and rear wheels in an open position is taken into account. Staff compared both methods using various strollers, including incident strollers. Although in some strollers, the total amount of travel to be tested would be less than the NPR proposed calculation. Staff believes that the new calculation included in F-833-13B still incorporates the most critical part of the frame folding associated with the incidents and therefore provides equal degree of safety while being less burdensome. Six comments were received in response to NPR, including comments from the American Academy of Pediatrics, Consumers Union, Kids in Danger, Consumer Federation of America, and three comments from two manufacturers. One manufacturer recommended simplifying the test method included in the NPR modification. The commenter's request was balloted and incorporated into the F-833-13B version of the standard. Staff agrees with this change as discussed previously because the new method is less burdensome and appears to provide an equal degree of safety. Given that the reduction in travel distance does not make the test less effective. Another comment associated with 2D strollers is regarding providing an exemption to the 2D full test procedure if there is a cover over the hinge. Commenter requests that commission review and adopt the additional requirement to two default strollers once the requirement is approved by the ASTM Stroller subcommittee. The current ASTM standard does not include such an exemption. If ASTM publishes a standard to include a protective cover exemption, ASTM can notify the commission of the revised standard for consideration. Two commenters asked to incorporate two new tests, namely a combined braking and stability test and an irregular surface test. Staff believes that the new requirements and tests added to the F833-13 version of the standard are adequate to address these issues without increasing the burden on the manufacturers. Therefore, staff does not recommend adding these two tests to the draft final rule. Several comments were made on the appropriate effective date for the proposed rule. While one commenter supported the 18 month effective date, a second commenter asked for a careful review of the actual time needed to bring strollers into compliance. A third commenter suggested a 12 month effective date. As was proposed in the NPR, staff still believes that duration of 18 months is a reasonable time for manufacturers who will redesign, test, and retool their production process to meet the substantial changes that were made to the ASTM standard. Staff also believes that 18 months will reduce the economic impact on those firms who primarily or exclusively rely on strollers where they could spread costs over a longer period of time and not experience a lapse in production. Several other comments were made associated with product marking, warnings language, and restraints. Staff does not agree with the commenters on making these changes in the final rule, but will raise the comments associated with warnings and restraint systems in the ASTM subcommittee meeting for review and discussion. One commenter suggested changing the passive containment requirement to ensure that any adjustable part, such as an adjustable grab bar or a car seat adapter that remains in the stroller, is tested in all possible positions. Staff agrees with the recommendation for adjustable grab bars because a grab bar can be left in an unsafe position resulting in potentially fatal head entrapment scenario between the grab bar and the seat. Staff observed in the past that it could be difficult for consumers to differentiate certain positions such as car seat position or occupant use position in some cases. Staff considers the opening to be potentially fatal and very similar to the entrapment hazard between the seat and the tray, which resulted in fatalities in the past. Due to the potential for a fatal entrapment between an adjustable grab bar and the seat, CPSC staff recommends a modification to section 7.12 of the ASTM F833-13B as shown on this slide. The original requirement specifies a minimum opening created by the grab bar or tray and footrest. This test may not capture a hazardous opening that is larger than the minimum opening created by the grab bar and footrest configuration. The revised wording, most likely to cause failure, requires the tester to position the grab bar if possible in a position that creates a hazardous opening and thereby causes the stroller to fail irrespective of the manufacturer's instructions. This addition should address the entrapment hazard for multi-positional or adjustable grab bars in strollers. To further explain the hazard associated with adjustable grab bars, I will invite Mark Umagai to demonstrate the hazard. The brown stroller incorporates a grab bar that does not allow the head probe to pass through. The opening between the grab bar and the seat unit. However, it does allow the torso probe to pass through. Okay, let me demonstrate that. So this is an adjustable grab bar. It's multi-positions. And we would propose that you would test it in the most onerous position or the position that's going to most likely fail the unit. So for