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Tan Holdings, Matansa prevail in Men’s FA Cup
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Posted on Nov 24 2011
Action in the 2011 NMIFA Men’s FA Cup returned at the Oleai Sports Complex Field last week with Matansa FC and Tan Holdings FC cruising to separate wins.
In the first game last Sunday, Matansa shut out MP United B, 9-0, to break into the win column in Group B.
Dhiraj Chetri had a hat-trick for Matansa, while T.J. Gurung and Gabriel Arkoh added two goals each. Brad Ruszala and Vince Stravino chipped in one goal apiece in Matansa’s demolition of MP United B.
Chetri got Matansa’s offense going with his goal in the ninth minute and only one minute later, Gurung also scored. Chetri then hit back-to-back goals in a span of one minute (16th and 17th minute) to give Matansa a 4-0 halftime edge.
Then with only four minutes gone by in the second half, Arkoh lit up the scoreboard, while Stravino made his first and only goal in the 63rd minute. Ahead by 6-0, Matansa was still merciless as it drained three more goals in the last 20 minutes of the match with Gurung scoring in the 70th minute, Arkoh in the 77th, and Ruszala in the 90th.
Last Sunday’s game was Matansa’s second for the week, as it also dueled Korean Football Association on Saipan on Nov. 17 and was engaged in a scoreless draw.
In the other game at the Oleai pitch last Sunday, Tan Holdings FC also barged into the win column after beating Shirley’s FC in Group A, 6-1.
Jun Jie Cui led Tan Holdings with his three goals, while Chi Ming Tang, Ruselle Zapanta, and Delbert Greenman contributed one each. Tan Holdings drilled all its goals in the second half with Tang scoring in the 54th minute and then two minutes later, Zapanta also found the back of the net. Tan Holdings was in the rhythm in the second half, as Cui recorded back-to-back goals (65th and 76th minute), Greenman added one (78th), and Cui scored anew five minutes before the game ended.
Shirley’s FC avoided being shutout when Kenneth Domingo gave his team its lone goal in the final minute of the second half.
Before last week’s four games at the Oleai pitch, matches in the FA Cup was moved at the Hopwood Junior High School Field, as the facility in Susupe was unplayable due to the series of rains last month.
