Asian U16 Championship - MRI Centres for host countries

KUALA LUMPUR: Host countries for the AFC U16 Champions 2010 qualifying competition have been asked to designate at least two MRI Centres to conduct age tests.
MRI scans are crucial to ensuring players are of the correct age when they compete in tournaments for youngsters under 16.
Each MRI Centre must comply to AFC standards. The AFC Medical Department will provide final approval.

Comment : All countries should note this and take tests before they start competing in the qualifiers !

Bangladesh have tested their players and 7 players were found overaged and were not allowed to go with the team .

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RP U16 confident of good showing

Visiting teams from Japan , Chinese Taipei, Indonesia , and Bangladesh may have an edge in terms of preparation and logistics, but host Philippines may yet pull off a surprise as the Asian Under-16 Football Championship Group E Qualifying Tournament gets underway this Saturday at the Panaad Stadium football pitch in Brgy. Mansilingan, Bacolod City .
Members of the RP XI mentored by head coach Glenn Ramos are unfazed by the reputation of the foreign teams.
Negrense midfielder Gerald Mark Layumas, one of the four locals tapped to join the team, said they will be more inspired if all football followers in Negros will come out and cheer for them in the weeklong event at the Panaad Stadium.
“If they cheer for us we will surely get inspiration to play harder,” said Layumas, the 15-year old midfielder from Colegio de Santo Tomas-Recoletos in San Carlos City , Negros Occidental.
“A passion for the game and a passion for playing for country. That's what we have and that's what we are bringing in this tournament,” Carlos Alberto Gerardo Monfort, the 14-year-old son of the late national coach and PFF general secretary Chris Monfort said.
Layumas and Monfort were among the members of the team who joined yesterday's taping of “The Morning Show” over ABS-CBN TV 4 to promote their participation in the AFC-organized competition. The interview will be aired on Friday.
Joining them was 15-year old goalkeeper Florencio Badelic Jr. of Holy Cross High School in Bukidnon, who said he feels proud to have played for the country especially against foreign teams.
“I'm proud to be playing for the country; it's an experience I'll never forget,” Badelic said.
Meanwhile, coach Ramos expressed the team's gratitude to Executive Village Football Club president Rafael “Junie” Lizares for hosting the national team.
Team Philippines is scheduled to take on powerhouse Japan in the 2 p.m. opening match this Saturday, followed by the game between Indonesia and Bangladesh at 4:30 p.m.
Matches are open to the public for free said event coordinator and PFF general secretary Cyril Dofitas.*NAB

Source : Visayan Daily Star

Iligan football - 2009 KASADYA FOOTBALL

2009 Kasadya football tournament took place in NSC-GLOBAL FIELD , Iligan (Mindanao) on 26. and 27. September.

Davao football - Seagull FC booters crush UP Mindanao

THE struggling Seagull Football Club (FC) rose to life after beating the University of the Philippines (UP) Mindanao, 3-1, in the resumption of the DFA Women's Cup 2009 at the Tionko Football Grounds on Saturday afternoon.
UP-Min striker Ellen Cuizon scored the first goal in the eighth minute, but Seagull's Vanessa Leonar hit in the 28th to force a 1-1 deadlock.

Joy Rivera and Karen Paulino scored a goal each--in the 40th and 42nd, respectively, to lift Seagull only to its second win after six outings.
Seagull, having been at the bottom of the team standings for awhile, grabbed the fourth position while UP Mindanao dropped to the fifth spot with a one-win and four-loss card in the bootfest organized by the Davao Football Association (DFA).
Lady Knights led the league with a clean five-win, no-draw and no-loss record while Medvil (3-0-2) in second place and Philippine Women's College (PWC) (2-0-3) is in third spot.
The double elimination format meet will resume this weekend. (MLSA)

