2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers start next year !

From AFC website :

KUALA LUMPUR: Only days after the draw for the FIFA World Cup 2010 finals, a handful of Asian countries can already start preparing their qualifying campaigns for the 2014 competition.

The 2014 FIFA World Cup Asian qualifiers start on October 8, 2010 with Match Day 1 of the first round. MD2 is on October 12, 2010.

The AFC Competitions Department has yet to announce the qualification format for the 2014 finals, to be held in Brazil.

Comment : Very early start for the qualifiers. Philippines did not participate in 2010 qualifiers , but hopefully they will be playing in October 2010.

ASEAN qualifiers in Laos also scheduled for mid October , will probably be rescheduled before or after World Cup qualifiers.

UFL - Semifinals

Semifinals in United Football League (Manila)today :

Navy - Air Force 2-3
Kaya - Army 4-5

Final on Sunday 13. December :

Army - Air Force

Cebu Football - Abellana routs CIS in U17 finals

ABELLANA National School (ANS) Pomeroy successfully defended its crown as it routed the short-handed Cebu International School (ANS), 3-1, in the Boys 17 championship match of the 12th Aboitiz Cup at the Aboitiz Sports field yesterday.

ANS Pomeroy immediately worked its way on the offense end as it scored just a minute into the game courtesy of Carlito Abadia.

Prince Anthony Hanesin added another goal in the 17th minute with a strike inside the penalty box that bounced off a CIS defender and into the goal.

ANS Pomeroy showed its aggressiveness offensively in the first half as it dominated the possession and had more attempts.

In the second half, CIS, which was without two of its key players, ace striker Javier Hernandez and midfielder Emmanuelle Cunningham, had much needed lift in the offensive end as Mark Lotzof scored a well-calculated 30-yard shot to narrow the gap to 2-1.

However, Hanesin quickly countered with a breakaway goal to increase the lead to 3-1 just a minute later.

ANS Pomeroy successfully fended off the attack of CIS until the end of regulation.

With the victory, ANS Pomeroy won their third straight title in the Boys 17 category of Aboitiz Cup.

“It was a total team effort. They were inspired to defend their title,” ANS Pomeroy head coach Francis Ramirez told Sun.Star Cebu after the game.

This was also the third major title that ANS Pomeroy won this year.

ANS Pomeroy took home the crown in the Milo Little Olympics Nationals and the CAFC tournament and also placed second in the City Olympics and the Pintaflores tournament.

Don Bosco College (DBC) grabbed third place honors as they easily disposed of Sacred Heart School Jesuits (SHSJ), 4-0.

On the other hand, DBC A crushed Paref-Springdale, 5-1, to win the crown in the Boys 14 category.

Valentino Calvo led DBC with his hat trick, while Junray Arizabal and Christian Agot added a goal apiece.

Gandiel Koko scored the only goal for Paref-Springdale.

CIS won third place following a close 6-5 win over SHSJ.

Meanwhile, DBC A and Paref-Springdale will be facing each other in the Boys 12 finals next week after winning their respective semifinal games yesterday.

DBC A flattened CIS, 5-0, while Paref-Springdale edged out SHS-J, 6-5.


Sun Star Cebu

Cebu Football - Aboitiz Cup

29 and 30. November

Men`s League

SRRU - UV 0-7
Queen City United - UC 0-0
SRFC - USC 3-6
DB Alumni - USPF 0-2

Upcoming matches 6. December

Men`s League
9.20 AM Queen City United - USC
11.10 AM Crazy Horse - UC

Women`s League
1.30 PM DBC - CDU A
3.30 PM SFC - USC

Aboitiz Sports Field

UFL - Semifinals and top scorers

United Football League

Semifinals 6. December

Navy - Air Force
2.30 PM Ateneo De Manila University

Kaya - Army
8 pm Nomads , Paranaque , Mereville

Top Scorers :

Izzeldin Elhabbib 7 goals (Kaya)
Yanti Barsales 5 goals (Air Force)
Luisito Briliantes 4 goals (Army)
Emelio Caligdong 4 goals (Air Force)
Roel Gener 4 goals (Army)
Floriano Pasilan Jr 4 goals(Grins Orient Freight)

Davao Football - Team Montevista shines in 1st Upsilon Cup Football

Montevista “B” of Compostela Valley beat Malaybalay City FC (2-0) to win the 1st Upsilon Cup held at the UP Mindanao Football Field in Mintal, Davao City, which is a 7 a-side tournament exclusively for high school students.

