Panama Legend Master 50 wins tournaments in the United States

Team Panama legend was declared champion of football tournaments in the category Master 50 held in the states New Jersey and North Carolina in the United StatesAugust 26 and 27 and September 2 and 3.

In New Jersey, the Panamanian team won the tournament undefeated, winning all three matches of the group stage (6-1 against the Winslow Classic, 4-2 against the Philly Bucks (Philadelphia) and 3-2 against Long Branch (New Jersey).) .

Then he would lose in the semi-finals Maccabi 2-0reaching the grand final against multiple United States national champions, Radnor United of Pennsylvania, with whom they drew 1-1 in regular time before eventually winning in stoppage time.

Team Panama Legend Master 50 repeated the feat by winning Master 50 football tournamentheld in the city Asheville, North Carolina.

They participated in the competition 130 teams, 2,083 players, distributed in 9 categories. The Panamanian team also won this title undefeated, defeating Lusitano Rovers from Atlanta 5-2 in the opening match, and later defeating the team from South Carolina with a convincing 4-0.

In the round of 16, they beat the eleventh Kentucky 8-0in the quarter-finals to the composition Charleston 2-0in the semi-finals, the team Mr Nobile 2-0reaching the finals to a very difficult match against the home team from North Carolina, which they managed to defeat with a score of 3-1.

The defensive solidity of the eleventh canaler stood out, with Jun González, José “Chalate” Anthony and Ernesto Downer, the brilliance of the game displayed by César Yanis senior and the scoring power of Luis Plúa and Percival Piggott.

Prizes won by the Panama Legend team for victories achieved in national and international tournaments in the past months in total $9,900.00 (nine thousand nine hundred dollars), the amount that was fully donated Children’s Hospital Volunteer Choir to cover the activities carried out by that non-profit organization.