Futuro, Taipower sit on top after pair of weekend wins

Taipei Times
Date: Jun 16, 2020
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter

Hualien City star forward Wu Shih-ping, front, controls the ball during their Mulan Football League match against Hang Yuan at the Kaohsiung National Stadium on Saturday.
Photo courtesy of the CTFA

Taichung Futuro and Taipower FC won their matches in the eighth round of the Taiwan Premier Football League (TPFL) over the weekend to sit atop the log, while Wu Shih-ping scored a hat-trick for her Hualien team to retain first place in the Taiwan Mulan Football League.

International players helped Taichung Futuro maintain their No. 1 spot with 19 points.

South Korean striker Joo Ik-seong netted a brace and Japanese defender Keita Yamauchi scored his first goal of the season to beat cross-town rivals Land-Home NTUS (National Taiwan University of Sport) 3-2 at Taichung’s Taiyuan Soccer Field on Sunday.

Joo scored in the 18th minute after an early opening goal by NTUS striker Chen Po-yu to make it 1-1 going into the break. Taichung Futuro moved ahead shortly after intermission after Yamauchi scored.    [FULL  STORY]

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