Cayenne Massive, Family, Touches advance to KO round

Family scorers from left: Kevin Agard and Rolex Smith
Family scorers from left: Kevin Agard and Rolex Smith

Mocha Village Football Cup

Cayenne Massive, Family, and Touches recorded contrasting wins in their group stage matches when the sixth edition of the Mocha Village Cup ‘Soft Shoe’ Football Championship continued at the community centre tarmac.

Cayenne Massive crushed Back Street 5-0. The aforesaid conversions were shared between the trio of Luis Downer, Steffon Gandhi, and Rondel Smith.

Similarly, Family stormed into the elimination segment following a comfortable 2-0 win over Frontside. The combination of Kevin Agard and Rolex Smith recorded one conversion apiece to settle the outcome.

Meanwhile, Touches sealed their berth in the knockout round following a 2-1 victory over Hardball.

Cayenne Massive scorers from left:
Luis Downer, Steffon Gandhi, and Rondel Smith

In the other result of the night, Stabroek Ballers dismantled Back Circle 7-2.

The event resumes today with the opening round of the elimination section. In the opening match at 20:00hrs, Touches will lock horns with Make It Happen, while the second match will pit TMT against Cayenne Massive at 20:45hrs.

In the third encounter, Five O will take aim at Frontside at 21:30hrs, with Taliban facing off against Back Circle in the final fixture at 22:15hrs.

The winner of the event will pocket $400,000 and the championship trophy, while the second, third, and fourth-place finishers will walk away with $200,000, $100,000, and $50,000 and the corresponding accolade.

The sponsors of the event include The Village Centre, Kozy Rendezvous, Mocha Arcadia NDC, Comfort Plus Apartments, Klovers Fashion, Western Union, Guinness, Banks Beer, Ryda Hard-wine, Classic Beer, Specom, Elite Hookah, Lady Vicky’s Natural Products, and Voice 96.1 FM.

Complete Results

Game-1

Stabroek Ballers-7 vs. Back Circle-2

Game-2

Back Street-0 vs. Cayenne Massive-5

Game-3

Family-2 vs. Frontside-0

Game-4

Hardball-1 vs. Touches-2

Fixtures – Today

20:00hrs: Touches vs. Make it Happen

20:45hrs: Cayenne Massive vs. TMT

21:30hrs: Five O vs. Frontside

22:15hrs: Taliban vs. Back Circle