WHO will be made of more? This catchy phrase for the Guinness Greatest of the Streets football tournament and one which will be answered tonight, when Pouderoyen Showstoppers and West Side Ballers collide in the final of the ‘West Side’ Edition of the nationwide event. Both sides will represent the ‘West Side’ in the National Championships later on in the year, with an opportunity to also represent Guyana against their regional counterparts, but, there can only be one winner tonight who will pocket the tournament’s $300 000 first place prize.

Showstoppers cemented themselves as clear favourites to win the lucrative tournament, dazzling and entertaining the throng of supporters during their comfortable 3-0 semifinals win over Patentia Street Ballers, while West Side Ballers depended on penalty kicks to oust Raiders, winning 2-1 after a 1-1 regulation and extra time score.
The Pouderoyen Tarmac is expected to be filled to capacity tonight and of course, Dexroy Adams along with Marvin Josiah will not want to disappoint on their home turf.
The duo combined to lead a relentless war on Patentia in their semifinal and it will be interesting to see how Anthony Harding and West Side Ballers defend against the attacking team.
No defence has shown the ability to contain Adams and Josiah and though Showstoppers are by no means a two-man show, their roles and how well they play tonight will be pivotal in the Pouderoyen team winning the tournament.
West Side Ballers consists of little known characters, with Harding, a former prominent senior national player, being tasked to carry the load of the team both offensively and defensively.
However, like everything else in sports, regardless of how well a team played prior to the final, it’s always the team who show more grit and determination, as well as the will to win that will certainly be the victorious ones tonight.
In the third-place playoff, Patentia Street Ballers and Raiders will collide where the winners go home with $100 000 and the losers $75 000.
There will also be four exhibition matches with the feature encounter being Tiger Bay (2014 National champions) versus West Side All Stars.

(By Rawle Toney)