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CEBUANO footballer Oliver Colina and two other former Cebu-based players are a step closer to their dream of making it to Philippine team for a Southeast Asian Games (Seag).
The 23-year-old Colina was tapped b y national coach Aries Caslib for the RP team to a pre-Seag tournament in Bangkok, Thailand, which started yesterday until Sept 10. Colina's name appeared in the line-up for the Bangkok tournament released yesterday.
"This is a dream come true for me, I've been waiting for this. This came as a surprise," Colina told Sun.Star Cebu after he received the call a few days before he turned 23 last May 7.
Colina played for the University of San Jose-Recoletos and was a regular in the Exas Football Club.
"He's a good midfielder who can make a dangerous forward pass and he can also take that long shot," Caslib said of Colina.
Former Cebu-based players Johneil Bapor and Arnie Pasinabo are also in the national team.
Bapor replaced another Cebu player, Michael Casas, as goalkeeper, while Pasinabo, Casas' ex-teammate at Carmen National School, finally gets a chance to shine for the senior team.
Last summer, Caslib dropped by Bacolod to talk to Pasinabo's coach and parents, wooing the player to join the national training pool. Caslib handled Casas, Pasinabo and four other Carmen boys in the Under-17 team a few years ago.
In Thailand, the Philippines is in Group A along with former Southeast Asian powerhouse Myanmar, Malaysia and newcomer Timor Leste. Host Thailand is in Group B with Singapore, Laos and Cambodia, while Vietnam, Brunei and Indonesia withdrew a few days before the start of the event.
The Philippines was playing Myanmar at press time and will next face Malaysia tomorrow and Timor Leste on Saturday.
In the Tiger Cup, Myanmar scored a last-minute goal for a 1-0 win over RP, which also lost to Malaysia, 3-1. The Philippines clinched its first win in the tournament with a 2-1 escape over Timor Leste.
After Bangkok, the training pool will head for China for a month-long training before the Seag.
Others who made it to the team are Ian Araneta, Emilio Caligdong, Jesan Candolesa, Arnold Cariño, Roy Clores, Philip Greatwich, Bervic Italia, Peter Jaugan, Jeffrey Liman, Jay-Archie Marcaida, Ruffy Narvaez, Jose Ombos, Michael Fuertes, Dexter Versario, Donald Somoza and Gerald and Jerome Orcullo.
The 23-year-old Colina was tapped b y national coach Aries Caslib for the RP team to a pre-Seag tournament in Bangkok, Thailand, which started yesterday until Sept 10. Colina's name appeared in the line-up for the Bangkok tournament released yesterday.
"This is a dream come true for me, I've been waiting for this. This came as a surprise," Colina told Sun.Star Cebu after he received the call a few days before he turned 23 last May 7.
Colina played for the University of San Jose-Recoletos and was a regular in the Exas Football Club.
"He's a good midfielder who can make a dangerous forward pass and he can also take that long shot," Caslib said of Colina.
Former Cebu-based players Johneil Bapor and Arnie Pasinabo are also in the national team.
Bapor replaced another Cebu player, Michael Casas, as goalkeeper, while Pasinabo, Casas' ex-teammate at Carmen National School, finally gets a chance to shine for the senior team.
Last summer, Caslib dropped by Bacolod to talk to Pasinabo's coach and parents, wooing the player to join the national training pool. Caslib handled Casas, Pasinabo and four other Carmen boys in the Under-17 team a few years ago.
In Thailand, the Philippines is in Group A along with former Southeast Asian powerhouse Myanmar, Malaysia and newcomer Timor Leste. Host Thailand is in Group B with Singapore, Laos and Cambodia, while Vietnam, Brunei and Indonesia withdrew a few days before the start of the event.
The Philippines was playing Myanmar at press time and will next face Malaysia tomorrow and Timor Leste on Saturday.
In the Tiger Cup, Myanmar scored a last-minute goal for a 1-0 win over RP, which also lost to Malaysia, 3-1. The Philippines clinched its first win in the tournament with a 2-1 escape over Timor Leste.
After Bangkok, the training pool will head for China for a month-long training before the Seag.
Others who made it to the team are Ian Araneta, Emilio Caligdong, Jesan Candolesa, Arnold Cariño, Roy Clores, Philip Greatwich, Bervic Italia, Peter Jaugan, Jeffrey Liman, Jay-Archie Marcaida, Ruffy Narvaez, Jose Ombos, Michael Fuertes, Dexter Versario, Donald Somoza and Gerald and Jerome Orcullo.
HOPING to upgrade the level of coaching in Cebu and promote camaraderie among its ranks, a football coaches association of Cebu has been organized - the first of its kind the country.
Though they are still to come up with a name and bylaws for their registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the 37-member group has elected its set of officers three weeks ago.
Don Bosco Technological Center athletic director Bro. Marie Aberasturi was named president together with former national team member and noted youth coach Mario Ceniza as vice president.
"Our main objective is the development of coaches in Cebu since that is really what we lack despite the success of football here," Ceniza told Sun.Star Cebu yesterday.
Other elected officers are Bright Academy's Eleazar Toledo as secretary general, University of Cebu's Glen Ramos as auditor and Levi Bajarias as treasurer.
Elected to the board of directors were University of the Visayas' Eddie Buot, University of San Jose-Recoletos' Joselito Bono, UV and Abellana National School coach Francis Ramirez and University of San Carlos' Dexter Arrojado.
"We decided to organize this because this is what (national coach) Aries Caslib wanted since the solidarity meeting three years ago, and so we can also push for seminars for the coaches here. All of these were brought up during the Center for Football Excellence training last June," said Ceniza, the designated Cebu CFE coach.
Unlike other football associations around the country, the Cebu Football Association (CebuFA) has only four Asian Football Confederation (AFC) license C coaches and no license B holders. Ceniza, Ramos, Arrojado and Ray Calo are the only license C holders.
Licenses are important since coaches are required to have them when attending seminars. Last year, Ceniza missed a three-week seminar in Germany because participants were required to be license B holders.
"Our first activity is to hold an NCCC (National Coaching Certificate Course) here. There was supposed to be one but Aries got busy. We are planning to have the license C holders conduct some sort of a warm up seminar before the NCCC," Ceniza said.
Though they are still to come up with a name and bylaws for their registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the 37-member group has elected its set of officers three weeks ago.
Don Bosco Technological Center athletic director Bro. Marie Aberasturi was named president together with former national team member and noted youth coach Mario Ceniza as vice president.
"Our main objective is the development of coaches in Cebu since that is really what we lack despite the success of football here," Ceniza told Sun.Star Cebu yesterday.
Other elected officers are Bright Academy's Eleazar Toledo as secretary general, University of Cebu's Glen Ramos as auditor and Levi Bajarias as treasurer.
Elected to the board of directors were University of the Visayas' Eddie Buot, University of San Jose-Recoletos' Joselito Bono, UV and Abellana National School coach Francis Ramirez and University of San Carlos' Dexter Arrojado.
"We decided to organize this because this is what (national coach) Aries Caslib wanted since the solidarity meeting three years ago, and so we can also push for seminars for the coaches here. All of these were brought up during the Center for Football Excellence training last June," said Ceniza, the designated Cebu CFE coach.
Unlike other football associations around the country, the Cebu Football Association (CebuFA) has only four Asian Football Confederation (AFC) license C coaches and no license B holders. Ceniza, Ramos, Arrojado and Ray Calo are the only license C holders.
Licenses are important since coaches are required to have them when attending seminars. Last year, Ceniza missed a three-week seminar in Germany because participants were required to be license B holders.
"Our first activity is to hold an NCCC (National Coaching Certificate Course) here. There was supposed to be one but Aries got busy. We are planning to have the license C holders conduct some sort of a warm up seminar before the NCCC," Ceniza said.
TWO weeks before the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Incorporated football season is set to start, organizers are caught in an imbroglio after the eligibility of two University of the Visayas players were questioned.
Ricky Flores' and Venjor Gomera's eligibility for the 2005 season set to start on Sept 4 were questioned by their former University of Cebu coach Glen Ramos.
The two were former members of the Abellana National School team in 2004 under coach Francis Ramirez, who also serves as UV assistant coach, before attending the University of Cebu after graduation.
They played for UC in the Cesafi last year and then transferred to the University of the Visayas in the second semester and their eligibility to play was questioned by UC head coach Glen Ramos.
In Cesafi regulations, a transferee must have a one-year residency before he is eligible to play for his new school, a ruling which discourages player piracy.
However, the ruling is not as clear on the two as theirs is a unique case. According to UV head coach Eddie Buot their transcript of records do not show that they spent one semester at the University of Cebu.
