Interested players must be at the venue on January 7 (5 pm). The original birth certificates must be verified on January 7 (4 pm).

Selection criteria:

1) Players born ON OR AFTER January 1, 2004 and NOT LATER than December 31, 2006 are eligible to participate.

2) Players must produce their original birth certificate (by registrar of birth).

3) Registration Date of Birth (in the certificate) must be within the Year of Birth.

4) Players must have an X-Ray or MRI (from a certified radiologist) for the elbow and wrist joints.

5) Other age related documents (aadhar card, passport, school id etc.) will not be accepted.

6) Players from outside Mumbai District can apply if they are eligible to play in MDFA tournaments.

7) Players without full playing kit will not be considered.

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The first match of the day between MSSA and Mumbai Rush was an eventful encounter where MSSA registered a fine 2-0 victory at Cooperage Stadium to sit at the top of Group B (Maharashtra Zone). MSSA started brightly as they kept on creating numerous opportunities and just within fifteen minutes, a sublime goal by Duane D’Souza from close range open the scoring.

Vedant Pingle and Yashwant Naik had an impressive game for Rush but the duo couldn’t manage to break MSSA’s resolute defence. Rush’s Custodian Kyros Chaves made some key saves throughout the game to keep the match alive.

MSSA doubled their lead in the second-half when Karsten D’Souza curling corner somehow managed to sneak past Rush’s backline and their goalkeeper into the back of the net. After conceding their second goal, Rush did push forward to at least cut short the deficit but once again, MSSA’s backline stood firm and strong to register their second victory of the campaign.

In the second match of the day, PIFA and FC Mumbaikars had to share the spoils in a 0-0 draw at Cooperage. The draw earned both the outfits their first point of the qualifying campaign.

Right from the kick-off, PIFA was on front foot. Kausthub Meher, Parag Dhanur, and Shawan Vanappa had a superb game for the boys in blue. FC Mumbaikars somehow defended on their lives to earn a hard-fought point against an energetic and spirited PIFA side.

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In the first match of the day at Cooperage, MSSA played PIFA Sports where they comprehensively defeated their counterpart 5-0, courtesy of Karsten D’Souza and Pranit Vyas’ twin strikes. MSSA started on the front-foot and delivered a massive blow in the first six minutes itself.

Karsten D’Souza wreaked havoc after bagging two quick goals inside six minutes to give MSSA a dream start. Although PIFA Sports responded superbly after going behind. Kaustubh Meher and Shawn Vanappa combined well for the rest of the first-half but couldn’t manage to break MSSA’s strong and organized backline.

MSSA increased their lead on the stroke of half-time when Pranit scored a sublime goal which put his side in a comfortable three-goal lead. MSSA continued their fine first-half form in the second-half too when they notched up two more goals through Pranit and Duane D’Souza which wrapped up the game for the boys in Blue.

The second match of the day saw Steadfast registering a narrow 1-0 win over an energetic FC Mumbaikars side at Cooperage. The all-important goal came in the 28th minute when Jordon Noronha placed his effort past FC Mumbaikars’ custodian Nabh Angwalkar to score the only goal of the match.

Throughout the match, both the sides had their chances but the killer instinct in front of the goal was hugely missing. Nevertheless, considering the player’s age and experience, both the set of players performed brilliantly in a well-contested match at Cooperage.

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The match was contested in very hot and humid conditions which bothered both, the players and the supporters. To play a final in such conditions is questionable, at least for U16 players. Still, both the sides took on the heat and played out a fantastic final.

Ninal Dudwalkar scored twice in the final stages of the match, whereas, Nathan Murzello scored the other one to complete a memorable win against a strong Campion ‘A’ side who was backed by their fellow supporters in form of friends and parents from the stands.

Campion ‘A’ started off brightly. They build their attack all the way from the defensive backline by popping in long balls straight into the penalty box.

Every time a Campion player received the ball possession, the crowd made sure to cheer them. Such was the atmosphere created by Campion supporters.

Midway into the first-half, Campion’s Captain Aryaan Majumdar made a brilliant solo run from the halfway line but Don Bosco’s strong defense kept him out of the bay.

At the stroke of the half-time, Campion would have got the lead but Pranay’s close range shot only managed to sail over the bar. Don Bosco didn’t manage to threatened Campion’s defense in the first-half.

The second-half turned out to be the exact opposite of the first-half. Don Bosco ‘A’ took the match proceedings in their control and started to initiate the play which was lacking the first-half.

Most importantly, since the introduction of Krishna Karkera in the second-half, the match turned on its head.

In the 50th minute, Don Bosco’s Ninal Dudwalkar finally opened the scoring from a close range to give the defending champions a vital lead in the final stages of the match.

Campion lost control of the match after Ninal’s goal. Moments later, inspired by talented Krishna Karkera’s performance, Don Bosco managed to score twice in quick succession to retain their title.

Nathan Murzello and Ninal scored one each right in the end to complete a 3-0 win for Don Bosco. It turned out to be a hard-fought final for Don Bosco ‘A’. Being the defending champions, the pressure was always there for the Matunga-based School. Even though Campion dominated the first-half, Don Bosco made sure to improvise on their first-half performance to score thrice in the last quarter of the game.

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MSSA began the game with intent, as no.10 found himself in space and recorded the first attempt inside 50 seconds. But as the game began to take shape and settled into the rhythm of the final, Mumbai FC maintained the ball well.