example, if we pull the torso probe through, then the requirement says that the head probe must go through. And in this case, the head probe does not go through. So that would be considered a hazardous opening. And the second stroller has an adjustable grab bar that can be set in two positions. And both positions allow the head probe to pass through the opening between the grab bar and the seat unit. Thus would be compliant with the staff's proposed modification. Let me demonstrate the head probe going through here. Then in the second position, the head probe will go through also. Now I will go over the small business impact of the staff-recommended stroller standard. CPSC staff believes that there are currently at least 85 suppliers of care agents and strollers to the U.S. market. 55 are small domestic firms, including 26 domestic manufacturers, 26 domestic importers, and three firms with unknown supply sources. The impact on the 18 small domestic manufacturers whose strollers meet the voluntary standard is not expected to be significant. Staff could not identify any strollers in the U.S. market with adjustable grab bar that would be affected by the modification to the passive containment test procedure in the final standard. However, the impact could be significant for some of the eight small domestic manufacturers whose strollers do not meet the voluntary standard, as well as some of the 13 small domestic importers of strollers. This would be particularly true for firms with low revenues and or limited product lines beyond strollers and stroller accessories. However, the staff-recommended 18 month effective date will help mitigate the impact, allowing these firms to spread their costs over a longer time period. In conclusion, CPSC staff recommends that the commission publish a final rule that incorporates by reference the voluntary standard ASTM of 833-13B, standard consumer safety performance specification for carriages and strollers, with a modification to address head and trapman hazard associated with multi-positional or adjustable grab bars. Staff also recommends an effective date of 18 months following publication of the final rule. This concludes our presentation. Before we open the floor for questions, I have a number of staff members to thank. As stroller rulemaking work began in the late 2010, and since then a number of staff members have diligently worked on this project. And they are our economists, Dr. Jill Jenkins, our mechanical engineers and children's product experts, Petty Edwards, Mark Kumagai, Jake Miller, and Greg Ray, our epidemiologists, Angie Quinn and Rizana Chaudhury, our human factor psychologist, Dr. Jonathan Midget, our physiologist, Dr. Stephanie Marquez and Suadwana Nakamura, our compliance officer, Mike Lee, and our attorneys, Hyang Kim, Patty Pulitzer and Leah Wade. In addition, I would like to acknowledge ASTM Stroller subcommittee for their hard work, resulting in a substantially stronger safety standard. Thank you and we, the stroller team, are here to answer your questions. Thank you again for that excellent presentation and just listening to the list of people involved in this explains to us why this is such a massive effort and why such a well done effort because of the degree of complexity associated with strollers. And I'm still looking at the page four of this presentation and that vast array of strollers and carriages. The first point I'd make is just a comment that I find amusing, but on page four of the briefing package under market description, it says something that then repeated in the staff briefing package later on. It says, according to a 2005 survey conducted by American baby group, nearly all new mothers own at least one stroller. And I was just wondering what happened to the fathers in this new enlightened age, but that's just a comment you need not address. I would ask you if you would to explain with respect to the incident data. And I was looking at page four again, slide eight. The incident you described in which we included an injury to an infant's forehead when the stroller went onto a railroad track. It's not listed as a railroad track associated incident and there's a reason for that. So could you explain that for those who might be otherwise puzzled? The reason of the stroller falling down to tracks is unknown. So it is under the unknown hazard category. But we know what happened to the child, so we know the injury. And the theory is that there's probably a malfunction of the break or at least theoretically a malfunction of the break. That's possible or maybe breaks weren't engaged or partially engaged. Okay, and so that's why it was included as far as I'm concerned. Looking at the incredible rate of change in strollers and boy have they changed since I was pushing one 30 some years ago. And noting that we've got two changes to the voluntary standard in 2013. Is it your sense that the rate of change with respect to strollers is going to continue, the technology changing this dramatically? Yes, I anticipate that there will be changes and we are gonna see a new revised version of the standard shortly, maybe before the rule when it goes into effect. Okay, so it's a race on both