Kanoa teams notch wins in TYSL 

Kanoa Football Club’s teams in different divisions were on a roll as they won their matches in the TakeCare Youth Soccer League Fall 2024 at the NMI Soccer Training Center in Koblerville last Saturday.

The U17 girls team devoured Shirley’s, 7-0.

Kanoa got a jumpstart with a goal in the 7th minute by Aubrey White, followed by another by her just three minutes later for a 2-0 lead. White then solidified her tirade on the pitch with a hat-trick in the 13th minute before Shirley’s could even catch their breath.

Shirley’s tried to get something going and notch a goal on the scoreboard, but Kanoa not only overpowered them offensively, but also defensively. In the 25th minute, Beatrice Gross put them up, 4-0, then shot two more goals for a hat-trick by the 35th minute.

By that time, they were up, 6-0, then Hayven Motesiou scored their last goal just a couple minutes later. 7-0 became the eventual final score as Shirley’s failed to produce.

Meanwhile, Kanoa’s U17 boys team slipped past Matansa, 2-1. Paul Lizama scored their two goals in a 10-minute span—21st and 31st minute—even before Matansa could score. Matansa got their lone goal in the 39th minute, but that was all they could do.

Their U14 boys team, KFC 1, edged MPU, 3-2.

KFC 1 got first dibs after much exchange of possessions before the 17th minute when Damien Concepcion got them on board. Just six minutes later though, MPU shot an equalizer for a 1-1 game.

Both teams got on board again for a still knotted up game, 2-2 in the 38th minute, until finally, KFC 1’s Arstin Tagabuel knocked in the eventual winning goal in the 49th minute.

Then, Kanoa’s U14 girls team blanked MP United, 2-0.

In other results, the Women’s Development Team blanked MPU U17 boys, 12-0; and MPU U17 girls team doubled Paire, 4-2.

In the U14 girls division, Paire and Shirley’s were at a 3-3 draw; and in the U14 boys, Latte got the better of Matansa, 2-1, and KFC 2 ended in a scoreless draw against Shirley’s.

And in the younger divisions, U12 boys of Latte ended in a stalemate, 2-2 with Paire; Matansa won over Shirley’s, 3-1; and KFC 1 locked 1-1 with MPU.