Cebu Football

THIS SITE HAS TRANSFERRED

2007-01-18T02:30:00.000+08:00

The new site is football.cebunetwork.com

Goodbye Cebufootball.blogspot.com

2007-01-13T01:52:00.000+08:00

I am abandoning this site. I am transferring to http://football.cebunetwork.com.

As to the cbox. I may or may not be adding it on for the simple reason that I can not monitor whatevery monkey or assholes like "felicilda, crips, ako12, eman, serna," say.

They attack certain people and hide behind the cbox, these sissies. They even use the surname (guys, there is a thing called an IP address, and everytime you bozoes log in, even if you change felicilda to crips to ako12 to eman to serna and even to p___, your IP address stays the same.")

And its not just assholes like them. I've had many unpleasant visitors in the cbox. And it's convenient. They'd go on, "isog ka bay! sumbagay ta. tabang pa imong lolo og lola. magkita ta aning orasa."

I think there was even an insult to a daughter.

But, their braggadocio is as big as their fear. They hide behind anonymity.

So you are pissed because you lost 0-5? And you are taking it on the keeper? Why?

Maybe instead of ganging up (and hiding behind a cbox) on the keeper, you should gang up on your strikers? Or maybe even your defense (read: yourselves)

Take for example these idiots named serna, he said "hoy ---- bulay-og ka," and this other idiot, who has a brain the size of a pea (redunduncy intended) named felicilda, who said "hoy ___ one on one ta."

Hoy bayot, kung magchallenge kag one-on-one, maayo sad siguro no nga magpaila sad ka no?

It is idiots like them which make me want to restrict the cbox.

Psst. I just called you a bunch of sissies. You know who I am.

So, shall we be staring down at each other at another cbox? (Psst. in case you didn't notice, which i suspect it is, this is an insult.)

Ayaw panghilabut ug taga polomolok bay, diri pa gyud ka sa akong blog manghilabut. Magkita ra ta.

Darn beta blogger

2007-01-05T00:38:00.000+08:00

I rue the day I decided to shift to blogger beta. No matter what I do, I can't seem to fix the 'comments' in this blog.

So I decided to transfer.

Just check the site for developments.

Cheers. Happy new year to all

Happy New Year

2006-12-28T01:45:00.000+08:00

Happy Holidays to everyone. I'm still trying to solve this comments glitch in this blog. Enjoy your holidays

Breaking News: RP is now seventh-best in SEA

2006-12-18T21:53:00.000+08:00

AFTER improving 11 places to 184^th last month, the Philippines rose to 171^st in the final FIFA rankings for 2006.

The Philippines, which lost one and won three matches in the Asean Football Federation Championships last month in Bacolod City, is now the seventh-best team in Southeast Asia, besting Vietnam (172), Cambodia (174) Brunei, 175 and Timor Leste (198)

Singapore is still the number one team in the region at 111 with Thailand exont at 137 and Laos improved to third at 151. Malaysia is at 152, Indoneisa at 153 and Myanmar at 154.
Last month, the Philippines was 10^th of 11 teams in the region, besting only newcomer Timor Leste.

Don Bosco holds Crazy Horse, 1-1

2006-12-18T02:23:00.000+08:00

DON Bosco Alumni FC needed only one chance and a lot of luck to hold leaders Crazy Horse FC to a 1-1 draw in yesterday’s Aboitiz Premier League at the San Roque parish football grounds.

The draw kept Crazy Horse from solidifying its hold of the top spot going into the three-week Christmas break as it failed to win for the first time this season.

Both Don Bosco and Crazy Horse now share a 3-1 win-draw record, with Crazy Horse ahead by three goals in the standings.

In the other games yesterday, Dexter Arrojado carried Queen City to its third win, 1-0, over the luckless University of San Jose-Recoletos, while the University of Southern Philippines-Foundation (USPF) drew with San Roque FC, 1-1, and Wild Cebu Fashion banked on a last minute goal to oust Magone, 2-1.

Queen City is now at third with nine points, while both USPF and San Roque have four points. It was the first win for Wild Cebu, while Magone dropped its fourth straight match.

