Queen City reveals lineup for PFF tourney

THE Cebu Queen City United (CQCU) which will represent the Cebu Football Association (CFA) in the upcoming Philippine Football Federation (PFF)-Smart Club Championships has bared its lineup.

Playing as the team’s goalkeepers are Charles Villarta and Benjamin Sanchez. Defenders are Limhar Baunsit, Bryan Eborda, Marion Cubelo, Ryoji Inoue, Miguel Gonzales and Frederick Isic while the team’s midfielders are Junard Aguilar, Jhonny Dalman, Rene Menchavez, Siegfred Apurado, Rommel Cuizon, Joseph Rodriguez, Samson Olaniyi, Albert Nangkil and Carlito Abadia. Forwards are Dan Villarico, Ariel Cahilig and Jade Paghubasan.

Reserve players are Prime Agang (goalkeeper), Nicholas Villacin (defender) and Ben Rotich (forward).

The team will be coached by Mario Ceniza to be assisted by Allan Medalla.

CQCU earned the right to represent the CFA after winning the men’s open title of the Aboitiz Football Cup last year.

The Visayas regional eliminations will be held at the Silliman Ballpark in Dumaguete City from Nov. 21 to 25.

Team manager Stanley Villacin said the team has been practicing daily to prepare for the tournament. Villacin said that they opted to join this tournament instead of the United Football League to see where the team stands against its regional neighbors.

According to Villacin, the team is also beefed up by a Nigerian and Japanese player since tournament organizers allow foreigners in the lineup to elevate the level of the sport.

CQCU will go up against Iloilo, Leyte, Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental. /

CORRESPONDENT MARS G. ALISON

Cebu Daily News 

Cavite pips Baguio in Smart Club football tilt

By Roderick Osis

Friday, October 19, 2012
BAGUIO City yielded to a much organized Cavite side and tasted its first defeat after two victories in the ongoing Smart Club National Championship–Luzon Cluster at the Benguet State University football pitch.
Cavite Football Association struck a 3-1 victory over Baguio City FA and stayed unscathed after three games and scored a 1-1 draw on Thursday against Rizal. The team has already clinched the number seeding going into the last two days of competition.

Kingsley Ezeori opened the scoring for the Cavite booters in the 8-minute mark of the ball game which ended the first half at 1-0 count.
Cavite struck another goal courtesy of Alvin Obero in the 60-minute mark to put the visiting team on top by two goals.
Baguio’s first goal finally came through after Muhammad Farah struck in the 67-minute mark but Cavite punctuated another goal in the 67-minute mark courtesy of Jun Mojado.
“It was a tough loss for us because we have to shuffle the team kasi nga wala si Arvin Ogbinar who plays central defensive midfielder and plays an integral part of our defensive and offensive formation,” said Homer Alinsug of the Baguio United FC backed BCFA.
Baguio actually controlled the tempo of the ball game and even had better opportunity in scoring goals in different occasions but Cavite countered in the defense against the taller Summer Capital bets in the tournament backed by telecommunications giant Smart in cooperation with the Philippine Football Association.
The Summer Capital had six shots on goal with only one getting past Cavite’s goal while the visiting team had five chances with three going inside the goal line.
“We controlled the tempo of the ball game, we were a bit taller, we fought hard but they had the better finish,” added Alinsug.
Despite the loss, Alinsug still remains upbeat on their chances when they face Laguna at 10:30 a.m. Saturday with the winner advancing to quarterfinal round along with the top 10 teams participating in the UFL Cup.
“With Arivn Ogbinar returning, we will surely be playing our usual game,” added Alinsug.

Published in the Sun.Star Baguio newspaper on October 20, 2012.

Azkals vs. Singapore in Cebu November 15

CEBU CITY - The Cebu Football Association has announced that the Philippine Azkals and Singapore Lions will face off on Nov. 15 at the Cebu City Sports Center .

“This will be the first for Cebu . We're trying our best to do it successfully to put Cebu on the football map that could lead to Cebu hosting more tournaments in the future,” CFA president Ricky Dakay said.

CFA will also purchase Nike Maxim soccer balls for the game, which will be used for future CFA-sanctioned tournaments, while the improvements at the sports center on the rooms will become permanent already.

This will be the last game for both teams before the 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup and locals are encouraged to wear blue in support of the men's national football team.

”Let's make this hosting happened. We can't do it alone but we need the support of Cebuanos,” Dakay added.

Dakay said tickets for Cebu 's first international hosting stint will be available for sale at any SM Cinema ticket booths nationwide.

The tickets were made available for sale starting yesterday.

The CFA partnered with SM for the distribution of the tickets that will be made available in its 44 ticket outlets in the country. It can also be purchased online at www.smtickets.com.

Patrons in the Visayas can purchase the tickets at SM Cebu, SM Consolacion, SM Bacolod and SM Iloilo, while those coming from Mindanao can buy the tickets at SM Davao and SM Cagayan de Oro.

To prevent chaos on game day, the seats will be numbered and one can actually choose one's seats upon purchase of tickets, just like booking for a movie.

The seat numbers will be reflected in the band that will be given to the viewer for easy counter-checking with the ticket marshals.

The group will also adopt the Sinulog colors in selling the 5,129 tickets

VIP tickets are priced at P2,000, while the red tickets for seats located at the back will cost P800.

White tickets are priced at P600, while the yellow and blue tickets are at P400. Pink and green are P200.

The board will also set up additional bleachers, which will be at P1,000 per seat, and they will give a total of 100 free tickets for radio and online promotions.

Part of the ticket proceeds will be given to the Philippine Councilors' League Cebu City Chapter.*PNA

Visayan Daily Star

AFC Women`s Asian Cup 2014 draw

Each group will battle it out in a one-round league, where each team in the group will play one match against every other team.



