Gold Is Money, North East La Penitence ousted from Futsal tourney

Gerald Gittens (centre) of North Ruimveldt challenging Hubert Pedro (right) of Gold Is Money for possession during their elimination match at the National Gymnasium in the Xtreme Clean/GT Beer Futsal Championships Saturday night.

Gold Is Money and North East La Penitence were the first major casualties of the inaugural Xtreme Clean/GT Beer ‘Gold Rush’ Futsal championships, going down to North Ruimveldt and Future Stars respectively on Saturday.

Hosted at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue, North Ruimveldt eliminated Gold Is Money 3-2 on penalty kicks, after the match was tied 1-1 at the end of normal time.

Hubert Pedro scored in the fourth minute for Gold Is Money while Joshua Browne equalised for North Ruimveldt five minutes later.