Liguanea trusting blueprint for KSAFA Under-13 success

LIGUANEA United’s 1-0 victory over their long-time age-group rivals from Constant Spring United in Sunday’s Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) Under-13 final at Bell Chung Oval was more than a championship triumph.

It was the latest chapter in a rivalry between feeder programmes — Ballaz Academy (Liguanea) and Norbrook Strikers (Constant Spring) that has helped arrest the local youth football landscape for several years, and the culmination of a journey that has seen Liguanea’s core group dominate their respective age groups from Under-8.

On this occasion, though, there was something tangible to show for that consistency as Liguanea held their nerve in a tightly contested final to secure the KSAFA Under-13 championship, getting the better of a club that won the last title and have been to the last four finals in the competition.