Future Stars down listless Broad Street

Xtreme  Clean/GT Beer ‘Gold Rush’ Futsal Tournament

‒ Sparta held by Agricola

The group stage of the Xtreme Clean Maintenance/GT Beer Futsal tournament kicked-off on Sunday night with new-comers Future Stars impressing again; while Sparta Boss, heavy favourites for the tournament, faltered against an inspired Agricola Champion Boys.
The impressive but youthful Future Stars team impressed as they faced their first real test in their matchup against the experienced Broad Street Bullies, passing the examination with flying colours and a 2-nil victory.
Enduring a rough first half, as the physical Broad Street players tried to ruffle their proverbial feathers, the skillful Future Stars played sensible passing and resolute defending to ensure that they go into the break with scores level at nil all.
They emerged an inspired unit for the second half of the game, and in the process of time, fatigue began to wear down the Broad Street footballers. Firing in one emphatically after crisp passing, Keron Solomon left the Broad Street players and their custodian bewildered, as Future Stars took command of the action. Akeemo Anthony would add another in the 18th minute, to shut Broad Street completely out of the game.
In group ‘‘A’’ action, Tucville came up against Sophia in the opening fixture, and the game ended in a stalemate despite an enthralling first half in which both teams scored. Sophia would, through a Shemroy Arthur strike, take the lead after three minutes and a series of passes that left the Tucville net vulnerable.
Undaunted, Tucville kept on pressuring Sophia through multiple attempts on goal, one of which almost tore the net as Dennis Edwards produced a thunderous equalizer for Tucville. The two teams would stay locked in battle for the rest of the game, as play in the middle looked monotonous. At the sounding of the whistle, the scores remained level at 1-1, and each team gained a point for its efforts.
Bent Street, continuing their fine form in the tournament, made light work of Plaisance in their 6-3 Group “C” victory.
Despite opening the scoring three minutes into the first half with a Warren Gilkes goal, Plaisance conceded in the very next minute, as Sheldon Profit capitalized on a defensive error to poke one home. Jobe Caesar then produced a marvellous display of skill to slot one home in the 5th minute, to make it 2-1 Bent Street.
The teams went into the break with the scores at 2-1, but a mere minute into the second half, Kanata Manning scored to take a 2 goal lead for Bent Street.
Kester Greene immediately rose to the challenge for Plaisance in the 12th minute; but, three minutes later, Travis Lyken would make it 4-2 for Bent Street when he converted after a fine team move; and Kanata Manning added his second goal a minute later.
However, the Plaisance player Greene was determined to go down fighting, and shot from distance to score his second of the game and make the score 5-3. At this point, it was only a matter of how many more goals Bent Street would score; and despite valiant defending, Job Caesar completed his brace in the 18th minute to give Bent Street three points in their 6-3 victory.

Albouystown Ballers’ Lennox Cort (white) and Back Circle’s Curtez Kellman in action

In the second Group “A” match, North Ruimveldt came up against Tiger Bay in another stalemate, as both teams failed to score in a game that ended at 0-0. This means that Group “A” is wide open for the taking, the teams all being level with a point each.
A Roy Cossou brace along with a goal from Lennox Cort ensured that Albouystown Ballers took maximum points in their matchup against a feeble Back-Circle team. The game ended 3-1 with Back-Circle’s solitary strike coming from Jermaine Beckles.
In the final match of the night, Futsal powerhouse Sparta Boss came under heavy attack from Agricola Champion Boys, as they drew 1-1. Turning on the heat from the onset, the Champion Boys had the Sparta Boss goalie scrambling to save a few well-placed shots before they deservingly took the lead through Lloyd Matthews, who struck from a distance to leave Sparta reeling.
However, the prolific Devon Millington, receiving a ball midline, seized an opening to bear down on the Agricola custodian in a one-on-one encounter in which he expertly lifted the ball over the oncoming keeper to level things at 1-1.
Group action will continue on June 6th with Broad Street playing Plaisance from 19:00 hrs, and Bent Street coming up against Future Stars at 19:30 hrs.  Back Circle will play North Ruimveldt from 20:00hrs, after which Albouystown will meet Tiger Bay at 20:30 hrs. Agricola and Sophia teams will lock horns from 21:00 hrs, and the final match will be played between Sparta Boss and Tucville.