Camp St All Stars steal game from Stevedore

Guinness Greatness of the Streets Futsal Tournament…

― defending champs needle Channel-9 Warriors

The Guinness Greatness of the Street top 16 teams began the round robin stage on Saturday night at Burnham Court, on Middle Street with the Camp Street Prison team, Camp Street All Stars taking the game away from Stevedore in a tense sudden death shootout while seven more high profile games entertained the crowd.
Camp Street All Stars who romped past Railway Kitty in the knockout stage, faced a hyped Stevedore team who edged past West Front Road but held their composure to take the match in the 4-3 in the sudden death kicks after having played to a scoreless draw in fulltime.
Defending champions, Sparta Boss reinstated their claims for their title when they registered another win in the tournament by needling Channel-9 Warriors after Dennis Edwards converted in the 9th minute.
Up Like Seven were unfortunate to come up on the losing side when they faced Festival City Warriors in a 2-1 contest. The Warriors scored in the 7th minute thanks to Daniel Favourite while Eon Alleyne scored in the 15th minute to put the Warriors 2-0 up. After multiple attempts, Dwayne Lowe’s goal in the 25th was the only shot to find the back of the net for the Up Like 7 boys.
In the North versus West battle, the two sides fought valiantly to end full time unable to penetrate their opposing defensive line but having reduced the match to penalty shootout, North Ruimveldt secure three shots while West Back Road only managed one.
North East La Penitence and Leopold Street also matched play for play in a scoreless draw, however North East pulled off a blinder and won the penalty kicks 3-2.
Similarly, Back Circle and Tucville played to a nil all draw as Back Circle piped Tucville 2-1 from the penalty spot.
Meanwhile, Broad Street Bullies continued their commanding style of play to take away the match from Bent Street 2-1. Bullies marked their name on the scoresheet in just two minutes if play with Lennox Cort being amongst the goals once more. Sloppy work from the Bullies resulted in an own goal being the equalizer in the 20th minute but Jimmy Gravesande’s goal in the 22nd ensured the Bullies continue their press for the title.
In the final contest of the night Queen Street Tiger Bay and Albouystown were in another tight contest that forced the match to go down to the wire in a penalty shootout when Tiger Bay squeezed past with a 2-1 victory.
The action continues on Tuesday at the National Culture Centre Tarmac with eight more contest beginning at 19:00h with Camp Street All Stars taking on Broad Street Ballers, Leopold Street matching skills with Up Like 7, Queen Street Tiger Bay tackling Channel 9, Bent Street coming up against Stevedaore, Festival City going head to head with North East La Pentance, North Riumveldt challenging Tucville, Back Circle will meet West Back Road and Sparta Boss battling Alboystown A.
The teams will all be vying for over one million dollars in cash and prizes with the first team taking home $500,000 while second, third and fourth will cart off with $200,000, $150,000 and $75,000 respectively.