By Tito Baron Media News Desk
Source-based reporting | November 13, 2026
Trinidad and Tobago will take a narrow advantage into Monday’s home leg after beating Antigua and Barbuda 3–2 at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Thursday. The Soca Warriors recovered from an early own goal, but a stoppage-time strike kept their opponents close in the two-match Nations League play-in.
Concacaf’s match report records Antigua’s opener in the third minute. T&T responded through Dantaye Gilbert in the 15th minute, before Real Gill put the visitors ahead ten minutes later. Justin García extended the lead in the 45th minute from a Molik Khan delivery.
The visitors’ two-goal cushion did not survive the closing moments. Brandon Satchell scored from distance in the third minute of second-half stoppage time, leaving the aggregate gap at one goal ahead of the return fixture on November 16.
Coach Derek King had named a 28-player squad for the tie. In its pre-match report, the Trinidad Guardian said captain Levi García would miss the away fixture, with his involvement in the home leg still a possibility rather than a confirmed return. The same report placed the tie on the route towards the next stage of qualification for the 2027 Gold Cup.
Thursday’s result gives T&T the lead, not a completed qualification. Antigua’s late goal means the home side still has work to do when the teams meet again, while the visitors have a clear opportunity to turn the tie around.
Leave a Reply