THE Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu (SHS-AdC) is hoping to bag all four age-group titles of the 12th Cebu Interclub Football Cup. But first, all of its four teams must beat their respective opponents in today’s semifinal round.
In the boys 17 semis at the University of San Carlos Technological Center, the Magis Eagles will face archrival Abellana National School (ANS) Pomeroy.
The Magis Eagles topped bracket A after routing Ormoc FC, 6-0, yesterday. Though it holds a similar 3-0-1 win-draw-loss record as that of Springdale, the team clinched the top ranking with its goal difference of 22.
Springdale will meet Cebu Team in the other semifinal.
In the boys 14, the Magis Eagles will meet Los Amigos at the San Roque football field with the other semifinal battle pitting Canduman FC and ANS-Pomeroy.
Because the category has only one bracket, the semifinal round will have the No.1 team facing the No.4 squad and the No.2 battling No.3.
In the boys 12 semis at Paref Springdale, SHS-AdC will go up against Ormoc FC after topping bracket B while the other semifinal match will pit bracket A top finisher Canduman FC A against Dinamo South FC.
In the players 10 also Paref Springdale, SHS-AdC battles Count FC while Los Amigos plays Canduman FC in the other semis.
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Men’s Open defending champions Hiroshi Football Club will face San Roque Football Club (SRFC) while Queen City United (QCU) hopes for a chance at the title by battling ERCO FC-PTT. Both matches will be held at the USC-TC.
ERCO and Hiroshi has identical nine points equivalent to a win-draw-loss record of 3-0-1 but ERCO topped bracket A by virtue of its goal difference of 9 against Hiroshi’s 2.
QCU, on the other hand, earned the second spot next to SRFC in bracket B despite Don Bosco United (DBU) FC winning 5-3 against Southwestern University yesterday, also via its GD.
The semifinalists in the 40 and Above could not yet be determined because the final elimination matches were still being held as of presstime last night.
However, SRFC is already assured of the top spot after stretching its win to four with an 8-0 rout of QCU-B the other night.
Hiroshi FC stays in second place after edging QCU-A, 1-0. /CORRESPONDENT MARS G. ALISON