Crazy Horse started with their usual pace and systematic attacks yesterday, and Hayato Ayabe brought the Japanese-owned club upfront with a perfect header in the 17th.

Ayabe deftly headed in Matsuo Tsunakiri’s cross past Lark Pacubas to the left post for the first goal.

However, Don Bosco's lone clear attack in the first half paid dividends as Ramon Martin stripped defender Kim Relucio of the ball then streaked towards the goal before blasting a left-footed strike to the top left corner in the 30th, leaving keeper Peter Onde no chance to stop the equalizer.

Crazy Horse, which whipped Queen City, 5-0, for its third win, tried to score the go ahead goal in the second half but found themselves unlucky.

A potential go ahead in the 70th got called off for offside, while Albert Nangkil’s 30-yard strike slipped through Pacuabas hands, flirted at the goal line before the keeper collected it.

Don Bosco found themselves a man down after Lemar Baunsit got his second yellow, but despite dominating ball possession, Crazy Horse couldn’t get the second goal.

Ayabe again came close late in the game, but his booming 20-yard volley sailed just wide and Don Bosco contended themselves to play defense to collect the point.

After the Christmas Break, Crazy Horse can shoot for their fourth win against San Roque, which won only one of its first four matches, while Don Bosco will take on USPF.

The football year ender.

2006-12-11T03:25:00.000+08:00

The football year in 2006 started with a brawl...it ends (or rather a week before it ends) with postponed matches due to seniang.

We have all heard about the brawl and we all know who to blame. The brawlers are innocent, its not their fault. Its the organizers, its the weather, its traffic, its the media, its the janitors, its my cousin off the my mothers uncle to the third degree fault.

Cebu had festivals, Cebu had cheating teams. So what?

What's the biggest story f the year?

What is your biggest story of the year?

Here are mine, and this is ranked.

1.) The Philippines, Azkals, (I remember being asked by the Solar guys why the RP team is named Azkals) winning three of four matches and finishing second. That, my friend, hasnt happened since old guy Ferdy Marcos was running in shorts. The starting keeper for that team is a Cebuano.

2.) The aboitiz festival. What ever side of the football fence you sit, you can't take away from the CebuFA admin the success (here i qualify success with the number of participants) of the Aboitiz festival.

3.) The U17 regional fiasco. I wasn't around to witness the match, as I went home to fulfill a high school promise (Yes, promises are meant to be fulfilled, not publicized in the papers) to attend a friend's wedding. Such wedding coincided with the U17 regionals. I never expected Cebu to win, but I never expected, also, for Cebu to lose that badly.

4.) The SRP lie. You heard it before, you heard it then. The football field in SRP will rise.

5.) The DBC snub. You are the Palaro champion, you are so good. So good that a diffrent guideline is used for the football MOA. If you want to explore this thought, how about this. What right does a group have of criticizing the selection for the national team---presumably the best players in the country---if they can not, within themselves agree on the CRITERIA on selecting the best player for elementary football?

6.) Here is where you make your list. Adios

New Cebufa website

2006-12-11T03:12:00.000+08:00

I got a text from Maxi regarding their new website. They have finally decided to put up one. It's at cebufa.blogspot.com

You know it only means one thing. New material for our neighboryly thieves to steal from and post at their website.

Gutentag bald head.

No love for RP from FIFA

2006-12-11T02:54:00.000+08:00

Ever since I got back from Bacolod for the AFF Qualifiers I've been checking and rechecking the FIFA website for improvements of our rankings. Today is Dec. 11, almost two weeks since the final match of the Asiad.

What, dear FIFA, has said about us in their rankings?

It says that we, the Philippines have earned...drum roll please...34 points for the month of November.

At first I thought, there must have been a mistake, 34 points for three wins and a 1-2 loss? The first update of the FIFA rankings was done on Nov. 28, a week after the AFF qualifiers ended. I got a text from PFF about the new rankings, but, I already wrote a story about the rankings a day prior and asked "how come we got 34 measly points?"

I was told, that the last two games of RP wasn't included in the new computation.