sides to keep up with the technology. And I have to say to the staff how proud I am that you've managed to stay up to date with this and how delighted we are in working with ASTM to note that they're doing that too. I did wanna just check one other point. If you look at the standard in the actual final document, it says if you wanna know what the ASTM standard is, go get it and buy it. Do you happen to know what the cost to a member of the public would be purchasing the ASTM standard? $60. So it is within the range of almost every, within the range of all manufacturers and probably a fair number of consumers. And as I look on page 12 of the standard, and this is just, I mean, excuse me, page 12 of the briefing package under restraining system and harnesses where we're going through the comments. One commenter had suggested a five point harness for strollers and the staff response is that we agree that a five point harness would provide extra protection. I'd agree that 25 point harness system, it always seemed me at some point you have to say we can't add new points of a harness, but the staff said the incident data do not clearly demonstrate a significant improvement in occupant safety beyond a three point harness. Is that based on a human factors analysis or was that based on an engineering judgment? What, where was the judgment call made? It's a fault, it's a fault. Okay, as I say, you could put a 25 point harness and that would be incredible safety. Just an observation, I noticed in the slides you gave us and also on page 26 of the briefing, if there's one thing that I express great appreciation for it is photos that help explain some fairly complex language. And so I will just make an individual personal observation that those photos didn't do it for me. Those photos, I don't know how you would get a good photo that would really carry the point forward. Maybe some arrows are sort of flowing, but I wanna commend you, thank you so much for the photos, but encourage you to make them even clearer and more understandable and you can use me as a litmus test because if I can understand it, then anybody can understand it. That is my set of questions for the moment, Commissioner Robinson. Thank you and thank you to all of you for this tremendous amount of work and for this great presentation. I just have a couple of questions. Ron, in response to Commissioner Adler's question, you said that ASTM probably would have a new standard coming out shortly. Would that standard by any chance incorporate our alteration to theirs? I anticipate that they are expecting, they were waiting to see what our proposed language is and they would wanna propose something that is parallel to it and we actually had the first task group meeting last Wednesday. However, the language wasn't, rather the package wasn't public then so they hadn't read it, but all the parties of the task group are interested in investigating and improving the standard in terms of the adjustable grab bar. So I anticipate that we are gonna see a ballot item maybe this spring. Okay, thank you. The only other question I have is there, I know there was a recall of the Britax stroller I think just last week and I know that the danger there was the amputation, the risk of amputation of the caregiver which I would just like to note that those fingers are important too. But could you just tell us how this new standard will address that risk? Right, actually we brought the stroller with us and one side of the stroller is already retrofitted. Basically the folding operation of the stroller is done in two steps. One, the caregiver presses the silver button on the right side and then apparently they keep their hands still there while pulling the handle in the middle of the seat unit. And we have evaluated the stroller after the retrofit is implemented and this is one part of the retrofit. And it complies with the ASCM of 833-13B version of the standard and Mark is demonstrating that his finger can get stuck in the not retrofitted side of the stroller versus here, you can't insert the finger there anymore. So the side that's not retrofitted yet would not meet the standard in the retrofitted wood. Is that correct? Both sides will be retrofitted but we just brought a stroller. I understand, but the one that's not retrofitted yet would not meet the standard. That's correct, that's correct. Thank you so much, I have nothing further. Commissioner Buerkle. Thank you, Mr. Chair. And thank you all to the staff for our pre-briefing earlier this week and for an excellent presentation today and as you mentioned, it's not just the three of you, it's a team and we really appreciate that information. I just wanted to, Ronald, you were talking about the nice data and the most predominant hazards, falls. Can you break that down? Is there a differentiation? I mean, is it they're slipping through? Is it they're tipping over? Are there different types of falls? There are different types of falls I believe it is any type of fall. Children slipping through, unrestrained children slipping off the stroller, stroller tipping over and children falling. However, as you know with the nice data, we do not have a huge amount of detail for