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Sint Maarten won its Nations League C group and promotion to League B in March 2023
In March 2023 Sint Maarten beat Bonaire 6-1 and the US Virgin Islands 2-1 to top Concacaf Nations League C Group A, earning promotion to League B and a Gold Cup preliminary place.
By SXM Daily ·
Reported 28 March 2023.
Sint Maarten's men's national football team finished top of Group A in League C of the 2022-23 Concacaf Nations League in March 2023, winning promotion to League B and a place in the preliminary round of the 2023 Gold Cup, according to Concacaf.
Photo: Rennett Stowe from USA / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0, illustrative
Two wins in St. Croix
Both final matches were played at the Bethlehem Soccer Stadium on St. Croix. On 25 March 2023, with Sint Maarten listed as the home side, Gerwin Lake scored a hat-trick in a 6-1 win over group leaders Bonaire, leaving Sint Maarten two points behind them going into the last matchday, Concacaf reported.
Three days later, on Tuesday 28 March, Sint Maarten beat the US Virgin Islands 2-1. After a goalless first half, Lake put them ahead and Jeroen Cox scored the late winner, according to Concacaf and the results archive RSSSF.
The final table
RSSSF's table shows Sint Maarten finishing with 11 points from six matches (three wins, two draws and one defeat), one point ahead of Bonaire. Their group campaign had begun in June 2022 with matches played in Willemstad, Curaçao, including an 8-2 win over Turks and Caicos in which Lake scored four.
For recent youth football on the island, see our report on the Nations League U15 match between Sint Maarten and Saint-Martin.
Sources
- https://www.concacaf.com/nations-league/news/sint-maarten-snatch-group-a-on-cox-s-late-winner-vs-usvi/
- https://www.concacaf.com/competitions/nations-league/news/lake-hat-trick-keeps-sint-maarten-in-promotion-hunt
- https://www.rsssf.org/tables/2023concanl.html