But check this, as of Dec 6, the new rankings released by FIFA, we still have 34 points!

This from the FIFA website on Nov. 28
Syria on the up
(AFP) KARIM JAAFAR
(FIFA.com) 28 Nov 2006
*at this day, the Philippines is at 184th

This from the FIFA website on Dec 6
New hope for Bolivia
Bolivian players celebrate a goal by Oscar Sánchez.
(AFP) Aizar Raldes
(FIFA.com) 06 Dec 2006
*Until this day, the Philippines is still at 184th

IF you check the rankings, the Philippines earned, for their troubles, 34 points. As to our neighbors?

Cambodia, which won one lousy match, lost to the Philippines 0-1 and finished second at the bottom, earned 48 points and improved seven places to 178th.

Brunei? The country we beat 4-1, with del Rosario scoring that superb goal off a free kick from 30 yards, that rich nation earned 72 points to go up 13 places at 167.

As to the Philippines, FIFA gave us 34 points for our troubles thank you very much.

Now, the question is. Are the final two matches of the Philippines included in the new rankings?

Heck, the last report on the rankings was dated Dec. 6.

I've never been a soft drinks guy, I stopped drinking Coke two years ago. Maybe it's time that I tell my friends to shift to Pepsi. Coke not only eskews your appetite. It seems, it also screws your arithmetic.

Boys no longer 15 (A.K.A Men's Open)

2006-12-09T03:14:00.000+08:00

from CebuFA

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10TH ABOITIZ CEBUFA MEN'S PREMIER LEAGUE
November 19, 2006 to January 14, 2007
sponsored by Aboitiz Group Foundation, Inc. (AGFI)
organized by Cebu Football Association, Inc. (CebuFA)
sanctioned by Phil. Football Federation, Inc. (PFF)

OFFICIAL TEAM STANDINGS
as of December 3, 2006 5:00PM

Teams Win Draw Loss Pts GF GA GD

1. Crazy Horse Football Club 3W 0D 0L 9Pts 12GF 2GA +10GD
2. Don Bosco Alumni Football Club 3W 0D 0L 9Pts 8GF 1GA +7GD
3. Queen City United Football Club 2W 0D 1L 6Pts 10GF 6GA +4GD
4. University of San Jose-Recoletos Alum 2W 0D 1L 6Pts 8GF 4GA +4GD
5. University of Southern Phils. Found 1W 0D 2L 3Pts 8GF 9GA -1GD
6. San Roque Football Club 1W 0D 2L 3Pts 3GF 9GA -6GD
7. Wild Cebu Football Club 0W 0D 3L 0Pt 2GF 9GA -7GD
8. Magone Football Club 0W 0D 3L 0Pt 2GF 13GA -11GD

*Cebu qualifying tournament for 2007 PFF Visayas Men’s Open Finals
*11-a-side format, maximum of 25 players + 2 official per team
*maximum of 7 substitutes per game
*Single round robin. Top team will be declared Champion.
*Win = 3pts; Draw = 1pt; Loss = 0pt
*Goal Diff (GD) = Goals For (GF) – Goals Against (GA)
*Tie breaker: (1) Pts (2) GD (3) GF (4) Winner over the other (5) Toss coin

OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE & RESULTS
as of November 19, 2006

DECEMBER 10, SUNDAY (venue: San Roque Field, Mandaue)

08:00AM Match #13: QC Utd. FC vs USJ-R Alumni
10:00AM Match #14: USPF vs San Roque FC
01:00PM Match #15: Wild Cebu FC vs Magone FC
03:00PM Match #16: Don Bosco Alumni FC vs Crazy Horse FC

-a must win for both QC Utd (3rd) and USJ-R (4th) teams. Both teams have a 2-1 win-loss
-QC Utd. does not have a coach in its bench during the last 3 games they played
-QC Utd. lost 0-5 to Crazy Horse in its last game
-USJR lost 1-2 to Don Bosco Alumni in its previous game
-USPF and SRFC are currently tied with 3pts but USPF has a higher –1GD
-Wild Cebu and Magone are both winless so far. A win will boost their morale
-DB Alumni vs Crazy Horse, the game to watch. Both are leading the pack at 3-0 win loss
-a CH or DB win will greatly increase its chances of bagging the league title
-others have considered the CH vs DB game to be the mini championship game.

