{"id":339962,"date":"2021-03-10T06:00:36","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T20:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=339962"},"modified":"2021-03-10T06:00:36","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T20:00:36","slug":"mp-united-upsets-foe-in-m-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mp-united-upsets-foe-in-m-league\/","title":{"rendered":"MP United upsets foe in M-League"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_339973\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-339973\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/MP-pix.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-339973\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MP United\u2019s Razeff Altamirano intercepts the ball from an opponent during their match in the M-League Spring 2021 season last Sunday at the NMI Soccer Training Center in Koblerville. (Kimberly A. Bautista)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MP United Football Club gained a 2-0 record in the win-loss standings in Division A of the M-League Spring 2021 season after besting NMI U18 National B in their matchup last Sunday at the NMI Soccer Training Center in Koblerville.<\/p>\n<p>MP United nipped NMI U18 B, 2-1, in their matchup last Sunday behind Kwangjo Lim and Joshua Abragan who made a goal apiece. <\/p>\n<p>MP United held the lead from the start behind Abragan who made his goal in the 19th minute of the match followed by Lim who fired his goal in the 49th minute. MP United amped up its defense to ensure its foe could not gain a come-from-behind victory. <\/p>\n<p>In a last-ditch effort to turn the tables in their favor, NMI U18 B\u2019s Kaden Church fired the team\u2019s only point in the 80th minute but his efforts fell short. <\/p>\n<p><strong>DIVISION A<br \/>\nPaire 5, Old B Bank 0 <\/strong><br \/>\nPaire coasted to victory against Old B Bank behind Eric Barajas who scored three of the team\u2019s 5 goals.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>NMI U18 A 5, The One 0<\/strong><br \/>\nNMI U18 A bested The One behind Akira Kadokura who led the way with his three goals with help from Aloy Angeles and Kohtaro Goto who added one goal apiece. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Tan Holdings 1, Kanoa 0<\/strong><br \/>\nTan Holdings took the win over Kanoa with Martin Jambor making the only goal in the 65th minute. <\/p>\n<p>DIVISION B<br \/>\nBangladesh FC 3, Matansa 3<br \/>\nBangladesh FC and Matansa went neck-and-neck with their match ending in a draw. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Shirley\u2019s 3, Women\u2019s NT 0<\/strong><br \/>\nShirley\u2019s outclassed Women\u2019s NT behind HoJin Woo, Hoin Ryu, and Jerry Tan who each contributed a goal each.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saipan United 3, Island Star 0 <\/strong><br \/>\nIn the final match in Division B, before Island Star forfeited in the second half, Saipan United\u2019s Saixian Bagsic landed two goals to secure the win while Guohua Hou added one. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MP United Football Club gained a 2-0 record in the win-loss standings in Division A&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":339974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[78],"class_list":["post-339962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-tan-holdings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}