The winners of each group will advance to meet the four automatic qualifiers to make an eight-team finals competition.

The qualification campaign of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2014 will be held in May next year.


The Groupings:


Group A: Uzbekistan, Jordan, Lebanon and Kuwait.

Group B: Thailand, IR Iran, Philippines and Bangladesh.

Group C: Vietnam, Hong Kong, Kyrgyzstan and Bahrain.

Group D: Myanmar, Chinese Taipei, Palestine and India.

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AFC U-19 Women’s Championships Qualifier : Philippines vs Myanmar

AFC U-19 Women’s Championships qualifier today at Rizal Memorial :


Chinese Taipei 5-0 Hong Kong


Philippines 0- 4 Myanmar

PHIlippines starting XI : Palacios (c), Camcam,Cabalan,Metillo,Aguilar,Nolasco,Rodriguez,Diaz,Castaneda, Kadil,Herrera

15 mins 1-0 Myanmar

1-0 HT
2-0 Myanmar
3-0 Myanmar
4-0 Myanmar
4-0 FT

PFF Smart bootfest launched

The Philippine Football Federation in partnership with Smart Communications yesterday officially launched the PFF – Smart National Club Championship in Davao City.
In announcing the event, Davao Football Association secretary general Erwin Protacio said PFF Tournament Director Cyril Dofitas will be personally inspecting the venues and hold meetings with Provincial Football Association officials.
The top teams in the cluster elimination will compete in the Mindanao Finals on 23 – 26 November 2012 to be played at the TIonko Field in Davao City.
The top two teams in Mindanao will then join the top two (2) teams of Luzon and Visayas and the top ten (10) United Football League teams for the round of 16 to start on 12 January 2012 at a venue to be determined later.
Davao FA is the defending champion in Mindanao and was represented by Columbia FC. Columbia is tied with Pachanga FC and Stallions FC in the top spot in the Quarter Finals, with identical 2 win – 1 loss record, but was left out due to a lower goal difference computation.
Hooligans FC will represent Davao FA this year.

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Phl blasts Hong Kong in AFC elims opener

Matches today (Rizal Memorial Football Stadium)

3 p.m. – Hong Kong vs Chinese Taipei

6 p.m. – Myanmar vs Philippines

MANILA, Philippines - Jean Brigette Kadil and Christina Marie De los Reyes struck as the Philippines trounced Hong Kong, 2-0, for a hot start in the AFC U-19 Women’s Championships Qualifiers Wednesday night at the Rizal Memorial Football Field.

Kadil opened up scoring for the hosts in the 71st minute while De los Reyes followed it up with a strike seven minutes later as the Pinay teeners chalked up three points for the victory, staying close behind Myanmar in Group C of the first round of the qualifiers for the 2013 Asian U-19 bootfest. Myanmar took the lead on goals scored with its 3-1 triumph over Chinese Taipei in the other game.

Phl XI and Myanmar face off tonight at 6 p.m. gunning for a win to move closer to a spot in the Qualification Round 2.

“After this win, we’re really optimistic about our chances,” said De los Reyes, also a mainstay of the Phl women’s national team Malditas. “We’ve watched the game between Myanmar and Chinese Taipei; they’re pretty intense and run a lot of combination, so we need to prepare for them. But overall, we’re optimistic.”

The Filipinas peppered the Hong Kong bets with shot after shot but could only find the mark in the second half.

Kadil, seeing that HK defenders were concentrating on the left flank, dribbled her way to the other side and knocked the ball in as the home crowd celebrated the maiden goal. De los Reyes, who came in as sub for Alessandra Camcam, pounced on a 1v1 situation against keeper Chan Tsz Ching to slam it home and double Phl’s lead.
“We were somehow rushing our shots in the first half, just trying to bombard Hong Kong. So in the second half, we made some adjustments and went for more composure in our buildups and this resulted in two goals coming from central midfielder Kadil and one breakthrough for Christina De los Reyes. Hopefully, this win will give us momentum against Myanmar (tonight) and also against Chinese Taipei (on Sunday),” said assistant coach Franklin Cacacho.

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City booters sneak two goals over winless Mindoro

By Roderick Osis

Friday, October 19, 2012
BAGUIO City Football Association (BCFA) racked up their second victory to stay unbeaten after two games the Smart Club National Championship – Luzon Cluster at the Benguet State University football pitch.
Host BCFA scored a 2-0 win against winless Mindoro in a temper flaring game Thursday morning that saw one Baguio booter being given the red card and sent off in the second half.

Joseph Lingwayon scored his fourth goal in the tournament backed by telecommunications giant Smart in cooperation with the Philippine Football Association while Reycart Neri added the second goal for Baguio in the six team competition.
Lingwayon’s fourth goal came after his hat trick in the opening game of the Luzon cluster Wednesday morning.
“This was more physical and intense game where tempers flared with one Baguio player sent off in the second half,” said Homer Alinsug of the Baguio United FC backed BCFA squad.
“But with just ten players, the team was able to hold on to the lead and win the game with a clean sheet,” added Alinsug.
Arvin Ogbinar will be suspended into today’s game against Cavite which is set to be played at 10:30 a.m. and he will be a big loss to the team, according to Alinsug.
“Ogbinar is the central defensive midfielder and plays an integral part of our defensive and offensive formation. Other players should step-up,” said Alinsug.
BCFA hopes to win their third assignment to at least advance in the quarterfinal round along with the top 10 teams participating in the UFL Cup.
Earlier, Tarlac bounced back from a 1-4 defeat over home team Baguio with a 6-0 drubbing of Laguna in the morning games while Cavite and Rizal was still squaring off in the afternoon games as of this writing.

Published in the Sun.Star Baguio newspaper on October 19, 2012.