15/08/2025
Tut Bay FC & Yo Creek United FC enter NAIC football finals
By William Ysaguirre
(Freelance Writer)
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Aug. 14, 2025
Tut Bay FC and Yo Creek United FC won through to the National Amateur Inter-District Championship (NAIC) finals, as both teams enjoyed big wins in the 2nd leg of their semifinals on Sunday, August 10.
At the Isidoro Beaton Stadium on Sunday night, the second leg of the semifinal between Tut Bay FC and Napoles FC ended deadlocked in a 3-3 aggregate tie in regulation, after Napoles posted a 2-0 victory on goals by Collin Moody (17’) and Jarvin Campos (32’). (Tut Bay had won the first semifinal leg by a 3-1 score.) The spot in the final was therefore decided with 30 minutes of extra time, where Tut Bay cruised to a 3-0 win with goals from Raymond “Juny” Gentle (102’ & 120’) and Esmond “Bagga” Sanker (113’).
At the People’s Stadium on Sunday afternoon, Liam Reyes’ hat trick (23’, 54’ & 80’) led Yo Creek United to a 4-2 win over Vikings FC in the 2nd leg of their semifinals. They also profited when Vikings’ defender Alexander Pavon (57’ OG) deflected the ball into his own net. The Vikings’ 2 goals were by Dejmari Pop (69’) and Diego Rodriguez (90’).
The Vikings had won the first semifinal leg by a 2-1 score; but with their 4-2 loss in the second leg, they fell short by a goal in the aggregate score, in which Yo Creek prevailed, 5-4, for a +1 goal differential and a spot in the finals.
Upcoming championship final:
Saturday, August 16
6:00 p.m. - Tut Bay FC vs Yo Creek United at FFB Stadium
(AMANDALA Ed. Note: There was a bit of controversy in the Tut Bay vs Napoles semifinal, where, as we understand it, the Napoles management complained that their team was short-staffed due to some players’ participation with the Napoles FC team in the PLB match against Verdes FC on Saturday night before their NAIC semifinal game on Sunday evening against Tut Bay FC. There was allegedly a reneged agreement with FFB officials to accommodate the movement of players between Napoles’ amateur and professional teams. Napoles fans believe their players were overwhelmed in the semifinal extra time due to fatigue, having only one substitution available.)
*Tut Bay FC won, 3-0, in extra time after a 3-3 aggregate tie in regulation vs Napoles FC in semifinals.
*Yo Creek United FC won by a 5-4 aggregate score in the semifinals vs Vikings FC