Boys 15

2006-12-09T03:13:00.000+08:00

From CebuFA

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10TH ABOITIZ CEBUFA BOYS-15 CUP
November 18, 2006 to February 3, 2007
sponsored by Aboitiz Group Foundation, Inc. (AGFI)
organized by Cebu Football Association, Inc. (CebuFA)
sanctioned by Phil. Football Federation, Inc. (PFF)

OFFICIAL TEAM STANDINGS
as of December 2, 2006 5:00PM

GROUP A Win Draw Loss Pts GF GA GD

1-San Roque Football Club 2W 0D 0L 6Pts 10GF 2GA +8GD
2-Don Bosco College – B 1W 0D 0L 3Pts 7GF 0GA +7GD
2-PAREF-Springdale School 1W 0D 0L 3Pts 7GF 0GA +7GD
3-Blessed John Seminary XXIII 1W 0D 1L 3Pts 4GF 3GA +1GD
4-Colegio dela Inmaculada Conc– Mand 0W 1D 2L 1Pt 1GF 10GA -9GD
5-University of San Carlos – North Camp 0W 1D 2L 1Pt 1GF 15GA -14GD

GROUP B Win Draw Loss Pts GF GA GD

1-Cebu International School 1W 0D 0L 3Pts 4GF 0GA +4GD
2-Abellana National School 1W 0D 0L 3Pts 1GF 0GA +1GD
3-Centre for International Education 1W 0D 1L 3Pts 4GF 6GA -2GD
4-Don Bosco College – A 0W 0D 1L 0Pt 0GF 1GA -1GD
5-Football Club Inter Cebu 0W 0D 1L 0Pt 2GF 4GA -2GD

*Part of the Youth Development Program (YDP) of CebuFA
*Cebu qualifying tournament for 2007 PFF Visayas Men's U-17 Finals
*Player’s eligibility: Boys born on or after January 1, 1991
*11-a-side format, maximum of 16 players + 2 officials per team
*40 minutes per half x 2 (with 10mins half-time break)
*Point system: Win = 3pts.; Draw = 1pt.; Loss = 0pt.
*Goal Difference (GD) = Goals For (GF) – Goal Against (GA)
*Tie-breaker: (1) Pts (2) GD (3) GF (4) Winner over the other (5) Toss coin
*Top two (2) teams in each group will advance to the Semi-Final round
*Semi-Final losers will play for 3rd Place
*Semi-Final winners will vie for Championship

OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE & RESULTS
as of November 18, 2006

DECEMBER 9, SATURDAY (venue: San Roque Fld, Mandaue)

10:00AM Match #12: Group B: ANS vs FC Inter Cebu
01:00AM Match #13: Group A: DBC-B vs Springdale
03:00PM Match #14: Group B: Cebu IS vs DBC-A

-ANS is favored to get past FCIC
-FCIC needs to win in order to improve its standing in Group B
-Springdale and DBC-B are currently tied in 2nd Place in Group A. Winner will top Group A
-A CIS win will solidify its top spot in Group B
-DBC-A needs to win to improve its 0-1 win-loss card

Final batch. All pics by JP

2006-12-08T10:05:00.000+08:00

Pictures pa rin

2006-12-08T10:04:00.000+08:00

Pics and More

2006-12-08T10:02:00.000+08:00

More Pics

2006-12-08T10:00:00.000+08:00

Under-19 National Finals pictures

2006-12-08T09:55:00.000+08:00

Aboitiz Boys 12

2006-12-02T15:03:00.000+08:00

10TH ABOITIZ CEBUFA BOYS-12 CUP
October 21, 2006 to February 3, 2007
sponsored by Aboitiz Group Foundation, Inc. (AGFI)
organized by Cebu Football Association, Inc. (CebuFA)
sanctioned by Phil. Football Federation, Inc. (PFF)

