{"id":267551,"date":"2018-01-08T06:00:10","date_gmt":"2018-01-07T20:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=267551"},"modified":"2018-01-08T06:00:10","modified_gmt":"2018-01-07T20:00:10","slug":"mp-united-1st-ota-international-football-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mp-united-1st-ota-international-football-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"MP United at 1st Ota International Football Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-267551 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mp-united-1st-ota-international-football-tournament\/mpu1\/'>mpu1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-267576'>\n\t\t\t\tMP United Football Club\u2019s U12 team (in pink tops) plays defense during one of its 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