Final List & Schedule of the Philippine National Football Team U21 for Hassanal Bolkiah Cup

 The Philippine National Football Team Final List is here. The young Azkals will compete from August 9 to 23, 2014 for the Hassanal Bolkiah Cup Trophy in Brunei Darussalam. 

At JKR B Field near the Prime Ministry Area, Brunei (Photo: August 7, 2017)

1. Amani AGUINALDO 3 (GLOBAL FC)
2. Mark Anthony BESANA 19
3. Jaime Vicenzo CHENG 17  (AUSTRALIA)
4. Julian Mariano CLARINO 20
5. Kenshiro Michael DANIELS 9  (KAYA FC)
6. Jason DE JONG (Team Captain)
7. Patrick DEYTO 1 (GREEN ARCHERS UNITED)
8. Dom DEL ROSARIO
9. Ace VILLANUEVA
10. Jose Elmer PORTERIA 10 (KAYA FC)
11. Robert Joshua REYES 12 (UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES DILIMAN)
12. Andrew LIAUW (Kaya FC) Dutch-Pinoy
13. Francisco Jose PRIMO SANTOS 25 (UAAP)
14. Daisuke SATO 5 (GLOBAL FC)
15. Kennedy UZOKA 13 (TEAM SOCCEROO)
16. Daniel GADIA 26 (UP MAROON BOOTERS)
17. Paolo SALENGA 27 (PACHANGA DILIMAN)
18. Curt DIZON 



FOR ASEAN YOUTH FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT 2014
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM SCHEDULE

August 6 2014 Arrival of Teams and Match Officials
August 7, 2014 Team Managers Meeting
August 8, 2014 Philippines VS Laos  and Myanmar VS Thailand
August 9, 2014 Opening Ceremony Vietnam VS Singapore and Brunei Darussalam VS CAmbodia
August 10, 2014 Thailand VS Philippines and Timor Leste VS Myanmar
August 11, 2014 Singapore VS Cambodia and Malaysia VS Vietnam
August 12, 2014 Laos VS Myanmar and Timor Leste VS  Thailand
August 13, 2014 Brunei Darussalam VS Singapore and Malaysia VS Cambodia
August 14 Rest Day
August 15, 2014 Thailand VS Laos and Philippines VS Timor Leste
August 16, 2014 Singapore VS Malaysia and Vietnam VS Brunei Darussalam
August 17, 2014 Myanmar VS Philippines and Laos VS Timor Leste
August 18, 2014 Brunei Darussalam VS Malaysia and Cambodia VS Vietnam
August 19, 2014 Rest Day & Departure of Teams
August 20, 2014 Winner A VS Runner up B and Winner B VS Runer up A
August 21 and 22 Rest Day and Departure of Teams
August 23, 2014 Winner SF1 VS Winner SF2
August 24 Departure of Teams & Officials

 Final List & Schedule of the Philippine National Football Team U21  for Hassanal Bolkiah Cup

August 9-23, 2014 Brunei Darussalam

Philippine National Football Team U21 for Hassanal Bolkiah Cup

Teen Azkals Philippine Football National Team went from Singapore for their training with Jeff Cheng as their new Team Manager for Hassanal Bolkiah Cup 2014 on August 9-23, 2014 in Brunei.

Jim Fraser, an Australian and head coach for the team is making sure that the boys will bag the trophy because of their skills & determination to win and spent an intense training with the help of Coach Leigh Gunn, Coach Noel Marcaida and Coach Marlon Piñero.

During the Manager's Night August 3, 2014

The 2014 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy will be the fifth edition of the invitational tournament hosted by Brunei. The tournament will take place in Brunei from 9-23 August 2014. Ten teams from the Asean Football Federation will participate in the tournament for under the age of 21.

Here are the players for this football tournament in Brunei right now. There are 19 players. Final Team will be announced today.

1. Luis ABADIA 16 (KAYA FC)
2. Amani AGUINALDO 3 (GLOBAL FC)
3. Mark Anthony BESANA 19
4. Jaime Vicenzo CHENG 17  (AUSTRALIA)
5. Julian Mariano CLARINO 20
6. Kenshiro Michael DANIELS 9  (KAYA FC)
7. Jason DE JONG (Team Captain)
8. Patrick DEYTO 1 (GREEN ARCHERS UNITED)
9. Dom DEL ROSARIO
10. Ace VILLANUEVA
11. Jose Elmer PORTERIA 10 (KAYA FC)
12. Robert Joshua REYES 12 (UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES DILIMAN)
13. Andrew LIAUW (Kaya FC) Dutch-Pinoy
14. Francisco Jose PRIMO SANTOS 25 (UAAP)
15. Daisuke SATO 5 (GLOBAL FC)
16. Kennedy UZOKA 13 (TEAM SOCCEROO)
17. Daniel GADIA 26 (UP MAROON BOOTERS)
18. Paolo SALENGA 27 (PACHANGA DILIMAN)
19. Curt DIZON 

FOR ASEAN YOUTH FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT 2014
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM SCHEDULE

