Corona Futsal Cup…Big names Sparta Boss and Back Circle advance to Corona KO round

Mar 12, 2018 Sports

Sparta Boss and Back Circle are among the sixteen teams that have made the cut to the Knockout round of the Corona Futsal Tournament following the conclusion of the Round Robin Phase Saturday evening at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.
The other teams that made the cut are Alpha Warriors and Show Stoppers (Group A), Tiger Bay (Group B), Future Stars and Old School Ballers (Group C), West Front Road and Albouystown (Group D), Bent Street and California Square (Group E) and Leopold Street (Group F).
The four best third place teams were Mocha (Group B), Xtreme Campbellville (Group C), Sophia (Group D) and Alexander Village (Group F).
In the last round of matches at the National Gymnasium, Show Stoppers set the tone of the night with an 11-9 goal-fest result against Kingston. Dexroy Adams had goals in the 7th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 17th with Jermaine Samuels a hat-trick (4th, 8th, 18th), Damien Williams brace (2nd and 14th) and a lone strike from Delroy Jordan (3rd) accounting for the win. Kingston had a pair of hat-tricks from Olson Lewis (38seconds, 9th and 19th) and Collin Clarke (12th, 14th and 20th) coupled with a brace from Simon Emanuel (8th and 13th) and Nigel Denny (15th) to their goal tally.
California Square were also winners on the night, trumping Channel 9 Warriors 6-3 thanks to Dillon Kelly (3rd, 4th and 10th), David George (4th and 16th) and Mashack Barratt (8th). Travil Alexander (7th and 11th) and Junior Thorne (9th) were on target for the losers.
Leopold Street beat Broad Street 3-2 in the third game of the night. Okeni Fraser (1st), Darren Benjamin (4th) and Omallo Williams (18th) were the goal scorers for Leopold Street with Daniel Ross (16th) and Shawn Muhammad (14th) on the cards for Broad Street.
A two-goal stalemate occurred between Albouystown and Sophia with Desmond Cotton 3rd and Dwayne Lowe (14th) scoring for the former, while Moses Gittens scored for the latter in the 1st and 12th minutes.
Bent Street beat North East 7-3 thanks to Job Caesar’s hat-trick (4th, 13th and 14th), Purnell Shultz (1st and 3rd) and Andrew Murray and Kelsey Benjamin in the 8th and 18th respectively. Keifer Brandt (9th), Shakiel Browne (3rd) and Carl Tudor (1st) were on target for the losers.
In the final game of the night, West Front Road beat YMCA 9-2 with braces from Jamal Pedro (9th and 15th), Randolph Wagner (6th and 16th), Collin Nelson (8th and 15th) and Joshua Brown (1st and 14th) with Hubert Pedro also scoring in the 5th. YMCA had Frank Crandon and Randy Roberts scoring in the 4th and 11th respectively.
The winners of the tournament will pocket the grand cash prize of $600,000; runners up $400,000 and third place finishers $200,000.
Other incentives include a Hero Honda 150cc motorcycle for the MVP and a lucky fan. In addition, teams will be awarded for their respective placings in the group stage with group winners receiving $40,000, second $30,000, third $20,000 and fourth finishers pocketing $10,000.
The round-of-sixteen play kicks off this Thursday at the same venue.