PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico — The United States continued its stellar play at the 2019 Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship by recording a 5-1 victory over Guadeloupe in the quarterfinals Friday.

Nick Perera and Tanner Akol, who have paced the Americans (4-0) in the goal-scoring department in the opening four matches, led the way with two goals apiece.

Sylrick Phirmis pushed the Caribbean side into the lead via a goal past goalkeeper Chris Toth (Ontario Fury) with 11:06 remaining in the first period before the U.S. took control of the game.

Perera, the MVP of the past Major Arena Soccer League season as a player-coach with the Tacoma Stars, equalized with 7:46 left in the period past keeper Mikael Germain. Akol tallied the first of his brace to snap the tie with 4:47 to go in the second period.

The Americans added to their lead as David Mondragon and Perera found the net within a span of 56 seconds late in the period (with 2:28 and 1:32 remaining, respectively.

Tanner Akol closed out the scoring with 1:11 to go in the match.

 

Front Row Soccer editor Michael Lewis has covered 13 World Cups (eight men, five women), seven Olympics and 25 MLS Cups. He has written about New York City FC, New York Cosmos, the New York Red Bulls and both U.S. national teams for Newsday and has penned a soccer history column for the Guardian.com. Lewis, who has been honored by the Press Club of Long Island and National Soccer Coaches Association of America, is the former editor of BigAppleSoccer.com. He has written seven books about the beautiful game and has published ALIVE AND KICKING The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers. It is available at Amazon.com.