Union Internacional tames Cimarron in UFL

MANILA, Philippines - Union Internacional Manila leaned on a brace by Ebenezer Owusu as it turned back Cimarron, 4-3, to finish second in the Second Division and gain a crack at First Division promotion in the United Football League at the Emperador Stadium in McKinley Hill Saturday night.

With the game tied after halftime, Owusu struck twice, scoring on the 51st and the 64th to spark a three-goal blast, and the Union booters held on to weather a furious Cimarron fightback.

Miguel Roy and Bismark Frimpong came through with two goals in a 10-minute span starting on the 78th as the Cimarron side moved just a goal but ran out of space and time to salvage a draw.

Yves Luthi De-Luis opened up the scoring for Cimarron with a brilliant goal on the 36th before Union’s Simon Bayembg knotted it five minutes later with a rocket of his own.

Mahmoud Ali  scored on the 57th.

Union thus wound up second with 31 match points, four points ahead of Agila FC, which is at third with 27 points.

Union, meanwhile, will play a two-leg series against the ninth-ranked side from the top division, which is Air Force FC, for a spot in the elite bracket.

Team Socceroo has already clinched the division title and promotion to the First Division.

In other results, Forza FC routed Dolphins United FC, 5-0, and PachangaDiliman FC edged Army FC, 2-1.