Dominic scored on his ARFC debut in 1-4 loss

 Playing for the very first time at the United World College (Tampines) pitch on 15 Jan 2026 at 8 pm, ARFC led first but eventually fell 1-4 to CAPS FC.

 

Prior to the match, Sebastian was struck down by stomach flu but turned up to support support.

 

This match also saw the debut of Dominic who joined ARFC in a $7 million transfer from SHHK.

 

ARFC took to the pitch with this 4-4-2 line-up:

 

Jersey No.:	Name	Position
88	Talisman Derrick	Goalkeeper
xx	Nova	Right back
98	Impeccable How Meng	Sweeper
15	Towering Toh (captain)	Stopper
8	Versatile Allan	Left back
16	Marauding Guoxiong	Right mid
23	Talented Chun Haw	Centre Mid
28	Hard-man Tjioe	Centre Mid
11	Steely Tze Ern	Left Mid
5	Energetic Kerwin	Striker
21	Devastating Dominic	Striker
Substitutes:
2	Remarkable Rashid
4	Dynamic Soon
19	Skillful Wei Lit
30	Divine Delon
77	Robust Hong Lee
99	Powerful Alvin
Missing In Action:
3	Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
6	Unbeatable Darren
7	Influential Sebastian (captain)
9	ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
10	Sublime Khim
14	Combative Ron
17	Nippy Kenny
18	Wonder Wayne
20	Composed Eng Lai
24	Fearless Chong Ghee
26	Rampaging Raymond
66	Vintage Chua
79	Enigma Enoch

 

 

ARFC made a bright start when Kerwin’s shot caused mayhem in the opponents’ box which saw the loose ball fell to Dominic in the box.  However, Dominic’s dream debut goal was thwarted by the GK who palmed out his shot. 

 

Kerwin then hit a venomous long shot which was spilled by their GK.  Tze Ern dashed in but could not get a clean connection and the chance was wasted.

 

ARFC was not to be denied in the 15^th min.

 

From a long free kick form his own half ball ala Virgil Van Dirk from How Meng, the ball bounced over and into their penalty box.  With their GK charging out, Dominic showed incredible awareness and speed by reaching the ball to head the ball over their GK.  1-0 and this was Dominic’s debut goal in his ARFC debut!

 

The opponents then equalised. 1-1

 

ARFC then conceded a penalty but ARFC’s serial and perennial penalty-saver Derrick once again dived low to keep out their penalty.

 

In the second half, the clear superiority of the opponents’ fitness level (majority of them are under 23) resulted in ARFC conceding 3 more goals to lose 1-4.

 

But perhaps the biggest bad news is that Dominic suffered a serious ankle injury after colliding with their GK after he was put through on goal but their GK turned his shot away.

 

Good efforts from ARFC warriors