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Final semifinal spot to be decided today; Pele, Camptown & Flamingo seal theirs
An intense battle!!! Pele (yellow & blue) and Sunburst Camptown players; battling for supremacy at the GFC Ground yesterday. The match ended 0-0.
Pele, Sunburst Camptown and Flamingo have booked their respective semifinal places in the inaugural Len’s Craft Optical / Sunburst Orange Juice Under-15 League sanctioned by the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) and being played at the GFC Ground.
The final semifinal spot will be decided today when the final game in the Group Stage of the League is contested.
In the lone win registered yesterday, Fruta Conquerors with a final minute strike from Rafael Edwards defeated Riddim Squad; the win takes Conquerors to 4 points. The other two games yesterday – Georgetown Football Club versus BK International Western Tigers and Pele against Sunburst Camptown, ended in 0-0 draws.
All the games on the day were exhilarating encounters but only the opening act between Conquerors and Riddim Squad produced a goal.
The mid-morning and midday heat was not a bother for the young lads who went after each other as they sought to seal their respective places in the final four which is set for tomorrow. Undoubtedly, Conquerors’ Rafael Edwards was the hero of the day, placing his side in a very good position to take the final semifinal berth.
Meanwhile, Santos was disqualified from the tournament for playing an over age player. A protest was submitted to the GFA by one of the clubs which lost to Santos and a subsequent investigation revealed that the player in question was born in January 1995; the cutoff date for players to be eligible is January 1994.
With this new development, Santos, will forfeit the games and points they would have secured, giving the teams they lost to, full points which makes it very interesting in the final Group Two game today.
Flamingo moves to an unassailable position at the top of this group with an unblemished record of 4 wins from as many games.
Topping Group One is Pele with an unbeaten record (3 wins 1 draw) while Camptown finished 2nd on 6 points (1 win 3 draws) and also unbeaten. GFC and Western Tigers both ended on 5 points each.
Semifinal play is on tomorrow at the same venue kicking off from 09:00hrs.
Pele, winner of Group One, will play for a place in the championship game against the second place team in Group while Group Two winner, Flamingo, will square off with Sunburst Camptown in the feature game tomorrow.
The respective winners will advance to the final set for Thursday at 09:00hrs while the losers will compete in the third place playoff.
The winner will walk away with the champion trophy and gold medals; the loser will also be rewarded with a trophy and silver medals.
The victorious team in the 3rd place encounter will be presented with bronze medals and a trophy while a trophy is at stake for the loser.
A number of individual prizes are also at stake for the best Goalkeeper, Most Valuable Player, Highest Goal Scorer, Best Defender, Best Midfielder and the Most Disciplined Team.
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