Junior Muñoz: the Batangueño Philippine Azkal Batangueños Don’t Know About October 14, 2018 Batangas' own Junior Munoz being interviewed at the Aboitiz Football Cup. Image source: Aboitiz Football Cup Facebook page. Mainly...Read More
Philippine Football Federation Hosts "A" License Coaching Course June 14, 2017 Image courtesy of Ake Pastoral of the PFF. The Philippine Football Federation (PFF), in cooperation with the Asian Football Confederatio...Read More
Philippine Football Federation receives 2nd Asian Football Confederation Grassroots Award December 08, 2016 Photo Caption: Philippine Football Federation Mariano “Nonong” Araneta receives the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President Recogniti...Read More
PFF Launches Registration and ID System for Players and Stakeholders October 13, 2016 All images in this article fro Ake Pastoral of the Philippine Football Federation. The Philippine Football Federation or PFF today forma...Read More
Azkals’ Neil Etheridge and Walsall Miss Chance for Wembley Play-off May 21, 2016 The 2015-16 Walsall FC team. Image credit: www.expressandstar.com . The Philippine Azkals’ first-choice goalkeeper Neil Etheridge misse...Read More
Philippine Azkals: Improved Form and Exploiting DPR Korea’s Weaknesses March 30, 2016 Image captured from ABS-CBN Sports video on YouTube. Iain Ramsay's winning goal. That scintillating 3-2 victory of the Philippine Az...Read More
I’m Annoyed You’re So Dead: The Story of My 2011 HS Football Team March 28, 2016 My 2011 high school football team. When I was offered an executive position late in 2004, among the conditions was that I gave up coachi...Read More
Etheridge Hits Top Form as Plucky Azkals Limit Uzbeks to Narrow Home Win March 24, 2016 Image credit: Photo captured from video on the AFC Cup on YouTube. I never doubted for one moment even after last September’s ignominio...Read More
My 1989 DLSL Football Team and the Lack of a Football Culture in Lipa January 04, 2016 On the penultimate day of last year, after the annual DLSL football varsity reunion festival which is simply referred to as the LSFC Cup, o...Read More
Despite Azkals Home Blip Against Yemen, WC Campaign Still a Success November 12, 2015 Image captured from video on The AFC Cup channel on YouTube. Ultimately, what last night’s chastening 1-nil loss by the Philippine Azkal...Read More
The DLSL-San Beda College Football Connection October 27, 2015 Many of the DLSL boys continue to join reunion tournaments at SBC to this day. Image credit: Marco Magnaye. One of the things that I wil...Read More
Staying Positive after the Azkals’ Loss to Bahrain October 14, 2015 All images in this page captured from video on the AFC Cup YouTube channel. The only way to perhaps get a sense of perspective on the Ph...Read More
Philippine Azkals’ Draw Against DPR Korea: Stabilising the Ship Quickly October 08, 2015 It was crucial to steady the ship after the heavy defeat at home to Uzbekistan. Do not anyone point out that I did not actually get to w...Read More
Getting a Full House During an Azkals Game at the Philippine Stadium September 10, 2015 The Philippine Sports Stadium early n the evening: a glorious sight. While the Philippine Sports Stadium in Bulacan is not exactly in t...Read More
Diary of a Failed Uzbek World Cup Qualifying Conquest September 08, 2015 First, the Concerns To say that I was excited about making the intergalactic trip from Batangas to Bulacan to watch the Philippine Azk...Read More
Philippine Azkals Cruise to Friendly Win over Maldives September 04, 2015 Image captured from video at The AFC Hub YouTube Channel. Such is football that the fortunes of two countries which contested a five-goa...Read More
Blades, Studs and Football Players’ ACL Injuries July 19, 2015 Image from http://www.powerfootwear.com One of my former players has been unfortunate enough to have suffered two ACL injuries, the sec...Read More
PHL Azkals In It to Win It After WC Qualifying Victory Over Yemen June 16, 2015 Misagh Bahadoran, the Sandstorm of Doha, celebrates the opening goal. Those among you who bothered to sneak a peek at the match between ...Read More
How the K-12 Program Benefits Football in Lipa June 13, 2015 My last high school team in 2011 was among my strongest but players had to graduate with still a year of eligibility. I am not a fan of ...Read More
PHL Azkals Join Big Boys Club after Bahrain World Cup Win June 11, 2015 Misagh Bahadoran opened scoring for the Azkals in the 50th minute. It’s official! The Philippine Azkals have just joined the exclusive c...Read More