{"id":21544,"date":"2024-07-27T03:00:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T03:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21544"},"modified":"2024-07-27T03:00:28","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T03:00:28","slug":"guyana-panthers-triumph-in-inaugural-gff-youth-academy-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-panthers-triumph-in-inaugural-gff-youth-academy-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana Panthers Triumph in Inaugural GFF Youth Academy Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The Guyana Panthers emerged victorious in the inaugural Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Youth Academy Cup, clinching the title in a dramatic final at the National Training Centre on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an all-Guyanese clash, the Panthers faced off against the Jaguars in a thrilling match. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The game began with some tension, but the Panthers took the lead in the 30th minute with a goal from Neeiaz Baksh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Jaguars managed to level the score just before halftime when Rondell Peters scored. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite both teams creating opportunities in the second half, neither side could break the deadlock, resulting in a 1-1 draw at the end of regulation time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The match proceeded to a penalty shootout to determine the winner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Panthers displayed composure under pressure, emerging victorious 4-3 in the shootout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Team captain Malcolm Hendricks expressed his satisfaction with the win, reflecting on the challenging penalty shootout and the team\u2019s perseverance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite missing their first penalty, Hendricks and his squad remained confident and ultimately secured the win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament, which began on July 16, featured intense matches between the two Guyanese Under-16 teams and visiting sides from Trinidad and Tobago, including Point Fortin Youth Football Academy and Tinto\u2019s Sporting Academy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Guyana Panthers emerged victorious in the inaugural Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Youth Academy Cup, clinching the title in a dramatic final at the National Training Centre on Sunday. In&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21561,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21544","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\/21544","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=21544"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21562,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21544\/revisions\/21562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}