Youth Soccer Academy recorded a hard-fought 2-1 win against Xavier’s Boys in a Second Division match of the Mumbai District Football Association League 2016-2017, and played at the St. Xavier’s ground, Parel on Saturday.
For Youth Soccer Academy strikers Yatin Gothankar netted the first goal in the 50th minute before Akshay Ben Baushi scored the second to double the lead in the 55th minute. Xavier’s Boys pulled one back through Arvind Kumar’s goal in the 60th minute.
In a First Division match, Rhema FC and IDBI Bank played out a 1-1 draw. Asadul Khan was on target for Rhema in the 21st minute before Karan Pagdhare struck the equaliser for IDBI Bank in the 38th minute.
Results – Div-II: Youth Soccer Academy 2 (Yatin Gothankar, Akshay Ben Baushi) beat Xavier’s Boys 1 (Arvind Kumar).
Div-I: Rhema FC 1 (Asadul Khan) drew with IDBI Bank 1 (Karan Pagdhare).