Southern United’s Rosie Saralu attempts to slip past a Shirley’s defender during a U14 girls division game of the TakeCare Youth Soccer League Fall 2023 at the NMI Soccer Training Center in Koblerville.
SOUTHERN United and Kanoa 1 football clubs each collected their eighth victory in the U14 girls division of the TakeCare Youth Soccer League Fall 2023 on Saturday at the NMI Soccer Training Center in Koblerville.
SUFC dominated Kanoa Football Club 2, 21-4, while Kanoa 1 defeated the Paire Football Club, 4-1.
In their match against Kanoa 2 SUFC managed to set the tone early in the opening half by scoring eight goals.
Rosie Saralu drew the first blood within the first minute. Kanoa 2 tried to kill the momentum, thanks to a solo goal by Malai Mafnas, but SUFC’s Selena Atalig and Precious Castro took over the spotlight as both delivered three goals each. Teammate Jadine Higgins then joined the onslaught with her first goal before the halftime mark to give SUFC a comfortable 8-1 lead.
Although Kanoa 2 picked up the pace in the second half, SUFC’s continuous pressure resulted in 13 more goals en route to a blowout victory, 21-4.
Kanoa 1 vs Paire
Kanoa 1 bagged their eighth win of the season by besting the Paire Football Club, 4-1.
Kanoa 1’s Aubrey White scored a goal at the 10th minute mark while teammate Ye Lynn Ha delivered her goal two minutes later. At the 16th minute mark, White scored again to giver her team a 3-0 lead.
In the second half, Paire adjusted accordingly and fended off most of the incoming attacks. Kanoa 1 was persistent, however, and eventually broke through with Beatrice Gross finding the back of the net to further extend the deficit.
Facing an inevitable loss, Paire still gave it their all with Windsor Gross scoring a goal as they went down fighting, 1-4.
Shirley’s vs Latte
In the third match of the day, Shirley’s Football Club narrowly escaped defeat thanks to Christina Napitan’s late-game goal to force the draw against the Latte Football Club, 4-4.
