Howard Walker, Staff Reporter 
Harbour View central midfielder Donald Stewart (right) comes under pressure from DC United's attacking midfielder Christian Gomez during the second leg of the CONCACAF Club Champions' Cup quarter-final at the Harbour View Mini-Stadium on Wednesday night. DC won the encounter 2-1 to take the two-way tie 4-2 on aggregate. - Ricardo Makyn/Staff Photographer
TWO GOALS in three minutes by DC United rock the Harbour View train and knocked them out of the CONCACAF Champions' Cup Club Championship after trailing at the break at the Compound on Wednesday night.
Midfielder Donald Stewart had headed Harbour View into the lead on the stroke of halftime, pouncing on a Robert Scarlett left-sided freekick to level the tie at 2-2 and raised the hopes of the Caribbean champions.
But goals by substitute Jamil Walker in the 74th minute and Jaime Moreno in the 77th silenced the partisan home crowd and knock the sting out of Harbour View as the visitors clinched the two-leg encounter 4-2 on aggregate.
Had Harbour View advanced to the semi-final series they would have been US$25,000 (J$1.6 million) richer as each round offers more cash incentives.
But Clyde Jureidini, general manager of Harbour View, took it in good stead saying his team was now better off for the experience.
"In terms of gains, it would have been US$25,000, but that's really not what we are in the game of football for. We want to play at the highest level and maintain a level that we weren't at before and keep improving," Jureidini.
Peter Nowak, technical director of the red, black and white-clad DC United, praised the Jamaican team and was most impressed by the displays of Luton Shelton and Robert Scarlett.
"It was a difficult series for us. Harbour View made it difficult for us today. It was a tough game and a tough team. Whoever is going to play Harbour View will have a lot of trouble," Nowak said.
GOOD TECHNICAL SKILL
"We didn't play soccer at all in the first half. We didn't look good in any position but the second was much better," he said.According to Nowak, he was not surprised by the local team as "they have very good technical skill, as we saw in the first game", he said.
Meanwhile Donovan Hayles, coach of Harbour View, who was criticised for pulling William Richards - arguably the best player on the night, was extremely proud of his team's performance.
"I am very satisfied with the performance today. We came out and we showed quality and class. I am proud of our achievement and it shows that we can compete at the highest level," Hayles said.
"Jamaica can be proud of us as we represented the country well," he added.
With the Compound having as much crowd as the hillside above the mini-stadium where resident took advantageous positions to get a view of what was happening inside, the game started at a brisk pace and as early as the fifth minute DC United could have scored.
Benjamin Olsen collected a pass at the top of the box and in one motion dismissed Damion Stewart, but his low effort was blocked by Leighton Murray's leg.
Olsen was again to test Murray with a rasping volley but the Harbour View custodian did well to parry for a corner.
But the home team weathered the storm and began to dominate through the impressive Shelton, Robert Scarlett, William Richards and Jomo Gordon and deservedly took the lead in the 45th minute.
The towering Donald Stewart, now playing out of midfield, latched on to the end of a Scarlett freekick to send the home fans into a frenzy as the whistle blew for half time. It was 1-0 on the night for Harbour View but 2-2 overall as the home team went into the half harbouring thoughts of victory.
The second half started as the first ended with Harbour View pressing but against the run of play DC United struck a wicked blow.
Substitute Jamil Walker, who replaced the dangerous but ineffective Alecko Eskandarian, pounced to equalise and silence the crowd in the 74th minute. It was now 1-1 but more importantly, DC United had restored their one-goal advantage.
The dust had hardly settled when Christian Gomez darted through the middle of the Harbour View defence before turning back the ball for the advancing Moreno to curl a left-foot shot wide of Murray in goal.
That was two devastating blows in three minutes for a Harbour View team which had been playing so well.
With 13 minutes, remaining Hayles brought on Akeem Priestly and Marcelino Blackburn for an all-out attack but the well-organised DC United held firm to advance to the semi-finals
