MoPH Soft Shoe Football Competition...Tucville crowned new champions after thrilling penalty shootout win

MoPH Soft Shoe Football Competition…Tucville crowned new champions after thrilling penalty shootout win

Jul 19, 2016 Sports

-Sparta crush Broad Street for third place

Just as the two Captains predicted that the final of the Ministry of Public Health ‘Stop Gender-based Violence’ Soft Shoe Football Competition would be a pulsating one, so it was on Sunday evening before a large

Petra Organisation Co-Director Troy Mendonca hands over the winning trophy to Tucville Captain Delon Williams in the presence of ecstatic teammates Sunday night, at the Ministry of Education ground.

crowd, at the Ministry of Education ground on Carifesta Avenue.
In the end which was marred by a bit of controversy surrounding a disputed goal in the penalty shootout, Tucville eventually won 2-1 over North East La Penitence after regulation and extra time failed to break a 2-2 deadlock.
Pre-match favourites Tucville got off to a positive start when Captain Delon Williams netted after eight minutes to send their supporters into celebratory frenzy.
Two minutes later Kareem Knights added another and at that point it seemed that North East La Penitence was in for a long night.
However, the young North East La Penitence team as they are known for, was not willing to go down without a fight and urged on by a large band of supporters got their first goal in the 18th minute through Delon Hult, who beat the opposition goalkeeper to his right.
Buoyed by their initial success, North East La Penitence, the team that slayed inaugural champions Sparta Boss in the semi-finals, attacked with more frequency, but robust defending by the experienced Tucville unit kept them at bay and the half came with the latter clinging to a narrow 2-1 advantage.
The start of the final period once again produced fireworks at both ends as the two combatants battled for the ascendancy.
Tucville squandered a few chances, but so did North East La Penitence and just when it looked like the scoreline would remain the same until the final whistle sounded the game was turned on its head.
It occurred five minutes before full time when North East La Penitence’s Calvin Moore fired past the goalkeeper to level the proceedings and send the contest into extra time which still did not produce a winner.
For their efforts, Tucville took home $300,000 and the winning trophy, while North East La Penitence took home $200,000, Sparta Boss $100,000 and Broad Street $50,000.
Tucville’s Dennis Edwards won the Most Valuable Player award, while Gregory Richardson captured the Highest Goalscorer accolade.
Other sponsors of the event included GTT, Lucky Dollar, Nigel Supermarket, Junior’s Jewellery, Star Party Rentals and 2-J’s General Store.
In the night’s full results:
Final
Tucville-2 vs North East La Penitence-2
Tucville won 2-1 on penalty kicks
Tucville Scorers
Delon Williams-8th
Kareem Knights-10th
North East Scorers
Delon Hult-18th
Calvin Moore-35th
3rd Place
Sparta Boss-10 vs Broad Street-3
Sparta Scorers
Gregory Richardson-4th, 14th, 32nd and 33rd
Jerome Richardson-1st, 16th and 27th
Devon Millington-2nd and 5th
Roberto Osbourne-40th
Broad Street Scorers
Leon Richardson-24th and 39th
Jimmy Gravesande-15th
Individual Awards
MVP-Dennis Edward-Tucville
HGS-Gregory Richardson-Sparta Boss-Gold Chain from Juniors Jewellery

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