Montevista “A” beat Digos City National High School, via penalty shoot-out (3-2) to garner third place.

Ten teams are bracketed into two groups. Group A consists of Holy Child “Red”, Montevista “B”, Island Garden City of Samal National High School, CMU Laboratory High School (Musuan, Bukidnon), and Digos City National High School. Group B is composed of Malayabalay, St. Paul ’s Pasig – Davao , Holy Child “Black”, Montevista “A”, and Holy Cross College of Calinan High School.

The top two teams in each group (Group A – Montevista “B” and Digos City NHS; Group B- Malaybalay and Montevista “B”) qualified for the cross over semi finals.

The top three teams received trophies from the Upsilon Sigma Phi Alumni Association.

During the opening ceremony, Upsilon Sigma Phi Alumni Association – Davao City Chapter president Rico Villareal thanked the participants for coming and encouraged the players to balance playing football with studying hard as this is important to getting a good college education.


Mindanao Daily Mirror

UFL-LBC Cup semifinals cast finalized

MANILA, Philippines – Navy Selecta, Airforce Rider, Army Phiten and Kaya Digiprint edged their respective foes over the weekend to complete the semifinals cast of the United Football League-LBC Cup.

At the Ateneo de Manila University football field in Quezon City, Army Phiten banked on its relentless scoring as it silenced Alabang Grins, 4-0, to clinch the first semifinals slot.

Both teams fought on equal terms in the first half until Army's Relan Bretana nailed a goal five minutes into the second canto. It was all Army Phiten from there, with Ricardo Becite and Roel Gener scoring three more goals to arrive at the final score.

Despite the setback, Grins coach and manager Hans Smit was unbowed.

“We’re the youngest team in the first division,” Smit said. “That’s already something to be proud of.”

In the second game, Navy Selecta came out on top of Loyola ATR Kim Eng, 2-1, in a match marred by several yellow cards and an expulsion.

Navy's Marlon Pinero scored the game's first goal, sinking a penalty kick 10 minutes into the first half. But Loyola striker John Paul Merida responded shortly with a goal of his own to force the deadlock at halftime.

Action resumed with four Navy players receiving yellow cards for unsportsmanlike behavior, while a player from Loyola was warned for verbal taunting. Things got worse at the 82-minute mark when Navy’s Reydrick Viliran threw a punch at Loyola’s Patrick Martir. Viliran was thrown out of the match.

Shorty after the scuffle, Navy scored another goal to seal the win.

At the Nomads football grounds in Paranaque City, Kaya Digiprint became the only civilian squad to barge into the semifinals after knocking out Union Rudy Project, 2-1.

In the last quarterfinal match, Air Force Rider ousted Mendiola E-games, 2-1.

The semifinals will be held this Sunday, with Navy Selecta colliding with Airforce Rider in the 2:30 p.m. game at Ateneo.

Kaya, managed by United Football Club Association president Christopher Hagedorn, faces Army Phiten in the other semis match at Nomads.

philstar.com

Davao Football - AdDU booters invited to compete in Europe

FIVE Ateneo de Davao 10 under team members have been invited to compete in a series of tournaments in Europe next year.

The said players won fourth place in the 14th Alaska Cup last month at the Alabang Country Club in Ayala, Alabang.


The five players, Joshua Royce S. Lim, Joshua Ryan S. Lagon, Kahlil Imran P. Jikiri, Gabriel Dominic A. Leyson, and Seth Ysrael J. Cabo, were scouted on the spot by head officials of the Alaska Cup headed by Ignacio Vicente.

Bai Lim, Joshua's mother, said they received the formal invitation last November 28.

The boys will play in the form part of the Makati Football Club representing the country in the Gothia Cup, the world youth cup in Goteborg, Sweden in July 2010.

They will also participate in the Barecelona Cup and Costa Blanca Cup in Spain.

The Ateneo de Davao 10 under team's fourth-place finish was already an excellent showing in the annual Alaska Cup considering the magnitude of this event in local football.

The Ateneo 8 under squad also finised fourth in the tournament where the Ateneo girls 12 under team emerged champion. (CRAM)

Sun Star Davao