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3 youth striker get Golden Boot awards
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Posted on Jan 14 2012
By Roselyn Monroyo
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Three players were recognized in the awards ceremony for the 2011 Saipan Soccer School Youth Futsal League after scoring the most goals in the inaugural competition.
Receiving the Golden Boot awards last Monday at the lobby of the Saipan Grand Hotel were Astig Futsal’s Kyla Ito and Tanapon Unsa and the Thundercats’ Brian Lee. Ito collected 17 goals to top the girls U17 division, while Unsa led in the boys U15 division with his 20 goals. Lee played in the boys U18 and earned a field’s best eight goals. Each awardee received medals from league coordinators Angie Ito and Jershwin Angeles.
Ito and Angeles also handed out fair play awards to boys U15’s Shirley’s Boys, girls U17’s Go Green Team, and boys U18’s Mean Machine. Then the awards night was capped with the presentation of perpetual trophies to the champions of the three age group.
Members of IT&E were first to go up the stage to receive their U18 trophy, followed by the Astig Futsal’s girls U17 and boys U15 teams. IT&E topped the boys U18 after posting a 5-1-0 win-draw-loss record in the three round-robin contest, besting the Thundercats and Mean Machine. Astig Futsal’s teams in the boys U15 and U17 were also undefeated. The Astig Futsal female strikers swept Ayuyu and Go Green Team in three rounds, while the former’s male players prevailed over Shirley’s Boys, Konflikt, and We-D-Fly twice.
Meanwhile, SSS president Jerry Tan was also present at the awards ceremony and delivered the event’s opening remarks. He thanked all teams for participating in the inaugural league and bowed to host more competitions for the youth this year.
Tan added that although rules of futsal are very much different from the regular soccer being played at the pitch, playing the former still helps develop players’ skills, specially in dribbling and passing.
“Players learn techniques they could also apply in soccer pitches, so we will continue to hold futsal leagues, not only for our youth players, but also for the men and women to help develop our players. We are counting on the support of the various football clubs for our upcoming tournaments,” Tan said.