"Pag graduate high school gi enroll sa UC wa mo eskwela, gipaduwa sa Cesafi nga wa muskwela," Buot said in an interview last Friday at the Cebu City Sports Center. "During the second semester they transferred at UV and they do not have records from UC,"
"If they were enrolled at UC, how come it doesn't show in their records," Buot continued, "My other players who came from UC have records that they studied at UC,"
The same point is also raised by UC athletics director Bernard Ricablanca, "Let me clarify we are not holding back the two boys, but we just want to know why their transcript do not show that they came from UC when we have their records here. What credentials did they present to UV?"
Ricablanca clarified that whether a student attended his classes or not, as long as they were enrolled, they will have records.
Buot said that he wants the status of the two players clarified by the technical committee before the season starts on Sept 3 and is willing to present the two. "Its also better that they ask the players themselves to clear this matter,"
Ricablanca also agrees, "That's better so we can ask them themselves how they are able to enroll or whether anybody helped them,"
Ricablanca, Buot and the other parties are set to meet with Cesafi president Dodong Gullas to settle the matter.
Ricky Flores' and Venjor Gomera's eligibility for the 2005 season set to start on Sept 4 were questioned by their former University of Cebu coach Glen Ramos.
The two were former members of the Abellana National School team in 2004 under coach Francis Ramirez, who also serves as UV assistant coach, before attending the University of Cebu after graduation.
They played for UC in the Cesafi last year and then transferred to the University of the Visayas in the second semester and their eligibility to play was questioned by UC head coach Glen Ramos.
In Cesafi regulations, a transferee must have a one-year residency before he is eligible to play for his new school, a ruling which discourages player piracy.
However, the ruling is not as clear on the two as theirs is a unique case. According to UV head coach Eddie Buot their transcript of records do not show that they spent one semester at the University of Cebu.
"Pag graduate high school gi enroll sa UC wa mo eskwela, gipaduwa sa Cesafi nga wa muskwela," Buot said in an interview last Friday at the Cebu City Sports Center. "During the second semester they transferred at UV and they do not have records from UC,"
"If they were enrolled at UC, how come it doesn't show in their records," Buot continued, "My other players who came from UC have records that they studied at UC,"
The same point is also raised by UC athletics director Bernard Ricablanca, "Let me clarify we are not holding back the two boys, but we just want to know why their transcript do not show that they came from UC when we have their records here. What credentials did they present to UV?"
Ricablanca clarified that whether a student attended his classes or not, as long as they were enrolled, they will have records.
Buot said that he wants the status of the two players clarified by the technical committee before the season starts on Sept 3 and is willing to present the two. "Its also better that they ask the players themselves to clear this matter,"
Ricablanca also agrees, "That's better so we can ask them themselves how they are able to enroll or whether anybody helped them,"
Ricablanca, Buot and the other parties are set to meet with Cesafi president Dodong Gullas to settle the matter.
I have a confession to make.
I was a football fanatic.
Once, in The Days Without Cable, my friends and I rented a tape between Argentina and West Germany – the 1990 World Cup Finals.
We viewed it twice in succession, and saw how Rudy Voeller got tripped in the penalty area, and how Maradona, pleaded with the ref to reconsider the penalty call.
Maradona had his hands on his back, his right, clasped on the wrist of his left. We debated on that.
He’s not supposed to wear that wristband that’s why he’s hiding it, a friend said. I said, heck, he just wanted to be the good guy, hands behind the back, begging the ref.
After taking a one goal lead, I remember, the Argentine keeper (no 12) dived in the right direction, but didn’t catch the shot (by Voeller I think), the West Germans decided on delaying tactics, passing the ball to the keeper and so on.
A year after that, Fifa disallowed the backpass.
I remember, that year, of wearing No 3, Rudy’s Jersey (coincidentally my girl friend then had her birthday on April 3) I made up this list of all famous players jersey, from 1 to 21.
It’s a list long forgotten, I mean, who remembers Juninho wearing number 7?
Folks stay up for the NBA play-offs, heck, I once stayed up so late just so I can watch the Ajax – Ac Milan Eufa finals. Diego Simone was one of my favorite players then, but there was this 17-year-old late Ajax substitute, who scored the winning goal in the 86th minute – a kid named Patrick Kluivert.
Getting here in Cebu for college, in the day’s Without the TV, football took the backseat. Being new in a place where everything had a price, a probinsyano like me, tried everything - price and all.
But I do remember, one fateful night in July, I watched, with disbelief, Zinedine Zidane’s two headers off a corner that brought mighty Brazil to its knees – and cost me a P500 wager.
Fast-forward four years, I was losing my voice, screaming “BRA-ZIL!” Trapped in a crowded area, where all the football fanatics seemed to have converged to catch the only live World Cup final shown in Cebu.
One side was screaming Deutschland! While we were screaming Brazil! After Brazil took a one-goal lead the signal broke and the screen went blank – the obscenities thrown and uttered – would have put a Quentin Tarantino movie to shame.
I more than made up for the P500 I lost.
I have a confession to make. I was a football fanatic. I am a football fanatic. Now that I have a job writing about football, I’m like the politician who got handed the key to the National Bank, or heck, I’m J Lo who just got handed the secrets of marriage success.
I have a confession to make.
I’m a football fanatic.
Brazil against England in the WC 2006 final, anyone?
I was a football fanatic.
Once, in The Days Without Cable, my friends and I rented a tape between Argentina and West Germany – the 1990 World Cup Finals.
We viewed it twice in succession, and saw how Rudy Voeller got tripped in the penalty area, and how Maradona, pleaded with the ref to reconsider the penalty call.
Maradona had his hands on his back, his right, clasped on the wrist of his left. We debated on that.
He’s not supposed to wear that wristband that’s why he’s hiding it, a friend said. I said, heck, he just wanted to be the good guy, hands behind the back, begging the ref.
After taking a one goal lead, I remember, the Argentine keeper (no 12) dived in the right direction, but didn’t catch the shot (by Voeller I think), the West Germans decided on delaying tactics, passing the ball to the keeper and so on.
A year after that, Fifa disallowed the backpass.
I remember, that year, of wearing No 3, Rudy’s Jersey (coincidentally my girl friend then had her birthday on April 3) I made up this list of all famous players jersey, from 1 to 21.
It’s a list long forgotten, I mean, who remembers Juninho wearing number 7?
Folks stay up for the NBA play-offs, heck, I once stayed up so late just so I can watch the Ajax – Ac Milan Eufa finals. Diego Simone was one of my favorite players then, but there was this 17-year-old late Ajax substitute, who scored the winning goal in the 86th minute – a kid named Patrick Kluivert.
Getting here in Cebu for college, in the day’s Without the TV, football took the backseat. Being new in a place where everything had a price, a probinsyano like me, tried everything - price and all.
But I do remember, one fateful night in July, I watched, with disbelief, Zinedine Zidane’s two headers off a corner that brought mighty Brazil to its knees – and cost me a P500 wager.
Fast-forward four years, I was losing my voice, screaming “BRA-ZIL!” Trapped in a crowded area, where all the football fanatics seemed to have converged to catch the only live World Cup final shown in Cebu.
One side was screaming Deutschland! While we were screaming Brazil! After Brazil took a one-goal lead the signal broke and the screen went blank – the obscenities thrown and uttered – would have put a Quentin Tarantino movie to shame.
I more than made up for the P500 I lost.
I have a confession to make. I was a football fanatic. I am a football fanatic. Now that I have a job writing about football, I’m like the politician who got handed the key to the National Bank, or heck, I’m J Lo who just got handed the secrets of marriage success.
I have a confession to make.
I’m a football fanatic.
Brazil against England in the WC 2006 final, anyone?
CEBU's Center for Football Excellence (CFE) formally opens shop tomorrow with the trials for the promising youngsters at the University of San Carlos SVD field.
The CFE, one of three in the country and headed by noted Cebuano youth coach and former national team mainstay Mario Ceniza, will train an elite group of kids born 1992-93, in a program designed to prepare them for the senior national team pool in the future.
"I have already informed the schools of the trials this Saturday, and we had to squeeze it in because we have a very tight schedule," Ceniza said.
After the trials, the boys will be busy with the Milo Little Olympics next week and the Aboitiz Cup. Other coming tournaments are the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. (Cesafi) high school competition and the Cebu City Olympics.
"I hope we will have 40 to 50 participants in the tryouts, so from them we can select the top 20 to 25 players," Ceniza said.
The trials, set at 8-9 a.m., will have the boys doing drills and playing seven-a-side pick-up games to gauge their skill levels.
The list of CFE qualifiers will be submitted to the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) as training starts in the next three weeks.
A Visayas camp is also scheduled later this year, pitting players from the Cebu CFE and Dumaguete CFE, and another batch will be selected from the group to represent the region in the National Training Camp (NTC) early next year.
The participants of the NTC will then represent the country in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Youth Festival, which the Cebu Football Association (CebuFA) is bidding to host in June of next year.
The CFE, one of three in the country and headed by noted Cebuano youth coach and former national team mainstay Mario Ceniza, will train an elite group of kids born 1992-93, in a program designed to prepare them for the senior national team pool in the future.
