KINGSTON, Jamaica—A wasteful Mount Pleasant FA were beaten 2-1 by Cibao FC of the Dominican Republic as they opened the defence of their Concacaf Caribbean Cup title at the National Stadium in Kingston on Tuesday.

After dominating the first half of the game, Mount Pleasant wasted a handful of scoring chances and trailed 1-0 at half-time and were always chasing the game from then on.

Nicholas Nelson, who returned to the St Ann team this season, had two good scoring chances while new signee Trayvon Reid and Daniel Green also had scoring chances in the first 39 minutes.