Junior Champions

The Junior team played 8 v. 8 on a smaller field and all of the players were 13 years and younger. These young girls went through the entire tournament without allowing a single goal, winning seven games and drawing one. The finals were played on the main field at Jomo Kenyatta Sports Ground with several thousand people watching them play against the hosts, Galactico’s Junior team. The Lakers finally broke through with a goal halfway through the second half and then cruised to victory. The on-lookers thoroughly enjoyed watching our young girls play and many of them were even cheering for us to beat their home team. As the champions, each girl was given a gold medal and the club was given a set of children’s Manchester United uniforms, a trophy and some prize money. The smallest player on the team, twelve year old Alicent Awuor, was named the MVP of the tournament. Dorine Adhiambo was named as the best goalkeeper and Coach David was selected as the Best Coach.