KANOA Football Club 2 won the U16 Boys Division championship of the 2022 Youth Summer Cup after edging the Tan Holdings Football Club, 3-2, on Saturday at the NMI Soccer Training Center in Koblerville. It was a true title match as both teams gave it their all. As soon as the ball dropped, KNFC 2 set the tone with constant offensive pressure that created several opening and shot opportunities. After just three minutes of play, their efforts were rewarded when Leland Deleon Gue

THE Tan Holdings and Kanoa football clubs ended the 2022 Youth Summer Cup with a bang as they claimed their respective U13 division titles via shootouts Saturday at the NMI Soccer Training Center in Koblerville. In the U13 Girls Division final match, Tan Holdings came out victorious against Kanoa Football Club to win the championship. Kanoa seized the lead early thanks to their aggressive approach. Throughout the first few minutes of the game, their constant pressure created

SINCE the Covid-19 outbreak in March 2020, the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association rarely had the chance to send local teams to training camps and international competitions. Recently, NMIFA sent two teams — men’s U17 and U19 — to one of their football association friends in the Philippines, the Tuloy Foundation, which is conducting a training camp in Alabang, Muntinlupa, Metro Manila from July 29 to August 12. “It’s been three years since we last trained with Tul

Kanoa Football Club and TanHoldings Football Club clinched the championships in their respective divisions in the NMIFA Youth Summer Cup 2022 last Saturday. Kanoa FC pulled off a 2-1 victory in a penalty shootout against MP United Football Club during the boys U13 finals at the NMI Soccer Training Center in Koblerville. Akoni Matsumoto and Aldric John Antonio delivered the goods for Kanoa. Matsumoto’s conversion put Kanoa on top after the opposing teams had a scoreless draw i

The Northern Mariana Islands Football Association has sent its NMI U17 and U20 men’s national teams to the Philippines to continue their preparation for the Asian Football Confederation-sanctioned tournaments this year. The two teams left Saipan last weekend and will train at the Tuloy XO Field in Alabang until Aug. 10. At the two-weekend camp, the 24-player delegation will have multiple training sessions in a day, play in exhibition games, and perform activities and communit