TEAM STANDINGS
as of December 1, 2006

GROUP A Win Draw Loss Points GF GA GD

1-Pepito Football Club 4W 0D 0L 12Pts 13GF 1GA +12GD
2-PAREF-Springdale School 2W 0D 1L 6Pts 6GF 1GA +5GD
3-Don Bosco College-B 1W 1D 1L 4Pts 1GF 4GA -3GD
4-Bright Academy 1W 0D 3L 3Pts 10GF 11GA -1GD
5-San Roque Football Club 0W 1D 3L 1Pts 0GF 0GA 0GD

GROUP B Win Draw Loss Points GF GA GD

1-Don Bosco College-A 2W 0D 0L 6Pts 15GF 0GA +15GD
2-Cebu International School 1W 1D 0L 4Pts 11GF 2GA +9GD
3-Sacred Heart School-Jesuit 1W 1D 1L 4Pts 8GF 6GA +2GD
4-FC Inter Lapu-Lapu 0W 0D 3L 0Pts 0GF 26GA -26GD

*Points system: Win = 3pts.; Draw = 1pt.; Loss = 0pt.
*GF = Goals made For the team; GA = Goals made Against the team; GD = Goal Diff (GF-GA)
*Tie-breaker: (1) Points (2) Goal Diff. (3) Goals For (4) Winner over the other (5) Toss coin

*Top two (2) teams in each Group will advance to the knock-out Semi-Final Round
*Semi-Final pairings: 1st Group A vs 2nd Group B; 1st Group B vs 2nd Group A
*Semi-Final losers will play for 3rd/4th Places
*Semi-Final winners will play for Champion/2nd Place

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE & RESULTS

OCTOBER 21, SATURDAY (venue: CIS Field, Talamban)

1:00PM Match #1: Group B: CIS vs FCIL
Result: 9-0 in favor of CIS
Scorers:
Ralph Jernalim (CIS) – 2nd min
Rowdy Elber (CIS) – 3rd min
Grant Sicard (CIS) – 24th, 32nd, 36th & 50th mins
Thomas Booth (CIS) – 28th & 45th mins
Yuta Hamada (CIS) – 31st min

2:00PM Match #2: Group A: SRFC vs Bright Academy
Result: 0-9 in favor of Bright Academy
Scorers:
Renko Gaudiel (Bright) – 5th min
Jung Jae Lee (Bright) – 8th, 14th & 18th mins
Kyle Knight (Bright) – 16th & 35th mins
Rainer Tan (Bright) – 30th min
Junichi Kuribayashi (Bright) – 32nd min
Sebastian Dahlberg (Bright) – 47th min

3:00PM Match #3: Group A: Pepito FC vs Springdale
Result: 1-0 in favor of Pepito FC
Scorer:
Rafael Estremos (Pepito) – 49th min

OCTOBER 29, SUNDAY (venue: San Roque Field, Mandaue)

1:00PM Match #7: Group B: FCIL vs DBC-A
Result: 0-11 in favor of DBC-A
Scorers:
Chinno dela Calzada (DB) – 1st, 27th mins
Miguel Caindec (DB) – 14th, 18th mins
Junjay Arizabal (DB) – 19th, 26th, 33rd, 45th mins
Christian Noel (DB) – 37th min
John Labajo (DB) – 40th min
Ethan Decena (DB) – 43rd min

2:00PM Match #8: Group A: Pepito FC vs Bright Academy
Result: 5-0 in favor of Pepito FC
Scorers:
Regelio Castillon (Pepito) – 24th, 45th mins
John Gomora (Pepito) – 27th min
John Melgo (Pepito) – 31st min
Julius Cabigon (Pepito) – 45th min

3:00PM Match #9: Group A: DBC-B vs SRFC
Result: 0-0 draw

NOVEMBER 11, SATURDAY (venue: San Roque Field, Mandaue)

1:00PM Match #10: Group B: SHS-J vs FCIL
Result: 6-0 in favor of SHS-J
Scorers:
Pomeroy Veloso (SHSJ) – 3rd min
Kiko Villamor (SHSJ) – 24th, 32nd, 46th mins
Keefe Yap (SHSJ) – 37th, 39th mins

