NORTH Coast Football’s (NCF) junior representative teams secured three wins, a draw and a loss against Weston Workers FC at the Coffs Coast Synthetics on Sunday.
In the fourth round of Phase 2 in the highly competitive Northern NSW Football Premier Youth League, NCF Technical Director Greg Brown provided insights from the sidelines.
“The games against Weston Workers FC on the weekend, saw a welcome return to the winning ways of the PYL Under 18s with a massive 7-0 win,” said the former Matildas coach.
“It was a convincing return to form as they went into halftime 3-0 ahead.
“The 16s saw a dramatic penalty shoot out go against them, as the PYL game doubled as the semi-final of the Plate. “Unfortunately we went down to a single missed penalty after a 2-2 draw in the match.
“The 15s continued with their incredible run of winning their last 12 games.
“It was a tightly fought contest but the players again showed great resilience getting up 2-1.
“The 14’s struggled to a 1-3 defeat but showed signs of improvement and the 13s made it to the Grand Final of the Plate, to be played this Saturday in Newcastle, with a 2-1 win,” said the former Socceroo.
Looking ahead, NCF teams have a big weekend of Cup football to prepare for.
“This weekend sees the Under 15s and 18s play the Semi-final of the Cup here at Coffs against Belmont whilst the 13s are in Newcastle, playing the final,”
“The NCF SAP (Skills Acquisition Program) program has a Gala day at South West rocks for their final games of the season on Sunday, hopefully getting home before the Women’s World Cup final,” Brown said.
By David WIGLEY