Portmore United Rallies Past Violette AC 

The Jamaican club takes the advantage in the First Leg of the Semifinals.

MIAMI – The 2026 Concacaf Caribbean Cup continued on Tuesday with Portmore United defeating Violette AC 3-1 in the First Leg of their Semifinals series at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica.

Violette AC got on the board first in the 39’ when Jean-Fabrice Védrine ripped a well-placed curler right into the upper corner from just outside the box.

Portmore United netted the equalizer in the 63’ as Javier Brown pounced on a rebound off the keeper.

Just 11 minutes later, in the 74’, Brown got his second of the night when he smashed a right-footed blast off the bounce to record his brace and put the Jamaican side in the lead.

The hosts put a stamp on the win in the 90+5’ as they took advantage of a counterattack and Tedj Bryan dribbled past the keeper to finish it off.

Violette AC and Portmore United will play the Second Leg of the Semifinals on Tuesday, October 20 at Estadio Cibao in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic.

Post-Match Data: Portmore United vs. Violette AC

• Portmore United became the first team in Concacaf Caribbean Cup history to come from behind and win a knockout-stage match, excluding Third-Place Matches.
• Javier Brown (Portmore United) became the second Jamaican player to score a brace in a Concacaf Caribbean Cup semifinal, following Raheem Edwards (Mount Pleasant), who achieved the feat against Defence Force in 2025.
• Portmore United registered 30 shots and accumulated 3.64 expected goals (xG) against Violette AC, the highest totals in both categories by any team in a single match in the 2026 Concacaf Caribbean Cup.
• Elyvens Déjean (Violette AC) and Javier Brown (Portmore United) are the joint leaders in goal involvements in the 2026 Concacaf Caribbean Cup, with five each. Across the last two editions of the competition, the only player from a debutant club to record more than four goal involvements was Herard Frantzety (Universidad O&M) in 2025, with seven (5 goals, 2 assists).
• Jean-Fabrice Védrine (Violette AC) scored his club's first goal from outside the penalty area in the Concacaf Caribbean Cup. It was also the first goal Portmore United had conceded from outside the box in the competition.
• Clavens Exantus (Violette AC) became the youngest player to start a knockout-stage match across the last two editions of the Concacaf Caribbean Cup, aged 18 years and 114 days.
• Violette AC opened the scoring in the 39th minute but finished the first half with just 0.22 expected goals (xG), the second-lowest first-half xG total by a team that scored at least once before halftime across the last two editions of the Concacaf Caribbean Cup.