MANILA, Philippines - The United Football League Cup kicks off today with defending champion Global FC battling the Stallions in an explosive opening day showdown at the Rizal Memorial Football Stadium.
AKTV on IBC 13, the first free-to-air sports channel in the country will telecast the games starting at 2 p.m.
The UFL drew a total of 28 teams with the UFL Cup serving as a qualifier for the UFL top flight competition beginning in January.
The teams have been divided into seven groups with the top two squads from each side advancing to the Round of 16. The two No. 3 teams with the best records will claim the remaining two Round of 16 berths.
The parade of teams is set at 2:30 p.m. to be followed by a brief opening ceremony which ushers in the new season.
The Global-Stallions showdown in Group C is set at 4 p.m. The other match, pitting Kaya FC against Team Schwarz in Group D, will be played at the University of Makati pitch at 7 p.m.
Global nipped Air Force, 3-2, for the title last year, while the Stallions reached the quarterfinals of the UFL Cup and wound up second to Nomads in the second division.
Global boosted its roster by tapping Fil-Spanish striker Angel Aldeguer and Japanese midfielder Yu Hoshide, who had stints in Trinidad and Tobago and the US. Aldeguer is expected to team up with fellow national player Misagh Bahadoran and Sudanese striker Izo El-Habbib.
Former national players Ruben Doctora and Jason Cordova banner the Stallions side, backstopped by a number of South Koreans, who trained at Central Philippine University in Iloilo.
Kaya, meanwhile, will be powered by high-profile players in Azkals skipper Aly Borromeo, Anton del Rosario, Nate Burkey and Jason Sabio, while Team Schwarz will be bannered by Hamid Pasyon and brothers Linel and Laurence Gatasi and midfielder Mark Endaya from Laguna.
“We have a very young team, and the UFL Cup is a good test if our team can play in the next level,” said Ake Pastoral, the Schwarz manager. “The good thing about our team is that some of the players have played together for more than 10 years.”
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"The parade of teams is set at 2:30 p.m."
ReplyDeleteMay parading of teams pa?!? Ang corny! Sobra na yan! Ano toh, elementary teams o kaya U-10 tournament? haha
Pano naging corny? Sa olympics nga may parade of delegation. Bakit kilala mo ba lahat ang players at alam mo lahat ang teams para sabihin corny kung may parade pa. Kung sa tingin mo corny ang opening ng UFL then nood ka na lang korean novela.LOL!!!!
ReplyDeleteIt's a good and simple way of introducing the league. OA na man nag reaction ng iba, feeling nasa Europe sya. Pretender.
ReplyDeletethis is actually good coz there are 28 teams participating in the Cup
ReplyDelete"Pano naging corny? Sa olympics nga may parade of delegation."
ReplyDeleteTangengot ka pala eh. Olympics ba toh? Asian Games ba toh? O kaya, Pambansang Palaro ba toh? HINDI!!!
"Bakit kilala mo ba lahat ang players at alam mo lahat ang teams"
Sa parade na yan, hindi naman iniintroduce yung mga players!! Bobo!
"It's a good and simple way of introducing the league."
Kung gusto mo makilala yung liga, dapat maganda ang marketing! Mas lalo na mga big time business men ang nag oorganize ng ufl. Hindi yung mga kakengkoyan na parade parade na yan na akala Olympics. Oo, pinapakita nila na may konting effort para makilala yung ufl pero ito yung tipong they're trying too hard tapos nagiging corny lang.
"OA na man nag reaction ng iba, feeling nasa Europe sya."
Paano naging 'feeling sa Europe'?!? hahaha!!! Bugok ka gago!!!
Sino nanalo sa Global FC-Stallions FC game?
ReplyDeleteHey marketing specialist, why dont you offer your services to UFL ans let's see what you can do. Baka puro ka lng salita at walng gawa. Mas gago!
ReplyDeletedapat sa liga na to, pag natalo ka ng 5 pts, deleted k n s liga...masakit s mata!
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