Barbican's Kenesha Reid (left) and Portmore Strikers' Jacqueline Simpson chase the ball during their JFF/Sherwin Williams Women's Premier League second leg semi-final match at the Anthony Spaulding Sport Complex on Saturday night. Portmore Strikers won 1-0 to advance to the final 3-2 on aggregate. - Anthony Minott

It took grit and determination from a wounded Portmore Strikers to defeat arch-rivals Barbican 1-0 in their JFF/Sherwin Williams Women's Premier League second leg semi-final match at the Anthony Spaulding Sport Complex on Saturday night.

The all-important goal was netted by Rochelle 'Chunky' Bryan in the 11th minute (101st minute) of extra time, after she received a defensive splitting pass from substitute Sheree Marrow and slotted past a hapless Nikkeshi Thomas in goal for Barbican.

In the first semi-final at the same venue Waterhouse made it to their first league final when they upset defending champions Harbour View 1-0 courtesy of an own-goal in the 65th minute.

"We had a wounded team out there and we still pulled it off. A number of our starters were injured and couldn't play today, even some of the players who played went in with injuries, I was thinking of forfeiting the game and my players promised me they would tough it out, and they did extremely well," Portmore Strikers coach, Cornel Clarke said after the game.

Portmore surrendered the mid-field in the second half putting ten players behind the ball and hoping for a break away chance.

Barbican, on the other hand went all out for the win but kept missing easy chances, both from their forwards and mid-fielders. Alicia James missed a one-on-one with Strikers goalie Peatria Campbell five minutes into the game when she kicked over the cross bar. Nichole Berwise could have won it for her team minutes into the extra time period but kicked wide from point blank range; Nadola Chase, Hishamar 'Messam' Falconer, Jody-Ann McGreggor, and Kenesha Reid also got their chances but botched them.

Barbican coach, Charles Edwards was not a happy man. "I'm extremely disappointed in the loss. We missed too many opportunities to score and it came back to haunt us tonight," He said.