incidents. I'm gonna see if we had any definition of the strollers, but now unspecified falls, falls from climbing on the stroller, stroller tip over, stroller falling down steps. Thank you. We started to talk about this a little bit when you were in the office on Monday about ASTM and trying to, our time schedule versus theirs and trying to align them a little bit. I'm wondering, is this most recent and you mentioned that you were hopeful ASTM would adopt this new standard at some point, have we vetted this new test with ASTM or with the manufacturers for that sake? No, this is the next meeting, that next task group meeting will be our first opportunity to publicly talk about what the proposed language is and what the manufacturers think about it. So we don't really know what their reaction will be? Right, but one thing to note is that the test procedure stays the same. We are not modifying the procedure itself in terms of how the test is going to be conducted, what probes are going to be used. It is same as the tray and seat unit opening tests. So a passive containment test is still the same. We are just asking to set the stroller in a way that they're most likely to cause failure if there are adjustable components, such as a grab bar. Okay, what is the usual process in terms of trying to work with ASTM? We have our statutory requirement that makes it necessary for us to go forward at our own pace, but is there any kind of an effort that we would be working with ASTM so these things are, again, to prevent confusion and for the manufacturers and for the consumers? Just to clarify, you're asking about the process, post-final rule as to what the interaction with ASTM committees and future revisions to the standard? And not even necessarily final rule. If we come up with a concept or an idea about a test that we're considering may work or may not work working with ASTM at the same time. We have certain limitations during the NPR period because we are receiving comments from all interested parties. So we have some limitations in what new proposals we can make during that time period. The proposals are supposed to be made during the NPR stage so that people have a meaningful opportunity to comment. So in this case, we received a comment on the adjustable grab bars. So it was important for us to respond to that comment and the modification language is a result of responding to that commenter. So in this case, we have ongoing activities with ASTM not just on this issue, but a number of different issues that were raised by commenters that staff intends to raise. So it's an ongoing process. We continue to work with them. They have opportunities to provide a revised standard which the commission has an opportunity to review for the public, for the safety of the consumer product and evaluation of that revised standard. Very good, thank you very much. And Mike, sincere thanks to all of you. Hi, and I want to point out that answer was a classic response of a lawyer, which I greatly appreciate, but I will just make an. I don't know how to take that. No, no, it's a compliment, believe me. But I would also mention in passing that ASTM can read the briefing package just like anybody else. So I don't think this change is coming as a surprise to them. So I'm sure that if you were to call them and say, hey, did you see this new provision? They'd say, yeah, we saw it. And so it's not as though we're doing regulation by ambush and Mark, I did want to go back to a question I'm intended to ask when you were giving the demonstration with this stroller, how would I, a manufacturer, know what the position is that's the most likely to cause failure? Because the one you showed us, I was thinking that's not the one I would have picked as, I would have picked the one closest to the seat. Yes. So you're showing it flunks even before we put it in the most hazardous setting, is that correct? For this particular stroller, there were a couple of settings that would have failed the proposed requirement or the requirement. And would it ever be the case that it wouldn't be immediately intuitively obvious what the setting is that's most likely to trigger failure? I'm thinking the answer to that is no, but I'd just like to be reassured. It's a pretty quick test and it's pretty simple to once you do it several times, you can sort of. Okay, well I feel reassured because I actually was saying, I don't think that's the one that's the most hazardous, but you were demonstrating that, so I feel reassured and I thank you again. Commissioner Robinson, additional questions or? Nothing further, thank you. Commissioner Burkle? No, I was going to comment on your regulation by ambush, but I'll restrain myself. I like the word collaboration better. Yes, she is a master of diplomacy and I greatly appreciate that and hope to match that. Anyway, I just want to thank the staff again. This really was an incredible undertaking and I think the last chapter is not written because the technology changes and new hazards arise, but I feel and I think the American public ought to feel totally reassured that you guys are on the job. So thank you and thank the entire team for your work. This closes the meeting.