‘Keeper Cudicini set for LA Galaxy switch
Italian goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini appears destined for the United States after Tottenham Hotspur announced that they have reached an agreement to sell him to the Los Angeles Galaxy.
Italian goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini appears destined for the United States after Tottenham Hotspur announced that they have reached an agreement to sell him to the Los Angeles Galaxy.
It’s only been just a year when Philippine football took a one-eighty from being one of the most unnoticed and unappreciated sports in the country to being the most watched and most followed.
This whirlwind rise of the sport took a step further when North American major league football team LA Galaxy visited Manila recently as part of its Asia-Pacific promotional tour. The team, which was led by no other than English football superstar David Beckham and the US national football team’s former captain Landon Donovan, went against our very own Philippine Azkals in a friendly match dubbed as the Dream Cup.
The Azkals may have trailed behind with a final score of 6-1 in favor of the LA Galaxy but nonetheless, with major league football players taking on our own footballers on Philippine soil, it was undeniably a good day for Philippine football once again.
Few expect the Philippine Azkals to stun world football icon David Beckham and the Los Angeles Galaxy in an exhibition match on Saturday night at the Rizal Memorial Football Stadium.
Having spent a significant amount renovating and maintaining the Rizal Memorial Stadium and its field, the Philippine Football Federation has also agreed to pay P1 million for the use of the historic facility for one of the biggest football events taking place in the country in years.
The Philippine Azkals will use their exhibition match against newly crowned Major League Soccer champion Los Angeles Galaxy on Dec. 3 to kickstart their preparations for next year’s AFC Challenge Cup in Nepal.
National team mainstays Chieffy Caligdong and brothers Phil and James Younghusband will link up with key members of the Under-23 team when the Azkals face the Los Angeles Galaxy in an exhibition match on Dec. 3 at the Rizal Memorial Stadium.
Midfielder Chris Greatwich, one of the vital cogs in the Philippine Azkals’ historic run to the Suzuki Cup semifinals last year, will make his return to the national side when it faces the Los Angeles Galaxy in an exhibition match on Dec. 3 at the Rizal Memorial Stadium
MANILA, Philippines—An exhibition match pitting the Los Angeles Galaxy, featuring global football icon David Beckham, and the Philippine Azkals is being planned at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in early December. The Galaxy, who play in the United States’ top-flight league Major League Soccer, are going on a tour of Southeast Asia and Australia with the [...]
