JSSL maintain winning ways

JUNIOR Soccer League School (JSSL) Singapore have again proven to be a class act in the Royal Selangor Club (RSC) Datuk Chu Ah Nge Junior Soccer Tournament.

They bagged the overall trophy (Datuk Chu Ah Nge Challenge) for the third consecutive year in Kuala Lumpur last week.

In fact, JSSL almost made it a clean sweep after capturing four of the five titles at stake (Under 10, Under-12, Under-14 and Under-16).

The Datuk Chu Ah Nge Challenge trophy is presented to the team with the highest cumulative points at the end of the tournament, where teams collect points for their finishing in each age group.

The rules of the tournament for the grassroots tournament required participating teams, clubs and football academies to compete in all age groups.

JSSL’s only loss came in the Under-8 final when their team went down 1-0 to ATB Tun Razak.

In the Under-10 category, JSSL FC 2 defeated Subang Jaya’s Titan United in sudden death after fulltime had ended 0-0.

In an exciting final, JSSL's goalkeeper Krish Shah made a solo effort from his goal to the opposite end to set up teammate Alex Darby to slot home the winner.

Penang’s Assumption FC, who were in two finals, Under-12 and Under-16, had to settle for second spot when JSSL defeated them in both finals. JSSL 2 defeated Assumption by a solitary goal respectively in each category.

Hosts RSC Harimau in their only final in the Under-14 category, were denied victory when JSSL 2 defeated them with two goals from Max McCoy.

RSC, however, had some consolation when Miguel Wenzel bagged two individual awards – Best Player and Top Scorer (eight goals) in the Under-14 category.

JSSL also had the distinction of bagging a total of 10 individual titles from the various categories including Best Goalkeeper, Manof-the match (final), Best Player and Top Scorer.