Casas dropped from Pre-SEAG meet

THE RP Team stumbled yet again and dropped its second straight match, losing to Malaysia, 2-1, in the Pre-Southeast Asian Games football tournament in Bangkok, Thailand.

Still Filipino fans can take comfort in the reduced goal deficit after the team's 2-6 defeat to Myanmar the other day.

The loss also booted the Philippines out of the hunt for a semifinal spot as it has only one game left, against Timor Leste tomorrow. The Filipinos will again hope for a repeat of the 2-1 win over Timor Leste in the Tiger Cup last year, where they also lost, 0-1, to Myanmar and to Malaysia, 1-3.

Meanwhile, national coach Aries Calsib told Sun.Star Cebu that former Carmen National School goalkeeper and Tiger Cup goalkeeper Michael Casas of Cebu was cut from the Thailand tournament as a disciplinary measure.

Casas, a former ward of Australian football guru Graeme Mackinnon, was the youngest starter for the national team in the biennial meet last year at 18.

"Michael Casas was cut because of disciplinary matters, specifically staying out of camp and (his) attitude. Hopefully he can still recover and go back to (his) humble beginnings which I think he can make it," Caslib said in an e-mail.

Casas misfortune is another Cebuano's gain as he was replaced by Jhuniel Bapor. Casas' teammate in Carmen, Arni Pasinabo, is also in Thailand with former University of San Jose-Recoletos player Oliver "Bingbing" Colina.

"The gap which Arnie missed is very wide but hopefully continuous training will make him improve fast," Caslib said of Pasinabo, who last saw action for the RP team in 2002.

As for the 23-year-old Colina, who joined the national pool last May, Caslibn said, "Bingbing needs to improve his aggressiveness and positioning but we hope to see him improve."

After the Thailand tourney, the team will proceed to China for a one month training.

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