Tumon Typhoons win U15 Boys youth futsal title

[July 20, 2022 – Harmon, Guam] The Tumon Typhoons Football Club swept both the U15 Boys and U15 Girls Divisions in the first-ever Guam Football Association Youth Futsal League, with the U15 Boys team winning the club’s latest trophy Tuesday evening at the Yigo gym.

Tumon’s U15 Boys Division title win comes after their U15 Girls team counterparts won the Girls title June 30.

Tumon took advantage of a short-handed Guam Shipyard Wolverines Blue team, winning 21-5 in the season-ending match between the division’s top two teams. Malcom Ogo led all scorers with 11 goals and teammate Landen Cruz scored seven. Tumon’s other goal scorers were Juan Carlos Garcia with two and Blake Flory contributing one goal in the win.

Ricardo Ortega finished with a hat trick for the Wolverines Blue and teammate Sinahi San Nicolas scored the team’s other two goals.

Heading into the final week of matches, the Wolverines Blue were the lone undefeated team with a 5-0 record, dominating league play with a +44 goal difference. Four of seven players on the roster were not available for the match including Donovan Moss and C.J. Sablan, who traveled with the Guam U17 Boys National Team to California to compete in the Davis Legacy College Showcase and the 2022 Surf Cup, along with Coach Jude Bischoff. Other players not available were Giacomo Bustamante and Jadyel Rink.

Tumon entered Tuesday night’s match with a four-match win streak after dropping its first match of the season against the Guam Shipyard Wolverines White in a 9-6 contest.

Although both teams finished with identical 5-1 records in league play, Tumon captured first place in the final league ranking for the 2022 title following a head-to-head tiebreaker with Wolverines Blue.

Guam Shipyard Wolverines White finished in third place with a forfeit win over the GPSI Southern Cobras, finishing with a 4-2 record.

In the evening’s other match, the Sidekick SC defeated 76/Circle K Dededo SC 5-3. Sidekick SC’s Irish Diaz led all scorers with a hat trick and teammate Wyett Santos scored twice. Mason Duenas scored twice for Dededo and Michael Cruz scored Dededo’s other goal.

Tumon was presented with the Winners trophy and gold medals following its match by Guam Football Association Executive Committee member and GFA Futsal and Beach Soccer Committee Chairman Fred Alig II. Alig also presented the second-place trophy and silver medals to the Guam Shipyard Wolverines Blue.