MRCD Hekari United achieves goals
BY KEVIN TEME
They set their goals right from the beginning and
worked towards achieving that and they did.
MRDC Hekari United Football Club despite going down
5-4 in the penalty shoot out with Toti City FC in the Kumul Petroleum Holding
National Soccer League grand final has finally qualified for the Oceania
Football Confederation Champion’s league challenge.
Hekari United FC achieved its goal after finishing
top at the Southern Conference leg of the Kumul Petroleum National Soccer
League challenge and making the inaugural grand final of this new concept that
has now touched all four corners of the country.
“This has been our main goal for the season when we
got back together as a team after being out of the NSL for two years,” said
Hekari United FC’s head coach Jerry Allen.
“All our boys are very new to the team and having
only few old hands, they had make it this far which is a big achievement for
the team. In the beginning of the year, we set our goal and that is to make it
back to the OFC Challenge and we did.
I am so proud of my boys despite going
down to the Toti City FC in the grand final today,” said Jerry.
Jerry congratulated the Toti City FC for their
victory saying the side had been together for a while and they were a better
side on the day.
“Most of our boys are being new to the team but
they did really well. It’s pretty a new look side unlke the team in the past
but we managed to achieve what we’ve aimed for and that is to make it back to
the OFC Challenge which we did and I am proud of this achievement,” Jerry said.
Toti City FC head coach Peter Gunemba also admitted
that the match between his side and Hekari United FC was certainly going down
to the wire and it did.
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