Bud Light Women's Soccer League Fall 2017 kicks off

[September 18, 2017 - Harmon, Guam] Defending champions Personal Finance Center Lady Crushers take the early lead in the 2017 Bud Light Women’s Soccer League Fall season standings with a 4-1 win over Quality Distributors on opening day Sunday at the Guam Football Association National Training Center.

Fourteen-year-old Samantha Fegurgur scored on her debut in the women’s league for the current league-leaders and teammates Anjelica Perez and Colleen Naden also scored before Quality’s Paige Surber pulled one back for her team in the 81^st minute. Perez later scored her team’s fourth goal in the 87^th minute for the final score.

Spring season runner-up NAPA Lady Rovers also began their Fall season bid with a win, edging the Bank of Guam Lady Strykers 2-1 in the first match of Sunday’s triple header. Brianne Leon Guerrero and Shyann Roberto scored for the Lady Rovers and Alexy Dacanay scored for the Lady Strykers.

Mosa's fall to third in futsal following back-to-back losses

[September 4, 2017 - Harmon, Guam] After a hot 4-0 start in its maiden Budweiser Futsal League season, back-to-back losses dropped former league leader Mosa's to the third-place spot in league rankings halfway through Week 7 play Sunday at the Guam Sports Complex Gym in Harmon.

Papi FC was the latest team to earn a victory over Mosa's, an 11-7 win, to overtake the top spot in the league. Ian Mariano led all scorers with five for Papi and teammate Ashton Surber scored four. David Drews and Marcus Lopez scored Papi's other goals. Riley Jones Taijeron and Matthew Robles each scored twice for Mosa's and teammates Seth Surber, Jared Quichocho, and Gideon Tyquiengco also scored.

In Sunday's other matches, the Bank of Guam Strykers managed to hold off the NAPA Rovers 4-3 to move up to the No. 2 position in league standings. Kyle Halehale led all scorers with two goals for the winning team and teammates Julius Campos and Scott Spindel also scored. Nathan Sablan, Jorge Hellu, and Shawn Spindel scored for the Rovers.

Fall 2017 Triple J youth soccer league kicks off first week

[September 17, 2017 - Harmon, Guam] Not even a morning rain shower could dampen the spirit of about 1,000 youth soccer players on opening day of the Triple J Auto Group Robbie Webber Youth Soccer League at the Guam Football Association National Training Center.

Over 100 teams in the U6 to U15 age divisions played their league openers Saturday and teams in the U18 division will begin play Sept. 23.

“I think my first game this season was exciting,” said Isaiah Ooka, who plays for the Sidekick SC in the U10 division, after the team’s match against the Matson Southern Heat. “It was exciting because I didn’t know I would score a goal but I got one.

Matao works with Make A Wish to grant child's wish

[June 13, 2015 - Tamuning, Guam] Matao head coach Gary White, captain Jason Cunliffe, and teammates Ryan Guy and A.J. DeLaGarza took some time off from their training camp to visit Miguel Rosario, a patient in Guam Memorial Hospital's Pediatric ICU, who will be leaving Guam to the Philippines for surgery due to complications from a congenital heart disease.

The surprise visit was coordinated by Make-A-Wish Foundation - Guam Chapter, which grants wishes to children with life-threatening diseases. MAWF Executive Director Victor Camacho was on hand for the presentation, along with Ray Haddock from the Orange Crushers FC, GMH nurses, and Rosario's parents Michael and Annie.