2:00PM Match #11: Group A: SRFC vs Springdale
Result: 0-3 in favor of Springdale
Scorers:
Ian Francis Holasca (Sdale) – 18th min
Nicholas Villacin (Sdale) – 46th min
Shawn Haosen (Sdale) – 46th min

NOVEMBER 12, SUNDAY (venue: San Roque Field, Mandaue)

1:00PM Match #4: Group A: DBC-B vs Bright Academy
Result: 3-1 in favor of DBC-B
Scorers:
Nonito Salazar (DBC-B) – 5th, 10th min
Gian Anthony Astilla (Bright) – 31st min
Joseph Arthur Morgan (DBC-B) – 38th min

2:00PM Match #5: Group B: SHS-J vs DBC-A
Result: 0-4 in favor of DBC-A
Scorers:
John Paulo Labajo (DB-A) – 9th min
Junjay Arizabal (DB-A) – 16th min
Miguel Caindec (DB-A) – 47th, 48th mins

3:00PM Match #6: Group A: Pepito FC vs SRFC
Result: 3-0 in favor of Pepito FC
Scorers:
Jose Lou Bacunawa (Pepito) – 10th, 26th mins
Rogelio Castillon (Pepito) – 43rd min

DECEMBER 1, FRIDAY (venue: San Roque Field, Mandaue)

8:00AM Match #12: Group B: CIS vs SHS-J
Result: 2-2 draw
Scorers:
Ralph Jernalin (CIS) – 20th, 26th mins
Kiko Villamor (SHS-J) – 35th min
Miguel Acebedo (SHS-J) – 46th min

9:00AM Match #13: Group A: Bright Academy vs Springdale
Result: 0-3 in favor of Springdale
Scorers:
Luis Miguel Maximo (Sdale) – 6th min
Shawn Benedict Haosen (Sdale) – 7th min
Ian Francis Holasca (Sdale) – 43rd min

10:00AM Match #14: Group A: DBC-B vs Pepito FC
Result: 1-4 in favor of Pepito
Scorers:
Jose Lou Bacunawa (Pepito) – 6th min
Nonito Salazar, Jr. (DB-B) – 19th min
John Gomora (Pepito) – 24th min
John Roy Melgo (Pepito) – 42nd min
Rogelio Castillon (Pepito) – 43rd min

DECEMBER 9, SATURDAY (venue: San Roque Field, Mandaue)
8:00AM Match #15: Group A: Springdale vs DBC-B
9:00AM Match #16: Group B: DBC-A vs CIS

JANUARY 27, SATURDAY SEMI-FINALS (venue: San Roque Field, Mandaue)
8:00AM Match #17: Semi-Final #1: 1st Group A vs 2nd Group B
9:00AM Match #18: Semi-Final #2: 1st Group B vs 2nd Group A

FEBRUARY 3, SATURDAY FINALS (venue: San Roque Field, Mandaue)
1:00PM Match #19: For 3rd Place: Loser Semi-Final #1 vs Loser Semi-Final #2
2:00PM Match #20: For Championship: Winner Semi-Final #1 vs Winner Semi-Final #2
3:00PM Awarding of Winners/Closing Ceremony

QCU, Crazy Horse tally easy wins

2006-11-27T12:04:00.000+08:00

FAVORITES Queen City United and Crazy Horse FC tallied their second wins in similar fashion after the second round of the Aboitiz Premier League at the San Roque Parish football field.

Crazy Horse, which outlasted the University of Southern Philippines-Foundation 3-2 last week, trounced Wild Cebu Fashion, 4-0, while Queen City United routed San Roque FC A, 6-1.

Former University of San Jose-Recoletos Kim Relucio slipped into his familiar role as a striker to put Crazy Horse FC up 1-0 in the 37th.

Left unchecked inside the box, Relucio simply tapped in the cross past Edelio Ybañez for a 1-0 lead in the half.

