Staff Reports Pacific Daily News/USA TODAY NETWORK Published 9:07 PM EST Jan 29, 2019 The ASC Trust Islanders moved up to third place in the Aloha Maid Minetgot Cup Elite Youth League U13 Division thanks to a 3-0 win Saturday at the Guam Football Association National Training Center. The Islanders struck first against the Community First/ Days Inn Dededo Soccer Club thanks to Joshua Benavente. The Islanders added two more goals in the second half from Brock Larsen and Jada Han. The Islanders improved to 5-3-1, while Dededo fell to 5-4. (Story continues below) The Guam Shipyard Wolverines won 4-0 against Quality Distributors. Donovan Moss gave Wolverines the advantage by scoring the first goal within eight minutes of the match and again in the opening minutes of the second half. Anthony Chaco and Erwin Manibusan also scored for the Wolverines. The Wolverines improved to 7-0-2, holding onto first place. Quality fell to 2-7. Wings FC are in second place after beating the Bank of … [Read more...] about Islanders shut out Dededo in U13 soccer
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Sports Shorts: Tritons soccer team romps; Sanctuary to hold 5K
Staff Reports Pacific Daily News USA TODAY NETWORK Published 10:18 PM EST Jan 27, 2019 Tritons route Guam Shipyard 13-0 in soccer The University of Guam unleashed two new weapons against the Guam Shipyard soccer club in the GFA Amateur Men's League Jan. 24 at the Guam Football Association's National Training Center. Ryoga Okada and Ichiyo Kawamata attend Okayama University in Japan but are at UOG as exchange students. The UOG Athletic Compliance Committee determined they could play and the duo combined for seven goals, according to a news release. (Story continues below) The Tritons led 6-0 at halftime and won the match 13-0. James Yang, Ryo Suzuki, Isaiah Macias, Jeffrey Mesias, Hezekiah Cruz and Shashi Kotwal also scored, the news release stated. The Tritons improved to 4-1-0 and will face FC Beercelona at 7 p.m. Feb. 1 at the GFA National Training Center. Sanctuary's Love Our Kids 5K set for Feb. 9 Sanctuary Inc. of Guam will host its fourth annual run/walk … [Read more...] about Sports Shorts: Tritons soccer team romps; Sanctuary to hold 5K
Man Utd star Jesse Lingard’s classy gesture to fans on Soccer AM
Fresh from helping Manchester United secure an impressive FA Cup victory at Arsenal, Jesse Lingard enjoyed an appearance on Soccer AM. But when the England international fluffed his lines from the spot, he redeemed himself with a classy gesture to AFC Wimbledon fans after the show. Lingard chatted on the Soccer AM sofa about life at United under caretaker boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and his clothing brand. The 26-year-old then headed outside to try and help the show's AFC Wimbledon fans win money. Lingard took the tally to £250 after a successful conversion in the crossbar challenge. But under the pressure of performing in the John Arne Riise Arena, the United forward lost it all with a poor penalty. Clearly disappointed by the miss, Lingard stepped up once again when the cameras stopped rolling and made up for the miss by handing £600 from his own pocket to the AFC Wimbledon fans. The England international played an impressive role at the tip of a counter-attacking diamond, … [Read more...] about Man Utd star Jesse Lingard’s classy gesture to fans on Soccer AM
Kyrgyzstan: Soccer heroes’ narrow defeat leaves fans proud and bitter
By any measure, Kyrgyzstan’s run to the knockout stages of the AFC Asian Cup – an international soccer tournament the country had never before qualified for – was a phenomenal success. But the nature of their 3-2 defeat against tournament hosts United Arab Emirates on January 21, decided by a dubious penalty decision in additional time, has left a sour taste in the mouths of supporters. A few years ago, Kyrgyzstan would not have dreamed of reaching this stage. A 4-1 defeat to Tajikistan in a friendly in Bishkek in 2013 marked something of a nadir for the domestic game. The Philippines, whom Kyrgyzstan routed 3-1 in the group stages of the Asian Cup last week, beat the team nicknamed the White Falcons twice in 2016. Now, Kyrgyzstan is sitting pretty in 91st, 27 places above the Philippines in the FIFA rankings, having risen 24 places in the last year alone. Such rankings leaps in the lesser half of the football world are in and of … [Read more...] about Kyrgyzstan: Soccer heroes’ narrow defeat leaves fans proud and bitter
Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo flies to Madrid to sign 23-month jail sentence
The door of the black van slid open, and out stepped Cristiano Ronaldo, arm-in-arm with his girlfriend, Georgina Rodríguez. The sky was gray and the Madrid air was bitingly cold, but the star soccer player didn’t take off his sunglasses nor did he stop smiling for the cameras for even a moment. Around 50 journalists were waiting for him as he approached the doors of the Madrid High Court. The former Real Madrid striker, who now plays for Italian side Juventus, was at the courthouse on Tuesday morning to sign his sentence in the presence of a judge. He has been given a 23-month jail sentence and an €18.8 million fine after reaching a deal with the public prosecutor and the Tax Agency, having admitted committing four tax offenses between the years of 2011 and 2014. Also at the courthouse on Tuesday morning was Xabi Alonso, a former teammate of Ronaldo’s at Real Madrid First offenders in Spain who receive less than two years in jail nearly always see their … [Read more...] about Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo flies to Madrid to sign 23-month jail sentence