Everton Under-17 carved their name in Bermuda Triangle Cup history on the way to lifting the coveted silverware via an emphatic 8-0 win over Bermuda’s Brazilian Football School at the North Field, National Sports Centre, yesterday.

The Toffees produced another defensive masterclass against their local opponents to preserve their unblemished record and become the first team not to concede throughout the tournament.

“To be able to do that was really good. It is a credit to the team and shows a real collective effort,” Everton coach Scott Phelan told The Royal Gazette.

Malik Olayiwola was chosen as the tournament’s MVP while team-mate and fellow midfielder Jonathan Nsangou secured the Golden Boot with nine goals, including a hat-trick against Somerset Trojans in his team’s final group B contest.

The Toffees were denied a clean sweep of the individual accolades as National Academy Under-15 stopper Nuri Latham was awarded the Golden Glove Award.

In total, Everton netted a staggering 32 goals throughout four matches on the way to the title, much to the delight of Phelan.

“We are happy with the week as a whole,” he said.

“We wanted to come for two reasons; one to experience the football obviously and challenge ourselves in a different environment, but also to visit a new country and experience a new culture.

“We go home tomorrow and I think we can be happy that we achieved both objectives.”

BBFS did well to get to the break trailing 1-0 before the Merseyside outfit shifted into high gear and erupted with seven goals in the second half to put the game well beyond reach.

The local side were forced to chase the game when Shea Pita opened the scoring in the tenth minute. The winger slotted the loose ball into an empty net after his initial effort was parried by stopper Aiden Harvey.

The goal did little to dent BBFS’s confidence, and they came agonisingly close to grabbing a spectacular equaliser when midfielder Khari Sharrieff’s ambitious 35-yard blast beat Toffees stopper Seve Patrick for pace, but rattled the bar. Winger Jahzion Taylor then ballooned an effort over from a good position as BBFS enjoyed a good spell in the match.

Everton were always deadly on the quick break, but squandered two excellent chances to extend their advantage and were forced to settle for a one-goal cushion at the end, which kept their opponents in the game.

Whatever words Phelan had with his players during the break had the desired outcome as they immediately came charging out of the blocks with Pita having a goal waved off by the assistant referee’s flag after another fluent counter-attack.

With the game now virtually all one-way traffic, Everton eventually broke through again in the 47th minute when BBFS right back Isai Gibbons turned Harry Brooke’s cross into his own net.

Olayiwola made it 3-0 two minutes later after gaining possession of a loose ball in the box and burying his shot.

Play was halted for several minutes while BBFS’s central defender Norico Furbert received treatment after taking a knock.

Everton opened the floodgates when play resumed, scoring five more unanswered goals in the space of 15 minutes to put the contest to bed.

Olayiwola grabbed his second in the 56th minute with a neat finish after being released out wide by central defender Marlow McEveley’s long ball from inside his own half.

Top marksman Nsangou finally got in on the scoring act two minutes later, weaving his way through heavy traffic in the box before firing home to make it 5-0.

Nsangou then went from scorer to provider, dishing a pass off to Jake Doughty, who squeezed his shot in at the near post past substitute BBFS stopper Aiden Harvey after replacing Cameron Porter between the posts.

Olayiwola completed his hat-trick in the 71st minute to make it 7-0 with a tap-in after striker Ray Roberts’s initial effort was parried by Jones.

Nsangou then put an exclamation mark on the Toffees’ dominant display two minutes later when he rifled in a shot that flew in the back of the net off the underside of the bar, virtually on the final whistle.

BBFS head coach Torry Davis was pleased with his players’ output, despite coming out on the wrong end of the result.

“These guys pulled their hearts out,” he said.

“I thought we were really good in the first half, but when we let the second in, it seemed like our mental capacity and level dropped, and we gave up.

“I applaud these guys because this is their first time playing with each other. They only had two weeks of training, if that. So I applaud these guys for the hard work and effort they put in. I loved it.”

In the opening contest for third place, the National Academy Under-15 team, led by Kaiwon Albouy’s brace and goals from Z’ani Jennings, Zydon Furbert and Chazz Edmead, comfortably defeated their under-17 counterparts 5-0 in the third-place contest.

“It was pleasing to finish well with five goals and a positive result,” coach Vashun Blanchette said.

“We are pleased and there were moments when we could’ve been better.

“In preparation for the Concacaf Under-15 Championships in Aruba, this experience was invaluable. It provided an opportunity to address game-specific issues now, rather than during the tournament itself.”

BBFS cofounder and tournament director Dennis Brown was delighted to see the island’s players get valuable exposure against a team of Everton’s pedigree.

“One thing we are looking to do is expose our players to different levels of competition and I thought Everton exceeded my expectations. They are a high-quality team,” he said.

“One of the things I tell our players is, you don’t lose, you learn.

“I hope our players learnt as much as possible what it takes to get to the next level, and I thought the tournament was a resounding success.”