Semifinalists to be decided tonight

THE final four in the inaugural June Madness Futsal championship will be known on Saturday night when the quarterfinals are contested at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. A total of 48 teams commenced action a few weeks ago and now it’s down to the business end of the championship.

Following the conclusion of the round-of-16 on Thursday night, the final four teams inked their names in the win column to cement the match-ups that will certainly see enthralling battles, with the respective winners booking their places in semifinals.

Back Circle ‘A’ displayed ripping form in downing Festival City and have earned a date with Z Tekk which upstaged Linden All Stars in an epic clash. Gold Is Money will throw all on the line when they come up against the giant slayers, Bomb Squad, who took down the mighty Bent Street ‘A’ to reach this stage.

National champions Sparta Boss have not been as clinical as they can be and have eased into this round having scored just six goals; they will take on North East in what is anticipated will be a fierce battle.

The team that many feel will go all the way this time around and which have been very clinical in both their matches so far, Road Warriors of Brazil, will have to get past Bent Street ‘B’ in what will be a huge game for the local side.

Road Warriors’ Luis Da Silva’s tally of eight (8) goals so far is the most by any player and he will certainly be aiming to build on this. He’ll have solid support from teammates, Thalyston Pinheiro and Joao De Souza with four and three goals to their credit.

Road Warriors have scored a total of 23 goals in their two matches to date, a phenomenal average of 11.5 goals per game. Bent Street ‘B’ will turn to Lennox Cort (four goals) to lead their charge and will hope that the likes of Samuel Garnett step it up along with Tyric McAllister and Randy Roberts.

The two female matches on Saturday night will see Iconic Strikers taking on Tucville Terrorists from 20:00hrs, followed by Avacado Ballers against Pouderoyen. The six-team female competition is being played according to the round-robin format, with the top four moving into the semifinals.

Following are the full results from match night eight:

Female round-robin (20-minute matches)
Game 1
Iconic Ballers 1                        vs     The Lioness 0
Shanic Thornhill 13th

Game 2
Lady Kanaimas 8                     vs     Avacado Ballers 1
Sandra Johnson 13secs, 2nd, 9th, 17th          Mia 15th
Glendy Lewis 4th, 20th
Glengy Lewis 6th, 16th

Male Round-of-16
Z Tekk 5                           vs     Ballers united 3
Tyrice Dennis 4th, 13th                    Ray Roderick 35secs
Gerry Burnette 8th, 12th                  Tyrone Delph 9th, 15th
David George 20th

North East 2                            vs     Linden All Stars 1
Lennox Cort 2nd                              Marcus Tudor 27th
Akil Plass 19th

Back Circle ‘A’ 8                       vs     Festival City 0
Simeon Moore 5th
Darren Benjamin 7th, 24th YB
Chris Macey 22nd
Cecil Jackman 26th
Fabian Abrams 28th
Azariel Davis 30th

Sparta Boss 2                          vs     Back Circle ‘B’ 0
Kelsey Benjamin 9th
Curtez Kellman 21st