Guam Shipyard captures Women's GFA Cup 2019 crown

[May 29, 2019 - Harmon, Guam] No. 2 Guam Shipyard upset No. 1 Bank of Guam Lady Strykers 1-0 to capture the Jamaican Grill Women's GFA Cup 2019 championship title Sunday evening at the Guam Football Association National Training Center.

Match MVP Olivia Elliott hit the eventual game-winner in the 44th minute, as both teams played to a stalemate in the second half of play.

The 2019 tournament is the first to feature teams from both divisions of the Bud Light Women’s Soccer League.

Guam Shipyard was presented gold medals and the Jamaican Grill Women’s GFA Cup champion trophy during a short awards ceremony after the match and the Strykers were presented silver medals and the Women’s GFA Cup second-place trophy.

Strykers successfully defend Bank of Guam GFA Cup title

[May 29, 2019 - Harmon, Guam] The Bank of Guam Strykers FC successfully defended their GFA Cup title with a 5-1 win over NAPA Rovers FC is Sunday evening’s finale of the 12^th edition of the tournament presented by Bank of Guam at the Guam Football Association National Training Center.

The title defense was a sweet victory for the Strykers, as the team had been unable to defeat the Rovers in three matches during the regular season of the Budweiser Soccer League Premier Division. The Rovers finished as six-time champions of the league with an undefeated record in regular season, 19-0-2.

In the GFA Cup championship match, the Strykers managed to run up the score to 3-0 by halftime with two from Marcus Lopez and one from Ethan Sablan.

Triple J Auto Group donates truck as part of partnership

[April 4, 2019 - Upper Tumon, Guam] Triple J Auto Group recently donated a Ford F-150 pickup truck to Guam Football Association as part of its continuing corporate partnership in a presentation event held at the company’s showroom in upper Tumon last week.

“We are very excited to continue our partnership with Triple J Auto Group,” said Tino San Gil, GFA President. “With the continued growth of football in Guam, we have been working to keep up with the sport’s demand through initiating more programs and events for our athletes, coaches, officials, and administrators in the local community, and also by acquiring properties to construct more playing pitches thanks to grants from FIFA and AFC. This development could not have been possible without the support of our local business sponsors like Triple J that continue to believe in our program at GFA and its benefits to the local community.”

Equipment donation made to interscholastic league teams

[April 3, 2019 - Harmon, Guam] As part of Guam Football Association’s social responsibility program, the organization recently donated soccer balls to high school teams from both the IIAAG Boys’ and Girls’ High School Leagues, with the latest presentation to Academy of Our Lady of Guam Thursday at the GFA National Training Center.

“With the growing number of players and coaches in the interscholastic leagues, we wanted to help meet the demand with equipment donations,” said Tino San Gil, GFA President. “By providing equipment, we are helping the schools develop their football programs, which will in turn contribute to the overall development of the sport in Guam.

“In addition to equipment donations, we are also looking to assist teams with coaching education courses and referee education courses, as well as options for venues to play matches. We are currently developing fields in the central and southern villages thanks to assistance from FIFA and AFC. Eventually, we are looking to take over and organize all interscholastic soccer leagues,” San Gil added.