Cebu Football - QCU routs Don Bosco in Aboitiz Cup debut

By Cheska D. Geli

Sunday, November 20, 2011

THE crowd favorites started out strong in the opening games of the under-23 and men’s open of the 14th Aboitiz Cup at Aboitiz Sportsfield yesterday.

Defending champion Crazyhorse, Queen City United FC, San Roque Football Club Arsenal and Southwestern University won their respective matches in the men’s open.


United Football League-bound QCU routed Don Bosco United Football Club, 6-0, in the first match of the men’s open.

QCU, who held a tryout last week in preparation for the second division of the United Football League, banked on a couple of goals by PH Under 19 team member Dan Villarico, while Junard Aguilar, Blui Arrioal, Marion Cubelo and Julius Acre added one goal each.

However, QCU captain Jan Michael Flores was not allowed to play because of the standing one-year ban on Hiroshi players. Flores played for Hiroshi before suiting up for Queen City.

Crazy Horse, which also had a few players and a coach in the QCU lineup that played in the UFL, blanked Erco FC, 2-0, with University of San Carlos striker Ben Rotich banging in the goals in the 25th and 85th minute.

SRFC survived San Roque Royal United, 3-2, while on its first tournament appearance, Southwestern University routed AZCO FC, 4-0, in the last game.


Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on November 21, 2011.