{"id":200641,"date":"2015-04-30T23:37:23","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T13:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=200641"},"modified":"2015-04-30T23:37:23","modified_gmt":"2015-04-30T13:37:23","slug":"mp-united-shirleys-bag-division-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mp-united-shirleys-bag-division-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"MP United, Shirley\u2019s bag division titles"},"content":{"rendered":"

MP United Football Club and Shirley\u2019s FC secured the championship in their respective divisions in the 2015 NMIFA Youth Spring League.<\/p>\n

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Grafton Howard, seen here dribbling during a friendly game last month in Garapan, plays for MP United Football Club, which ruled the co-ed U12 division of the NMIFA youth league.
(Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MP United capped the round-robin contest in the co-ed U12 division with a field best 7-1-0 win-draw loss record to finish way ahead of Kanoa FC (2-4-2), Tan Holdings (3-1-4), and Paire (3-1-4), which gained 10 points each in eight games. MP United collected 22 points, getting three more after routing Matansa (1-1-6), 4-0, last Saturday at the Hopwood Junior High School Field.<\/p>\n

Dylan Cho starred in MP United\u2019s last game, making a hat-trick, while Brian Kim logged the other goal for the division champion.<\/p>\n

In the other U12 pairing last Saturday, Paire downed Kanoa, 5-3.<\/p>\n

Kaden Church delivered the goods for Paire, scoring all of the team\u2019s five goals to outduel Kanoa\u2019s Ian Karl Maniago, who knocked in three goals.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Shirley\u2019s FC clinched the girls U15 tiara, thanks to Tan Holdings, which forced a draw against erstwhile leader Matansa.<\/p>\n

Going into last Saturday\u2019s final game, Matansa and Shirley\u2019s had similar 7-2-0 records with the former winning the tiebreak with its more goals, 29-26.<\/p>\n

Matansa then dueled Tan Holdings last weekend and settled for a deadlock, 2-2. Chloe Salvosa hit the equalizer for Tan Holdings in the 39th minute and she also registered the team\u2019s first goal in the 17th.<\/p>\n

Angelica Sally duplicated Salvosa\u2019s feat, drilling the pair of goals in the 19th and 27th minute, however she failed to keep Matansa on top of the six-team field, as the 2014 spring and fall season champion dropped to a 7-3-0 slate.<\/p>\n

Shirley\u2019s ended Matansa\u2019s reign in the girls U15 division after blanking Kanoa, 3-0, in the third and last game this season. Mia Carreon, Katrina Costales, and Diana Maniacop posted one goal apiece for Shirley\u2019s, which finished the competition with an 8-2-0 record and 26 points, just two more than Matansa\u2019s total.<\/p>\n

In the other girls U15 match last weekend, Paire capped the season with an impressive 6-0 win over MP United. Renita Fleming had a hat-trick for Paire, which finished third in the field with its 5-0-5 record, ahead of Tan Holdings (3-2-5), MP United (2-0-8), and Kanoa (1-1-8). Guinevere Borja added two more goals, while Paire was handed an own goal early in the game.<\/p>\n

In the boys U18 division, the winner has yet to be decided with only one game played last weekend and three more are left in the three round-robin contest.<\/p>\n

Matansa FC dominated Paire, 7-0, in the lone division match last Saturday at Hopwood. Matansa remained at the No. 3 spot behind Tan Holdings (7-1-0) and MP United (5-1-1) and ahead of Paire (0-0-7).<\/p>\n

Joshua De Leon and Ryu Tanzawa tallied two goals each for Paire, which drew one goal apiece from Kenneth Mafnas, Evan Belcher, and Chad Shankweiler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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