In the second half, Relucio slipped back to his defensive role but there was no shortage of firepower on the offensive end as Mitsuo Tsunakiri blasted in a 25-yarder for a 2-0 lead in the 50th before Rodolphe Lina made it 3-0 in the 65th.

In the 70th, Albert Nangkil drove from left flank and slipped past the midfield and the defense to bang in Crazy Horse’s final count.

On the other hand, the comebacking former Carmen National School booter Ronald Mahilum slotted in Queen City’s first goal in the 23rd before Adrian Caballero and Christopher Menchavez made it 3-0 in the 28th and 41st.

Ramie Colina put the home team on the score sheet with his 72nd minute strike but things got worse after that. Caballero added his second in the 78th, while Josaphat Sacil and Anthony Moga scored two minutes apart in the final five minutes of play.

Meanwhile the Don Bosco Almuni FC survived a tough first half before burying Magone, 4-0, in the third game.

After a close game, Don Bosco needed only 14 minutes to bury four goals.

John Henson slipped in the first in the 70th, and Ramil Lachica added another four minutes later. In the 82nd Crisanto Sanchez made it 3-0 and Ivy Genson found the back of the net in the 84th.

In the final game, the University of San Jose-Recolets dumped the University of Southern Philippines-Foundation, 4-1.

RP jumps 11 places...

2006-11-26T02:45:00.000+08:00

AFTER posting its best performance in a tournament in more than 50 years the Philippine national team improved 11 rungs in the latest rankings released by FIFA.

The Philippines, which scored three wins in the Asean Football Federation Championships Qualifying tournament in Bacolod City last week, moved to 184th in the world from its previous rank of 195.

In a list posted at Fifa.com, the Philippines earned 34 points in November and 26 points in October.

Still the jump didn’t change much the picture of Asean Football, which will hold its Championship round early next year, as the Philippines only bested newcomer Timor Leste in the ranks of Asean countries.

Laos, which topped the Bacolod tournament, made the biggest jump to 157th place, up from 183, while 2004 Tiger Cup champion Singapore is still the top Asean country at 116th.

Thailand, which disbanded its entire national squad a few weeks ago, is at 125th, while Indonesia is 144th and Myanmar at 150th.

Last

Vietnam is the sixth-best Asean country at 160th, followed by Brunei at 167th and Cambodia at 178th with Timor Leste last at 198th.

Last week, the Philippines lost to Laos, 1-2, in its AFF debut before scoring three straight wins. The country whipped Timor Leste, 7-0, outlasted Cambodia, 1-0, and defeated Brunei, 4-1, to finish second in the event.

All important game

2006-11-17T19:09:00.000+08:00

Bacolod City---The Philippines will take on Cambodia today in an all important battle for the final two spots in the Asean Football Federation Championships.

The match will be aired live on Solar Sports, so mark the time. 4:20 p.m. (Bacolod time, I've discovered, is 10 minutes ahead of Cebu)

Go RP, go Azkals.

P.S.
There is only one PC at the media center (or is it the medium center) so I wasn't able to update this blog.

RP plays Laos today

2006-11-12T01:58:00.000+08:00

THE Philippines will slip into its familiar role as the underdog when it takes on the top-ranked Laos in today’s opening game of the Asean Football Federation (AFF) Championships-Qualifying Round at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Bacolod City.

However, the team, ranked 195th in the world and last among the five countries, will have something it didn’t have in the previous AFF Championships, then known as the Tiger Cup——hometown support.

The other teams are from Cambodia, East Timor and Brunei.

In last year’s Southeast Asian Games, a sea of blue shirts packed the Panaad Stadium to cheer the team—which the fans have called Azkals—while some climbed on trees and atop the parked fire truck near the stadium gates.

The team also put on a good show for the fans, holding Thailand well before a late goal allowed a 1-0 win and beating Cambodia, 4-2, for the first SEA Games win in 14 years.

Blue

This year, the Philippine Football Federation is asking again for support for the team and for the fans to wear blue in today’s opening game.

“This is the strongest Philippine team that we have assembled in at least a decade and I have faith the boys will pull through in Bacolod and qualify for the big one in Thailand in January next year,” said PFF president Johnny Romualdez.

