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Ainstein: Waterhouse satisfied with any win, even by lone goal
April 14, 2026
Waterhouse Football Club scored another 1-0 win in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) on Sunday over Racing United, their sixth win in 11 matches under Argentine coach Javier Ainstien.
Ainstien has also guided the team to five draws, three of which ended 1-1 and the other two goalless.
In most of those matches, the Drewsland-based team created tons of chances to come away with a better result.
Nevertheless, Ainstien is not overly concerned about his team's profligacy, saying one goal is good enough to win matches.
"Always we have a lot of chances and just take one, but with one goal you can win. This is our reality, and we need to face it. But is a labour for all the team, even the keeper," he admitted.
"Everybody is working. If by 1-0, 1-0 we can get to the playoffs and semifinals, it's very good," he said.
Ainstein reasoned that many things can happen in the moment that causes a player to miss a scoring chance, like Sunday against Racing when they created numerous clear-cut opportunities but were kept out by the brilliance of Trinidadian goalkeeper Aaron Enill.
"Sometimes it's the timing, sometimes it's which part of the foot you finish (with), sometimes it's the timing to finish, and sometimes it's the keeper.
"Today (Sunday) the keeper of Racing was magnificent, because (he stopped) a lot of chances against (Cardel) Benbow, Colorado (Murray), Javane (Bryan), against (Neron) Barrow. Always the keeper of Racing saving, saving. So we are not playing alone, we are playing against a good team, one of the best teams in the league."
DEFENSIVE SOLIDITY
He was also pleased with his team's defensive solidity.
"Always we try to take possession, but today (Sunday) we needed to defend good because the challenge is to control (Nickyle) Ellis and one of the challenges is to control number seven (Tajay Grant). These are very good players, and we needed to do our job," Ainstein continued.
Waterhouse are fifth in the league on 53 points, two behind Portmore and Racing. They are seven points adrift of second-place Mount Pleasant and 12 behind leaders Montego Bay United.
Cavalier hold sixth spot with 48 points, with Dunbeholden (44), Arnett (43) and Chapelton Maroons (43) following closely.
Ainstien says Waterhouse are dreaming of winning the title this season, but they must first secure a playoff spot.
"We are dreaming, and we need to keep dreaming and work for it, but we need to do it match by match and final by final. Now we are in an urgency to qualification, because if today (Sunday) we did not win, we would be in trouble because everybody won today," he reasoned.
"The team is doing a great tournament and this is the moment of truth. So we have to keep winning and taking points," he said.
