Philippine Football

[satria_muda]

Woah! I thought football was well loved in your country! Well, I think it is.. Its just that you're not into it.. Am I right or not??

I love all sports actually...
( I play almost every-sports, but only futsal and basketball I played regulary)

I just hoping my goverment supported and financing the other sports fairly not only football,

But the good thing is you have classy stadiums.. In ours we don't even have flat grounds.. The ball bounces as it rolls!

you right about that stadiums thing though,
but no chance if you looking classy basketball stadium in here..

[paolylo]

The football capital of the Philippines, Barotac Nuevo, doesn't even have a decent Footbal Stadium, much less a field.

heck, if you guys want to argue me about the statement above, don't. I'm from there.

I watched how the players of Bhutan struggled on the soggy pitch. safe to say pinoys play better when wet. ^_^

i saw that game on TV. it was just a cruel ending at Barotac Nuevo, 3-0 win against Bhutan in the mud but Tajikistan beats Brunei 4-0 on a more-maintained pitch at Iloilo City... and we don't qualify on goal difference.

it's an irony that Barotac Nuevo has produced quality players that get pirated by the Air Force, and eventually the National Team since the 70's... and yet it doesn't have a world-class pitch.

[mohsena2631]

Good luck if somedays somehow Pinoy's attention and support changed into football, just dont be like us Indonesian..
football is the golden boy of Indonesians goverment's sport even more than badminton which's already given olympic golds to our country, infact nowadays local/province goverments in Indonesia on race build Football stadiums, for example in;

'and many more...
But with all those TOONs of MONEYS pouring into this sport, we still have ZERO achievment in this sport, even in South East Asia.

we have the same problem in Iran other sports only come to attention during olympics or Asian Games periods.

at least your government are building something but in Iran, they are just wasting the money (obviously IR is number 1 in wasting) and we are still using the stadium which built 36 years ago for 1974 Asian Games !!!

being on topic, i've never saw Philippines national team ! because they never competed in asian top level or second level competitions which means they are weak (sorry but this is the truth)

Football IS NOT Basketball ! 2 or 3 foreign players can't make a big change for a weak team. no way, you have to develop your own players.

[eindhow]

we have the same problem in Iran other sports only come to attention during olympics or Asian Games periods.

at least your government are building something but in Iran, they are just wasting the money (obviously IR is number 1 in wasting) and we are still using the stadium which built 36 years ago for 1974 Asian Games !!!

being on topic, i've never saw Philippines national team ! because they never competed in asian top level or second level competitions which means they are weak (sorry but this is the truth)

Football IS NOT Basketball ! 2 or 3 foreign players can't make a big change for a weak team. no way, you have to develop your own players.

So it's also true in Iran.. But your country is STRONG in this sport! Bad thing you got beaten by the Eastern Asians to the WC slot..

Yes we are still weak and is ranked 169.. But we don't play with one/two/three Fil-Fors in the starting eleven anymore.. Maybe only Emilio Caligdong could be the only homegrown talent in that 1st 11.. That could be possible.. And the youth program is looking good though some results show we are really behind other countries in the development..

[eindhow]

BTW if you want your daily dose of Philippine Football, go the this blog site:

http://filipinofootball.blogspot.com/

Have been visiting this site everyday since a year ago..

[than11]

So it's also true in Iran.. But your country is STRONG in this sport! Bad thing you got beaten by the Eastern Asians to the WC slot..

Yes we are still weak and is ranked 169.. But we don't play with one/two/three Fil-Fors in the starting eleven anymore.. Maybe only Emilio Caligdong could be the only homegrown talent in that 1st 11.. That could be possible.. And the youth program is looking good though some results show we are really behind other countries in the development..

I still think Emilio is at his absolute best when inserted after the half. He has some trouble pacing himself if he starts, from my own observation, which takes aways his huge speed advantage over average SEA counterparts.

[kaiziken_pinas]

i saw that game on TV. it was just a cruel ending at Barotac Nuevo, 3-0 win against Bhutan in the mud but Tajikistan beats Brunei 4-0 on a more-maintained pitch at Iloilo City... and we don't qualify on goal difference.

it's an irony that Barotac Nuevo has produced quality players that get pirated by the Air Force, and eventually the National Team since the 70's... and yet it doesn't have a world-class pitch.

yeah, the Iloilo Sports Complex is the best Football arena in the Visayas.

If only it didn't rain in the game vs Brunei...........

[eindhow]

I still think Emilio is at his absolute best when inserted after the half. He has some trouble pacing himself if he starts, from my own observation, which takes aways his huge speed advantage over average SEA counterparts.

Yeah I get you.. He steps on the gas from the start.. He may be quicker than those guys but it would be useless if he's exhausted in the crucial points of a match..

[TrueBluePinoy]

My brother was a former mod of the PFF website but he left because he and his compadres weren't given any form incentive by the federation specifically the most venerable Jose Mari Martinez.

http://www.the-pff.com/pff/

The website still sucks btw. He's currently playing for SIKAD FC. Isn't our national futsal coach Iranian?

[b3lowzro]

My brother was a former mod of the PFF website but he left because he and his compadres weren't given any form incentive by the federation specifically the most venerable Jose Mari Martinez.

http://www.the-pff.com/pff/

The website still sucks btw. He's currently playing for SIKAD FC. Isn't our national futsal coach Iranian?

I used to train with sikad f.c. back in my HS days, yet the older pips there keeps on bullying us kaya un we decided to join Sunday F.C. in

[c_d]

No love for Freddy Gonzales?

A good friend of mine who's now based in NoCal was Gonzalez's teammate when they played in the Gothia Cup (Makati FC).

[mohsena2631]

So it's also true in Iran.. But your country is STRONG in this sport! Bad thing you got beaten by the Eastern Asians to the WC slot..

yes Iran is still strong (of course in asian level) and still can beat any team in Asia but Iran was stronger. and this extra attention to football hurts both sides (football and other sports).

yes, it is sad that we are not in South Africa, especially because World Cup slot was in our bag and we were just 8 mins away from the world cup ! but it happens in football !
congrats to Eastern Asians but Iran didn't lose to any East Asian team, Iran lost only and only 1 match in the whole qualification tournament and that was Saudi Arabia.

But we don't play with one/two/three Fil-Fors in the starting eleven anymore.. Maybe only Emilio Caligdong could be the only homegrown talent in that 1st 11..

this is even worst !

Isn't our national futsal coach Iranian?

I checked you team in AFC Futsal 2010 qualifier and yes !

http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=382&matchId=2589

he is not alone ! at least 4 of your players are Iranian (number 1, 9, 10 and 5)

[bestkept]

when do you guys think will phil will qualify for the world cup? it's like a very distant dream..far more distant than our basketball dreams for the national team..i really hope that phil football/soccer improves...

[eindhow]

when do you guys think will phil will qualify for the world cup? it's like a very distant dream..far more distant than our basketball dreams for the national team..i really hope that phil football/soccer improves...

Like you said, it is a VERY distant dream.. But before we even think of reaching that stage, we must first conquer SEA, which is already a daunting task.. Unlike basketball where we are the kings of the hard court..

[than11]

Like you said, it is a VERY distant dream.. But before we even think of reaching that stage, we must first conquer SEA, which is already a daunting task.. Unlike basketball where we are the kings of the hard court..

I agree. And maybe making the Olympics in football is far more achievable than World Cup if given enough emphasis..There are a lot of good young footballers in RP..I think there is an age restriction in Olympic football, 23-under plus a couple of over-23's?...