Oscar Foundation and Vasai Virar UFA emerged champions winning the Boys’ U-15 Div-II and Boys’ U-13 Div-II titles respectively in the Yuva President Leagues (YPL) of the Mumbai Football Association (MFA) League 2022-2023 and played at the Neville D’Souza ground, Bandra on Monday.
In the under-15 final, Oscar Foundation got the better of Total FA ‘A’ by a fighting 5-4 tie-breaker win after the match finished in a goalless draw. In the tie-breaker Oscar Foundation successfully converted through Elijah Fernandes, Samyak Sawant, Vedant Menon, Yatharth Nikam and Aditya Joshi, while Total FA ‘A’ managed to score four through Austin Chetty, Parth Kute, Cyril Cherian and Shahyaan Shetty.
Earlier, in the boys’ under-13 final, striker Mohammed Ayaan scored both the goals as Vasai Virar UFA blanked Chetan FC 2-0.
Meanwhile, in a Veterans’ League quarter-final match, MYJ Sports Club prevailed over fancied Central Railway by a narrow 1-0 margin. Dashing striker Agnelo Picardo scored the crucial winning goal which powered MYJ into the semi-finals.
Results – YPL Boys’ U-15 Div-2 (Final): Oscar Foundation 5 (Elijah Fernandes, Samyak Sawant, Vedant Menon, Yatharth Nikam,Aditya Joshi) beat Total FA ‘A’ 4 (Austin Chetty, Parth Kute, Cyril Cherian, Shahyaan Shetty) via the tie-breaker. Full-time: 0-0.
YPL Boys’ U-13 Div-2 (Final): Vasai Virar UFA 2 (Mohammed Ayaan 2) beat Chetan FC 0.
Veterans – quarter-finals: MYJ Sports Club 1 (Agnelo Picardo 31) beat Central Railway 0.
Madanpura SC 3 (Philip D’Souza, Shahnawaz Ansari, Aazar Anasari) beat Mumbai Knights 2 (Lawrence Dias, Custodio Fernandes) via the tie-breaker. Full-time: 0-0.
Black Wings Offshoots FC 2 (Steven Gomes, Satyajit Dukal) beat Juhu Akers 0.
Golden Gunners 5 (Suhas Patil, Claire Remedios, Wilson D’Souza, Ajay Peddamale, Jonathan Fernandes) beat UK Football Club 3 (Ammar Ansari, Sunil Kidave, Vijay Kunder) via the tie-breaker. Full-time: 0-0.