Western Tigers maintain lead with 3-1 defeat of Cougars
Western Tigers maintained their lead atop the Guyana Football Federation [GFF] Elite League, downing Cougars 3-1 on Friday at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora,
Keron Solomon opened the scoring for the West Ruimveldt unit, playing a one-two pass combination with Pernell Schultz before finishing past the goalkeeper into the bottom left corner.
It would only take the Tigers two minutes to add to their lead, as Schultz found the back of the net.
Daniel Wilson made it 3-0 in the 23rd minute, uncorking a curling right foot effort into the back of the net from just outside the left of the penalty box.
Cougars recorded a consolation goal in the 67th minute, as Romello Johnson scored following a goal-keeping blunder, as a tame cross sailed over the custodian’s grasp and into the back of the net.
Meanwhile, Ann’s Grove and New Amsterdam (NA) United battled to a 1-1 stalemate. Maxton Adams found the back of the net in the 54th minute for Ann’s Grove, while NA United
The tournament continues today at the same venue with a tripleheader from 16:00hrs. The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) became the first member association of the CONCACAF region to adopt the Domestic Transfer Matching System (DTMS), says FIFA’s DTMS Project Coordinator Semira Jawdat.
This proclamation was made July 13th at Olympic House during her opening remarks of a two-day training workshop. The aim of the forum was to build capacity among the staff of the GFF Secretariat, Member Associations and Clubs on the use of the DTMS.
“Today is not only training in using the system, or on exercising it, or giving you compliance advice. Today is also a new chapter for the Guyana Football Federation, its affiliated clubs and Regional Associations. It is a great moment because it’s the first member of CONCACAF to adopt DTMS,” said Jawdat.
The DTMS is the national version of the International Transfer Matching System (ITMS). With the DTMS, the federation and its clubs have the ability to manage and monitor their domestic transfer activity, generate statistics and reports, speed up the transfer process and store required documents online, safely. As an extension of the ITMS, the system allows the federation to access international and domestic transfers in one place.
Jawdat, who works in FIFA’s Global Transfers and Compliance Department, added, “We’ll see how to improve the system according to your needs because the system is not static. It will and it tries to accommodate your needs.”
Meanwhile GFF’s President Wayne Forde said, “We know that movement of players has been a very contentious issue in Guyana’s football for many years. We now have an opportunity to have a platform where we can do this in a very structured and transparent manner that will certainly serve the interest of our efforts to professionalize football in Guyana.”
FIFA’s Training and Support Coordinator, Maria Stracke, said, “All transfers are being handled in the same way and it’s about fairness.” Also included in the team is Hector Navarro, Legal Counsel, TMS Compliance.
The first day of the workshop catered for key GFF’s Secretariat staff and Regional Associations Representatives, who will interface with the system while the second day targeted representatives from the clubs.