In addition to two State Cup semi-final triumphs on Saturday, the MTA Youth Division saw their teams have another successful week in league competition
In addition to two State Cup semi-final triumphs on Saturday, Maccabi Tel Aviv "Oded" successfully defended their position in the neck-on-neck race at the top of the national Under-17 Premier League table yesterday by taking all three points in an important and emphatic 0-3 away victory at Hapoel Kiryat Shmona, with Ben Shugal, Yonatan Feldman and Tomer Altman contributing the goals. In doing so, head coach Eliezer Ben Aharon's team held on to second place in their league, just three points behind leaders Maccabi Haifa with seven matches remaining till the end of the season.
Maccabi's Under-14 Team North played at home at the Kiryat Shalom training ground and sailed past Hapoel Ra'anana 6-0. Eyal Chen topped up his total to 24 league goals this season by scoring four on the day, while Arad Bar added a brace. For the time being head coach Arik Levi's charges take hold of the top spot in the nationwide Under-14 League Sharon District and will await the outcome of a game in hand held by their top-of-table rivals Maccabi Haifa. Team South are also currently top of their Central District table and after a 1-4 away win at Section Nes Tziona, their place at the summit stays intact. Tal Da'on scored a hat-trick and Adir Hardon added an individual goal to secure the win for head coach Eyal Tzahi's Under-14s.
A third Maccabi Tel Aviv Youth Division team boasting supremacy in their league are the Under-13 Team South. They too defended their position on Saturday with a 1-2 away win at Maccabi Emek Hefer.