"I have already informed the schools of the trials this Saturday, and we had to squeeze it in because we have a very tight schedule," Ceniza said.
After the trials, the boys will be busy with the Milo Little Olympics next week and the Aboitiz Cup. Other coming tournaments are the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. (Cesafi) high school competition and the Cebu City Olympics.
"I hope we will have 40 to 50 participants in the tryouts, so from them we can select the top 20 to 25 players," Ceniza said.
The trials, set at 8-9 a.m., will have the boys doing drills and playing seven-a-side pick-up games to gauge their skill levels.
The list of CFE qualifiers will be submitted to the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) as training starts in the next three weeks.
A Visayas camp is also scheduled later this year, pitting players from the Cebu CFE and Dumaguete CFE, and another batch will be selected from the group to represent the region in the National Training Camp (NTC) early next year.
The participants of the NTC will then represent the country in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Youth Festival, which the Cebu Football Association (CebuFA) is bidding to host in June of next year.
ALONE: A Sacred Heart School player tries to get the ball from Cebu International School's Mara Reina, while Holly Dychangco and Stephanie Sharpe watches. CIS won 1-0 to take the Girls 17 under title in the San Roque Football fiesta. Sunstar photo by Ruel Rosillo
THE Cebu International School made a killing in the Under-17 division of the San Roque Football Festival over the weekend at the San Roque Parish.
The CIC Girls squad, the same team that finished runner-up in the International Schools Athletic Conference last summer at Brent School in Manila, went undefeated in the elimination round and then narrowly defeated upstart Sacred Heart School for Girls, 1-0, behind Presley Cunningham's goal to win the title.
Others who suited up for CIS in the two-day fiesta were Mara Reina, defender Holly "The Tank" Dychangco, keeper Danica Ronquillo, Danica Lotzoff, Stephani Sharpe and Gabi Mercado.
On the other hand, CIS' Boys squad led by Michael Sharpe, Paolo Cases and keeper Miguel Red also went undefeated in the elimination round and got past the University of Southern Philippines in the finals to take home the crown.
It was the first tournament in the country for Sharpe and Cases after representing the Philippines in a Manchester United-sponsored tournament in Thailand last May.
In the Men's Open, Crazy Horse, which imported players from Bacolod City, defeated the University of San Carlos, 1-0, in extra time to take home the crown. The Don Bosco Alumni FC defeated Queen City United A via shootout to win the 37-Above title.
The Women's Open was cancelled as Cebu's top lady booters were in Davao for the Philippine Football Federation National Women's Championship, where they finished runner-up to Davao City.
Seventy-seven teams joined the fiesta geared to revive football in San Roque, one of the metro's football hotbeds in the late 80s.
SPRINT: Cebu International School's Holly "The Tank" Dychangco tries to outrun a Sacred Heart School for Girls player in thier 1-0 win in the Girls U17 division of the San Roque Football Festival last weekend. Sunstar Photo Ruel Rusillo
THE M. Lhuillier-Canduman Elementary School grassroots program is starting to pay off as the school copped its first title in the Under-8 division of the San Roque Football Festival at the San Roque Parish yesterday.
The team went undefeated in the eliminations and did not concede a single goal for a 4-0-1 win-loss-draw record before beating Pomery, 1-0, in the semifinals to arrange a finals showdown with Paref-Springdale.
Canduman sealed its title after Joseph Jims Felicilda and John Dexter Espiritu scored a goal each in their 2-1 win over Springdale, which had Aldrich Pelenio score its lone goal.
Mario Ceniza heads the M. Lhuillier-Canduman project, which aims to duplicate its highly successful Carmen National School program that Graeme Mackinnon and Ceniza developed from raw talents to a legit national contender.
"We have been training since summer, and now it has paid off," Ceniza said.
In the highly competitive boys U-14 division, Bright Academy scored a 1-0 win over Hiroshi FC in the final.
The cluster saw the Red Ribbon U-14 champion Springdale booted out in the eliminations and the top four teams separated only by three points.
In the semifinals, Bright squeaked past Don Bosco Boys Home, 1-0, and Hiroshi blanked the Cebu International School, 2-0.
"I'm very happy today because we won our first title," said Bright coach and tournament organizer Eleazar Toledo.
Hiroshi made up for its loss after taking the U-12 title with a close 1-0 win over CIS. Hiroshi went undefeated in the eliminations and also did not concede a single goal.
In the U-10 division, Springdale went through penalty shootout to take the title over Hiroshi, 2-0, with Iggy Maximo and Andone Ugarte converting their spot kicks to seal their win.
Results in the Girls U-17, Boys U-17, Men's Open and the 37-Above clusters were still unavailable at presstime yesterday.
IT WASN'T meant to be.
In its first Philippine Football Federation National Women's Championship finals, Queen City United fell short and got on the wrong end of a 5-0 blowout by defending champion and host Davao City yesterday at the Tiongko field.
"They (Davao) are very good and very tough on defense," said former University of San Carlos player Dione, who was with QCU, the Cebu Football Association (CebuFA) representatives.
Former national team member Leonor Satorre scored once in the first half, and Davao added another goal for a 2-0 lead at the turn.
Davao made it 3-0 in the second half before Satorre completed her hat trick, while Crystal Dureza scored last as Davao cruised to its fifth straight win in the tournament, sealing its second straight national title.
In all their five wins, Davao City did not concede a single goal and racked up whooping routs against South Cotabato (8-0) and Zamboanga (11-0) in the elimination round.
"I think their goal keeper only got to touch the ball once during the whole game while Iris Meca, (QCU keeper) was scrambling for saves throughout the match," Dione said.
Still, it was a positive result for Cebu, which finished runner-up for the first time in the annual competition. It was a vast improvement from last year, when Cebu failed to reach the semifinals in Marikina, while their previous best finish was third during the inaugural National Women's Championship in 2001, also in Davao City.
Davao also swept the individual awards with Satorre taking the Best Striker and MVP plums, Ester Vilela winning the Best Midfielder Award and Keith Shelly Canton clinching the Best Defender trophy. Lorena Mongao, the Davao keeper who barely dropped a sweat for the whole tournament, got the Best Goalie honors.
In its first Philippine Football Federation National Women's Championship finals, Queen City United fell short and got on the wrong end of a 5-0 blowout by defending champion and host Davao City yesterday at the Tiongko field.
"They (Davao) are very good and very tough on defense," said former University of San Carlos player Dione, who was with QCU, the Cebu Football Association (CebuFA) representatives.
Former national team member Leonor Satorre scored once in the first half, and Davao added another goal for a 2-0 lead at the turn.
Davao made it 3-0 in the second half before Satorre completed her hat trick, while Crystal Dureza scored last as Davao cruised to its fifth straight win in the tournament, sealing its second straight national title.
In all their five wins, Davao City did not concede a single goal and racked up whooping routs against South Cotabato (8-0) and Zamboanga (11-0) in the elimination round.
"I think their goal keeper only got to touch the ball once during the whole game while Iris Meca, (QCU keeper) was scrambling for saves throughout the match," Dione said.
Still, it was a positive result for Cebu, which finished runner-up for the first time in the annual competition. It was a vast improvement from last year, when Cebu failed to reach the semifinals in Marikina, while their previous best finish was third during the inaugural National Women's Championship in 2001, also in Davao City.
Davao also swept the individual awards with Satorre taking the Best Striker and MVP plums, Ester Vilela winning the Best Midfielder Award and Keith Shelly Canton clinching the Best Defender trophy. Lorena Mongao, the Davao keeper who barely dropped a sweat for the whole tournament, got the Best Goalie honors.
Queen City United booked the first finals seat in the Philippine Football Federation National Women's Championship with a 2-1 comeback win over Cagayan at the Tiongko Field in Davao City.
They will play the winner of the Davao City - Iloilo game with Davao leading 3-0 as of the moment.
Cagayan got the lead five minutes into the second half before Rhodora Toledo scored in the 76th minute to level the match and Marlou Solon came up with the game winner two minutes from time with a shot inside the penalty box
They will play the winner of the Davao City - Iloilo game with Davao leading 3-0 as of the moment.
Cagayan got the lead five minutes into the second half before Rhodora Toledo scored in the 76th minute to level the match and Marlou Solon came up with the game winner two minutes from time with a shot inside the penalty box
AFTER three straight wins, Queen City United will have to add two more to clinch the coveted Philippine Football Federation National Women's Championships at the Tiongko Field in Davao City.
Their first hurdle is their semifinal match up against Cagayan this afternoon with the winner taking on the winner of the other semis between defending champion Davao City and Ilo-ilo tomorrow.
In their first match, they defeated Ilo-ilo 2-1, then blanked Iligan 3-0 before sending Rizal home, 3-0.
"We are just relaxing today because tomorrow (today) we know that Cagayan really prepared for us, and we have prepared for them also," team captain Jan Salac said.
