Sparta Boss to battle Road Warriors in championship match; Lady Canaimas & Iconic Strikers in female final

Jun 26, 2025 Sports

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MCYS/Ansa McAL June Madness Futsal

Kaieteur Sports – The Cliff Anderson Sports Hall was humming with intense rivalry on the court and in the stands on Tuesday night when the semifinals of the inaugural June Madness Futsal championship were played into Wednesday morning.

Billed as two potential humdingers, the first semi between Road Warriors and Gold Is Money ended  up being a 14-goal blast which that had fans on the edges of the seats and those in VIP, standing to absorb the exchanges.

It ended with the Brazilian side coming back from two goals down, territory they have never been in, to defeat the game GT side, 9-5.

The feature match of the night was not as competitive as anticipated with Sparta Boss turning in a boss-like performance, defeating Back Circle ‘A’ 8-3 to earn a date with Road Warriors in what will be the perfect climax to this inaugural championship, powered by the Government of Guyana, Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport and Ansa McAL.

The female final will feature Lady Canaimas and Iconic Ballers who have won both their group matches to set up what will also be an intriguing finale.

Sparta’s dominant display was orchestrated by the consistent and fit Curtez Kellman who recorded a helmet-trick, but most importantly, he has scored in all the matches they have played to date in this competition and will no doubt be a critical component in Saturday’s final.

Kellman, who has now moved to eight (8) goals in the competition just one behind the leader, Luis Da Silva of Road Warriors, scored in the 5^th, 7^th, 15^th and 32^nd minutes. Nicholas McArthur netted his first goals of the competition, being on target in the 22^nd and 39^th minute.

Darren Niles also scored his first goal of the championship to add to Spart’s tally in the 24^th minute whilst Kelsey Benjamin scored his third overall when he closed out Sparta’s account in the 40^th minute.

 

 

After being five goals down, Back Circle requested the yellow ball and it paid immediate dividends as Chris Macey finally broke their goal jinx, the double taking him to five goals overall. Many near misses summed up Back Circle ‘A’s performance, they were also hamstrung with one of their more dominant players, Simoen Moore was nursing an injury, his presence in the game was very minimal but when he came on, his presence helped in them scoring with the yellow ball in the 26^th minute. Their other goal came off the boot of Stephon Reynolds in the 31^st minute.

The match of the night, however, was the first semifinal. For the first time Road Warriors found themselves in real trouble with Gold Is Money racing to a 2-0 advantage by the 9^th minute, Randolph Wagner rocking the nets in the 8^th and 9^th much to the delight of the fans.

The energy was high octane, and the action was end to end. With each half being 20 minutes, it will always be an uphill task to defend slim advantages. Fitness and focus will always prevail.

It was the 13^th minute that Duarte Dos Santos scored the first for Road Warriors but split seconds later Wagner netted the third of his four goals to restore the three-goal cushion. Back-to-back goals from Wendrecky De Souza in the 16^th and 17^th minute drew Road Warriors level at 3-3 and one minute later, they took the lead for the first time with Arckson Andreazza’s goal.

It was game on, and thereafter whilst the exchanges continued at breathtaking pace, the visiting team gradually wrested the initiative and started dominating as they are accustomed to. After the break where they had held a slim advantage, Dos Santos pushed the lead to 5-3, scoring in the 23^rd minute.

But Shomar Koulen hit back for Gold Is Money in the 24^th and Wagner completed his helmet-trick one minute later to lock the score at 5-5. Such was the epic nature of this battle that fans could have hardly settled to absorb what was taking place as the goals just kept coming.

From this point though, Road Warriors pulled away from their opponents as they fired in four unanswered goals to book their place in the championship match which will see the winner being rewarded with two-million dollars and the loser, one-million.
Joao De Souza (26^th), Luis De Silva (29^th) Jamal Pedro (35^th) with an own goal and Dos santos with his third in the 40^th minute, sealed Gold Is Money faith, they will face Back Circle in the third-place game with the winner guaranteed $500,000 and the loser, $250,000.

The lone female game ended in victory for The Lioness 5-0 over Tucville Terrorists, Amanda McKenzie netting in the 3^rd, 10^th, 13^th, 14^th and 18^th, minutes. The game was only for academic purposes as the finalists would have already been decided. Lady Canaimas gained a walk over from Pouderoyen Females which handed them their second win in as many matches.

There was an exhibition game between GT Masters and Gladiators, the former won, 2-0.

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• Futsal, Iconic Strikers, June Madness, Lady Canaimas, MCYS/Ansa McAl, Road Warriors, Sparta Boss

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