SPORT
Since March this year, the University
Sports South Africa USSA Gauteng
Football League (USSA GFL) has
been the provider of the best of
campus football. Now, the end of
the league is looming and it is time
almost time for the champions to be
crowned. The pulsating league ends
with both North-West University Vaal
Men’s and Women’s teams finishing
in mid-table.
The NWU Vaal Men’s team, with
a game to spare, have collected a
total of 13 points from their eight
matches played to secure the fifth
position in the league. Vaal Pukke
men were victorious four times in
the league, collecting maximum
points against Monash University,
Midrand Graduate Institute and the
University of Johannesburg.
NWU Vaal men settled for the share
of spoils against the USSA GFL
Powerhouses University of Witwatersrand and cross-town rivals Vaal
University of Technology. Despite
being goal-shy, the NWU Vaal men
have been consistent in the back,
conceding only three times in eight
matches, the less umber of goals
conceded by a single team
throughout the league.
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Pulsating USSA Football League
approaches the end
The solid performance earned NWU
Vaal men 13 points, seven points
behind the log leaders University
of Pretoria. UP top the log standings with a superior goal difference,
sharing 20 points with second
placed VUT (who were in control
since the start of the league) and the
third placed TUT Pretoria. Winless
Monash University occupy the last
spot with one point, while Medunsa
and MGI fill in the 8th and 9th positions respectively.
In the USSA GFL Women’s league,
it was a goal rush as more than 120
goals were scored throughout the
league. Both UJ and VUT netted
over 40 times in their matches. With
a game to play, NWU Vaal Women
scored only 12 goals and are on the
sixth position on the log standings
with seven points. The seven points
were collected from wins against
Medunsa and
Johannes Masiteng
MGI and a stalemate against Wits.
Starting with a 6-0 drubbing by
University of Pretoria, NWU Vaal
women redeemed themselves and
started to collect vital points which
see them finish on the 6th position.
TUT Pretoria top the women’s log
standings with 24 points, 2 points
clear of second placed UP. Medunsa
is on the last spot with no points.
They will look to console themselves
with a point or a win when they playTUT Soshanguve.
Both NWU Vaal men and women’s
teams will play TUT Soshanguve in
their last 2014 USSA GFL encounter.