MCYS/ANSA McAL June Madness Futsal…: Road Warriors wallop Footsteppers; Sparta edge North Ruimveldt

…round of 16 begins today

As the competitive adrenaline continues to increase with the pretenders being sent packing and the big boys taking aim at the big prize, the round of 16 in the inaugural June Madness Futsal championship powered by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport and ANSA McAL will continue at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall tonight.

From 20:00h, spots in the quarter-finals will be on the line with four teams set to cash in. Bent Street B, who edged Albouystown A in their round-of-32 encounter, will face off against Stabroek Ballers, who hammered Game Changers 11-1 in their round-of-32 clash.
Next up would be Gold Is Money taking on Spaniards followed by the rampaging Road Warriors against Corinthians with the nightcapper bringing together Bomb Squad and Bent Street A.
In an electrifying Father’s Day night, which saw the biggest crowd so far, Road Warriors mauled Footsteppers 16-0 to record the highest margin of victory by any team, in the process they eclipsed the 11-1 scoreline of the Stabroek Ballers-Game Changers match-up.
Road Warriors’ Arckson Andreazza also recorded the fastest goal of the competition to date, 17 seconds faster than the 18-second goal registered by Tierre Phillips of Ballers United against Kitty Hustlers.
Leading Road Warriors, which boast a balanced and exciting combo of players who can all be destructive in a bundle, was Luis Da Silva with four goals using the yellow ball in the fifth and sixth minute; he added a single goal in the 19th minute.
Thalyson Pinheiro tucked in a helmet-trick (15th, 19th, 25th, 29th); Andreazza had another in the 3rd minute to end with two, similarly, Joao De Silva had a double (14th, 25th) with one each for Wrendrecky De Souza (2nd), Matheus De Souza (20th), and Ravi Coates in the 21st minute.
Sparta Boss, the reigning national futsal champions, were required to pull out all the stops to stave off a valiant challenge from North Ruimveldt, 4-3. North Ruimveldt took the lead after 15 minutes of tight exchanges, Jomar Jaebman breaking the deadlock.
Seven minutes later, Sparta fired back when Ryan “Bum Bum” Hackett rocked the nets in the 22nd minute. North would edge back into the lead in the 27th minute through a Stephon Walton goal which some felt might have been enough to knock out Sparta. But the national champs showed why they are regarded as one of the most dangerous futsal units when senior strategist Jermain “Panky” Junor calmly slotted home on the stroke of full time to push the game into extra time.
Two minutes into extra time, Nicholas McArthur handed Sparta the lead which they doubled four minutes later when Curtez Kellman scored. Despite Jermaine Padmore scoring for North Ruimveldt in the 30th + 8th minute, Sparta held on to the one-goal advantage to book a place in the round of 16.
Following are the results of the other matches on Father’s day night.
Bent Street A 4 v Laing Avenue 2
Bevney Mark 15th, 26th
YB Kenroy Dominik 7th
Kevon Woodley 18th Matthew Nedd 27th
Back Circle A 8 v Kingston 2
Stephan McLean 8th Tamiel Hutson 22nd, 29th
Simeon Moore 21st, 29th
Fabian Abrams 22nd, 23rd
Jermain Beckles 26th YB
Darren Benjamin 26th
Bomb Squad 5 v YMCA 2
Raushan Ritch 13th Nicholas Gentle 2nd
Jahall Greaves 16th Kymani Sealey 29th
Joshua Browne 28th
Akeem Jarvis 28th
Eon Alleyne 29th
Back Circle B 6 v Gaza Squad 3
Nivek Boyce 7th, 21st Delroy Joseph 1st
Dwayne Baptiste 11th Kester Warde 14th
Martin King 13th, 14th Andy Charles 25th
Mark Cameron 27th