Four teams advance out of Round 1 in Women's GFA Cup

[May 7, 2019 - Harmon, Guam] The Bank of Guam Lady Strykers, Heavy Hitters/Nutrition Mission Heat, Guam Shipyard (Women's), and the Islanders FC (Women's) advanced out of Round 1 in the Jamaican Grill Annual Women's GFA Cup, the first women's tournament in Guam featuring teams from both the Premier and Amateur divisions of the Bud Light Women's Soccer League in an open tournament format.

The Islanders FC (Women's) upset Quality Distributors defeating the third-ranked team 2-1 Sunday to advance to the semifinals of the tournament. Krystiana Martinez and Jadyn Palomares scored for the Islanders and Paige Surber scored for Quality.

Prior to the Women's GFA Cup, Quality Distributors were 2-0 against the Islanders in the Bud Light Women's Soccer League Premier Division, outscoring the team 9-2 in two matches. The Islanders finished with a 1-10 record in the league, while Quality finished 8-3.

Quarterfinal fixtures set in 12th Annual GFA Cup tourney

[May 12, 2019 - Harmon, Guam] Quarterfinal fixtures are set for the Bank of Guam 12^th Annual GFA Cup following three days of Round 1 action in the main draw over the weekend at the Guam Football Association National Training Center.

Lots of Art Tattoo Heat were the final team to claim its spot in the tournament quarterfinals, edging a relentless Crushers FC team 5-4 Saturday evening.

The Crushers amassed an early 3-1 lead in just over 20 minutes of play until a pair of goals from LOA Heat’s Sydney Talledo and Fred Alig III locked the halftime score at 3-all. LOA Heat struck first in the second half on Talledo’s second for the night in the 58^th minute, but seven minutes later, the Crushers’ Joseph Kim found LOA Heat goalkeeper Keith Surber playing high and framed a lob shot from distance to level the match for the third time. LOA Heat’s Seth Surber later prevented a penalty kick shootout, netting the eventual game winner in the 79^th minute.

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.