Salac and QCU defeated Cagayan 6-5 on shoot out to take the Cebu Invitational Football Cup title last May at the University of San Carlos.
"We have seen and studied their plays, just as they have studied ours, however, we will be using different tactics tomorrow," Salac said.
Today's semifinal is also a chance for Salac and eight others to make up for their loss in the 2001 edition, when they eventually wound up third.
The other members of that squad are Remelyn Melgar, Katrina Bejec, Kristine Oplado, Carmel Colina, Maripette Ocampo, Kristina Fuentes, Marlou Solon, and Eleanor Rabaya.
After getting a yellow card in the first match, striker Rhodora Toledo will also have to take it easy today to avoid another yellow and a one match ban.
"I'll try not to play too hard today," Toledo said.
Their first hurdle is their semifinal match up against Cagayan this afternoon with the winner taking on the winner of the other semis between defending champion Davao City and Ilo-ilo tomorrow.
In their first match, they defeated Ilo-ilo 2-1, then blanked Iligan 3-0 before sending Rizal home, 3-0.
"We are just relaxing today because tomorrow (today) we know that Cagayan really prepared for us, and we have prepared for them also," team captain Jan Salac said.
Salac and QCU defeated Cagayan 6-5 on shoot out to take the Cebu Invitational Football Cup title last May at the University of San Carlos.
"We have seen and studied their plays, just as they have studied ours, however, we will be using different tactics tomorrow," Salac said.
Today's semifinal is also a chance for Salac and eight others to make up for their loss in the 2001 edition, when they eventually wound up third.
The other members of that squad are Remelyn Melgar, Katrina Bejec, Kristine Oplado, Carmel Colina, Maripette Ocampo, Kristina Fuentes, Marlou Solon, and Eleanor Rabaya.
After getting a yellow card in the first match, striker Rhodora Toledo will also have to take it easy today to avoid another yellow and a one match ban.
"I'll try not to play too hard today," Toledo said.
QUEEN City United (QCU) hit its elimination-round target after a 3-0 win over Rizal in the Philippine Football Federation National Women's Championships at the Tiongko Field in Davao City.
The win put the Cebuanas on top of Group B with a perfect 3-0 card, which pits them against Cagayan de Oro in the crossover semifinals tomorrow.
Defending champion Davao City topped Group A and will take on Iloilo, which finished second to Cebu after a 2-0 win over Iligan yesterday, in the semifinals.
QCU coach Richard Montayre had told Sun.Star Cebu before leaving for Davao that the team will aim to top its group in the elimination round.
Wily striker Rhodora Toledo made up for her scoring drought in their first two wins (2-1 over Iloilo and 3-0 over Iligan) as she came up with two goals in their second straight shutout win.
Toledo banged in a follow-up of her own shot in the 33rd minute for a 1-0 lead by QCU, which is representing the Cebu Football Association in the eight-team tournament.
"They (Rizal) were marking well, and it took a long time for us to score," said a former QCU player Dione, who watched the game.
Early in the second half, captain Jan Salac's shot from midfield hit the mark for a 2-0 count, and Toledo capped her performance after breaking away from her defender and flicking a shot past the keeper.
QCU is now assured of at least duplicating its best finish in the nationals. The team finished third in the 2001 edition, which was also held in Davao.
The win put the Cebuanas on top of Group B with a perfect 3-0 card, which pits them against Cagayan de Oro in the crossover semifinals tomorrow.
Defending champion Davao City topped Group A and will take on Iloilo, which finished second to Cebu after a 2-0 win over Iligan yesterday, in the semifinals.
QCU coach Richard Montayre had told Sun.Star Cebu before leaving for Davao that the team will aim to top its group in the elimination round.
Wily striker Rhodora Toledo made up for her scoring drought in their first two wins (2-1 over Iloilo and 3-0 over Iligan) as she came up with two goals in their second straight shutout win.
Toledo banged in a follow-up of her own shot in the 33rd minute for a 1-0 lead by QCU, which is representing the Cebu Football Association in the eight-team tournament.
"They (Rizal) were marking well, and it took a long time for us to score," said a former QCU player Dione, who watched the game.
Early in the second half, captain Jan Salac's shot from midfield hit the mark for a 2-0 count, and Toledo capped her performance after breaking away from her defender and flicking a shot past the keeper.
QCU is now assured of at least duplicating its best finish in the nationals. The team finished third in the 2001 edition, which was also held in Davao.
TWO down, one to go.
Cebu's Queen City United got off to a roaring start as it defeated Iloilo, 2-1, in the opening match of the Philippine Football Federation National Women's Open Championship at the Tiongko Field yesterday.
QCU then chalked up win number two with a 3-0 bashing of Iligan City last Wednesday to book a semis spot.
"They played very well. I told them not to give Iloilo a chance to shoot and they were able to do that," coach Richard Montayre said. "I think we controlled 70 percent of the game."
Midway into the first win, Katherine Bejec one-timed a cross from left flank past the goalkeeper for a 1-0 lead.
Ivy Jane Bongcasan doubled the lead early in the first half after getting a pass from Rhodora Toledo, who broke away from her defender.
Still, Iloilo refused to give up and got one courtesy of an alleged miscall by the referee late in the second half.
"The player was clearly offside but the linesman didn't see it so the ref called the goal," team captain Jan Salac said.
"We had lots of chances. If we had converted them, maybe we could have won by eight goals," said Montayre.
A win against its final assingment, Rizal today will assure Cebu of a number one finish in thier bracket and avoid an early clash with Davao.
Cebu's Queen City United got off to a roaring start as it defeated Iloilo, 2-1, in the opening match of the Philippine Football Federation National Women's Open Championship at the Tiongko Field yesterday.
QCU then chalked up win number two with a 3-0 bashing of Iligan City last Wednesday to book a semis spot.
"They played very well. I told them not to give Iloilo a chance to shoot and they were able to do that," coach Richard Montayre said. "I think we controlled 70 percent of the game."
Midway into the first win, Katherine Bejec one-timed a cross from left flank past the goalkeeper for a 1-0 lead.
Ivy Jane Bongcasan doubled the lead early in the first half after getting a pass from Rhodora Toledo, who broke away from her defender.
Still, Iloilo refused to give up and got one courtesy of an alleged miscall by the referee late in the second half.
"The player was clearly offside but the linesman didn't see it so the ref called the goal," team captain Jan Salac said.
"We had lots of chances. If we had converted them, maybe we could have won by eight goals," said Montayre.
A win against its final assingment, Rizal today will assure Cebu of a number one finish in thier bracket and avoid an early clash with Davao.
Got this email from (ethel_sanchez@acesaatchi.com.ph), I guess, she could use some help so I posted this here. If you have time to waste for friendster, please answer this.
Hi guys,
My apologies... I know this email is unexpected since I only got your
addresses from the Philippine Football Federation website.
I'm Ethel Sanchez, a Junior Strategic Planner at Ace Saatchi Advertising.
Right now, I'm working on a small research about football in the
Philippines, specifically about its players. I do hope you can spare a few
minutes and answer the following questions. Your help will truly be
appreciated... Thanks so much in advance!
Here are the questions:
1) Where do you usually hang out during your spare time?
2) Why are you into football? What do you like most about it? What benefits
do you get out of playing?
3) Are you the type who: (please choose all that applies to you)
a. likes to play football only physically
b. likes to play but do so other than physically (video games/ table)
c. highly interested to keep oneself updated with the latest news
d. likes the feeling of belonging to the football club community
4) Where do you usually play football?
May God bless you always.
Ethel V. Sanchez
Strategic Planner
Ace/ Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising
2005: Year of the Inspirational Consumer
Best regards,
Hi guys,
My apologies... I know this email is unexpected since I only got your
addresses from the Philippine Football Federation website.
I'm Ethel Sanchez, a Junior Strategic Planner at Ace Saatchi Advertising.
Right now, I'm working on a small research about football in the
Philippines, specifically about its players. I do hope you can spare a few
minutes and answer the following questions. Your help will truly be
appreciated... Thanks so much in advance!
Here are the questions:
1) Where do you usually hang out during your spare time?
2) Why are you into football? What do you like most about it? What benefits
do you get out of playing?
3) Are you the type who: (please choose all that applies to you)
a. likes to play football only physically
b. likes to play but do so other than physically (video games/ table)
c. highly interested to keep oneself updated with the latest news
d. likes the feeling of belonging to the football club community
4) Where do you usually play football?
May God bless you always.
Ethel V. Sanchez
Strategic Planner
Ace/ Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising
2005: Year of the Inspirational Consumer
Best regards,
THE good news for Cebu Football just keep on pouring.
After the plan of the University of San Carlos to put up a world class football field, the introduction of two divisions in the Men's Open comes another news, noted youth coach Mario Ceniza is selected as one of only three coaches in the country to head the Center for Football Excellence.
Last June Ceniza, together with 40 other coaches joined the CFE Coaching Course in Bago City.
