{"id":74766,"date":"2025-06-10T15:39:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T13:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=74766"},"modified":"2025-06-10T15:39:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T13:39:31","slug":"safa-academy-leading-the-charge-in-the-gwdl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=74766","title":{"rendered":"SAFA Academy leading the charge in the GWDL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-29532 \" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/pink-football-boots.jpg\" alt=\"pink football boots\" width=\"485\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/pink-football-boots.jpg 400w, https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/pink-football-boots-300x155.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/>The race is on in the <strong>Gauteng Women&#8217;s Development League (GWDL),<\/strong> with <strong>SAFA Academy<\/strong> now topping the table.<\/p>\n<p>They vaulted to the summit of the standings after a massive 14-0 win against <strong>Highlands Park <\/strong>on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>After 10 matches and 10 wins, SAFA Academy has the maximum 30 points. Those victories include a win over Mamelodi Sundowns, who previously topped the table. &#8216;Downs are three points adrift, on 27, also after 10 outings.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday&#8217;s big loss was the second in succession for Highlands Park, who were overwhelmed 10-0 by Sundowns in May.<\/p>\n<p>Highlands Park, incredibly, was in third place in the standings before their loss to SAFA Academy. Now, they&#8217;ve slipped to fourth spot, with <strong>Remember Sport Elite Academy (RESA)<\/strong> moving up after a 1-0 win over <strong>Refilwe FC<\/strong> in which <strong>Lesedi Motaung<\/strong> scored the match-winner.<\/p>\n<p>In other matches on Sunday, <strong>Lebohang Malatji<\/strong>&#8216;s two goals for <strong>Kempton Park FC<\/strong> lifted them to a 2-0 victory over <strong>Edenvale FC<\/strong>. The win, their fifth of the season, leaves Kempton Park in eighth place.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kenneth FC,<\/strong> who are positioned in the lower half of the table, in 12th place, produced an impressive showing against <strong>Dinoko Rondebult FC<\/strong>, scoring a decisive 6-0 victory.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ditshwanelo Mazibe <\/strong>netted twice, while <strong>Mpho Mhlongo, Kholofelo Rasetlapa, Poppy Ramaboya, <\/strong>and <strong>Boitumelo Mangwane<\/strong> also scored in the one-sided win.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hellenic Falcons<\/strong> bagged a big scalp, handing <strong>JVW<\/strong> a 2-0 defeat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GWDL Results\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RESA 1-0 Refilwe FC<br \/>\nKenneth FC 6-0 Dinoko Rondebult FC<br \/>\nKempton Park FC 2-0 Edenvale FC<br \/>\nHellenic Falcons 2-0 JVW<br \/>\nSAFA Academy 14-0 Highlands Park FC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The race is on in the Gauteng Women&#8217;s Development League (GWDL), with SAFA Academy now topping the table. They vaulted to the summit of the standings after a massive 14-0 win against Highlands Park on Sunday. After 10 matches and 10 wins, SAFA Academy has the maximum 30 points. Those victories include a win over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":29532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74766","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\/74766","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=74766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}