THE top four teams in this year’s Milo-sponsored Petra-organised U-18 Schools football tournament will compete for two spots in the final.
The semi-finals will feature Morgan’s Learning Centre against Masters Academy at 19:00hrs, and Chase Academy versus Sir Leon Lessons which begins at 17:00hrs at the Ministry of Education ground.

The opening game will set the tone for the day with players like David Coates, Osafo Matheson, Chris Macey, Adrian Adolph, Daniel Clarke and Orin Moore. The obvious favourites are Morgan’s Learning Centre over Masters Academy.
However, the underdog tag might just suit the Masters side. Their heavy reliance on defensive mindset and the smash-and-grab counterattack method means that the game may not be as straightforward as expected.

Calvin Peters and Akeem Giddings will be chief in this regard and are players to be looked at.
In the second match-up, defending champions Chase Academy and Sir Leon Lessons, offers a mouth-watering spectacle for any football fan – being regarded as a final in itself.
With their record thus far, the defending champions are in the prime position to carry their campaign all the way to the final.
Considering as well the foot-balling level of the unit with Reshawn Ritch, Job Caesar, Nicholas McArthur, Jeremy Garrett, Malachi Adonis, Rondell Peters and Ryan Hackett, the players have easily cemented themselves as the benchmark for schools football.

Still, Sir Leon Lessons have shown that they are willing to go the extra mile, managing to keep their cool to hold off The Bishops’ High in the last round, on penalties.
Their ‘go to’ men will be Omari James, Tyrese Forde, Richard Rayside and Adrian Aaron.
Meanwhile, the winners of the tournament will collect $500 000 towards a school project and the championship trophy, while the second-, third- and fourth-placed sides will receive $300 000, $200 000 and $100 000 respectively towards a similar endeavour along with trophies.
The event is being held in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Health.