Friday, May 24, 2013
CEBU will host the four-month long Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) -
Frenz Under-15 Asean Champions Trophy this Saturday at the Cebu City
Sports Center.
Frenz Under-15 Asean Champions Trophy this Saturday at the Cebu City
Sports Center.
Just a few weeks after hosting an Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
interclub competition, Cebu was nominated by the Philippine Football
Federation (PFF) to host this
league-style club completion for the 15-Under age group sanctioned by the
Asean Football Federation body.
interclub competition, Cebu was nominated by the Philippine Football
Federation (PFF) to host this
league-style club completion for the 15-Under age group sanctioned by the
Asean Football Federation body.
Rizal Memorial Stadium was delisted because the venue is still under
renovation.
renovation.
This tournament is spearheaded by FAM and will have teams from the
11 Aseannations clash every Saturday in a double-round robin,
home and away match
until September.
11 Aseannations clash every Saturday in a double-round robin,
home and away match
until September.
FAM partnered with the Frenz United Football Academy of Pahang,
Malaysia, and also made ties with regional airline carrier, Air Asia.
Malaysia, and also made ties with regional airline carrier, Air Asia.
The Philippines will be represented by the Global Football Club under
head coach Anto Gonzales. They are set to face Frenz Malaysia B for
the league’s kickoff matches this Saturday after the semifinals of
the 13th Cebu Interclub
Football Cup Men’s open.
head coach Anto Gonzales. They are set to face Frenz Malaysia B for
the league’s kickoff matches this Saturday after the semifinals of
the 13th Cebu Interclub
Football Cup Men’s open.
Global FC and Frenz Malaysia B are in Group B with Frenz Indonesia,
Myanmar Mandalay Academy, Laos Toyota Academy and Brunei Under-15.
Myanmar Mandalay Academy, Laos Toyota Academy and Brunei Under-15.
Group A will have Frenz Malaysia A, Singapore NFA,
Vietnam PVF Academy, Phnom Penh Crown Academy, Thailand Chonburi
Academy and Timor Leste U-15s.
Vietnam PVF Academy, Phnom Penh Crown Academy, Thailand Chonburi
Academy and Timor Leste U-15s.
The top two teams per group will face each other in a crossover semifinals
in a home and away format.
in a home and away format.
Although this is a club competition, most of the teams are powered by
national team members.
national team members.
Core members of the Global FC are former members of 14-Under
national team.
national team.
A 40-men lineup is required in the whole tournament but Global was
able to submit a list of 22 players that will play this Saturday.
able to submit a list of 22 players that will play this Saturday.
Newly appointed national 16-Under team manager Stanley Villacin
said that they will still have to add more players to complete the
squad.
said that they will still have to add more players to complete the
squad.
Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on May 24, 2013.
Please validate coaches and club again...
ReplyDeleteWow! Suddenly Palami is running the whole PFF program and suddenly GlobalFC (which is owned by Palami ) suddenly has a U15 team which was non existent in the UFL Youth this summer. I bet majority of these National players are the Little Azkals whom i heard played for Pasargad FC in the U17 category and is holding a top spot in it. Did PFF or Global askthe release of these players? because this is a club based tournament based on the report above. I'm amazed why the PFF always ask Global to represent all tournaments when there are many teams in the UFL who are worthy than them and has more youth teams than them.
ReplyDeletePFF stands for Palami football federation.
ReplyDeleteRight on! Palami runs the show. There is no use for Araneta and the other clowns. Palami has his ass full of money, and no one else can compete with that. And now, they suddenly got 5 cebuano players. Whats next?!
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