NATIONAL team standout James Younghusband struck twice to power the Loyola Meralco Sparks to a 3-0 win over nine-men Stallion last night and into top spot of the United Football League at the University of Makati.
For a country where basketball has been the dominant sport for a very long time, football is quickly gaining ground thanks to the Philippine football team Azkals and the popular Younghusband brothers, Phil and James.
Their title hopes already extinguished, the Philippine Azkals look to fly home with the next best thing in the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup as they battle Palestine for third place Monday night at the Dashrath Stadium.
Loyola Meralco regained top spot in the United Football League in emphatic fashion, crushing Navy Red Juice, 14-0, Sunday night at the UMak field.
Attacking fluidly and compact defensively, the Philippine Azkals ripped Qatar first division club Al Ahli to shreds, 3-1, Monday night in the second tuneup match of their Middle East training camp here.
Loyola Meralco kept its mastery of Kaya, 2-0, Saturday night to regain top spot in the United Football League at the Rizal Memorial Stadium.
Philippine Azkals coach Michael Weiss doesn’t see any cause for alarm following the 1-3 defeat of the Azkals-Alyansa to Spanish Tercera division side CF Internacional de Madrid in a charity match Saturday night at the Rizal Memorial Stadium.
It was a loss that felt more like a win for Philippine football.
It will be one of those days when the “Beautiful Game” means so much more.
Hoping to help raise funds for victims of a recent natural disaster, the finest football talents in the country join forces to battle Spanish side Internacionale de Madrid Saturday in a charity match at the Rizal Memorial Stadium.
National team veterans Chieffy Caligdong and Phil and James Younghusband will spearhead the squad that will face Spanish side Internacional de Madrid at the Rizal Memorial Stadium on Saturday in a charity match that will benefit victims of Typhoon Sendong.
Brothers Phil and James Younghusband may be relishing at their status as among the Philippines’ newest sports heroes, but they haven’t lost sight of their goal of improving the standard of football in the country.
Air Force Phoenix leaned on virtuoso performances from battle-scarred veterans Yanti Barsales and Edmundo Mercado to overcome Loyola Meralco, 2-0, Saturday night and seize the United Football League Cup before a tournament record crowd of 6,000 at the Rizal Memorial Stadium.
Defending champion Global seeks to book a return trip to the finals of the United Football League Cup when it battles reigning league titlist Air Force Phoenix FC Monday night at the Rizal Memorial Stadium.
