Bermuda romped to their second biggest victory in an international after thrashing a youthful Sint Maarten 12-0 at the National Stadium last night to finally get their Concacaf Nations League qualifying campaign on track.

The home side dominated every facet of a lopsided contest, which was as good as over as early as the seventeenth minute after Reggie Lambe netted his second goal of the night to make it 3-0.

The floodgates opened thereafter as Kyle Lightbourne’s team finished just a goal shy of equalling a national record, a 13-0 drubbing of

Montserrat at the same venue in 2004.

Lambe, the Cambridge United forward, and Zeiko Lewis, the Kopavogs forward, each netted hat-tricks to lead the onslaught.

Dante Leverock, the captain, Lejuan Simmons, Tre Ming, Osagi Bascome and substitutes Liam Evans and Tevahn Tyrrell were also on target for Bermuda who made the perfect response after losing their tournament opener away to Aruba last month.

“It feels good to be back on track,” Lightbourne said.

“We had a feeling this was going to be a fairly easy game tonight. Sint Maarten played a lot of young guys and only had six guys that played in their last game against Haiti. But I thought we put in a good performance and showed we can move the ball and play some attractive football regardless of the opposition.

“We bossed the game from first whistle and got a clean sheet and overall I thought the players done what was asked of them and we’re hoping it can carry on.

“We made a few changes and the guys that came in done well so that’s what the squad is all about.”

Bermuda’s margin of victory could’ve easily been wider given the amount of chances they squandered.

“I thought we could have scored a lot more,” Lightbourne added. “We missed a couple gilt-edged opportunities and Reggie could have had four or five.”

The triumph was especially sweet for Leverock, the Narva Trans defender, who scored on his debut wearing the captain’s armband for Bermuda.

“The gaffer [Lightbourne] trusted me and I’m glad to get a first win my first time as captain,” said Leverock, who netted Bermuda’s tenth goal in the 73rd minute.

“Captaining Bermuda is a privilege and something I have always wanted to do since I was a kid, so it was a dream come true.

“I have been in good form and I wanted to score today. But most importantly I wanted a clean sheet and the win.

“I think this was a big for us coming off that first loss [against Aruba] for morale and confidence. We have a big game [El Salvador] coming next at home, so this is something good for us to build upon.

“I think we have lot of things to improve on. But we’re happy and pleased with the result.”

Elvis Abertus, the Sint Maarten coach, cited his team’s inability to keep possession as their main downfall. “I would like to congratulate the team from Bermuda,” he said. “They played a very good game against us.

“We have a lot of things to work on. We have a very young team and have only been together a couple of months.

“The average age of our team is 17 or 18 and we don’t have any professional players, so we have to work with what we have.

“We have a lack of technical players, so we lost the ball too easy. We only had ball possession for five or six times, and all those small things after all make the difference because we lost a lot of easy balls in the midfield so they got the ball and got through on the counter.”