SMFC Place third in the Golden Cup

Guarda City, Portugal (July 7, 2008)- The Southern Marland Futsal Club Men´s team placed third place after beating Angola (Africa) futsal team 9-7. After a slow start, SMFC was down 2-0 early, and went into the locker room down 3-2 at half time. The second half was controlled by SMFC, and did a much better job finishing their chances; and at one point SMFC were up three goals. The Angolans scored a couple of late goals, and after pulling their goalkeeper, SMFC scored a late goal to seal the win.
SMFC finished third behind 1st place Benfica (Lisbon, Portugal), and 2nd place Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal). SMFC were also able to pick other individual honors along their way to receiving their third place medals; Mike Shifflet was named Most Valuable Goalkeeper of the tournament; Denison Cabral was named Most Valuable Player for the third place match, and Garfield Shaw was named Most Valuable Player for SMFC´s win over Limeirinha (Guarda, Portugal).

Trip to Portugal was a success for SMFC

Guarda City, Portugal (July 7, 2008)-After losing a close first match to Coimbra Futsal Club (Coimbra, Portugal) 7-4, SMFC bounced back and beat Limeirinha (Guarda Portugal) 9-7, and finished second overall in their group. SMFC started out both matches down 2-0, and at times had problems defending both Coimbra and Limeirinha, but SMFC had no problems scoring goals; SMFC were able to score 13 goals in the two games.