Police book semifinal spot in Candy Boss 8-a-side Football Tournament
Defending champions Police FC have booked their place in the semifinals of the Candy Boss 8-a-side Football Tournament being played under lights in New Amsterdam.
However, Cougars have given themselves two chances at taking the title this year, with both their senior team and the under-20 team winning their respective quarterfinal games on Sunday night.
Cougars senior team overpowered arch-rivals NA United 3–nil in the feature game of the night’s action.
Cougars’ William Summersell scored in the 8th and 17th minutes, and Alex Kendall netted in the 43rd minute.
Defending champions Police have eased into tonight’s semifinals
The night’s opening game saw Cougars Under-20 being awarded a controversial game after Trafalgar Titans walked off the field in the second half. At the time, the score was 2-nil in favour of Cougars Under-20, Quacy Mickle and Dane Singh being the goal-scorers.
Police FC were initially roughed up and tied down in their encounter with Mahaica FC. Adrian Aaron opened the scoring for Police in the 7th minute, but Samuel Vandyke found the equalizer to keep the East Coast Demerara team in the contest.
Police found themselves digging deep to prevent Mahaica from taking the lead, and at half time the score was still 1-1. However, in the second half, Police loosened the shackles and scored six goals to win 7-1.
Aaron scored three more goals before Devn Padmore and Sealon Sue added their names to the score card.
In the battle for a chance to meet the defending champions in the semifinals, Eagles FC went down to Monedderlust 6-1. Ray Ruddock led the way with a hat trick, and Lumar Reid, Atlin Brown and Jadon Thom accounted for the other goals. Kevin Kiyal scored the consultation goal for the Eagles.
Today’s semifinal action would see Cougars seniors taking on their Under-20 counterparts, while Monedderlust would do battle with Police for a chance to appear in the final. (G-4)
