{"id":3658,"date":"2023-09-10T15:01:28","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T15:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soca263updates.com\/?p=3658"},"modified":"2023-09-10T15:19:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T15:19:22","slug":"blinking-bill-staking-claim-for-first-team-opportunity-at-mechelen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soca263updates.com\/?p=3658","title":{"rendered":"Blinking Bill Staking Claim For First Team Opportunity At Mechelen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Bill Antonio is currently enjoying life at Kv Mechelen after kick-starting the new season on a high note and is doing everything he can to be ready to take his chance if a first-team opportunity comes knocking on his door during the season.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 21-year-old has began the 2023\/24 season like a roof on fire after scoring in the first two matches of the season to lead the Young Kv Menchelen on top of the 2nd VFV national league B (fourth tier) log table with six points from two games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former Dynamos forward and Prince Edward academy graduate first opened his account for the season in a 3-0 win against Diegem Sport on the 30th of August 2023 before scoring his second on his 21st birthday the 3rd of September in a 2-1 win against SK Londeezeel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dzivarasekwa born star has thrived for the under-23s at Kv Mechelen since joining the club on a two -year deal plus another two option to renew in September last year scoring seven goals in 22 appearances and made a single appearance in the first team in January this year as an unused substitute in a 2-0 loss Belgian Professional league encounter against Zult Waragem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Antonio who was sent straight to the team&#8217;s reserve side on his arrival from Dynamos, looks to have settled well now and is beginning to fight for a place in the senior team and could be seen involved more often in the senior team this season if his current form is anything to go by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>*Story Image credit to Kv Mechelen website <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Antonio is currently enjoying life at Kv Mechelen after kick-starting the new season on a high note and is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/soca263updates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/52759301996_e69698cea1_b.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/soca263updates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3658"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/soca263updates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/soca263updates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soca263updates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soca263updates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3658"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/soca263updates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3667,"href":"https:\/\/soca263updates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3658\/revisions\/3667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soca263updates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/soca263updates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soca263updates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soca263updates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}