Soana starts with strong defence

FUFA Junior U-18 League

Results

SC Villa 1 Soana   2

Kirinya Jinja 1 UPDF 2

KCCA 1 Police 1

Maroons 0 Onduparaka 2

Proline 0 Masavu 3

Mbarara City 3 Express 1

Soana Soccer Academy started their title defence on a good note. They beat SC Villa 2-1 away at Villa Park in the FUFA Junior U-18 League.

Ddamulira Hakim and Khalid Kasajja each had a goal for Soana, while Abdullah Salim scored a consolation for Villa.

The FUFA Junior league was designed to cater for players under 18 years and this was a requirement from all the 16 premier league sides if they were to be licensed for the new season.  The players in this league have a chance of playing for the junior and senior sides of particular team

The 16 junior sides are divided into two groups of hattrick and Treble.

Elsewhere, Aron Mutebi notched a  double as UPDF beat Kirinya Jinja SS 2-1 while Maroons lost to  Onduparaka 2-0 in Luzira.

At the end of the regular season, the top two teams in both groups face-off in the play-offs to decide the winner of the league.  Soana beat rivals KCCA 4-2 penalties after goalless draw to win the title last season.