Chuke football club wins finals under USD 15,000 prize match in US

Kathmandu, Sept 26: The Chuke football club of the Nepali-speaking community in the US won the championship title with the highest prize money pool of USD 15,000 in the United States of America.     

Organised by the Intra-National Welfare and Support Foundation of America, only Nepali speaking teams participated in the match that started last Friday.     

Similarly, in the women's category, the Columbus Star football team won, and in the veteran's, Cinci Intra football club. The match concluded on Sunday (US time).     

Chuke football club of Cincinnati beat FC United of Pennsylvania State 1-0. For the team, Rosandro with jersey no 7 scored a goal against FC United in the first half, which later became a winning one.     

He scored the goal from a corner kick. The match took place at Miami Whitewater Soccer Complex in Cincinnati. Winner Chuke football club got USD 15,000 and first runner-up FC United USD 8,000, said the tournament coordinator Rajan Chauhan.     

Foundation Chair Dilli Adhikari distributed trophies and cash prizes to the winners.     

The tournament aims to encourage the children of Nepali-spoken Bhutanese and the Nepalese community residing in the United States of America to follow a disciplined lifestyle and cultivate their talents.     

Likewise, the winning Columbus Star in the women's category won the cash prize of 7,500 US dollars and the first runner-up North Dakota Shining Star Football Club was awarded 5,000 US dollars. The Columbus Star played 1-0 against the North Dakota.     

Similarly, the veteran winner Cinci Intra Veterans Columbus the cash prize of 8,000 US dollars while the first runner Intra-Veterans Club and the second runner-up Hill City Veterans Club went home with 2,500 US dollars.     

Nepali-origin footballers from various states including Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Ohio, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Kentucky, New York, California, North Dakota, and Georgia and from Canada participated in the match, according to the organisation's spokesperson Keshab Acharya. (RSS)