Paire FC notches second straight victory

Paire FC’s Renita Fleming, left, steps in on defense to steal the possession from MP United’s Gillian Villagomez during their girls U15 game in the opening week of the NMIFA fall league early this month at the Hopwood Junior High School Field. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)

Borja, who also scored three goals in their similar 3-2 triumph over MP United in the league’s opening week, dropped two in the first half and the insurance in the second to give Paire its second victory in as many games. Tan Holdings FC dropped to a 0-2 record, failing to bounce back from its season debut loss to Matansa FC, 1-2.

Borja eluded Tan Holdings defenders early, as she earned her first goal in the second minute. Tan Holdings then evened up the match six minutes later off Krizel Mae Tuazon’s goal, but Borja came out drilling another goal in the 20th to end the half with Paire holding on to a precarious lead.

In the second half, it took awhile for both teams to score with Borja completing her hat-trick in the 65th and giving Paire cushion. A goal from Jessica Andebor three minutes later moved Tan Holdings within one anew, but it could not overhaul the deficit, as Paire hung tight on defense for a share of the division lead.

Shirley’s FC 3, MP United FC 0
Shirley’s joined Paire on top after a 3-0 shutout of MP United in the final girls U15 match last weekend.

Diana Maniacop led Shirley’s second win in as many games after firing a pair of goals. She registered the first goal of Shirley’s, which came from a 6-0 whipping of Kanoa FC, and also the last, finding the back of the net in the 29th and 52nd minute. Katherine Magat notched the other goal for Shirley’s, hitting her target in the 31st minute.

Matansa FC 10, Kanoa FC 0
Matansa Football Club completed the three-way tie for the division lead after hammering Kanoa FC, 10-0.

Matansa peppered Kanoa with six goals in the first half en route to its second consecutive victory.

Angelica Sally fired up Matansa’s offense, drilling the first goal in the match in the fourth minute and she went on to bag three more goals. Angelica’s cousin, Lyka and Pinyarat Shankweiler chipped in two apiece, while Sunny Woo and Carla Ballesteros contributed one each.

CO-ED U12
MP United 6, Kanoa FC 0
Over at Hopwood’s Pitch 1, MP United FC crushed Kanoa FC in the co-ed U12 division match, 6-0.

Eun Syu Hahn and Go Sekiguchi logged two goals apiece to pace MP United’s second victory in as many games and hand Kanoa FC its second straight setback. Mark Esalan and Kaito Sawaki were the other scorers for MP United, which also blanked Paire, 6-0, in the opening week.

Esalan lit up the board first with his goal in the fourth minute, while Sawaki scored in the 16th minute. Sekiguchi made it a 3-0 lead in the 22nd minute, while Hahn hit back-to-back goals for their 5-0 advantage before the former closed out the scoring for MP United with his second goal (30th minute).

Tan Holdings FC 3, Paire 2
In the other co-ed U12 game, Tan Holdings FC nosed out Paire FC, 3-2.

Tan Holdings collected three goals in the first half to build enough cushion against Paire, which tried to mount a comeback in the second half, but fell short. Thaipi Austria canned two straight goals in a span of two minutes, scoring in the second and fourth minute, while John Guiller Canape added one more in the 23 rd to lift Tan Holdings to a 3-0 advantage.

Paire FC’s Jamin Elliot made it a 1-3 deficit at the break with his goal in the 28th minute and threatened Tan Holdings after getting his second goal in the 56th. However, Tan Holdings neutralized Elliot and other Paire players in the remaining minutes of the second half to preserve the win, its second in as many matches.