Schools & Streets Cup gets good response in Dubai
dubai — The group stages for Dubai’s UAE Schools & Streets Cup kicked off this week attracting thousands of youth to the nation’s official youth football tournament and the only international football scouting platform in partnership with LaLiga.
With outstanding participation numbers, Dubai’s youth footballers came out in droves for the highly anticipated Dubai kick off with one goal in mind to top their groups and make it through to the knock out stages.
Speaking about the development of the platform Abdulwahed Juma, executive vice president of brand and corporate communications, du, said: “The du Football Champions platform reaffirms our commitment to discovering and developing the top footballers across the nation. It is a testament to the success of this platform to see the great outpour of participation from Dubai’s footballers and we look forward to a successful Dubai leg in the lead up to the finals.”
In the boys U-16 category, The International school of Choueifat played the beautiful game with skill and confidence breezing their way into the next round and catching the eyes of LaLiga’s scouts.
In the boys U-14 category GEMS Founders took the top spot in their category scoring 13 goals and securing their spot in the next round. In the U-12 category it was the boys from Rashid Bin Saeed School Hatta that impressed onlookers and LaLiga scouts with their speed and technique.
The atmosphere on the pitches of the UAE Streets Cup was electric as the U-16 and U-14 teams battled it out to top their groups. In the U-16 category teams looking strong and moving forward include Bjp and Zè Roberto while in the U-14 category, Wolves FC and LaLiga Academy are looking fit for the knock-outs.
With double the number of girls teams participating this season in what has become the largest tournament for girls across the nation, this week it was superb play by the UAE National team that wowed the onlookers as they demonstrated the value of this platform for female footballers across the nation.