BELIZE CITY, Wed. June 29, 2022
With Week 5 games scheduled for Saturday, June 18, being postponed due to rain, these games were played last week Thursday, June 23, to complete the one-round regular season of the Belize District Football Association’s (BDFA) branch of the Football Federation of Belize’s (FFB) U17 & U20 Regional Male Elite Youth Tournament 2022. The first-leg games of the BDFA Semifinals were then played this past Saturday, June 25. All games were played at the Marion Jones Sports Complex, with game 1 at 10:00 a.m., game 2 at 12:00 noon, game 3 at 2:00 p.m., and game 4 at 4:00 p.m.
Week 5 results
Thursday, June 23
(U17) Sampson Academy, 5-3, over Ladyville Rising Stars. Sampson Academy goals – Kyle Hemsley (15’), Kenyon Pratt (24’), Tyrese Young (37’), Keydenshay Bowen (57’) and Tayshawn Broaster (71’). Rising Stars goals – Kenrick Timmons (17’ & 66’) and Steven Rivera (63’).
(U20) Hattieville United, 6-3, over Gwen Lizarraga. Hattieville goals – Calvin Thomas (11’ & 41’), Kenyon Smith (15’ & 26’), Benito Juarez (38’) and Michael Martinez (43’). Gwen Liz goals – Aaron Nicholson (3’), Raymond Gentle (64’) and Jamal Myers (71’).
(U20) Ladyville Rising Stars, 11-4, over Yourth & Sports in Edu. Rising Stars goals – Keshawn Gordon (1’, 16’, 36’, 52’ & 59’), Antoine Banks (8’), Augustine Smith (28’ & 37’) and Farnell Banks (48’, 62’ & 72’). Youth & Sports goals – Dencil Henderson (18’ & 60’), Enijah Augustine (55’) and Dimitry Augustine (76’).
(U17) Hattieville United, 2-1, over Lake-I FC. Hattieville goals – Enoch Rhaburn (67’) and Jaheed Baptist (86’). Lake-I goal – Lawnie Leslie (19’).
Final regular season standings below:
| U17 MALES | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Warriors FC | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 12 |
| Sampson Academy | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 9 |
| Ladyville Rising Stars | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 6 |
| Hattieville United YSC | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 |
| Gwen Lizaraga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 25 | -20 | 0 |
| U20 MALES | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Hattieville United YSC | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 19 | 12 |
| Lake- I FC | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 9 |
| Warriors FC | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
| Ladyville Rising Stars | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 3 |
| Youth & Sports Edu. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 46 | -35 | 0 |
The first leg of the home-and-away semifinal series (#1 vs #4 and #2 vs #3) was played this past Saturday, June 25, with the below results.
Semifinals Leg 1 results
Saturday, June 25
(U17) Warriors FC, 2-0, over Hattieville United. Warriors FC goals – Shemar Thomas (29’) and Raul Lopez (35’).
(U17) Ladyville Rising Stars, 4-3, over Sampson Academy. Rising Stars goals – Kenrick Gordon (14’), Marco Serrano (56’ & 85’) and Kenrick Timmons (66’). Sampson Academy goals – Tayshawn Broaster (6’), Keydenshay Bowen (34’ & 78’).
(U20) Hattieville United, 5-1, over Ladyville Rising Stars. Hattieville goals – Jaheed Baptist (26’ & 77’), Enoch Rhaburn (31’ & 62’) and Nigel Matus (75’). Ladyville goal – Kyllor Kerr (22’).
(U20) Warriors FC, 2-1, over Lake-I FC. Warriors goals – Eshak King (64’) and Ken Galvez (82’). Lake-I goal – Lawnie Leslie (27’).
The decisive second leg of the semifinals is this weekend at the Marion Jones Sports Complex.
Semifinals Leg 2 schedule:
Saturday, July 2
10:00 a.m. – (U17) Warriors FC vs Hattieville United
12:00 noon – (U17) Sampson Academy vs Ladyville Rising Stars
2:00 p.m. – (U20) Hattieville United vs Ladyville Rising Stars
4:00 p.m. – (U20) Lake-I FC vs Warriors FC