Kanoa’s Dartagni Enerio dribbles past a defender during a U14 boys division game of the TakeCare Youth Soccer League Fall 2023 at the NMI Soccer Training Center in Koblerville on Saturday.
KANOA Football Club is still the top team in the U14 boys division of the TakeCare Youth Soccer League after collecting their seventh win by blanking the Matansa Football Club, 2-0, on Saturday at the NMI Soccer Training Center in Koblerville.
The first half was filled with several exchanges, but neither team could score.
In the second half, as soon as the ball dropped, Kanoa applied pressure and caught Matansa off guard. This allowed Kanoa’s Maximus Taitano to strike and find the back of the net.
Kanoa’s tough defense continued to wreak havoc as Matansa failed to keep up, allowing Kanoa’s Rooney Gil to score and extend the deficit, 2-0.
Matansa managed to tighten their defensive walls throughout the remainder of the match, but they could not convert and had to accept defeat at the hands of Kanoa.
Other games
Also climbing up the ladder is MP United Football Club, which bested their sibling team, MP United Football Club 2, 5-2.
MPU’s Seo Yeom and MPU 2’s Taiga Namai-Scoggins drew first blood for their teams, but Namai-Scoggins followed up with his second goal to give MPU 2 the lead, 2-1.
But MPU turned the tides in the second half as they completely shut down MPU 2. MPU turned trash into gold with each successful stop to score four goals. Woong Yeom led the highlight reel with two goals while Aiden Camacho and Seo Yeom squeezed in a goal each to seal the deal for MPU, 5-2.
The Latte Football Club also joined the winner’s circle by demolishing Shirley’s, 16-0.