MSSA were looking to play the high and long ball into its strikers and catch the high line defence of Mumbai FC off guard. MSSA were able to provide some good link up play in the Mumbai FC half as the side played on the break.

As the first half entered its closing 10 minutes, both sides well settled into the match, tried to play open attacking football, in their attempt to break the deadlock. MSSA got the final chance of the first half but dragged their opportunity wide as the first-half concluded goalless.

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The second half proceedings began strongly for MSSA as they tested the opposition goalkeeper on a couple of occasions, but some excellent stops from the Mumbai FC keeper kept his side in the balance.

As the teams in the second half began to settle down, Mumbai FC took charge, coming close to scoring themselves.

Both the teams dominated in patches, and in an honour to final until MSSA’s no.14 Rohan Fernando broke the deadlock on 41 minutes.

With some excellent display of talent and team performances, the final of the under-14 was an absolute treat for the good turnout of spectators and for the response to the league as a whole.

As the referee blew the full-time whistle, MSSA were crowned the first winners of the MDFA U-14 Youth League. A 1-0 scoreline also meant the winners didn’t concede a goal throughout the tournament in normal time.

Both sides will take plenty of experiences from the season, which has nothing but had a successful first edition.

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Here is the Round-up of the whole day:

Goans Ground:

Haroon Khan recorded the most goals today as he notched up four goals for Diamond Jubilee High School (B) in their 8-0 win against Nalanda Public School in Boys U-14 Division IV. Apart from Haroon’s heroics, Hussain Attarwala, Noor Muhammad, Gandhi Moinuddin, and Chand Siddiqui scored one goal each. The ‘A’ side of  Diamond Jubilee High School also ran out as winners after a comfortable 3-0 victory over Gurunanak High School (Dadar) ‘A’ at Goans.

In the other game of U-14 Division I, Neel Kadam guided St. Pius High School ‘A’ (Mulund) to victory after scoring two of their three goals to register a 3-2 victory over St. Xavier’s Boy’s Academy (Marine Lines).

St. Francis D’Assisi High School Ground:

In Boys U-14 Division IV, Parle Tilak Eng. Med. (Vile Parle) registered a thumping 5-0 victory over M.K.E.S. English School (Malad) in a one-sided game. Pratham Mishra, Ruke Anirudh, Atharva Dhuri, Amey, and Devank Sule scored apiece to complete a resounding victory.

In the other game, Hiranandani Foundation (IGCSE) (Powai) romped past Beat Rajhans Vidyalaya (A) (Andheri W) after a thunderous performance by Ali Baig who scored all the four goals in this Under-14 Boys Division IV.

Other Results: B -14- I – D: Campion School (A) ( Cooperage ) (1) (Atif Sayed) Beat Navy Children Sch.( Colaba )(0)

B -14- I – D: St. Stanislaus H.S. (A) ( Bandra ) (0) drew with Bombay Scottish Sch.(A) ( Mahim )(0)

B -14- IV – W: St. Jude’s H.S. (Andheri E) failed to turn up for their match against Rajhans Vidyalaya (B)(Andheri W)

B -14- IV – E: City Int. School ( Andheri W ) (2) (Yadav Sujal 1, Jadhav Saish 1) Beat Fr. Agnelo H.S. ( Malad W )(2)(Aymaan Shaikh 1, Parth Agarwal 1)

B -14- IV – Q: Prime Academy (ICSE) (B)( Andheri E ) (5) (Manas Kotian 2, David Antao 1, Gaurav Bhave 1, Nihar Devadiga 1) Beat St. Mary’s H.S. ( Dahisar E )(0)

B -14- IV – F: St. Bonaventure H.S. ( Malad W)(4)(Yuvraj Koli 2, Bharat Soni 2) Beat Billabong High Int. Sch. (Juhu)(SC)(0)

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Our Lady of Health H.S., St. Domnic Savio H.S., The Cathedral & John C. (A), all came out as eventual 3-0 winners. A team effort from The Cathedral & John C. (A)’s Jaden Irani, Ranay Shah and Abhinav Dujodwala bought the goals for their side as they defeated St. Xavier’s H.S. Fort in Division I group ‘A’. St. Domnic Savio H.S., Andheri’s 3-0 win against St. Joseph Secondary in group ‘C’ came on the back of two goals from Sahil Pawar and a solitary strike from Quain D’souza. Our Lady Of Health H.S. beat Jamnabai Narsee Sch. with a goal a piece from Ayush Chandan, Arnold Silvaraj and Parikshit Alva sealing a 3-0 win in division IV group ‘Q’.

Other results:

B -14- IV – JJ: The Cathedral & John C. (B) (Fort) (2) (Vedant Shah x2) 2-0 V.P.M.S B.R. Tol Eng. (Mulund, East)

B -14- IV – P: St. Mary’s H.S. (Kalina) (Carl Miranda) 1-0 St. Elias H.S. (Khar)

B -14- I – B: Jamnabai Narsee Sch. (A) (Juhu) (Anshveer Nagpal, Atharva Sadvilkar) 2-1 Cambridge School (Kandivali) (Varun Singh)

B -14- I – C: St. Lawrence H.S. (Borivali, West) (Nihar Modi) 1-0 Sacred Heart Boys H.S. (SC)

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