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Kanoa FC blanks TakeCare for Premier League championship
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Posted on Jun 27 2023
Kanoa Football Club are the champions of the Tinekcha-Awaal (Premier) Division of the 2023 Spring Dove Women’s League after they defeated TakeCare in the finals last Wednesday at the NMI Soccer Training Center in Koblerville. (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)
The ladies of Kanoa Football Club finished strong as they shut down TakeCare, 7-0, in the Tinekcha-Awaal (Premier) Division finals of the 2023 Spring Dove Women’s League last Wednesday at the NMI Soccer Training Center in Koblerville.
Kanoa had a strong start and wasted no time looking for opportunities to score and attacking TakeCare’s goalie and defense—which paid off in the 12th minute when Deseha Mendiola found an opening.
Mendiola kept up her striking pose as she scored the second goal in the 21st minute and completed the hat-trick in the 32nd minute.
TakeCare could not respond and it was already a 3-0 Kanoa lead even before the start of the second half. Christina Atalig then made it a 4-0 game right before the first half ended.
Not even five minutes later, Atalig scored her second goal and made it a 5-0 game in the 42nd minute.
Shirley’s Jannah Casarino, second from left, won the Golden Boot Award with 14 goals in the Tinekcha-Awaal (Premier) Division finals of the 2023 Spring Dove Women’s League.(CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)
Time was running out for TakeCare but Kanoa’s defenses were tight and closed off—deflecting any attempts at the goal as the lead only extended with Ye Lyn Ha’s goal in the 50th minute for a 6-0 game. The last and seventh goal was made by Aubrey White and TakeCare handed the championship to Kanoa.
With Mendiola, White, Atalig, and Ha in the championship roster were Julie Ann Chavez, Joselynn Atalig, Sophia Quintos, Audrey Castro, and Mia Abuan.
In the game between Shirley’s and the U17 NMI Development Team before the championships, Shirley’s won decisively, 12-1.
Jannah Casarino won the Golden Boot Award with 14 goals and scored four goals in this game for Shirley’s.
Guinevere Borja scored a hat-trick, Jhaza Cruz scored two, and Katrina Costales, Toremy Baek, and Jerlyn Castillo scored one each.
The rest of the Shirley’s team include Dianne Pablo, Mae Ito, Stephanie Lumbad, Gabrielle Race, Rizza Relucio, Stephanie Flores, Bernadette Horey, and Fiona Bucalig.