"I thought that those who joined were already selected for the CFE," Cebu Football Association president Jonathan Maximo said, "But it turned out, only three of them were selected by the Philippine Football Federation and the Asian Football Confederation."
Maximo received the confirmation last Saturday in a form of a contract between Ceniza, the CebuFA, the PFF and the AFC. The other CFEs will be in Dipolog and Dumaguete City.
"Mario Ceniza has proven himself a competent and qualified coach during the CFE coaching course," Maximo read part of the contract.
As stipulated in the agreement, Ceniza is now in charge of selecting players born in 1992-92 for the CFE, which is part of the long term plan of the PFF to provide national team mainstay tasked to win the gold in the Southeast Asian Games in 2015.
Among his duties are to recruit the city's elite U14 players for the CFE in time for the Visayas Camp later this year and the national camp next year. He is also tasked to train and develop new players.
"I think the PFF and the AFC has seen the potential of youth football in Cebu and Mario also played a big role in us being selected," Maximo said, "I also told them that the Cebu City government has also been helpful of football and in fact is willing to play abroad as far as Team Cebu City is concerned,"
Maximo plans to endorse the CFE to Cebu City Sports Commission chairman Jonathan Guardo, who has earlier promised to help the CFE and to the provincial government since Ceniza's responsibility also include players of the province.
After the plan of the University of San Carlos to put up a world class football field, the introduction of two divisions in the Men's Open comes another news, noted youth coach Mario Ceniza is selected as one of only three coaches in the country to head the Center for Football Excellence.
Last June Ceniza, together with 40 other coaches joined the CFE Coaching Course in Bago City.
"I thought that those who joined were already selected for the CFE," Cebu Football Association president Jonathan Maximo said, "But it turned out, only three of them were selected by the Philippine Football Federation and the Asian Football Confederation."
Maximo received the confirmation last Saturday in a form of a contract between Ceniza, the CebuFA, the PFF and the AFC. The other CFEs will be in Dipolog and Dumaguete City.
"Mario Ceniza has proven himself a competent and qualified coach during the CFE coaching course," Maximo read part of the contract.
As stipulated in the agreement, Ceniza is now in charge of selecting players born in 1992-92 for the CFE, which is part of the long term plan of the PFF to provide national team mainstay tasked to win the gold in the Southeast Asian Games in 2015.
Among his duties are to recruit the city's elite U14 players for the CFE in time for the Visayas Camp later this year and the national camp next year. He is also tasked to train and develop new players.
"I think the PFF and the AFC has seen the potential of youth football in Cebu and Mario also played a big role in us being selected," Maximo said, "I also told them that the Cebu City government has also been helpful of football and in fact is willing to play abroad as far as Team Cebu City is concerned,"
Maximo plans to endorse the CFE to Cebu City Sports Commission chairman Jonathan Guardo, who has earlier promised to help the CFE and to the provincial government since Ceniza's responsibility also include players of the province.
The last time I played a full game of football, FVR was still drumbeating about his Philippines 2000 program.
Not a few years, barrels of beer, truck loads of cigarettes later, I donned my oft ignored football spikes I bought last December, last Sunday.
Last time I played, I remember having the usual "cycle," You start playing, and gradually pace yourself for the long run ahead, and about in the middle of the second half, your feet feels a little bit hot, then, you feel a sharp pain in your side, and you mouth dries up a little.
Last Sunday, Aug 14, I cycled up in the first two minutes of the game.
It used to be, at the middle of the match, I could still shout but yesterday, I couldnt. I just clapped to get the team's attention for a pass.
Boy, I guess, for once the government is right, Cigarette smoking is really bad for your health.
The newsroom in our office is on the second floor, third if you count the mezannine, I guess, I'll have to come up with an excuse to be absent tomorrow.
I feel so dog tired I can't wait till the next game.
Not a few years, barrels of beer, truck loads of cigarettes later, I donned my oft ignored football spikes I bought last December, last Sunday.
Last time I played, I remember having the usual "cycle," You start playing, and gradually pace yourself for the long run ahead, and about in the middle of the second half, your feet feels a little bit hot, then, you feel a sharp pain in your side, and you mouth dries up a little.
Last Sunday, Aug 14, I cycled up in the first two minutes of the game.
It used to be, at the middle of the match, I could still shout but yesterday, I couldnt. I just clapped to get the team's attention for a pass.
Boy, I guess, for once the government is right, Cigarette smoking is really bad for your health.
The newsroom in our office is on the second floor, third if you count the mezannine, I guess, I'll have to come up with an excuse to be absent tomorrow.
I feel so dog tired I can't wait till the next game.
FOOTBALL in Cebu is set to take the next big leap as the Cebu Football Association (CebuFA) is planning to put up two divisions for the Men's Open this year.
This is also in line with the thrust of the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) to encourage provincial football associations to put up leagues of their own. The PFF will put the provincial champions in an Area League.
The first division of the Aboitiz League will be eight of the top teams in the city while the other teams will play in the second division.
"They (coaches) welcome the idea," said CebuFA president Jonathan Maximo in an interview yesterday.
Maximo met with the coaches Thursday to bring up the plan and discuss changes in the football calendar this year.
"This is also good because there will also be relegation and promotion, and there is stricter hold on the players," Hiroshi Football Club coach Francis Ramirez said in an interview last Friday.
Relegation is when the two lowest rank teams in the first division is demoted to the second division. The top two teams in the second division will moved up to the first division.
Following PFF instructions, teams will start the season with a set of players who can no longer transfer teams until the end of the National Men's Open.
Since the budget for the Aboitiz Men's Open this year is only for 34 to 36 games, the Cebu FA is considering asking some of the teams to shoulder the fee for the officials since two divisions will mean more games.
"The fee is 600 per game, maybe we can split that between the two teams," Maximo said.
For the second division, Maximo is inviting all weekend football warriors to contact the Cebu FA for them to join.
"I am encouraging those from the call centers who have teams to contact us so they can join our tournaments, all they have to do is register," Maximo said.
This is also in line with the thrust of the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) to encourage provincial football associations to put up leagues of their own. The PFF will put the provincial champions in an Area League.
The first division of the Aboitiz League will be eight of the top teams in the city while the other teams will play in the second division.
"They (coaches) welcome the idea," said CebuFA president Jonathan Maximo in an interview yesterday.
Maximo met with the coaches Thursday to bring up the plan and discuss changes in the football calendar this year.
"This is also good because there will also be relegation and promotion, and there is stricter hold on the players," Hiroshi Football Club coach Francis Ramirez said in an interview last Friday.
Relegation is when the two lowest rank teams in the first division is demoted to the second division. The top two teams in the second division will moved up to the first division.
Following PFF instructions, teams will start the season with a set of players who can no longer transfer teams until the end of the National Men's Open.
Since the budget for the Aboitiz Men's Open this year is only for 34 to 36 games, the Cebu FA is considering asking some of the teams to shoulder the fee for the officials since two divisions will mean more games.
"The fee is 600 per game, maybe we can split that between the two teams," Maximo said.
For the second division, Maximo is inviting all weekend football warriors to contact the Cebu FA for them to join.
"I am encouraging those from the call centers who have teams to contact us so they can join our tournaments, all they have to do is register," Maximo said.
THE UNIVERSITY of San Carlos lady booters are ready to avenge their losses to Iloilo and Davao City when they represent Cebu City in the Philippine Football Federation National Women's Cup at the Tiongko field in Davao City on Aug. 16-23.
"The last time we played Iloilo in 2001 we lost, and against Davao we scored first but also lost," team captain Jan Salac said during yesterday's Scoop forum at Baseline Restaurant.
Salac is playing in her third National Championship along with Bontic Ocampo, who also attended the forum yesterday.
In their first attempt in 2001, they managed to salvage third place, while in their second try in 2003, they failed to reach the semifinal round.
This time around, after months of constant training under Richard Montayre, they are confident of a better finish in the tournament, which also has teams from Zamboanga, Iligan, Rizal, South Cotabato, Cagayan, Iloilo and defending champion Davao.
"This time the team is more confident and has the courage to fight for the championship," said Salac, whose team now carries the name Queen City United.
The Cebuanas have been undergoing endurance training the past two months and have also honed their skills and plays in preparation for the tournament.
Last summer QCU went undefeated to win the ladies crown of the Cebu Invitational Football Cup against the Cagayan de Oroteam, the same team they will meet in Davao City.
"The last time we played Iloilo in 2001 we lost, and against Davao we scored first but also lost," team captain Jan Salac said during yesterday's Scoop forum at Baseline Restaurant.
Salac is playing in her third National Championship along with Bontic Ocampo, who also attended the forum yesterday.
In their first attempt in 2001, they managed to salvage third place, while in their second try in 2003, they failed to reach the semifinal round.
This time around, after months of constant training under Richard Montayre, they are confident of a better finish in the tournament, which also has teams from Zamboanga, Iligan, Rizal, South Cotabato, Cagayan, Iloilo and defending champion Davao.
