Black Roses and FC SKBC dominated the first two rounds of the men’s side of competitions in the Football Federation of American Samoa’s outdoor Futsal competition on Saturday, May 9, at Pago Park Soccer Stadium.

Black Roses and FC SKBC swept both of their games on Saturday and are now just two goals apart with 22 scored by Black Roses and 20 for SKBC.

In goals differential, the two are separated by five with 18 for Black Roses to take the No. 1 seed in the standings while FC SKBC has 13 in second and Utulei Youth is third with 7.

At the moment Jets I are fourth with a 2 goal differential.

The results for round one are as follows: Tafuna Jets I 8, Aua Old Boys 4; Black Roses 17, PanSa 10; Utulei Youth 3, Lion Heart 0 (forfeit); Fagasa Youth 3, Pago Youth 0 (forfeit) and FC SKBC 9, Tafuna Jets II 3.  In round two results, it was Black Roses 6, Tafuna Jets I 3; Lion Heart 2, PanSa 2; Tafuna Jets II 8, Pago Youth 2; Utulei Youth 7, Fagasa Youth 3 and FC SKBC 11, Aua Old Boys 4.

The women’s teams were given the day off so that they could see to their final Mothers Day preparations such as picking up their new church outfits and dictating what they wanted for Sunday to’ana’i.

The women’s division kicks off this Saturday as they open the day with three contests at 11 a.m. There are eight teams competing in the women’s bracket while 10 are contesting the men’s division.

Playoffs will be a Top 4 and Bottom 4 play-off format for both divisions with teams ranked from No. 1-4 playing for the competition’s championship and the squads ranked from No. 5-8 playing to be the ‘Best of the Rest.

In the bottom four it’s Jets II in fifth place, followed by Fagasa Youth, Lion Heart and PanSa. Pago Youth and Aua Old Boys round out the bottom of the standings at ninth and tenth place, respectively.

Below is a rundown of competition this Saturday (May 9).

ROUND 1FC SKBC 9, JETS II 3

FC SKBC turned a close 4-2 halftime lead into a 9-3 blow-out by the end with Chris Seui scoring a hat-trick in the latter half of the match. Yongnam Cho also finished with a hat-trick of his own while Gun Kang, Jin Lee and Jin Yong Lee added one goal apiece.  Sio Matthew Mariota and Faofua Afasene were the scorers for the Jets II.

BLACK ROSES 17, PANSA 2

Black Roses raced to a 10-0 lead in the first half with PanSa fielding only three players in the game’s first five minutes. Asomaliu Pei had a game-high 5 goals while Alapati Sula scored a hat-trick and Dion Ott, Tafai Tuiuli and Sonny Filiva’a scored two goals apiece.

JETS I 8, AUA OLD BOYS 4

Filipo O., Sam T. and Sean led Jets I to a 6-1 lead in the first half with a brace of goals each before Filipo and Sean scored again in the second half to complete their hat-tricks.

Ike Ike scored twice for Aua while Nicky Salapu and Petesa Umusaga added one goal apiece.

ROUND 2BLACK ROSES 5, JETS I 3

Black Roses came back from 3-1 to beat Jets I 6-3 Dion Ott scoring brace of goals in the second half. Asomaliu Pei, who leads the competition with 6 goals scored, kicked in the go-ahead goal after Ott’s brace and Alapati Aasa added one of his own to give the winners a two-goal edge in the game’s final 8 minutes.

Sam T. scored a brace in the first half and a Black Roses-own goal gave them a 3-1 first half edge.

LION HEART 2, PANSA 2

Lion Heart forfeited their first round game because they failed to field a team upon the scheduled time against Utulei Youth but they were ready and prepared for their second round match against PanSa.

PanSa also managed to add to their numbers after fielding only three to start off their first round contest against Black Roses.

These two teams played to a 2-2 draw after also closing out the first half 1-1.

UTULEI YOUTH 7, FAGASA YOUTH 3

Utulei and Fagasa Youths actually played their first games of the day when they met one another after winning their first round matches by forfeit. Utulei got the win because Lion Heart was late while Fagasa got theirs when Pago Youth showed up with no uniform.

Utulei then pulled out a 7-3 win over Fagasa after edging the latter 2-1 in a tightly contested first half.

Elama Fa’atonu scored a brace in the second half to help lead Utulei to the win.

FC SKBC 11, AUA OLD BOYS 4

Aua Old Boys managed to contain FC SKBC’s offensive output in the second half to only three goals while scoring three themselves. But an 8-1 first half advantage helped the South Korean Baptist Church squad secure the 11-4 result in their favor and also keep themselves in the race for the top seed along with Black Roses in the goals scored and goal difference categories.

Gun Kang had a game-high four goals while Melfi Al-Sheri added a hat-trick and Jin Yong Le and Jin Lee added a brace each.

Nicky Salapu had a team-high two goals for Aua while Ike Ike had one. Aua also benefited from a Jin Yong Lee-own goal.

JETS II 8, PAGO YOUTH 2

Matthew Mariota helped the Jets II to their first win of the season with a hat-trick while Faofua Afasene had a double in the second half of the match that turned a 3-1 halftime lead to an 8-2 rout. Also amongst the goals for Jets II were Vili Oney, Mac Manuma and Shane Taulealo.

Kevin Lakisa and Gene were the scorers for Pago Youth.

The entire competition’s schedule and results, as well as this story, can be read on the association’s website, ffas.as.

Story courtesy of FFAS Media.