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Dominica Defeats Anguilla 1–0 as Reon Cuffy Scores First International Goal
Dominica’s Senior Men’s National Football Team secured a 1–0 victory over Anguilla on Monday at Windsor Park Stadium, with Reon Cuffy scoring his first international goal to give the Bouyon Boys the win.
Following a goalless first half, Cuffy found the breakthrough in the 49th minute, giving Dominica the lead in a match that produced numerous opportunities for the home side.
Head Coach Kurt Herd had warned before the match that Anguilla would provide a difficult challenge, and the visitors demonstrated exactly that, arriving with eight overseas-based players and a new head coach.
“It was never going to be an easy game,” Herd said. “I think people will try to look at Anguilla and think four or five, but Anguilla came here with overseas players, eight overseas players, coming here with a new head coach.”
Herd acknowledged that Dominica struggled to find its rhythm during the opening half.
“They were incredibly well organised and hard to break down. I thought we struggled with that in the first half. The boys weren’t accustomed to that. We didn’t play the game that we wanted to play.”
The Dominica coach said adjustments were made at halftime, particularly to the team’s approach in possession.
“I thought the boys started to play the long ball a bit too much, and we just completely changed that at halftime in a sense of how we wanted to play, how we wanted to structure.”
The changes produced more opportunities after the interval, although Dominica was unable to capitalize on several chances.
“Again, we created so many chances there, mostly in the second half, and we just couldn’t take it,” Herd said. “It’s a 1–0 game on paper, but it could have been anything from 7 or 8–1 to, you know, it was a crazy game.”
While pleased with the victory, Herd identified finishing as an area that must improve ahead of the upcoming Concacaf Nations League campaign.
“Finishing was a concern anyway, to be honest,” he said. “We didn’t get any goals in the last trip that I had as the interim head coach, and it’s something that we spoke about.”
Herd said the technical staff will continue working with the players to address the issue.
“It’s clear for everybody to see after that that finishing is still a concern and we have to do something about that. That’s my job as a coach — to either bring in the players that can do that for us or work with the players we’ve got to get them confident in front of goal.”
Despite the concern, Herd was delighted to see Cuffy open his international scoring account.
“On that, I was absolutely delighted to see Reon Cuffy get his first goal for the national team. The man deserves nothing more, and I can only praise and credit him.”
The victory also marked a memorable international debut for goalkeeper Dwight Eloi, who kept a clean sheet as Dominica secured the victory.
Herd praised Eloi’s performance, while acknowledging that the young goalkeeper faced a demanding test.
“Again, I just talked about Reon there, but there’s Dwight making his debut in goal, and Dwight keeps a clean sheet,” Herd said.
“From minute one to minute 90, Dwight did exactly what he had to do. Maybe a little bit too excited at times, didn’t kill the game off when he had to, but Dwight’s done really well.”
Herd also highlighted the defensive challenge faced by Dominica, with a new-look back line assembled in the absence of Titus Sandy.
“Keeping the clean sheet, especially with, you know, that’s a new back line again that we’re having to put together without Titus Sandy. So, delighted to keep the clean sheet.”
While pleased with the result, Herd said there is still work to be done before the competitive action begins.
“Not too happy with one or two of the chances that we let go, but it gives us something to work on.” Dominica 1–0 Anguilla
Reon Cuffy — 49th minute
Dominica Defeats Anguilla 1–0 as Reon Cuffy Scores First International Goal
Dominica’s Senior Men’s National Football Team secured a 1–0 victory over Anguilla on Monday at Windsor Park Stadium, with Reon Cuffy scoring his first international goal to give the Bouyon Boys the win.
Following a goalless first half, Cuffy found the breakthrough in the 49th minute, giving Dominica the lead in a match that produced numerous opportunities for the home side.
Head Coach Kurt Herd had warned before the match that Anguilla would provide a difficult challenge, and the visitors demonstrated exactly that, arriving with eight overseas-based players and a new head coach.
“It was never going to be an easy game,” Herd said. “I think people will try to look at Anguilla and think four or five, but Anguilla came here with overseas players, eight overseas players, coming here with a new head coach.”
Herd acknowledged that Dominica struggled to find its rhythm during the opening half.
“They were incredibly well organised and hard to break down. I thought we struggled with that in the first half. The boys weren’t accustomed to that. We didn’t play the game that we wanted to play.”
The Dominica coach said adjustments were made at halftime, particularly to the team’s approach in possession.
“I thought the boys started to play the long ball a bit too much, and we just completely changed that at halftime in a sense of how we wanted to play, how we wanted to structure.”
The changes produced more opportunities after the interval, although Dominica was unable to capitalize on several chances.
“Again, we created so many chances there, mostly in the second half, and we just couldn’t take it,” Herd said. “It’s a 1–0 game on paper, but it could have been anything from 7 or 8–1 to, you know, it was a crazy game.”
While pleased with the victory, Herd identified finishing as an area that must improve ahead of the upcoming Concacaf Nations League campaign.
“Finishing was a concern anyway, to be honest,” he said. “We didn’t get any goals in the last trip that I had as the interim head coach, and it’s something that we spoke about.”
Herd said the technical staff will continue working with the players to address the issue.
“It’s clear for everybody to see after that that finishing is still a concern and we have to do something about that. That’s my job as a coach — to either bring in the players that can do that for us or work with the players we’ve got to get them confident in front of goal.”
Despite the concern, Herd was delighted to see Cuffy open his international scoring account.
“On that, I was absolutely delighted to see Reon Cuffy get his first goal for the national team. The man deserves nothing more, and I can only praise and credit him.”
The victory also marked a memorable international debut for goalkeeper Dwight Eloi, who kept a clean sheet as Dominica secured the victory.
Herd praised Eloi’s performance, while acknowledging that the young goalkeeper faced a demanding test.
“Again, I just talked about Reon there, but there’s Dwight making his debut in goal, and Dwight keeps a clean sheet,” Herd said.
“From minute one to minute 90, Dwight did exactly what he had to do. Maybe a little bit too excited at times, didn’t kill the game off when he had to, but Dwight’s done really well.”
Herd also highlighted the defensive challenge faced by Dominica, with a new-look back line assembled in the absence of Titus Sandy.
“Keeping the clean sheet, especially with, you know, that’s a new back line again that we’re having to put together without Titus Sandy. So, delighted to keep the clean sheet.”
While pleased with the result, Herd said there is still work to be done before the competitive action begins.
“Not too happy with one or two of the chances that we let go, but it gives us something to work on.” Dominica 1–0 Anguilla
Reon Cuffy — 49th minute
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