Cebu Football

There are only five finalists left in the Suzuki Cup ultimate fan contest and one Pinay made it.  She's now third, trailing two Indonesian fans.  Well, let's lend her our clicks, shall we? You can vote here 

PAOLO Pascual has made the lineup for the Philippine team that will see action against Singapore in the Nov. 15 friendly at the Cebu City Sports Center. The lineup was released by the Cebu Football Association, the host of the event and listed Pascual as one of the two keepers.  Ed Sacapano of the Philippine Army is expected to start in the game, while the other regular sub keeper, Ref Cuaresma of the Loyola Meralco Sparks wasn't listed.

When I got the copy of the e-mail from the PFF for the AFF Suzuki Cup contest for fans , I promised to support whoever I know will join the contest.  I joined a similar contest for football stories in April, 2010 --with the winner going to the 2010 World Cup.  I made it to third place for that Asia-wide contest, and there were no facebook/twitter fan support then (I like to think what I wrote deserved third place). So fellow Pinoy football fans--and to the few Azkals who stray on this page--let's support Rica Anaa Aquino in her quest to win the Suzuki Ultimate Fan contest. It takes three clicks--first you have to like the Suzuki Cup fan contest, and go to "view and vote" and vote on her entry entitled, A Fan, A supporter." Remember, the Azkals became the Azkals because of social media, so, let's support a fellow fan.  The link is here http://www.facebook.com/affsuzukicup/app_420836774637620

Do you want to win the latest gadgets and other goodies? Read on.  I hope the Philippine online football community will back all Pinoy entries in this contest---ML Singapore, 24 October 2012: Southeast Asian football fans have a passion for the game that is like nowhere else in the world. They bring a vibrancy and intensity to the sport that alights the senses and makes the AFF Suzuki Cup such an incredible tournament.

DEFENDING champion University of San Carlos will take on former champion University of San Jose-Recoletos in the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. college football tournament at the Cebu City Sports Center at 1 p.m. on Sept. 2 USJ-R, which won the first four crowns of the league, had a scoreless draw against the University of Southern Philippines Foundation last Aug. 19. In the second game, the University of Cebu, which drew the University of the Visayas, 1-1, last Aug. 19, will take on USPF.

Hi guys, please check the www.azkalsfootballteam.com for the official statement of Philippine national team manager Dan Palami regarding the suspension. I was told I got some of the details wrong, so, let's all wait for it. The statement will be up shortly. Cheers. Now what should I do with that Fair Play, should I delete it but my stats show it got read 150 times already...hmmm.

SO, I finally checked some of the Hotels and pension houses near the Cebu City Sports Center  and here are a few details. 1.) Elicon House ( www.elicon-house.com ) Turista (Standard rates) 1 P550 2 P800 3 P1,050 4 P1,300 5 P1,550 6 P1,800 7 P2,050 8 P2,300

The tournament that was launched to monstrous hype last year is going to be reformatted and is also looking for a new sponsor after Smart had repackaged its P80-million financial assistance to the Philippine Football Federation just a year after announcing it. In the reformatted tournament, 16 clubs will vie it out for the title and all UFL clubs will be involved and qualifiers from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, will also  get a chance to compete with the top clubs.

IF you were surprised with the disclaimer I had on the Azkals vs. Thailand report the other day, please don't.   I had to do that because it was a report--and I no longer write that many reports--for my paper that was yet to be filed, and I've always told my staff not to reveal in social media, what you are about to write. (In my defense, though, two writers from another paper were present in the meeting, so it wasn't much of a secret already). So, what's my take on sharing? This is the Internet, and anything goes actually, but here's my requests. If you "copy-paste" my articles, please acknowledge the source with a link.  Or even, better, do it the way Pinoygreats.com does it, by just posting the first few paragraphs and the link.  Coming up with an original story is a whole lot harder than copy-pasting stories. Exceptions, of course, for www.pinoyfootball.com, they have my permission to post entire article since the site started.  Ditto with all ...

Here's the four-page complaint filed by PFF against Arnold Clavio.

(This is Springdale's letter to the PFF) February 1, 2012            Philippine Football Federation (PFF) 27 Danny Floro corner Captain Henry Javier streets, Oranbo, 1600 Pasig City RE:    Cebu Football Association (CFA) Sanction on Springdale Football Club Gentlemen: We respectfully bring to your attention and consideration the above stated matter in connection with the 14th Aboitiz Football Cup tournament in Cebu where the CFA served as Tournament organizer.  The said incident arose from the scheduled game last January 7, 2012 involving our Boys U14 category against Blessed John Seminary team where we were declared in default, despite the fact that the organizers granted a 15-minute time extension and our players arrived within the extended time.  To express our dismay on how our boys were unfairly treated, the said undesirable incident was the subject of our formal letter withdrawal from the tournament, a copy ...

(This is CFA's letter to Springdale regarding the school's three-year ban)

(This is Springdale's letter of withdrawal from the Aboitiz Cup--ML) ABOITIZ FOUNDATION Organizer ABOITIZ FOOTBALL CUP (14th Season) Banilad, Cebu City Thru:    Mr. Sonny Carpio     EVP and Managing Trustee Re:    Springdale Football Club Withdrawal Gentlemen: Our Club is one of the teams participating in the current season of the 14th Season of the Aboitiz Football Cup as we have been in the previous seasons.  It is unfortunate however that our Club is constrained to write this letter of formal withdrawal from the games arising from the undesirable incident which happened last Saturday, January 7 in one of the scheduled games for Boys U14 category.

(Below is a photo of the two-page CFA letter addressed to Springdale explaining the decision to default the team)

Team                   GF       GA     GD      Points 1.) Loyola             27         2       25        9 2.) Army FC         24         0        24        9 3.) PAF                23         3        20        9 4.) Nomads         13          0...

GLOBAL Fc fans who are worried that their team won't get to defend its title in the UFL Cup and gets booted out in the elimination round need to watch for the results of today's Group G game between Garuda and Manhur. Now why would a game between two winless teams (Garuda, 0-2) and Manhur (0-1) matter?

 (Please note that this is not the official standings. All I did was update the Oct 22 standings in the UFL Page , with the results of Oct. 23, Oct 25 and 26.) Group A         GP     W     D     L     GF   GA     GD     Pts Nomads         3         3      0     0     13     0      13        9* Lions FC        2         1      0     1      4      2        2         3 Union             2        0  ...

As published in Sun.Star Cebu on Oct. 18 SEVERAL members of the Philippine Azkals will arrive in Cebu today to grace the celebration of the Global Handwashing Day on Oct. 19 at Sabang Elementary School in Sibonga District. (Click here to locate Sibonga in Google Maps. It's in the Southern part of the Island, just after Carcar City) The event is part of the campaign that aims to foster and promote a global culture of handwashing with soap.

THE technical committee of the UFL Cup has turned down Cebu Queen City United's protest against Pachanga about their game that didn't push through last Sunday in the opening of the Cup. Queen City, which is flying to Manila for their weekly games, asked the UFL to declare Pachanga as having forfeited its match since it failed to show up for the rescheduled game at 3 p.m. in Alabang.

This is my story for Sun.Star Cebu on Sept. 28. FORMER Cebu-based football guru Graeme Mackinnon is back in Philippine football but his return may result to some mixed-feelings for Cebu football fans. The already intriguing match-up between DanPalami’s Global FC and Cebu Queen City United just got a bit more intriguing after Palami confirmed that he hired Mackinnon as his head coach. Global FC and Cebu Queen City United is in Group C of the UFL Cup together with Pachanga and the Iloilo Stallions.