KINGSTON, Ja­maica – A late goal by Sue-Lae Mc­Calla saw Ja­maica to a nar­row 1-0 vic­to­ry over Trinidad and To­ba­go in their first in­ter­na­tion­al foot­ball friend­ly match on Thurs­day at the Mon­tego Bay Sports Com­plex.

The 32-year-old cen­tre back picked the per­fect time to score his maid­en in­ter­na­tion­al goal, send­ing a right-foot­ed shot past sub­sti­tute goal­keep­er Aaron Enill in the 83rd minute.

Mc­Calla’s match win­ning goal came as the So­ca War­riors tried to clear their lines from a set-piece and the de­fend­er was quick­est to a flick-on from a long ball to beat Enill who came on for Jabari St Hillaire in the sec­ond half.

The Reg­gae Boyz al­most dou­bled their lead three min­utes lat­er, but Daniel Green’s pow­er­ful­ly hit free kick crashed in­to the cross bar with Enill beat­en.

It was T&T’s head coach Dwight Yorke’s sec­ond loss in as many match­es since be­ing ap­point­ed in No­vem­ber, af­ter los­ing 3-1 to Sau­di Ara­bia back in De­cem­ber.

The sec­ond friend­ly against the Ja­maicans will take place at the An­tho­ny Spauld­ing Com­plex in Kingston on Sun­day.

(CMC)