Game of the Week

Wild Bill's Independants takes on the Arirang Football Club tomorrow at 4 PM.

Should be a good game.

Men's League, Back in Action!

After two weeks of tournaments, the NMIFA Men's League will be back in action tomorrow afternoon. My team, The Independents, take on Fiesta Inter at 2:30 PM and PTI plays the Bangladeshi Sports Club at 4:30 PM.

Come by to cheer us on!

NMIFA Press Release: Men's League, Week 1

OTSUKA HATRICK HIGHLIGHTS OPENING WEEK

Matsatoshi Otsuka netted a hatrick in leading Fiesta Inter to a convincing win over PTI, 8-2, in the opening weekend of the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association Summer Men's League. In the other match, the Korean Football Club got past the Bangladeshi Sports Club, 2-0, in a tight contest at Oleai Sports Complex.

Otsuka scored in the tenth, 42nd and 46th minute to grab his natural hatrick to lead perrenial stalwart to a convincing win over the PTI club. Arkie Reusora had a pair of goals and the Duenas clan contributed a pair with John connecting on a golaza at the 49th minute and Jose nabbing another at the 80th mark. PTI was paced by a score each by Amrit Limbu and Tej Gurung.

The opening match was a tight affair with the KFC wearing down the Bangladeshi club, 2-0. Seung Bak Kim cemented his place as the most veteran scorer in the NMI FA Men's League books with a clean volley at the 62nd minute. Veteran star, Eui Suk Ko, bagged another off a saved penalty kick at the 69th minute to push the Korean Football Association into the win column.

Next week's contests feature KFC vs Fiesta Inter at 2:30 PM. The second match will be PTI taking on the idle Independents at 4:30 PM. Both matches will be at Oleai Sports Complex next Sunday. The Bangladeshi Sports Club will have a bye.

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________1st 2nd Final
Bangladeshi Sports Club 0 0 0
Korean Football Club 0 2 2

Goals: KFC (Kim, 62; Ko, 69)
Cautions: BSC (Jahangir Hossein, 75,dissent)
Officals: Bogdan, Anderson, Ravell, Lo


________1st 2nd Final
Fiesta Inter 3 5 8
PTI 1 1 2

Goals: FI (Otsuka, 10, 42, 46; Reusora 40, 56; John Duenas, 49; Jose Duenas, 80), PTI (Limbu, 19; Own Goal, 47, Gurung, 89)
Cautions: PTI (Tej Gurung, 79, tripping)
Officials: Smith, Schultz, Ravell, Lo

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STANDINGS
__________________W D L GF GA GD
Fiesta Inter.................1 0 0 8 2 +6
Korean Football Club.........1 0 0 2 0 +2
Independents.................0 0 0 0 0 0
Bangladeshi Sports Club......0 0 1 0 2 -2
Pacific Telecom Inc..........0 0 1 2 8 -6


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Summer Men's League Schedule

All games at Ada Field at Oleai Sports Complex unless otherwise noted.

Sunday, July 22

2:30 PM FC Arirang (FCA) (2) vs Bangladeshi Sports Club (BSC) (0)
4:30 PM PTI (2)vs Fiesta Inter (FI) (8)

Sunday, July 29

2:30 PM FCA (1) vs FI (3)
4:30 PM PTI (1) vs Independents (7)

Sunday, August 19

2:30 PM FI (0) vs Independents (3)
4:30 PM PTI (1) vs BSC (4)

Sunday, August 26

2:30 PM FI (6) vs BSC (1)
4:30 PM KFC (3) vs Independents (2)

Sunday, September 2

2:30 PM BSC (3) vs Independents (3)
4:30 PM KFC (4) vs PTI (1)

Sunday, September 9

2:30 PM Third Place Independants vs Fourth Place BSC in standing Consolation Match
4:30 PM First Place FI and Second Place KFC in Tapachao Derby Championship.

Teams get three (3) points for a victory and one (1) point for a draw in the standings for the Tapachao Derby Championship.

If teams are tied at the season end, tiebreakers are as follows:

1.) Goal differential
2.) Total goals
3.) Head to head competition
4.) Coin flip

Current Standings:

1. Fiesta Inter 4-0
2. FC Arirang 3-1
3. Independants 1-2-1
4. Bangladeshi Sports Club 1-2-1
5. PTI 0-4