St Lucia to play final in honour of slain striker

Management of the grief-stricken St Lucia team in New York says the side will play Sunday’s New York Caribbean Cup final in honour of their star striker who was shot dead on Monday.



The 27 year-old Philip Tisson scored the game-winning goal to carry St Lucia to a 1-0 win over St Kitts and Nevis in Sunday’s semi-final, only to be murdered execution style hours later as he sat in his car near a Brooklyn nightclub.



His team, though wracked with grief, vowed to compete in his memory.



Tisson, who played in St Lucia national team’s World Cup qualifying campaign, was his side’s leading scorer in the competition with five goals.



Hailed as a hero after his goal-scoring heroics, Tisson celebrated on Sunday night into Monday morning at Tropiks, a club in Crown Heights where he spent his final hours.



After leaving the club, reports said Tisson and his friend Shawnette Justin, 24, went to buy bananas and were sitting in the football star’s car when he was shot by an unidentified gunman.



Tournament officials, meanwhile, have unveiled a fund to help pay for the player’s burial.