5-a-side festival kick-starts Western Confed Super League
MONTEGO BAY, St James — A five-a-side festival at Jarrett Park today, starting at 2:00 pm and involving all 12 teams will mark the start of the Western Confederation Super League.
A purse of $100,000 will be on offer with the winner taking $50,000 and a trophy; the beaten finalists will take home $25,000, third place will get $15,000, and fourth place $10,000.
According to the rules, each game will last 10 minutes with a three-minute turn around at the five-minute marks.
Two fields will be used simultaneously and the 12 teams have been separated into four groups of three each with the winners advancing to the semi-finals.
Montego Bay Boys Club, last season’s beaten finalists who are in Zone A, will play Hopewell United in the opening game on field number one, while Wadadah FC will face promoted Roaring River on field number two.
— Paul Reid
