The disappointed look on the face of Bermuda national team coach Kyle Lightbourne during the post-match press conference spoke volumes.

And the former English pro striker had every reason to feel that way having just watched his team come up empty handed after pushing St.Vincent to the brink.

Bermuda showed lots of determination and created the better chances in the first half. But it was the Caribbean team that ultimately prevailed via three unanswered second-half goals.

Last night’s result has now placed Bermuda in a must-win situation against the Bahamas in their next Digicel Cup second round match tomorrow night in St.Michael’s.

And the Island’s attack will have to quickly pull their socks up around the goal if they are to stand any chance of advancing to the finals in Trinidad and Tobago next January.

Speaking to reporters immediately following the match, Lightbourne commented: “ Obviously St.Vincent scored the goals tonight, and we didn’t. I thought we came out of the blocks very quickly and worked hard as a unit. The guys were definitely working for one another, but unfortunately we didn’t capitalise during our best spell of the game.

“This is a sport where you must take your opportunities when you do have your spells. And later on I thought St.Vincent started to come into the game and finished the stronger team.”

Lightbourne refused to lay the blame on his defence — playing without suspended skipper Kentoine Jennings — but did admit the goals conceded were of a “sloppy” nature.

“We didn’t clear our line and ultimately paid the price,” he added.

“And from a coach’s standpoint I thought we gave away some sloppy goals. I wouldn’t say it was a poor defensive display. But when you analyse things and have a look at the video tape you would see we gave away some sloppy goals and that’s where we let ourselves down.”

And firing blanks around goal didn’t do the Island’s chances any good either.

“We got ourselves in a couple of good positions, and maybe things might’ve been different had we taken our chances,” Lightbourne lamented.

“But the first game is over and we must now put all of our attention towards Bahamas... and that’s what we are going to do.

“The next game is important for us and we have to get something out of it. Therefore it’s all straight forward and there in black and white.

“We arrived here looking to finish in the top two to advance to the finals, and so we must now regroup as a team and work on a game plan for Bahamas. And that’s what we are going to do.”