HISTORIC QUEST

MOUNT Pleasant Football Academy Head Coach Theodore Whitmore says the club wants to continue raising the bar after booking their spot in consecutive Concacaf Caribbean Cup finals and qualifying for the 2027 Concacaf Champions Cup.

Mount Pleasant will defend their regional crown after beating Trinidad and Tobago’s Club Sando 2-0 in the second-leg semi-final at Sabina Park in Kingston on Thursday to advance 3-1 on aggregate.

Full coverageMount Pleasant Football Academy Beats Club Sando to Reach Caribbean Cup Final5 reports

For the second week in a row, Trayvone Reid missed a penalty in the first half which would have settled the nerves of the St Ann-based club. However, second-half goals from national representatives Warner Brown and Nickalia Fuller spared Reid’s blushes and sent the defending champions into the final.