Davao Football - Holy Child Red slams City High Green, 7-1

THE Holy Child School of Davao (HCSD) Red beat the Davao City National High School (DCNHS) Green, 7-1, in the opener of the 5th Mayor Rody-Inday Sara and Holcim Philippines Inter-High School Football Tournament at the Tionko Football Grounds on Friday.

DCNHS Green player John Dale Cinco struck for a goal in the 14-minute but HCSD Red countered with back-to-back goals courtesy of Christopher Escaran (19th minute), Kevin Digal (31st, 60th, Eliezer Galope (35th, 79th) and Michael Atangan.

The HCSD Red led Group A that is also composed of Ateneo de Davao University, Catalunan-Medvil and Panabo National High School.

In group B, DCNHS-Columbia shutout HCSD Black, 16-0, in the bootfest presented by Holcim Philippines and supported by Mayor Rodrigo and Vice Mayor Inday Sara Duterte.

DCNHS scorers were Rocky Custodio (3',18',22',36',45',51'), Joel Vivero (7' 31'), Warren Ravanes (48', 70' 72', 76'), Jinuel Jose (59', 67') and Raymart Palabrica (68', 79').

Holcim Philippines administration manager Cilor Guevarra and Davao Football Association (DFA) president Rafael "Pops" Vilela graced the opening rites.

Games will resume today with Ateneo taking on Catalunan-Medvil at 2 p.m. followed by the match between Panabo and HCSD Red at 4 p.m.

The tournament is organized by DFA in coordination with the Sports Development Division of the City Mayor's Office (SDD-CMO) and the University of the Philippines (UP) Mindanao students. (MLSA)

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Men`s NT friendly against Chinese Taipei

Philippines Men`s National team will be going to Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) in January. They are scheduled to play a friendly against Chinese Taipei NT on 16. January. One or two other friendlies are also scheduled against club teams.

Last match against Chinese Taipei were in 2006 when they beat Philippines 1-0 in AFC Challenge Cup. They are ranked number 162 compared to Philippines number 185 and should be a good test for Philippines.

Men`s NT had first trainings this weekend under new British coach Des Bulpin.

Seagull Football Club tops Davao Futsal tourney

SEAGULL Football Club nipped Medvil Football Club, 2-0 to bag the first ever Futsal Davao Men’s Open played recently at the Rizal Memorial Colleges gym.
Seagull which brought home cash prize along with medals and a team champion trophy for its 10-man roster which saw them on top of the eight competing squads.
Angelo John Adana, Seagull Football Club’s goal keeper was judge as Most Valuable Player of the tournament.
Meanwhile, Columbia Football Club settled third place honors after beating TADECO, 2-0.

Other teams which saw action include the Metro Football Club, Hooligans Football Club, Ateneo Football Club and KMMPC Football Club.
Organized by Futsal Davao, the tournament was also backed by Mr. Leo Magno, Dr. Jojo Cembrano, Go Mati and Southpoint School Davao.
Futsal Davao is also under the auspices of the Davao Football Association.


Source : Mindanao Times

FIFA Women`s World Ranking - December

FIFA Women`s World Ranking for December was released by FIFA on Friday .

Philippines up 1 to number 75.

ASEAN Teams :

32 Vietnam -1
33 Thailand -
43 Myanmar -1
64 Indonesia -1
73 Laos +1
75 Philippines +1
77 Malaysia -
82 Singapore +1

Davao Football - Holcim-Rody bootfest up

THE fifth Holcim Inter-High School Football Tournament Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte Cup kicks off at 4 p.m. Friday at the Tionko football grounds.

Davao Football Association (DFA) secretary Erwin Protacio said Thursday 10 teams confirmed participation in the 11-A-Side event presented by Holcim Philippines.

The opener pits Davao City National High School (DCNHS) Green against Holy Child School of Davao (HCSD) Red followed by the match between DCNHS-Columbia and Holy Child School of Davao (HCSD) Black.

He said the Catalunan Grande National High School, Emar Learning Center and DCNHS will field two teams while the University of Mindanao (UM), HCSD, Ateneo and Panabo will have one team each.

"We are still waiting for the confirmation of the Philippine Women's College (PWC) and SOS Children's Village. The teams will be grouped into two brackets and will play the single round robin. The top two teams will then play the crossover semi-finals enroute to the championship," Protacio said during the Davao Sportswriters Association (DSA) Forum at the Tower Inn.

Vice Mayor Inday Sara Duterte and Holcim vice president and plant manager Kevin Hughes are guests in the opening rites. (MLSA)

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UFL - Final scorers

Emelio Caligdong and Yanti Barsales scored for Air Force , Relan Betana for Army. Half time score was 0-0

Full match report on footballalliance.com.ph website

Cebu Football - USC unseats DBC

THE University of San Carlos (USC) unseated defending champions Don Bosco College (DBC) to win the Women’s Open division of the 12th Aboitiz Football Cup tournament last Sunday at the Aboitiz Sports field.

After losing last year’s title to DBC, USC finally got to return the favor with a 5-3 win in the final to hand the former champion its first loss this season.

USC started out strong scoring, two goals in the first 15 minutes of the match.

DBC retaliated with a strike in the 18th minute by Christine Mantos to reduce the lead to 2-1.

Don Bosco got the lead with a goal by Marlou Solon in the 36th and another by Rona Espinosa in the 38th for a 3-2 score at the break.

However, the Carolinians returned the favor in the second half and scored three goals in just four minutes.

Kim Arcenas leveled the match in the 67th before Nicole Trebol got the lead for USC in the 69th.

Arcenas then added an insurance goal in the 70th for the final count.

Meanwhile, Subangdaku FC (SFC) crushed Cebu Doctors’ University (CDU) A, 4-1, and clinched third place in the Women’s Open category.

Quick goals

CDU opened up the match with an early goal by Ruth Mantilla in the 14th minute before SFC struck back by scoring two goals late in the first half, courtesy of Danielle Lotzof in the 39th and Sophie Peterson in the 40th.

SFC then sealed the game in the second half with goals from Cheska Toledo and Peterson in the 60th and 70th minutes, respectively.

In other games, University of Cebu trampled Don Bosco (DB) Alumni, 5-1, while Queen City United (QCU) beat University of the Visayas, 2-0, in the Men’s League division.

Don Bosco Magone routed DB Alumni FC, 6-0, the while University of San Jose-Recoletos Alumni drew with the University of Southern Philippines Alumni, 1-1, in the Men’s Cup category.

QCU A also routed sister squad QCU B, 5-1, while Erco edged out Hiroshi, 2-1, in the 38-and-above class.

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