{"id":59452,"date":"2024-10-16T15:54:22","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T13:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=59452"},"modified":"2024-10-16T15:54:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T13:54:22","slug":"rockafellas-lift-the-mitchells-plain-youth-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=59452","title":{"rendered":"Rockafellas lift the Mitchells Plain Youth Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_59499\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59499\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-59499\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Rockafellas-16-10-24-400x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-59499\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The champions of the Mitchells Plain Youth Cup Soccer Tournament, Rockafellas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a bid to rejuvenate the <strong>Lentegeur Sports Field<\/strong>, the highly anticipated u18 <strong>Mitchells Plain Youth Cup (MPYC) Soccer Tournament<\/strong> was held in Mitchells Plain over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The local community gathered to celebrate the essence of the beautiful game as u18 boys&#8217; teams from across Cape Town competed for the title.<\/p>\n<p>The final was a tight contest, won by <strong>Rockafellas<\/strong>, who beat <strong>Milano United<\/strong> 1-0 to secure the silverware.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the trophy, Rockafellas received R15 000 and an MTN gift bag. Milano United, the runners-up, received R5 000 in recognition of their commendable display of sportsmanship throughout the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Rockafellas demonstrated their championship potential when they took on the home team, <strong>Lentegeur<\/strong> in the quarterfinals, winning 2-0 to advance to the final four. In another challenging game, they edged out Bayview by a goal to nil to reach the championship game.<\/p>\n<p>Milano United took out <strong>Bayhill United<\/strong> in the quarterfinals, winning 3-1. In the semi-finals, they scored a 2-1 win over <strong>Westridge<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Plate final<\/strong> was between <strong>Stanturf AFC<\/strong> and <strong>Ikapa Sporting FC<\/strong>, with Stanturf scoring the game&#8217;s lone goal to lift the Plate. They also received R2 000, while Ikapa Sporting FC was presented with R 1 000.<\/p>\n<p>After the final match ended, the Executive Mayor\u00a0of Cape Town, <strong>Geordin Hill-Lewis<\/strong>, who had shown strong support for the tournament, presented the Player of the Tournament, <strong>Tabiso Mzalisi<\/strong>, with a pair of Air Jordan sneakers.<\/p>\n<p>The Tournament Director, <strong>Councillor Avron Plaatjies<\/strong>, thanked the sponsors and donors for their contributions and for making the tournament a success.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Liberty Promenade, MTN, Watergate Mall, SAFA Cape Town, Coca-Cola Peninsula Beverages, Winelands, Albany, Comtel, Western Cape Government, the City of Cape Town, Tyger Burger<\/strong>, and others. Your support is invaluable to the youth of Mitchells Plain&#8221;, he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you again to everyone who played a part in making the Mitchells Plain Youth Cup a success. We can\u2019t wait to see you all next year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Plate Quarterfinals\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stanturf 1-0 FC Tafelzucht<br \/>\nKenpark 6-3 New Forester<br \/>\nStrandfontein (4) 1-1 (2) Red Rovers<br \/>\nIkapa Sporting 1-0 Barcelona<\/p>\n<p><strong>Winners Quarterfinals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Westridge (5) 2-2 (4) Beacon Spurs<br \/>\nMilano United 3-1 Bayhill United<br \/>\nRockafellas 2-0 Lentegeur<br \/>\nBayview 2-1 Beacon City<\/p>\n<p><strong>Plate Semifinals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stanturf 2-1 Kenpark<br \/>\nIkapa Sporting 1-0 Strandfontein<\/p>\n<p><strong>Winners Semifinals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Milano United 2-1 Westridge<br \/>\nRockafellas 1-0 Bayview<\/p>\n<p><strong>Plate final<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stanturf 1-0 Ikapa Sporting<\/p>\n<p><strong>Winners Final<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rockafellas 1-0 Milano United<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a bid to rejuvenate the Lentegeur Sports Field, the highly anticipated u18 Mitchells Plain Youth Cup (MPYC) Soccer Tournament was held in Mitchells Plain over the weekend. The local community gathered to celebrate the essence of the beautiful game as u18 boys&#8217; teams from across Cape Town competed for the title. The final was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":59499,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59452","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\/59452","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=59452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59452\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}