{"id":18716,"date":"2024-04-16T15:25:47","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T15:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=18716"},"modified":"2024-04-16T15:25:48","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T15:25:48","slug":"darren-niles-leads-slingerz-to-dominant-victory-over-buxton-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/darren-niles-leads-slingerz-to-dominant-victory-over-buxton-united\/","title":{"rendered":"Darren Niles Leads Slingerz to Dominant Victory Over Buxton United"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In a thrilling encounter at the Guyana Football Federation National Training Center, Darren Niles proved to be the hero for Slingerz as they secured a resounding victory over Buxton United in season 6 of the KFC Elite League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The opening contest saw Slingerz dominate from start to finish, ultimately trouncing Buxton United with a commanding 6-0 scoreline. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Goals from Darren Niles and Marcus Tudor set the tone for Slingerz&#8217; dominant performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marcus Tudor, the tournament&#8217;s leading goal scorer, showcased his prowess in the first half with goals in the 36th and 39th minutes, giving Slingerz a comfortable lead heading into halftime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second half saw Gabriel DeSouza extend Slingerz&#8217; advantage with another goal in the 55th minute. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, it was Darren Niles who stole the show, netting a brace in the 60th and 83rd minutes to put the game out of reach for Buxton United.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Niles completed his first hat-trick for Slingerz with a goal two minutes into injury time, sealing an imposing 6-0 victory and maintaining their unbeaten streak in the league.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Slingerz head coach, Alex Thomas, emphasized the team&#8217;s focus on load management and the ultimate goal of winning the league despite facing ups and downs throughout the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In another fixture, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) secured a comfortable 3-0 victory over Western Tigers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Led by goals from Abumchi Benjamin, Stephen McDonald, and Sherwyn Ceasar, GDF displayed their dominance on the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the 10-team KFC sponsored league featuring a total of 90 games this season, football enthusiasts can expect more thrilling encounters as teams vie for supremacy on the pitch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a thrilling encounter at the Guyana Football Federation National Training Center, Darren Niles proved to be the hero for Slingerz as they secured a resounding victory over Buxton United&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18717,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18716","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\/18716","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=18716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18718,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18716\/revisions\/18718"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}