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JPL semi-finals: Contenders

Published:Wednesday | September 29, 2021 | 2:44 AM
Waterhouse’s Andre Fletcher (left) in an aerial battle for the ball with Mount Pleasant Academy’s Kevin Layne (right) during the first leg semi-finals of the Jamaica Premier League on Saturday. Waterhouse won 1-0.
Waterhouse’s Andre Fletcher (left) in an aerial battle for the ball with Mount Pleasant Academy’s Kevin Layne (right) during the first leg semi-finals of the Jamaica Premier League on Saturday. Waterhouse won 1-0.
Mount Pleasant Academy’s Jourdain Fletcher (foreground) in action against Harbour View Football Club’s Odorland Harding in the Jamaica Premier League quarter-final fixture.
Mount Pleasant Academy’s Jourdain Fletcher (foreground) in action against Harbour View Football Club’s Odorland Harding in the Jamaica Premier League quarter-final fixture.
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SEMI-FINALISTS

Waterhouse FC

Head coach: Marcel Gayle

Titles: Two (1998, 2006)

2021 regular season finish: First place (19 points)

Semi-final opponents: Mount Pleasant

First leg result: (1-0 win)

Head-to-head vs Mount Pleasant all-time: Played 7 Wins: 2 Draws: 1 Losses: 4

Key players: Andre Fletcher (five goals) and Shaquille Bradford (Six goals, tied for most this season with Harbour View Oquassa Chong)

Semi-final appearances in play-off era: Five (2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021)

Mount Pleasant

Interim head coach: Walter Downes

Regular season finish: Third place (18 points +3 GD)

Titles: None

Semi-final opponents: Waterhouse

First leg result (1-0 loss)

Head-to-head vs Waterhouse all-time: Played 7 Wins: 4 Draws: 1 Losses:2

Semi-final appearances in play-off era: Two (2019, 2021)

Key players: Jourdaine Fletcher (Five goals this season) Kesslon Hall (Four goals this season)

Cavalier SC

Technical director: Rudolph Speid

2021 regular season finish: Second place (18 points, +7 GD)

Titles: One (1981)

Semi-final opponents: Tivoli Gardens

First leg result: (1-0 win)

Head to Head record vs Tivoli Gardens since 2012: Played:22 Wins:7 Draws: 7 Losses: 8

Semi-final appearances in play-off era: Three (2018, 2019, 2021)

Key players: Shaniel Thomas (Four goals in 2021), Richard King,

Tivoli Gardens

Head coach: Phillip Williams

Regular season finish: Fourth place (17 points)

Titles: Five (1983, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2011)

Semi-final opponents: Cavalier SC

First leg result (Loss: 1-0)

Head-to-head vs Cavalier since 2012: Played: 22 Wins: 8 Draws: 7 Losses 7

Key players: Devroy Gray and Horatio Morgan (Four goals each this season)

Key note: Goalkeeper Kewong Watkins suspended (Red Card after first leg)