Brothers

The team is led by Fil-Brit brothers Philip and James Younghusband, Chris and Phil Greatwitch. Other members are Ali Borromeo, Johanne Sablon, Cebuano Michael Casas, Edward Sacapaño, Matthew Hartmann, Anton del Rosario, Ali Go, Dan Padernal, Emilio Caligdong, Ariel Zerrudo, Andres Gonzales, Jefrey Liman, Henry Brauner and Alvin Ocampo.

Despite Romualdez’s confidence, coach Aris Caslib is more cautious, due to their lack of knowledge with the other teams.

“We can only base our chances on our past engagements with them and that is alarming,” Caslib said. “Another thing is, we cannot take away how the others have prepared.”

The Philippines tied Laos, 1-1, in 2002, and two late goals by Caligdong had them 2-1 over East Timor in the 2004 Tiger Cup, while Cambodia defeated the Philippines, 1-0, also in 2004

CIS, Pabol bag quaterfinal seats

2006-11-12T01:56:00.000+08:00

Courtesy of MCB, Sun.Star Cebu

THE Cebu International School (CIS) and PaBol Football Club barged into the quarterfinal round of the sought-after Girls 16 Division of 11th Alaska Cup Football Festival yesterday at the Ayala Alabang Country Club Fields.

CIS and PaBol both enter the final eight after making it to the top two of their respective brackets. CIS ended the elimination round with a 3-1 card, while PaBol finished with a 2-1-1 slate.

CIS blanked De La Salle Canlubang, 4-0, Southville International School, 4-0, and Angelicum, 9-0. It’s only loss was a close one against the Ateneo de Davao University, 0-1.

PaBol, on the other hand, drew Baguio 1-1, before winning over De La Salle Lipa, 1-0, and Statesfield Cavite,7-0. It lost to Alabang, 0-6, in its final game.

The Girls 16 title is a hot item as the winner will represent the country in the Gothia Cup in Sweden next year. The organizers will shoulder all expenses for the squad.

The other teams fielded by CIS, on the other hand, will come home empty-handed. Their Boys 14 squad finished second after losing to Makati Football School, 0-1 in the finals.

The Boys 16 team, spearheaded by Paolo Cases and Michael Sharpe, settled for fourth place, while the Boys 12 team made it to the quarterfinal round only to be booted out by De La Salle Zobel, 0-2.

The Pabol Girls 12,meanwhile, is on the right track as it registered 3 wins out of its four games yesterday.

After losing to De La Salle Zobel, 0-3 in its first game, it then defeated Miriam College, 1-0, behind the heroics of Alexis Casas. It defeated Brent International School, 2-0 and Makati FS, 4-0.

Back to Bacolod

2006-11-12T01:40:00.000+08:00

I've been remiss with updating this blog because of a lot of things. Hope I can make up for that when the AFF Championships Qualifying Round starts in Bacolod.

The Aboitiz Cup divisions

2006-11-06T03:16:00.000+08:00

Hello folks, just caught up with the comments (with some, not all) with the "Mother nature plays spoilsport" entry.

I erased most of the text messages I got, so, here are so far the age groups confirmed or that has been played out in the 2006 Cebu football season. (And I ain't talking about them festivals, may my elementary English teacher, forgive me)

Done:
Boys 18: Champion Hiroshi
Women's Open: Champion: Queen City

Ongoing
Players 12
Players 8

In the box:
Men's Open

Opinions? Conjectures? Please leave it on the other threads, here, I want simple statements.

Either it will be:

There is an Aboitiz Cup for this age group this year.

There is no Aboitiz Cup for this age group this year.

P.S.
Bay, I am one up on you. You have nine bucks on google ads. Me? after 17 months of this blog, I got 14, so, in the next eight years or so, I'll have me check (forgive me again teach)

Comments

2006-11-04T01:16:00.000+08:00

Since its been awhile that I've had a visit from the spammers/comments, I'll disable the need to moderate comments in the blog. Once they return, I'll activate it again.

Cheers