"This time the team is more confident and has the courage to fight for the championship," said Salac, whose team now carries the name Queen City United.
The Cebuanas have been undergoing endurance training the past two months and have also honed their skills and plays in preparation for the tournament.
Last summer QCU went undefeated to win the ladies crown of the Cebu Invitational Football Cup against the Cagayan de Oroteam, the same team they will meet in Davao City.
AFTER winning the CIFC Cup, Rhodora Toledo and QCU goes to the National Women's Championship. Sunstar file photo
QUEEN City United is ready to face the best of the country when it represents the Cebu Football Association (CebuFA) in the Philippine Football Federation National Women's Championship at the Tiongko field in Davao City on Aug. 16-23.
"We have been practicing four times a week for the past two months," QCU coach Richard Montayre said, "So far, I am satisfied with the team's performance."
Montayre is aiming for the group leadership to avoid a semifinal clash against the defending champion Davao City and will face Iloilo in the opening match on Tuesday.
Cebu is in Group B with Iloilo, Iligan and Rizal, while Davao is in Group A with Zamboanga, South Cotabato and Cagayan.
"The teams in our group are all good," Montayre said, "but we will aim for the top spot."
QCU is made up of Iris Meca, Lady Ocampo, Janice Dalisay, Cristina Fuentes, Madelyn Cena, Eleanor Rabaya, Kathrina Bejec, Kristine Oplado, Ivy Bungcasan, Julieta Rosos, Valerie Rafanan, Jan Salac, Marlou Solon, Elaine Macasero, Rhodora Toledo and Carmel Colina.
Meanwhile, host Davao Football Association (DFA) has pulled all strings to ensure a smooth and safe staging of the Women's Open, which is part of the events of the city's annual Kadayawan festival.
"We have coordinated with the Mayor's Office, the local police and Task Force Davao to ensure the safety of the players," DFA secretary general Dwight Dave Peñano said.
They are hoping to avoid incidents such as the 2003 bombing of the Sasa wharf that caused teams to back out of the tournament.
Use of the Tiongko field has also been limited for the past three months to ensure quality pitch conditions.
GOOD news for Pinoy football fans.
The Philippine Football Federation (PFF) is set to strengthen the club system in the country and will put up a national league in the next two years.
The move is also in line with the Asian Football Confederation's thrust to help the Philippines and other struggling nations with the staging of the AFC President's Cup, a tournament for country's like Afghanistan, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Chinese Taipei, Guam, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Macau, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Palestine, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan and Timor
"We were not able to participate in the first AFC Cup because we did not have a national league," Cebu Football Association (CebuFA) president Jonathan Maximo said.
Maximo attended the PFF board of governor's meeting last Saturday in Manila, where the PFF announced the plan to put up a national league in 2007.
The PFF plans to start in the provincial football associations (FA).
"The plan is for each FA to put up a league, not a cup competition," Maximo said. "The champion in each FA will compete in the area league, like the Liga Mindanao or the Visayas Liga."
The champions in both leagues will face each other in the national league together with the champion of Ang Liga in Manila and the Luzon League.
The PFF is also set to address the perennial problem of players transferring from one team to another.
"At the start of the competition, each club will only have 25 players and they can not change the line-up until the season ends," Maximo said.
The line-ups will also be forwarded to the AFC.
"AFC wants to support the clubs here. They want to give them as many matches as possible, so the FA leagues might be double- or triple-round robin," Maximo said.
Transfer negotiations will now be done club to club instead of player to coach and negotiations will be limited in the off-season in a semi-professional football environment.
The Philippine Football Federation (PFF) is set to strengthen the club system in the country and will put up a national league in the next two years.
The move is also in line with the Asian Football Confederation's thrust to help the Philippines and other struggling nations with the staging of the AFC President's Cup, a tournament for country's like Afghanistan, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Chinese Taipei, Guam, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Macau, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Palestine, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan and Timor
"We were not able to participate in the first AFC Cup because we did not have a national league," Cebu Football Association (CebuFA) president Jonathan Maximo said.
Maximo attended the PFF board of governor's meeting last Saturday in Manila, where the PFF announced the plan to put up a national league in 2007.
The PFF plans to start in the provincial football associations (FA).
"The plan is for each FA to put up a league, not a cup competition," Maximo said. "The champion in each FA will compete in the area league, like the Liga Mindanao or the Visayas Liga."
The champions in both leagues will face each other in the national league together with the champion of Ang Liga in Manila and the Luzon League.
The PFF is also set to address the perennial problem of players transferring from one team to another.
"At the start of the competition, each club will only have 25 players and they can not change the line-up until the season ends," Maximo said.
The line-ups will also be forwarded to the AFC.
"AFC wants to support the clubs here. They want to give them as many matches as possible, so the FA leagues might be double- or triple-round robin," Maximo said.
Transfer negotiations will now be done club to club instead of player to coach and negotiations will be limited in the off-season in a semi-professional football environment.
*I was browsing my old stories and I came up with one written on February 15 2001. I wonder whatever happened to this.* Mike
IN A move that could reap huge dividends for Philippine football, the organizers of the Prama Cup and the Philippine Football Federation will meet on Monday to discuss the new tournament and could come up with a common stand. *(what dividends? - Mike)
Prama Cup coordinator Mari Martinez told Sun.Star that his group will sit down with Chris Monfort and Rene Adad of the PFF to talk about the Football For Peace, a 10-year program sponsored by the Philippine Retirement Authority Members Association and the United Nationals Information Center. (Prama still alive? -Mike)
Earlier, reported rifts between the two groups began to circulate after the PFF reportedly threatened teams who will join in Prama of being banned from PFF tourneys.
Monfort, the PFF secretary general, belied the report and said that there was no memo and that PFF, being committed to the development of football, can not do such thing.
“Hindi naman kami ganyan, PFF will not threaten teams with being banned,” Monfort said.
PFF was earlier approached by Prama for help in implementing their football program, however, talks between the two groups failed.
Monfort said that it was not made clear to them what Prama really wanted and how the finances will be handled.
“Marami kasi silang age categories na gusto, and sometimes it becomes too expensive,” Monfort recalled.
Martinez described the en passe in the talks as a difference of opinions and directions.
However, this Monday should lift hopes of football afficionados, as both groups express willingness to approach one another again.
“We will offer our help to Prama, its good for the game and PFF is committed to the development of football,” Monfort said.
Martinez also said that “I will ask for the sanction of the PFF again, and if they will grant it good, but if they won’t, I will still pursue this because it’s a 10-year program and my commitment is with Prama.”
On the other hand, the PFF sec-gen denied reports that there was a personality clash between him and Martinez.
“Personalities should be out aside, everybody should be friends.We can talk anytime and can sort out things anytime,” he said. (Fish tayo? - Mike )
IN A move that could reap huge dividends for Philippine football, the organizers of the Prama Cup and the Philippine Football Federation will meet on Monday to discuss the new tournament and could come up with a common stand. *(what dividends? - Mike)
Prama Cup coordinator Mari Martinez told Sun.Star that his group will sit down with Chris Monfort and Rene Adad of the PFF to talk about the Football For Peace, a 10-year program sponsored by the Philippine Retirement Authority Members Association and the United Nationals Information Center. (Prama still alive? -Mike)
Earlier, reported rifts between the two groups began to circulate after the PFF reportedly threatened teams who will join in Prama of being banned from PFF tourneys.
Monfort, the PFF secretary general, belied the report and said that there was no memo and that PFF, being committed to the development of football, can not do such thing.
“Hindi naman kami ganyan, PFF will not threaten teams with being banned,” Monfort said.
PFF was earlier approached by Prama for help in implementing their football program, however, talks between the two groups failed.
Monfort said that it was not made clear to them what Prama really wanted and how the finances will be handled.
“Marami kasi silang age categories na gusto, and sometimes it becomes too expensive,” Monfort recalled.
Martinez described the en passe in the talks as a difference of opinions and directions.
However, this Monday should lift hopes of football afficionados, as both groups express willingness to approach one another again.
“We will offer our help to Prama, its good for the game and PFF is committed to the development of football,” Monfort said.
Martinez also said that “I will ask for the sanction of the PFF again, and if they will grant it good, but if they won’t, I will still pursue this because it’s a 10-year program and my commitment is with Prama.”
On the other hand, the PFF sec-gen denied reports that there was a personality clash between him and Martinez.
“Personalities should be out aside, everybody should be friends.We can talk anytime and can sort out things anytime,” he said. (Fish tayo? - Mike )
(*note written after watching the ISAC meet in Brent last summer)
I’ve been watching men’s football ever since I started kicking a ball and I started covering football in 1997 as a gangly reporter for The Freeman.
Then, I’d drag myself to the Cebu City Sports Center, catch the first game until the last every Sunday. (That was before I met red horse and got insomnia) For me, it was a bliss.
