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Life’s a Beach, Belize It
posted (February 21, 2017)
Right now in the Bahamas, Belize's Beach Soccer Team is coming down from the euphoria of winning their first game of the 2017 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championships.

That game was played yesterday in Nassau where Belize went up against Team Jamaica, and put off quite a showing. They were looking for payback since Jamaica defeated them 2 years ago. So, the Belize side erupted when Marlon Mesa scored the first goal in only 2 minutes of play.

About 2 minutes later, Belize got its second goal from Raymond Brenton Ramos who showed some fancy football skills with this bicycle kick goal, also known as the Chilenas.

Belize's Marlon Mesa scored a third goal shortly afterwards, and when the first period ended, Belize was in the lead 4 goals to 1.

Jamaica came back strong in the next 2 periods, and they shut Belize off, scoring 5 goals, bringing to score to 5 to 4 in their favor. Things were starting to look bad for Team Belize, because time was running out, but with only 4 and a half minutes of regular play left, Raymond Brenton Ramos scored the equalizer, bringing the score 5 to 5.

So, that forced a penalty shootout, where Jamaica missed their first shot. Belize scored theirs, and on Jamaica's second attempt, Belize goalkeeper Frank Lopez made a spectacular save. Jermaine Alexander Jones scored a second penalty kick, winning the game for Belize.

With that victory, Belize is now second in group A with 2 points, one point behind group leader, Bahamas with 3 points. Belize's next match is currently happening against the host country, Bahamas, right now.

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