Korean Futsal hands Wild Bill’s first loss

Korean Futsal Team pulled off an 8-6 come-from-behind win over Wild Bill in an intense men’s division game in the 2011 Saipan Soccer School Futsal League Monday night at the TSL Sports Complex.

Coming into the match, Korean Futsal and Wild Bill’s shared identical 3-0 marks and the opposing teams played a bit physical in their bids to keep their records clean. Wild Bill’s had the upper hand in the first half, 5-3, behind the hat-trick of Jeeraphong Thoensaket and two goals of Jiayuan Gueo.

Gil Chong Koo drilled all the three goals of Korean Futsal in the first half and Wild Bill’s defense failed to neutralize him in the second half. Koo added three more goals in the second half, including an impressive shot from the left side. The perfect play started from the center and Koo received the pass and did not even bother to put the leather down the floor, as he kicked it and hit his target. Koo’s notable goal gave Korean Futsal a 7-6 lead and with less than two minutes left on the clock, Sang Ho Choi made it to the scoreboard to seal the win.

Wild Bill’s lone goal in the second half was courtesy of Thoensaket.

In the other men’s division match, Red Inter topped the Thundercats, 7-4.

The win was Inter’s second in four games, while the Thundercats absorbed their fourth loss in as many matches.

Peter Houk and Dale Roberts led Red Inter’s victory, as they knocked in two goals apice. Roberts and Houk nailed one goal each in the first half and Red Inter also drew one goal apiece from Arkie Reusora and Sugura Takahashi for a 4-2 halftime lead. Lin Zhi Peng and Joel Fruit scored for the Thundercats.

In the second half, Houk and Roberts still found the back of the net, while Edwin Cruz also lit up the scoreboard. Evert Van Der Mass and Timothy Tawanpiy had one goal apiece for the Thundercats in the second half.

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In the battle of sister teams, IT&E Awesome showed no love lost to IT&E Blossom, 6-1.

Natalie Hill was unstoppable for IT&E Awesome, as she recorded four goals in the game to give her team a 2-2 record. Nola Hix added two goals, while Fedora and Connie Camacho and Carrie Schuler made one each.

IT&E Blossom, which now has a dismal 0-4 record, got its lone goal from Felicia Debrum.

In the second women’s game, Kulet’s Team barged into the win column after beating Mellow Yellow, 2-1.

Windy Orcine put Kulet’s Team (1-2) in the scoreboard in the first half and Mellow Yellow’s Jovelyn Banag also drilled a goal for the equalizer. Then Priscilla Norman showed up for the second half and logged the game-winning goal.

The loss was Mellow Yellow’s second in four games.