Now, we have women’s football.
For a fan like me, women’s football is like having your cake and eating it too, plus a nice plate of French fries,a dish of calamares, a plate of grilled pork chop and a round of beer (you get the drift?)
I mean, who wouldn’t want to see girls chase a ball around?
So here’s my take on the battle of the sexes, at least limited on the football field shall we?
Women listen.
Observe the normal men’s game, and you’d see, nay, hear the coach bellowing instructions from the sidelines, guys on the field continue to do their mistake.
Coach, says to take it easy. Guy on the field, looks at the coach, then proceeds to pummel a guy.
With women? It’s different. Coach gives instruction, they look, (and here is where the difference lay) they listen and follow the instruction. Go wide, they go wide, and when they miss, they’d face the coach, and say, (audible to all) “I’m sorry!” As if they’re talking to mom after breaking an expensive China. All the while, the coach thinks, don’t bother apologizing go chase that ball!
Women ask
See the parched women dying of thirst on the field? They’d keep on asking the coach or anybody, “Can I have a bottle of water?” They do that while doing their jobs, checking opponents and clearing balls.
The men? Heck, they’d proceed to the sidelines, grab a bottle with out any care if their assigned striker is streaking down the field to score. They want a drink, and a drink they will have.
Women play fair
Women also play fair. They don’t go for cheapshots or sneaky elbows that is normal of a men’s game. They play for the ball and go for the ball, the rare instances that they don’t are but exceptions, not the rule.The men on the other hand, would do everything to take you down. An elbow, a knee and a foot always finds its way when the ref is not looking.
I once played the game, and I’ve been pulled everywhere, and I’m not talking about jerseys, and I’ve hit everywhere, and I’m not talking about shin guards.
Let’s just say, a paternity suit, may not bother me at all.
But women, ahh the lovely girls. They don’t go for cheapshots, no sneaky tackles that surprises you, they simply give you what you deserve. (Which makes you kind of hope they are as open in other matters)
The refs also have it easy with women. The difficulties they have in the women’s game, is with the coaches (Ironically, exclusively of the male kind)
Ref blows his whistle, the girls stop playing, looks at the ref to know which side the foul is called and goes on.
For the men, it’s a totally different thing. Every call is questioned. Guy goes down after getting hit and the ref blows his whistle. Offender complains, “Are you blind ref? He’s acting, I didn’t hit him!” While the victim cringes in pain and holds his broken shin.
“Stupid ref! I didn’t tackle him! He fell on his own accord!” While victim finds it difficult to answer the paramedics’ queries about his name, current date and day. “You idiot ref! That’s not a foul!” While guy tries to find his detached limb.
“I was playing for the ball, hitting his knee was an accident!” Guilty guy says after tackling a striker, who had passed the ball on a minute earlier, from behind.
But the girls? Heck, for the most disputable of all calls, all they’d give you is a raised eyebrow. (Which is so effective on dates but rendered useless on the football field)
You want proof?
Show me the last female player ever carded for bad mouthing a referee and I’ll show you a guy who’s masquerading as a female player.
I’m a guy who’s in love with women and football. Watching women’s football, I feel like I’m J lo who’s just been handed the secret to marriage success, or I feel like a politician, who just got the keys to the national bank.
Women’s football is having my cake, nay, your cake, and eating it too.
So, don’t wonder if I show up 30 minutes before kick off.
I love women…er…football.
I’ve been watching men’s football ever since I started kicking a ball and I started covering football in 1997 as a gangly reporter for The Freeman.
Then, I’d drag myself to the Cebu City Sports Center, catch the first game until the last every Sunday. (That was before I met red horse and got insomnia) For me, it was a bliss.
Now, we have women’s football.
For a fan like me, women’s football is like having your cake and eating it too, plus a nice plate of French fries,a dish of calamares, a plate of grilled pork chop and a round of beer (you get the drift?)
I mean, who wouldn’t want to see girls chase a ball around?
So here’s my take on the battle of the sexes, at least limited on the football field shall we?
Women listen.
Observe the normal men’s game, and you’d see, nay, hear the coach bellowing instructions from the sidelines, guys on the field continue to do their mistake.
Coach, says to take it easy. Guy on the field, looks at the coach, then proceeds to pummel a guy.
With women? It’s different. Coach gives instruction, they look, (and here is where the difference lay) they listen and follow the instruction. Go wide, they go wide, and when they miss, they’d face the coach, and say, (audible to all) “I’m sorry!” As if they’re talking to mom after breaking an expensive China. All the while, the coach thinks, don’t bother apologizing go chase that ball!
Women ask
See the parched women dying of thirst on the field? They’d keep on asking the coach or anybody, “Can I have a bottle of water?” They do that while doing their jobs, checking opponents and clearing balls.
The men? Heck, they’d proceed to the sidelines, grab a bottle with out any care if their assigned striker is streaking down the field to score. They want a drink, and a drink they will have.
Women play fair
Women also play fair. They don’t go for cheapshots or sneaky elbows that is normal of a men’s game. They play for the ball and go for the ball, the rare instances that they don’t are but exceptions, not the rule.The men on the other hand, would do everything to take you down. An elbow, a knee and a foot always finds its way when the ref is not looking.
I once played the game, and I’ve been pulled everywhere, and I’m not talking about jerseys, and I’ve hit everywhere, and I’m not talking about shin guards.
Let’s just say, a paternity suit, may not bother me at all.
But women, ahh the lovely girls. They don’t go for cheapshots, no sneaky tackles that surprises you, they simply give you what you deserve. (Which makes you kind of hope they are as open in other matters)
The refs also have it easy with women. The difficulties they have in the women’s game, is with the coaches (Ironically, exclusively of the male kind)
Ref blows his whistle, the girls stop playing, looks at the ref to know which side the foul is called and goes on.
For the men, it’s a totally different thing. Every call is questioned. Guy goes down after getting hit and the ref blows his whistle. Offender complains, “Are you blind ref? He’s acting, I didn’t hit him!” While the victim cringes in pain and holds his broken shin.
“Stupid ref! I didn’t tackle him! He fell on his own accord!” While victim finds it difficult to answer the paramedics’ queries about his name, current date and day. “You idiot ref! That’s not a foul!” While guy tries to find his detached limb.
“I was playing for the ball, hitting his knee was an accident!” Guilty guy says after tackling a striker, who had passed the ball on a minute earlier, from behind.
But the girls? Heck, for the most disputable of all calls, all they’d give you is a raised eyebrow. (Which is so effective on dates but rendered useless on the football field)
You want proof?
Show me the last female player ever carded for bad mouthing a referee and I’ll show you a guy who’s masquerading as a female player.
I’m a guy who’s in love with women and football. Watching women’s football, I feel like I’m J lo who’s just been handed the secret to marriage success, or I feel like a politician, who just got the keys to the national bank.
Women’s football is having my cake, nay, your cake, and eating it too.
So, don’t wonder if I show up 30 minutes before kick off.
I love women…er…football.
Vietnam - FOR the third straight year, the Republic of Luzon bagged the gold medal of the Dirty Politics event in the 26th Southeast Asian Games here with Republic of Visayas and Thailand taking the next two spots.
Three time gold medallist, Pinggoy Estradum, was flawless in the entire week, as he showed fans new and unique ways to steal government funds, while the other players kept to the usual cut back and percentage tactics.
Fans of Dirty Politics, which is now taking over football as the most watched sport in Asia, saw a unique steal from Pinggoy, who also won the 24th and 25th edition of the games, as he stole P3 billion in just three days to run away with the gold medal.
The total amount allocated to be stolen was only P2billion and where Pingoy got the other P1 billion had the judges giving him the medal.
As per agreement, the stolen amount will be returned to the organizers and Pingoy has given the P2 billion back, while the other players did not return their loot saying the whole P2 billion was returned.
Meanwhile, the player from the Republic of Visayas has filed a protest against the three time champion saying she caught him talking with some of the judges prior to the contest.
"They were planning a fix," Clever Ass Martini said, "I have caught them on tape, so this is how he won it, he should relinquish his medal,"
Martini said the tape was given to her almost a week before the start of the contest, but when asked why she presented it just now.
"Para mas nindot ang timing," she said and quickly left
As it was in her native tongue, this reporter asked one of the janitors in the vicinity who was also a Visayan to translate what Martinez said.
According to the 85 year old Jangy Omena, 'Para mas nindot ang timing,' meant "Pay me first before i tell you,"
Meanwhile, the SEAG committee has received the copy of Martini's protest and will address it after they settle the 69 other protest filed by other losers in the previous contest.
They are still addressing the first protest filed six years ago alleging that the inaugural winner, Pingoy, is not allowed to represent the Republic of Luzon because he is overqualified owing to his being a former Senator of the the now defunct Republic of the Philippines.
Only amateur crooked politicians are allowed to compete in the SEAg.
