MANILA (10 Dec 2011) – The Philippines national team are looking at taking on either Malaysia or Vietnam in a friendly in February following the withdrawal of New Zealand. Initially, the Philippines were hoping that they can play New Zealand as part of their preparation for the AFC Challenge Cup in Kathmandu, Nepal but the…
MANILA (6 Dec 2011) – The Philippine national team will be back in training in January 2012 in preparation for the AFC Challenge Cup campaign where they will be up against North Korea, Tajikistan and India in March. “We start training in January. We have two and a half months and we will be working…
With the help of the FIFA Grassroots Program, clinics-tryouts were held all over the Philippines recently to start a new training ground for future football stars. If this program succeeds, the national football team may no longer have to pull out players from all over the world and realize in the end that they didn’t…
MANILA (27 Nov 2011) – Interim president Mariano Araneta got fresh mandate to lead the Philippines Football Federation (PFF) for another four years following the annual PFF Congress in Mandaluyong where representatives of 32 football associations gave their confidence. Elected to the PFF Board were Charlie Cojuangco, Dick Emperado, Richard Montayre and Dan Palami for…
MANILA (2 Nov 2011) – Jason de Jong makes a return to Indonesia this week – hoping that this time round, he will be able to make more than just a passing impression. De Jong was part of the Philippines squad that played against Indonesia in the semi-finals of the AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 before…
MANILA (30 Oct 2011) – The Philippines team preparation for the SEA Games next week suffered a major blow with the news that they will have to launch their campaign without the inspiration of midfielder Manny Ott. The Filis, aiming to win a place in the podium for the first time ever, are placed in…