August 6 2014 Arrival of Teams and Match Officials
August 7, 2014 Team Managers Meeting
August 8, 2014 Philippines VS Laos  and Myanmar VS Thailand
August 9, 2014 Opening Ceremony Vietnam VS Singapore and Brunei Darussalam VS CAmbodia
August 10, 2014 Thailand VS Philippines and Timor Leste VS Myanmar
August 11, 2014 Singapore VS Cambodia and Malaysia VS Vietnam
August 12, 2014 Laos VS Myanmar and Timor Leste VS  Thailand
August 13, 2014 Brunei Darussalam VS Singapore and Malaysia VS Cambodia
August 14 Rest Day
August 15, 2014 Thailand VS Laos and Philippines VS Timor Leste
August 16, 2014 Singapore VS Malaysia and Vietnam VS Brunei Darussalam
August 17, 2014 Myanmar VS Philippines and Laos VS Timor Leste
August 18, 2014 Brunei Darussalam VS Malaysia and Cambodia VS Vietnam
August 19, 2014 Rest Day & Departure of Teams
August 20, 2014 Winner A VS Runner up B and Winner B VS Runer up A
August 21 and 22 Rest Day and Departure of Teams
August 23, 2014 Winner SF1 VS Winner SF2
August 24 Departure of Teams & Officials


 On August 3, 2014 at Onea Event Center in Sumulong Highway, Antipolo City, Rizal, a Despedida party was held for the team with the presence of the media from online, print, tv and radio courtesy of Mr. Alvin Carranza who is the Assistant Manager of the team. Engr. Grace Bondad Nicolas who was the emcee that night facilitated the program and presented the official members who will compete at Bolkiah Cup Trophy with the coordination of the team's coordinator Coach Chito Manuel.

The team will be our national pride in the upcoming 2014 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy in Brunei.

Philippine National Football Team U21 for Hassanal Bolkiah Cup

August 9-13, 2014

Teen Azkals: Ready for two more International competitions this year.

The Teen Azkals under 19 years old and from the supervision of Team Manager Alvin Carranza won and as champions to the most prestigious Football Competition in the world which is the Kanga Cup just held at Cranberra, Australia. The Teen Azkals, who played under the Carranz FC banner, finished with a six-game sweep of the boys’ under-18 side, including a 1-0 triumph over Capital FC in the finals.

Teen Azkals: Kanga Cup Champions- Australia

The players are getting ready now to their two major International competitions. For Asean Football Federation (AFF)  on September 7 to 22, 2013 that will be held in Surabaya, Indonesia and under Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on October 2013. Under AFF, here are the countries that will participate for AFF U19 Youth Championship 2013;

Group A

1. Laos

2. Philippines

3. Australia

4. Timor Leste

5. Singapore

6. Cambodia

Group B

1. Brunei DS

2. Indonesia

3. Vietnam

4. Malaysia

5. Myanmar

6. Thailand

Winning a Kanga Cup

Happy as Champions with the Philippine Flag

"Filipinos are not born lucky and born with height . Our Filipino genes doesn't have the height that most of the sports would require / basketball definitely needs height and also is football - we Filipinos are in the wrong sport / in football we have the chance to muscle up our opponents with speed and skills - Messi is not that tall and build is like a Filipino but with the right development  in grassroots and in youth development we can produce a strong senior team qualified for World Cup . With the support of the President Aquino we will achieve this in Less than 10 years time ." Carranza said. 

Teen Azkals Team Manager Alvin Carranza and the rest of the officers with me during the Teen Azkals patrons Night at OneA Events Center and Sports Bar at Antipolo

According to Carranza, Teen Azakals also needs the support in terms of sponsorship. Sending U23 to Sea Games is a start and we cannot do this overnight since Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) allocation budget to Philippine Football Federation (PFF) is  small compared to other Asian countries. PFF under President Nonong Araneta will have to allocate the budget from the grassroots to the youth and to the senior teams plus of course the day to day operation expenses and dog running a local football association and local associations. Kids under Teen Azkals are very smart and skilled. Winning at Kanga Cup is a start for these athletes and support is what they need to continue to win. Competitions are not free and we Filipinos need to join the competitions and to have exposure to the international tournaments to give pride to the Philippines.

Teen Azkals : The future Azkals

The Philippine Under-19 football  "Teen Azkals" hopefuls spent a week-long training camp at Evia City Football field at Daang Hari, Las Pinas City and that will end on April 6, 2013 which also serves as part of the tryouts for the upcoming competition internationally. 

Teen Azkals hopefuls with Assistant Coach Glenn Ramos at Evia Football Field

Team Manager Alvin Carranza made sure that everything is organize and according to plan to choose the best from the rest,  a 28-man pool, which began with the scouting of potentials with the help of the Teams Coach Marlon Maro, Philippine Football Association Ramon Manuel and Assistant Coach Glenn Ramos. 

Mc Carranz Kim & Troi, Star Sports Jun Lim, Assistant Coach Glenn Ramos, PIA4A Dolores Ledesma,

Philippine Football Association Ramon Manuel and me

According to Coach Marlon 

"From this pool will come the national team that will compete in the Asian Football Federation (AFF) Under-19 and Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-19 qualifiers that will be held later somewhat in September or October this year" 

Head Coach Marlon Maro with the Teen Azkals hopefulls

Players came from different parts of the world like Italy, Australia among others. "This camp is an opportunity for local and overseas players to showcase their skills so they can play for the Teen Azkals." Maro said.  In terms of selection, Coach Maro stated that everything is fair even players came from abroad or local, it's about the skills of each player.  When asked to give just 5 standout hopefuls, he just smiled and declined to answer for now since the camp is not yet finish. 

Philippine Information Agency 4A writers Ana Demerin & Dolores Ledesma with me and blogger Dianne Salonga

Philippine Football Federation Ramon "Chito" Manuel is asking the public for sponsorship to help the Teen Azkals who will be the future Azkals and our hope for Philippine Football. So far, help came from OneA Event Center, Melba's Farm, Diadora, Comoda Ville, Umbro, Cafe Lupe, McCarranz Graphics International, Topcoms, Larger than life quality posters and Leon Philippe dairy fresh.