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(Photo Published with the kind permission of Bob Guerrero / MJC)
the best young Filipino players will be tested in the international game.
The U16 national men's team is in Surabaya, Indonesia, to fight five other teams in the group stage of the U16 championship of the Asean Football Federation
. Like other national teams of young Filipinos, concluded his training camp at PFF Artificial Turf Pitch in the San Lazaro Leisure Park in Carmona, Cavite last Wednesday. The field is part of the national training center of the PFF
. The Philippines started this campaign with a match against hosts on July 29th. It was a tough match, Indonesia having beaten the winners 8-0. Two days later, they will try to bounce back against Cambodia. August 2nd will see the Pinoys duel with Myanmar, followed by a tough match against Vietnam on the 4th. The group stage will end with a test against Timor Leste on August 6th. The top two teams qualify for the semi-finals.
The famous Sandro Reyes, a Marinduqueno trained in FC Barcelona's youth system, is on the side. The attacking midfielder is currently in the youth team of FC Sants, a Catalan club in the third tier Spanish. This is Sandro's second campaign with a national youth team.
Reyes Sants' teammate Antoine Ortega, a Filipino-French, also travels to Surabaya. Ortega plays in the detention midfielder slot deeper than Reyes. Hopefully the chemistry of their club will help the national team to score goals in this tournament.
Tino McDermott, from Fredricksburg, Va., Leads the standings. The attacker is so talented that he would be on the radar of the US National Youth Team program.
McDermott will play this competition with a heavy heart. His father died while he was en route to the Philippines for this camp. McDermott chose to play anyway, perhaps believing that his late father would have liked it so.
Another notable of the team is James Tuazon, a talented Ilonggo striker from Central Philippine University who impressed coach Reiji Hirata. "He can control the game and he has good ideas (in the field)," says the veteran Japanese mentor.
Hirata was also expansive of Ortega, noting her organizational skills and leadership, as well as her decent shot. 19659006] The coach also said that Reyes "can make a difference," and praised his one-touch passes that often leave defenders confused.
Another talented striker is the imposing Renard Yu from Xavier School.
Florenz Tacardon is also in the team. The Claretian winger, whose older brother Fidel scored the winning goal in the U19 team's 2-1 win over Singapore, is also in the lineup.
Atenean Andy Roxas, nephew of former national player Randy, is a box-to-box threat while Khent Brian Valenzuela is another offensive weapon of Iloilo
The first-choice goalie is Franc Barrera de San Beda. The native of Basilan was spotted at the Peace Games in Mindanao. Hirata admires Barrera's reactions and highlighted a huge rescue that he did in Scrim's win over Claret on Wednesday.
Hirata also enjoyed the PFF Artificial Turf Pitch in the San Lazaro Lesiure Park where the team was coached. He noted that it is the same quality as the synthetic grass fields in Japan, and he is looking forward to seeing the dorms, classrooms and offices planned that will help complete the center.
"As always we are proud to play our part in improving the performance of our national youth teams," said Eduardo Ramirez de Arellano, vice president of marketing at Manila Jockey Club, MJC manages the facility [19659006] "We are sure that the world-class field training at Carmona could give an advantage to this talented team in Indonesia – RELEASE
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