The Philippine national Under-23 men’s football team will strut its wares against the country’s top football clubs when it competes in the preseason tournament of the United Football League slated on Sunday.
The UFL included the U-23 Azkals in the competition to help them prepare for their possible stint in the 2013 Southeast Asian Games, which remains uncertain after Philippine sports officials decided to limit the number of the country’s delegation in protest of host Myanmar’s “unfair” exclusion of some sports.
“Let this be our expression of our support to our U23 Azkals. May their inclusion in the tournament be a big morale booster for the team!” wrote UFL Head of Football Operations Ritchie Gannaban in a letter addressed to the Philippine Football Federation.
The U-23 Azkals feature some of the most promising footballers in the country such as Joshua Beloya of Ceres FC, Mark Hartmann of the Loyola Meralco Sparks and Patrick Deyto of Green Archers United Globe.
The UFL has yet to announce rules about U-23 Azkals members who will face their mother clubs during the tournament.
The UFL preseason tournament will run until October 6 at the Emperador Stadium in Mckinley Hill.
interaksyon
GROUPS
Group A: Global, Green Archers United, Union Internacional Manila, Laos, Manila-All Japan
Group B: Loyola Meralco Sparks, Manila Nomads, Philippine Army, Cimarron, Dolphins United
Group C: Stallion, Kaya, Forza, Philippine Navy, Philippine Azkals U-23
UPDATE :
Tournament start on September 7
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Pre-season tournament? Useless!
ReplyDeleteSeriously, the "Football Alliance" or whatever the fuck they're called are a useless bunch of idiots!! They come up with all sorts of BS like this, yet they can't even put proper rules and regulations in place for anything!
Also, they along with everybody else keeps talking about how it's done in places like Spain or wherever else, yet they do complete opposite!
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Delete@Anonymous 31 August 2013 03:34
DeleteAnd you're a typical dumb ass!!
Nomads are playing. So did they lose their Div 1 spot or is everything still the same?
ReplyDeleteWhere is Manila Jeepney FC?
ReplyDeleteI think the real question should be where is Pachanga?! Being the fifth place team in the UFL you'd expect them to be a part of this. Atleast more than Army who battled with relegation.
DeleteFrom what I have heard Nomads will be playing in division 2 instead of division 1 because of a cap on the number of foreign players.Jeepney most probably will play in division 2 as initial plans to go directly to division 1 did not materialize.
ReplyDeleteIn division 2 Nomads and Manila Japan it is said will be exempted from the cap on the number of foreign players but will not be able to qualify for division 1 even if they end up top of division 2
Oh ok thanks for the info! But who is going to take their Div 1 spot? Union or Airforce?
DeleteChieffy chieffy..
ReplyDeleteMas gusto ko n lng mnood ng korea novela kesa sa banong ufl. Nakakaiyak kc sa kabanbanan ang ufl
ReplyDeleteedi manuod ka. wala naman pumipilit sayo eh haha
DeleteManila Jeepney Fc tweeted me today , and they believed that they would be play in Div 2
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