Paire, Kanoa shut down opponents
Paire Football Club and Kanoa Football Club cruised to victories in the 2019 Dove Spring Women’s 11 vs. 11 League last Sunday at the NMI Soccer Training Center in Koblerville.
In the curtain-raiser, Paire crushed Matansa Football Club, 13-0, while in the second game, Kanoa blanked Shirley’s Football Club, 2-0.
Irish Pagarao and Sue Anne Huevos delivered the pair of goals for Kanoa, which took a while to hit the board. Pagarao ended Kanoa’s silence in the 54th minute, while Huevos scored her goal in the 65th to give their team its second win in as many games. Kanoa defeated Matansa, 4-3, during the league’s season opening game early this month.
Paire also notched its second straight win after clobbering Matansa in last weekend’s double-header. Paire prevailed over Shirley’s in its first match in the season.
In its second assignment, Paire had a walk in the park after drawing goals from six different players. Summer Manahane, Guine Borja, and Jerlyn Castillo teamed up in Paire’s demolition of Matansa after firing three goals each, while Erin Frink chipped in two. Brittany Wally and Anisa Villagomez contributed two apiece.
Meanwhile, the last pair of preliminary matches will be played this Sunday with the unbeaten Paire and Kanoa colliding in the first game at 4pm and Matansa and Shirley’s squaring off in the second tiff at 6pm.
The final games will determine the playoff seeding, as the No. 1 team will take on the No. 4 finisher for the second finals seat and the No. 2 and 3 squads will battle for the first finals ticket on June 9. The title match will take place on June 16 at 6pm.