{"id":12747,"date":"2023-09-15T13:17:13","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T13:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=12747"},"modified":"2023-09-15T13:17:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T13:17:14","slug":"golden-jaguars-secure-a-3-2-victory-against-bahamas-in-concacaf-nations-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/golden-jaguars-secure-a-3-2-victory-against-bahamas-in-concacaf-nations-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Jaguars Secure a 3-2 Victory Against Bahamas in CONCACAF Nations League"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In a hard-fought match at the National Track and Field Facility, Leonora, the Golden Jaguars emerged victorious against the Bahamas in their Concacaf Nations League encounter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coming off a dominant 5-1 victory against Antigua and Barbuda in their opening match of group D, expectations were high for the Golden Jaguars as they faced the Bahamas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The game kicked off with Guyana appearing a bit cautious, struggling to create meaningful opportunities in the early stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bahamas seized the chance to gain the upper hand, earning a penalty which was expertly converted by Wood Julmis in the 39th minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, just before the close of the first half, the Golden Jaguars equalized with an impressive goal from an Omari Glasgow corner in the 44th minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second half saw Guyana take control, with Stephen Duke-McKenna delivering a well-placed shot from a distance to give the team a 2-1 lead in the 54th minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shortly after, Kelsey Benjamin extended Guyana&#8217;s advantage, scoring the third goal in the 58th minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As time ticked away, Bahamas managed to pull one back with Julmis converting another penalty in the 86th minute, setting the stage for a tense final few minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the Golden Jaguars maintained their composure, securing a hard-fought 3-2 victory when the final whistle blew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this win, Guyana currently occupies the second spot in Group D of League B, trailing behind Puerto Rico. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The teams are set to face off on October 14 in what promises to be another thrilling matchup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>NCN News Sports Report<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a hard-fought match at the National Track and Field Facility, Leonora, the Golden Jaguars emerged victorious against the Bahamas in their Concacaf Nations League encounter. Coming off a dominant&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12749,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12747"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12750,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12747\/revisions\/12750"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}