{"id":32105,"date":"2023-12-22T16:10:15","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T14:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=32105"},"modified":"2023-12-22T16:10:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T14:10:15","slug":"the-finals-of-the-walter-sisulu-soccer-challenge-are-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=32105","title":{"rendered":"The finals of the Discovery Walter Sisulu Soccer Challenge are set"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"u17 Semi-finals\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Superb sub, Bohloko Neo,<\/strong> struck twice for his team, Remember Elite Sports Academy<\/strong> (RESA)<\/strong>, to book a place for the side from Vereeniging in the final of the Discovery Walter Sisulu Soccer Challenge<\/strong>, after a 2-1 semifinals’ win over Musa United FC<\/strong> at the Nike Football Training Centre in Soweto on Friday.<\/p>\n

RESA’s dominance was on full display during their last 16 tie when they stuck seven past Mokgalakwena Sports and Skills Training<\/strong> (MSST)<\/strong> in a one-sided 7-1 victory, with a take-no-prisoners performance that was both determined and ruthless.<\/p>\n

Goals from the likes of Sedili Katleho,<\/strong> Kamohelo Marebetse,<\/strong> Thando Singo<\/strong> and Thato Mokgathlanyane<\/strong> saw RESA into the quarterfinals where they then accounted for Crystal All Stars FC.<\/p>\n

Their opponents in the title-decider will be River Park FC<\/strong>, who defeated The Citizens FC<\/strong> 2-1. Manyike Rhulani<\/strong> was the star of the show for River Park, matching Bohloko Neo,<\/strong> with a brace of his own to send his side into the final.<\/p>\n

Ladies Semi-finals\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the ladies’ semifinals, Mito Stars<\/strong> played like a well-oiled machine to defeat Joburg United<\/strong> 3-2. Despite Joburg United taking an early lead through Lekoni Bontle<\/strong>, it was Stars who controlled proceedings, with Noxolo Cesane, <\/strong>2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations<\/strong> with Banyana Banyana, <\/strong>playing a starring role.<\/p>\n

After creating numerous chances, Mito Stars finally equalised through Kutlwano Maphane.<\/strong> They continued their domination and were rewarded with a goal and the lead by Mugware Munashe,<\/strong> who troubled the Joburg United defenders throughout the contest.<\/p>\n

Dlamini Mpho<\/strong> then put Mito Stars two goals in the clear before Maswanganyi Amukenlani<\/strong> netted Joburg United’s second. They couldn’t find an equaliser, however.<\/p>\n

The final will be a clash between Mito Stars and Diepkloof Ladies FC<\/strong>, two\u00a0teams who know each other very well. When they met earlier, in the last game of the group stage, it was Mito Stars who emerged victorious by a 2-0 margin.<\/p>\n

In their semi-final, Diepkloof Ladies defeated Molapo Ladies<\/strong> 2-0 to book their place in the showdown for the silverware.<\/p>\n

Their passage to the title game looked a little unlikely in an opening half which Molapo dominated.<\/p>\n

However, a number of astute substitutions paid dividends for Diepkloof Ladies. Qhaqeka Lumka<\/strong> opened their account and Boitumelo Mabojane<\/strong> then scored a cracker to send her side into the final where they will be out to avenge their earlier setback against Mito Stars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

u17 Semi-finals\u00a0 Superb sub, Bohloko Neo, struck twice for his team, Remember Elite Sports Academy (RESA), to book a place for the side from Vereeniging in the final of the Discovery Walter Sisulu Soccer Challenge, after a 2-1 semifinals’ win over Musa United FC at the Nike Football Training Centre in Soweto on Friday. RESA’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":32124,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}