{"id":17058,"date":"2024-03-05T01:56:14","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T01:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=17058"},"modified":"2024-03-05T01:56:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T01:56:16","slug":"champs-gdf-victorious-in-kfc-elite-league-opener-gff-unveils-international-flood-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/champs-gdf-victorious-in-kfc-elite-league-opener-gff-unveils-international-flood-lights\/","title":{"rendered":"Champs GDF Victorious in KFC Elite League Opener; GFF Unveils International Flood Lights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Defending champions Guyana Defence Force (GDF) showcased their prowess and confidence on Sunday as they commenced season 6 of the elite league with a triumph at the Guyana Football Federation National Training Center. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the Vergenoegen-based Slingerz Football Club made a remarkable return to the league with an impressive victory of their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The matches took place under the newly installed international floodlights at the training center, marking a significant development in the league&#8217;s infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the feature clash, the 2023 elite league champions, Guyana Defence Force Football Club, secured a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Santos Football Club. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite Santos displaying resilience in the first half, a defensive lapse in the 42nd minute allowed midfielder Ryan Hackett to unleash a powerful left-footed strike, putting GDF in the lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Malcom Miggins extended GDF&#8217;s advantage with a goal in the 58th minute, before Santos managed a consolation goal through Ryan Dowding in the 78th minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Slingerz Football Club exacted sweet revenge on Berbice&#8217;s Mondedderlust FC with a commanding 7-0 victory. Slingerz, who had to overcome challenges to secure their place in the league, demonstrated their dominance with a stellar performance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marcus Tudor shone brightly, netting five goals, while Darren Niles and Ricardo Halley contributed one goal each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking to NCN Sport after the game, Marcus Tudor expressed satisfaction with their performance, highlighting their determination to win the league.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The upcoming matches will feature Ann&#8217;s Grove United against two-time champions Fruta Conquerors and Western Tiger against Buxton United Football Club. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matches will continue every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at the National Training Center in Providence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defending champions Guyana Defence Force (GDF) showcased their prowess and confidence on Sunday as they commenced season 6 of the elite league with a triumph at the Guyana Football Federation&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15205,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17058"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17059,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17058\/revisions\/17059"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}