{"id":25968,"date":"2025-02-01T19:41:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T19:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25968"},"modified":"2025-02-01T19:41:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T19:41:03","slug":"chase-academy-triumphs-in-kfc-goodwill-international-school-football-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/chase-academy-triumphs-in-kfc-goodwill-international-school-football-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Chase Academy Triumphs in KFC Goodwill International School Football Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>December 23, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chase Academy has emerged victorious in the KFC Goodwill International School Football Championship, clinching the title after a dramatic penalty shootout against Trinidad and Tobago\u2019s St. Benedict College. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The match, held at the Ministry of Education ground on Sunday, was a hard-fought battle that ended in a 1-1 draw following regular and extra time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both teams had multiple opportunities to seize control during regulation, but despite displaying impressive skills, neither side could convert. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The match went into extra time, but with no goals scored, the outcome was ultimately decided by penalties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The game reached a nail-biting climax in sudden death penalties, with Chase Academy goalkeeper Flavio La Rose proving to be the hero. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La Rose made two crucial saves, including one that sealed the win for his team, ensuring Chase Academy\u2019s first KFC Goodwill title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Team captain Brian Wharton reflected on the team\u2019s mindset going into the final, expressing the pride and determination that propelled them to victory after a loss to St. Benedict College in the preliminary round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the third-place play-off, defending champions Clarendon College of Jamaica defeated Annai 7-2. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nicholy Forbes was the standout player for Clarendon, scoring twice in the 25th and 52nd minutes of the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chase Academy was awarded the US$5,000 first prize, while St. Benedict College received US$3,000 to support school projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 23, 2024 Chase Academy has emerged victorious in the KFC Goodwill International School Football Championship, clinching the title after a dramatic penalty shootout against Trinidad and Tobago\u2019s St. Benedict&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22308,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25968","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\/25968","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=25968"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25969,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25968\/revisions\/25969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}