SAN JUAN – Guyana have jumped to the top of Group A in League B af­ter thump­ing Do­mini­ca 5-1 to reg­is­ter their third suc­ces­sive win in the CON­CA­CAF Na­tions League in Puer­to Ri­co on Thurs­day.

Play­ing at the Es­ta­dio Cen­troamer­i­cano de Mayagüez, Os­aze de Rosario opened the scor­ing for Guyana in the 27th minute with a head­er in the box, be­fore Omari Glas­gow dou­bled their lead in the 42nd minute with a de­light­ful free kick.

De­on Moore made it 3-0 in the 50th minute, but Do­mini­ca pulled one back in the 75th minute thanks to Troy Jules’ close range strike.

How­ev­er, Guyana ex­tend­ed their ad­van­tage in the 79th minute cour­tesy a right-foot­ed shot by Kelsey Ben­jamin and Enoch George com­plet­ed the rout by scor­ing in the fi­nal minute of reg­u­la­tion time.

In the night’s oth­er match, Puer­to Ri­co climbed to sec­ond in the group with a com­mand­ing 3-0 vic­to­ry over the Cay­man Is­lands.

The win was set up by goals in the 26th minute from Ri­car­do Rivera, a 45th minute strike by Wil­fre­do Rivera and an in­jury time penal­ty by Le­an­dro An­tonet­ti.

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