Meanwhile in football, Thailand thrashed Indonesia 5-1 to win their another gold medal while the bronze medal match between the Republic of the Visayas and Republic of Luzon has to be abandoned after the coaches got into a fight.
According to one report, the coach caught the other coach sleeping with his wife while rumors says that the wife caught the two coaches sleeping with each other.
The women's game between Thailand and Luzon was also abandoned after it was found out the Luzon fielded a man.
The ruse was discovered after the leading striker of Luzon writhed in intense pain after getting hit in the groin and 'her' false boobs fell off.
Luzon is now banned from football, as well as tennis, badminton, chess, volleyball for varied attempts to cheat. (AP)
Three time gold medallist, Pinggoy Estradum, was flawless in the entire week, as he showed fans new and unique ways to steal government funds, while the other players kept to the usual cut back and percentage tactics.
Fans of Dirty Politics, which is now taking over football as the most watched sport in Asia, saw a unique steal from Pinggoy, who also won the 24th and 25th edition of the games, as he stole P3 billion in just three days to run away with the gold medal.
The total amount allocated to be stolen was only P2billion and where Pingoy got the other P1 billion had the judges giving him the medal.
As per agreement, the stolen amount will be returned to the organizers and Pingoy has given the P2 billion back, while the other players did not return their loot saying the whole P2 billion was returned.
Meanwhile, the player from the Republic of Visayas has filed a protest against the three time champion saying she caught him talking with some of the judges prior to the contest.
"They were planning a fix," Clever Ass Martini said, "I have caught them on tape, so this is how he won it, he should relinquish his medal,"
Martini said the tape was given to her almost a week before the start of the contest, but when asked why she presented it just now.
"Para mas nindot ang timing," she said and quickly left
As it was in her native tongue, this reporter asked one of the janitors in the vicinity who was also a Visayan to translate what Martinez said.
According to the 85 year old Jangy Omena, 'Para mas nindot ang timing,' meant "Pay me first before i tell you,"
Meanwhile, the SEAG committee has received the copy of Martini's protest and will address it after they settle the 69 other protest filed by other losers in the previous contest.
They are still addressing the first protest filed six years ago alleging that the inaugural winner, Pingoy, is not allowed to represent the Republic of Luzon because he is overqualified owing to his being a former Senator of the the now defunct Republic of the Philippines.
Only amateur crooked politicians are allowed to compete in the SEAg.
Meanwhile in football, Thailand thrashed Indonesia 5-1 to win their another gold medal while the bronze medal match between the Republic of the Visayas and Republic of Luzon has to be abandoned after the coaches got into a fight.
According to one report, the coach caught the other coach sleeping with his wife while rumors says that the wife caught the two coaches sleeping with each other.
The women's game between Thailand and Luzon was also abandoned after it was found out the Luzon fielded a man.
The ruse was discovered after the leading striker of Luzon writhed in intense pain after getting hit in the groin and 'her' false boobs fell off.
Luzon is now banned from football, as well as tennis, badminton, chess, volleyball for varied attempts to cheat. (AP)
This blog will temporarily shutdown owing to a temporary mental break down of the author (ugly face shown above). Beer and more alcohol has been prescribed for his immediate recovery.
LIKE fairy godmothers for a neglected orphan, Philippine football's supporters still haven't stopped helping the sport even if it means doing the work themselves.
Cancer stricken Kai Stevens maintains pinoyfootball.bravehost.com, a site where reports about football in the country are gathered. Aside from that, Stevens also spots Fil-foreigners abroad while giving them info how to contact the Philippine Football Federation (PFF).
In a recent e-mail, the US-based Stevens said he wants to visit the country next year to promote the site aggressively.
"One of our goals in the near future is to visit the Philippines and promote, introduce the website to those who don't know about it yet. We feel that for us to gain the full approval, acceptance from the football fans, we need to interact with them, go to as many soccer events as possible, pass out PFC T-shirts and pamphlets," he said.
"Basically, let them know that we're out there, that we care and that we're trying to help the situation."
The situation simply is that the Philippines, from being one of the founding members of the Asian Football Confederation, to hosting the first Asian International match, to producing the first and still to be surpassed Asian superstar in Paulino Alcantra, is now ranked 187th in the world far behind even from its Southeast Asian neighbors.
Former Cebu-based Australian coach, Graeme Mackinnon, is also helping Stevens.
"Congrats on all the things you are trying to do," Mackinnon told Stevens in an e-mail he also furnished to Sun.Star Cebu. "Combined with the Paulino Alcantara story, promoting the site at the same time in the Seag (Southeast Asian Games) could be beneficial."
Another "godmother" is a Manila-based foundation aiming to put up a national league and a football school next year.
Ironically, these developments come after the appointed "godfather" of the sport failed to come up with the promised P3 million support for the national team's training for the 23rd Seag here in November.
More than 40 godfathers pledged some P150 million for the different Seag bound teams early this year. P3 million each were promised for the Men and Women's teams.
"The Women's Under-19 was cancelled because they didn't get the promised P3 million and it was realigned to the team's training," said PFF board of governors member and Cebu Football Association president Jonathan Maximo
Cancer stricken Kai Stevens maintains pinoyfootball.bravehost.com, a site where reports about football in the country are gathered. Aside from that, Stevens also spots Fil-foreigners abroad while giving them info how to contact the Philippine Football Federation (PFF).
In a recent e-mail, the US-based Stevens said he wants to visit the country next year to promote the site aggressively.
"One of our goals in the near future is to visit the Philippines and promote, introduce the website to those who don't know about it yet. We feel that for us to gain the full approval, acceptance from the football fans, we need to interact with them, go to as many soccer events as possible, pass out PFC T-shirts and pamphlets," he said.
"Basically, let them know that we're out there, that we care and that we're trying to help the situation."
The situation simply is that the Philippines, from being one of the founding members of the Asian Football Confederation, to hosting the first Asian International match, to producing the first and still to be surpassed Asian superstar in Paulino Alcantra, is now ranked 187th in the world far behind even from its Southeast Asian neighbors.
Former Cebu-based Australian coach, Graeme Mackinnon, is also helping Stevens.
"Congrats on all the things you are trying to do," Mackinnon told Stevens in an e-mail he also furnished to Sun.Star Cebu. "Combined with the Paulino Alcantara story, promoting the site at the same time in the Seag (Southeast Asian Games) could be beneficial."
Another "godmother" is a Manila-based foundation aiming to put up a national league and a football school next year.
Ironically, these developments come after the appointed "godfather" of the sport failed to come up with the promised P3 million support for the national team's training for the 23rd Seag here in November.
More than 40 godfathers pledged some P150 million for the different Seag bound teams early this year. P3 million each were promised for the Men and Women's teams.
"The Women's Under-19 was cancelled because they didn't get the promised P3 million and it was realigned to the team's training," said PFF board of governors member and Cebu Football Association president Jonathan Maximo
CEBU Football Association president Jonathan Maximo is set to raise the issue of fan support and the move of an independent foundation to put up a domestic league in the country in the next Philippine Football Federation board of governors meeting on Saturday.
Football fans have come up with a name, Askals, for the national team and are planning to reproduce shirts with a logo for those who will watch the 23rd Southeast Asian Games this November in Bacolod.
"I will ask how much support the PFF will give for the fans in the Seag," Maximo said.
Maximo is also planning to organize a Cebu delegation of fans who will travel together during the Seag.
As for the national league, a Manila-based foundation has contacted the PFF about their plan to put up a football school and the Paulino Alcantara Cup next year.
"This is a very nice concept," Maximo said, "I will ask the PFF of their stand."
However, a source with the foundation said that the response from the PFF has not been encouraging.
"Beside this, the PFF has given no sign of life yet and doesn't seem to be very interested, since it already took a week for them to reply. I understand they are busy with current projects and with the national team, but it disappoints me that the PFF is not assertive enough to give the impression of working on development in football in the Philippines," the source's e-mail said.
Aside from the two issues, among the agenda are preparations for the Seag and tournaments next year.
Football fans have come up with a name, Askals, for the national team and are planning to reproduce shirts with a logo for those who will watch the 23rd Southeast Asian Games this November in Bacolod.
"I will ask how much support the PFF will give for the fans in the Seag," Maximo said.
Maximo is also planning to organize a Cebu delegation of fans who will travel together during the Seag.
As for the national league, a Manila-based foundation has contacted the PFF about their plan to put up a football school and the Paulino Alcantara Cup next year.
"This is a very nice concept," Maximo said, "I will ask the PFF of their stand."
However, a source with the foundation said that the response from the PFF has not been encouraging.
"Beside this, the PFF has given no sign of life yet and doesn't seem to be very interested, since it already took a week for them to reply. I understand they are busy with current projects and with the national team, but it disappoints me that the PFF is not assertive enough to give the impression of working on development in football in the Philippines," the source's e-mail said.
Aside from the two issues, among the agenda are preparations for the Seag and tournaments next year.
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