Goalkeeper called up to Jamaica national camp

Westfield Football Club’s goalkeeper is away with the Jamaica under-23 squad.
Westfield Football Club goalkeeper Tristan Da Costa is taking part in a Jamaica under-23 national campWestfield Football Club goalkeeper Tristan Da Costa is taking part in a Jamaica under-23 national camp
Westfield Football Club goalkeeper Tristan Da Costa is taking part in a Jamaica under-23 national camp

Tristan Da Costa played for Westfield against Northiam 75 last weekend before flying out to the Caribbean on Tuesday for a national camp with the island’s under-23 squad.

Da Costa, who has been with Westfield since November, is from Canada but qualifies for Jamaica through a parent.

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Just what Westfield will turn up is anyone’s guess having beaten another high-flying team, Angmering Seniors, a fortnight ago only to lose against lower grade Northiam seven days later.

“We’re so Jekyll and Hyde,” said Westfield chairman Jack Stapley. “We’ll turn up this week with a completely different attitude and I wouldn’t put it past us to get a result. We just seem to raise our game a bit when we’re playing against the better sides.

“It’s something that’s become a habit I think. We’ve always struggled against lower grade opposition, whereas against higher opposition we always seem to give them a game and nick a result here and there.

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“It will be very much like the Angmering game. If we defend like we did against Angmering, with the bit between our teeth and blocking shots, we know we’ve got a bit of firepower to score some goals.”

Second-placed Rustington trail leaders Roffey on goal difference having played six fewer matches.

Sussex Intermediate Challenge Cup semi-finalists Rustington have won 13 and drawn two of their 15 league encounters so far.

“For our level of football they’re a very, very good side,” added Stapley. “It will be a real test down there.”