ANZA-IJSL recently associated with the Football Association of Singapore for the first time in our 34 year history. And our U-16 and U-18 teams immediately received invitations to the 2009 FAS COE Challenge Cup which includes 5 S-League teams' youth squads, 2 of the leading Football Academies of Singapore and one top educational institution.
The inaugural matches were played on 15 November, with our U-16's drawn against the highly respected Home United U-16s in a hotly competitive division which also includes teams from SAFFC and Geylang United. As the S-League teams play the year-round and the ANZA teams only began formation 2 months ago, it was expected that the match would turn into a fitness contest. After an early lead, the ANZA U-16 Lions went into the half-time dressing room trailing on a late Home United goal. Late in the second half, the fitness battle took its toll, and the Lions went down on a 1-7 score. Overall, the result had been expected and was a good learning experience for next year.
The next match for an ANZA Lions team will be on the 18th, Wednesday at the St Wilfred Field when the ANZA U-18 Lions meet the SAFFC U-18s.
The next match for the ANZA U-16 Lions will be on the 21st, Saturday, at 11AM against another top team - Geylang United U-16s. The match will be held at the ISA Pitch #4, just near our car park. So it will be very convenient for our ANZA Supporters to get out and cheer on the U-16s!
And mark the date 28 November when, at 9AM, our ANZA U-18 Lions will be playing Geylang United U-18s at the Jalan Besar Stadium, the preferred stadium for Liverpool's training when they came to Sinngapore this past July.
Please come out to support our teams!!!!
See the full schedules and results under the Tournament Teams tab at the top of this page.
Last updated: Friday November 20, 2009 9:24AM
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