New York: Sangrila Football Club has won the under-30 youth title of the Intra Cup football held in America.
The club won the running cup worth 15 thousand US dollars and 10 tolas of gold. Similarly, FC Revival from the senior youth group under 40 years old, Columbus Vetans from the veterans over 40 years old and North Dakota Signing Star from the women’s group have won.
They have received USD 10,000, 10,000 and 8,000 respectively. These games were organized only for players of Nepali origin or Nepali ethnicity living in the North American region.
Dilli Adhikari, president of the Intra National Welfare and Support Foundation, handed over prizes and money to the winning team of this game, which was held on September 1 at the Copley Soccer Complex in Ohio, USA.
The runner-up teams in these games have received 10,000, 8,000 and 5,000 respectively. Pathari FC in the youth category, United Brothers in the senior youth category, New York Intra Club in the veteran category and Yoddha Club in the women category were the runners-up.
For the gold running cup, a rule has been made to win the match three times in a row. The runners-up were handed over the prizes by the General Manager of Nepal Television, Phoolman Bal.
Chandra Parajuli, coordinator of the venue, said that there was a large presence of Nepalese spectators living in different states of America. 34 teams from America and Canada, youth and veterans, participated in the football festival. Pathari FC, Chujan FC, Junior Young Guys XI, Sangrila Youth FC, Everest United, Texas Thunder, Timai Swaid, Chuke FC, Daddy FC, Akron United participated in the under 30 youth category.
Under 40 Senior Youth were Rajababu FC, United Brothers, Harrisburg Veterans, Himalayan Hawks, Saginaw FC, Cincy Inta FC, North Carolina United, FC Revival, Three Rivers Veterans, Michigan Youth FC, Next Gen G FC and Kentucky Veterans. Similarly, Columbus Veterans, NY Inta FC, Pittsburgh Veterans, Saginaw Veterans, FC Revival, Serenity FC, Piszone Academy and Harrisburg Veterans FC are competing in the over 40 veterans group.
On the women’s side, the competition was between Piszone Academy Girls, Mountaineers FC, North Dakota Signing Stars and Yoddha FC. The foundation has been organizing a football tournament every year for players of Nepali origin and Nepali ethnicity living in North America.
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