DR. JOEL Cadungog Pascual and his wife Dr. Chona Aragon are walking on Cloud 9 these days.
Their son just made it to the RP team 19-Under football team.
Doc Joel once told me that he takes care of the sports activities, while his wife is in charge of their kids’ studies.
ANOTHER Cebuano made it to the RP youth football team, making him the third to see action for the country this year.
Goalkeeper Paolo Pascual of the University of San Carlos (USC) made the cut and will join the Philippine team in the Asian Football Championships 19-Under Group G eliminations in China.
Despite joining the training camp late, Pascual, who was recommended to the squad by his teammates during his stint in the Palarong Pambansa in high school, will be the starting keeper of the team.
BANTAY lang mo moabot mo sa Mindanao!!!
That’s what a few disgruntled parents hollered at the officials during the Milo Little Olympics secondary football finals between Visayas and Mindanao.
Their complaint? Their perceived bias of the officials for the Cebu teams.
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I GOT a nice surprise from the e-mail recently.
It was from the South African embassy, reminding us that the accreditation window for media men who want to cover the 2010 World Cup is about to close.
I’d probably file mine before the window closes.
LAST year, the Abellana National School football players were on the outside looking in, barred from joining the Milo Little Olympics.
During the awarding ceremony for football yesterday, all eyes were on them—the champions of the first Milo Little Olympics national finals.
BEING a Philippine football fan, it seems, is a bit like being a runner.
You have to continually punish yourself for your love of the sport.
The only difference is, in running, you know that you’d eventually reach your goal before you die.
I GOT a couple of queries through email recently, both from expats concerning their favorite sports—football.
The English and American variety.
Though both were about different sports, they share the same sentiment—for them, there isn’t enough football in local cable channels.
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WE GOT so serious the past few issues it’s killin’ my two running companions’ creative juices.
Suspension this, suspension that and before we know it, we’d be in suspended animation.
Whew, let’s take a break, shall we?
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FROM SUN.STAR CEBU
PAREF-Springdale took the solo lead in Group A of the Boys 17 division as they clinched their third victory in the 12th Aboitiz Football Cup with a lopsided win over Guiseppe yesterday at the Aboitiz Sports field.
Paref-Springdale trampled Guiseppe, 21-0, and remained undefeated in the tournament.
Forward Bran Go was the man of the match as he logged six goals for Paref-Springdale, while Mikel Alazas, Bernard Montayre and Jon Young played the supporting cast for their ace scorer as they added three goals each.
THERE are so many ways to settle a conflict.
What Southwestern University athletic director Ryan Aznar did wasn’t one of them.
Three players from SWU were suspended for playing in another event. Aznar thought they shouldn’t be.
