San Roque Summer Football League
IT USED to be the San Roque Parish field in Wireless, Mandaue was a beehive of games during weekends. That was before the football scene there died and the players stopped playing.
But the former football hotbed is slowly recovering and its second step to recovery began yesterday with the 2nd San Roque Summer Football League, an eight-team competition, which is a project of Exas and Cebu International School coach Eleazar Toledo.
Though he steered Exas to two runner-up finishes last year in the Aboitiz Cup and Champions League, Toledo showed no mercy to his former team as he helped eked out a 3-2 comeback win by the Mad Dogs over Exas in the opener.
Vincent Bordalba got past Jesus Singson Jr. at the 22nd minute and Lemar Baunsit followed suit five minutes later for an early 2-0 lead.
Singson played defense in the second half and CIS’ Red Miguel came in as the Mad Dogs slowly came alive. Joushua Fegidiro finally ended the scoring drought after hitting his mark at the 64th and Toledo blasted in his own goal at the 70th to even the match.
Four minutes before the final whistle, Toledo struck again for the Mad Dogs’ electrifying comeback.
The second game saw the homegrown St. Peter Club routing Metropolitan FC, 5-1, in a match that saw two of the Colina clan sent off by referee Kurt Acre. MFC’s Peter Colina was sent off in the 33rd, a minute before Jesus Menaling struck first for St. Peter at the 34th, and Jose Crejudos doubled the count at the 40th.
In the second half, Restituto Colina joined his cousin for an early shower after getting two yellows in a 12-minute span, and MFC finally scored at the 79th.
It was the closest they could get as St. Peter exploded late, Jonathan Sollo banged in his goal in the 81st and Eddie Ybanez made it 4-1 in the 84th. Before MFC could react, Rhino Amaro scored the final goal in the 87th.
In the other matches, Ragmu Debra drew with Fairchild, 1-1, with Ragmu’s Allen Faeldonia and Fairchild’s Nonoy Torre scoring the goals, while Don Bosco FC scored a 5-1 rout over Ramos FC. Creu Sanchez, Mark Buglosa, and Dem Sanchez scored once, while Warlou Sabella had two in their win.
The tournament will resume next Sunday still at San Roque Parish.
But the former football hotbed is slowly recovering and its second step to recovery began yesterday with the 2nd San Roque Summer Football League, an eight-team competition, which is a project of Exas and Cebu International School coach Eleazar Toledo.
Though he steered Exas to two runner-up finishes last year in the Aboitiz Cup and Champions League, Toledo showed no mercy to his former team as he helped eked out a 3-2 comeback win by the Mad Dogs over Exas in the opener.
Vincent Bordalba got past Jesus Singson Jr. at the 22nd minute and Lemar Baunsit followed suit five minutes later for an early 2-0 lead.
Singson played defense in the second half and CIS’ Red Miguel came in as the Mad Dogs slowly came alive. Joushua Fegidiro finally ended the scoring drought after hitting his mark at the 64th and Toledo blasted in his own goal at the 70th to even the match.
Four minutes before the final whistle, Toledo struck again for the Mad Dogs’ electrifying comeback.
The second game saw the homegrown St. Peter Club routing Metropolitan FC, 5-1, in a match that saw two of the Colina clan sent off by referee Kurt Acre. MFC’s Peter Colina was sent off in the 33rd, a minute before Jesus Menaling struck first for St. Peter at the 34th, and Jose Crejudos doubled the count at the 40th.
In the second half, Restituto Colina joined his cousin for an early shower after getting two yellows in a 12-minute span, and MFC finally scored at the 79th.
It was the closest they could get as St. Peter exploded late, Jonathan Sollo banged in his goal in the 81st and Eddie Ybanez made it 4-1 in the 84th. Before MFC could react, Rhino Amaro scored the final goal in the 87th.
In the other matches, Ragmu Debra drew with Fairchild, 1-1, with Ragmu’s Allen Faeldonia and Fairchild’s Nonoy Torre scoring the goals, while Don Bosco FC scored a 5-1 rout over Ramos FC. Creu Sanchez, Mark Buglosa, and Dem Sanchez scored once, while Warlou Sabella had two in their win.
The tournament will resume next Sunday still at San Roque Parish.
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