Source : Sun Star Davao

Minuluan-Talisay FC wins

Unheralded Minuluan-Talisay FC posted a 2-0 upset victory over Ceres Transport as action in the 2009 Villa Valderrama 9-A-Side Football Tournament kicked off yesterday at the Villa Valderrama pitch.
The Mayor Eric Saratan-supported Talisay FC took advantage of a sluggish Ceres Liner side with Norberto Lanusa breaking the ice with a blast in front of the goal's mouth that slipped off the hands of Ceres' keeper while Elmer Rosquillo sealed the win when he struck from in front of the right post.
The tournament, which drew participation from six teams led by defending champion Trimaxi Huminova, opened with simple ceremonies with former University of St. La Salle women's varsity standout Lyka Jochico leading the opening prayer while Dave Javellana led the oath of sportsmanship.
Tournament director and longtime Negrense football patron Ricky Yanson declared the tournament open.
Also present at the opening rites were Philippine Football Federation general secretary Cyril Dofitas and grassroots committee chairman Edward Magallona, who together with Yanson did the traditional ceremonial kickoff to usher in the tournament.
Playing as of press deadline yesterday was Dynamic Builders against Las Buenas FC while reigning champion Trimaxi-Huminova was scheduled to play against Real Negrense FC in the last game.
Both Dofitas and Magallona lauded Yanson for sponsoring the league which they said “is a big boost to football development in this part of the country.”
Matches in this six-team series are scheduled every Sunday and are open to the football community for viewing.*NAB

Sourve : Visayan Daily Star

Cebu football - USPF dumps UV in Cesafi, 4-1

THE University of Southern Philippines Foundation (USPF) closed its elimination round on a strong note as it crushed University of the Visayas, 4-1, in the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. football event at the Aboitiz Sports Field yesterday.
USPF’s Adrian Pitogo scored the opening goal in the 30th minute for a 1-0 lead at halftime.

Pitogo found the net anew just 14 minutes into the second half for a 2-0 lead before Joseph Rodriguez made it 3-0.
However, Juvenal Villahermosa finally got UV on the tally with a 65th-minute strike but his effort was futile as Rodriguez added another goal for the victory.
Meanwhile, the University of San Carlos (USC) drew with University of Cebu, 1-1.
UC had an early advantage as Bart Diola scored in the 30th minute. However, USC ace striker Kyle Soriano saved the day as he struck in the 73rd minute.
USPF is scheduled to face USC while defending champions University of San Jose Recoletos will face UV in the semifinals next Sunday.

On the other hand, Don Bosco (DB) Alumni defeated San Roque Royal United, 2-0, in the Mens League of the 12th Aboitiz Football Cup.
Richard Cañedo and Warloo Sabella led the way for DB Alumni as they scored in the 49th and 56th minute respectively.
In other games, Xantos FC demolished Uptown United FC, 8-1, in the Mens Cup, while FCC won via default against UPFC in the Ladies Open category.
In the 38-and-above division, San Roque FC–Arsenal trampled AJTS, 7-1, while Hiroshi FC won against Queen City United–B, 5-2.

Sun Star Cebu

Philippine Football Club - Singapore

Philippine Football Club in Singapore. I believe this is a football club for filipinos based in Singapore.

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RP booters face stiff competition in Asian U16 Group E qualifying tourney

IT will not be easy for the RP national Under-16 football squad that will compete against the likes of powerhouse Japan, Chinese Taipei, Indonesia and Bangladesh in the forthcoming Asian U16 Football Championship Group E qualifier slated October 3-11, at the Panaad Sports Complex pitch in Barangay Mansilingan.

But organizers led by Philippine Football Federation (PFF) general secretary Cyril Dofitas believes the nationals have a good chance of performing well in this Asian Football Confederation (AFC) organized event where the top two teams will advance to the main draw of the competition next year.
“This is an age-group tournament and unlike in the open category events I believe our players have a fair chance of competing well against the foreign teams especially since they will be playing in home grounds where the Negrense fans are expected to cheer them to play their best,” Dofitas told Bacolod sports writers earlier.

Sun Star Bacolod