FORMER RP team member Joshua Fegidero made Cebu Amateur Football Club (CAFC) pay for their loose defense in the dying minutes. He salvaged a 1-1 draw for Doraemon in their Men’s Open match in the 10th Interclub Invitational Tournament at the University of San Carlos (USC)-Technological Center yesterday.

Fegidero, who used to coach USC, chested in Rocky Garciano’s free kick from pointblank range in their final play to stay undefeated in the six-team event.
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From Sun.Star Cebu
By Gessa Marie T. Gunhuran
STC Media Intern

WHAT was once an extra-curricular activity for a seven-year-old became the reason that got him to represent the Philippine football team to China.

From an accidental keeper to the country’s No. 1, Paolo Pascual sure has come a long way.

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SYKES and Aegis Peo-ple Support ruled the inaugural Home Sweet Home 9-a-side Inter Corporate Football Festival at the San Roque Parish football field last Oct. 25.

Sykes outlasted Tsunie-shi via shootout to top the nine-team men’s division, while Aegis People Support got past Convergys in the women’s final.

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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.

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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.

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EMPLOYEES from the BPO industries and those from Mactan will get a chance to stoke their competitive fire in the 1st Home Sweet Home Spa Football Festival at the San Roque fields next Sunday.

The event, which will have teams playing 9-aside matches in 10-minute halves, will have the men’s and women’s divisions.

Teams who have signed up so far for this Sunday’s event are Convergys, Sykes, Aegis People Support, Teletech, Lexmark and NCR.

Organizers have also invited teams from the Mactan Export Processing Zone.

These teams also join open competitions organized by other groups but usually fare badly when they face the more established clubs or school-based teams.

Since they want to play in a more level playing field, football players from the competiting companies have decided to organize themselves and hold a tournament for “weekend” warriors.

They will play a single round robin with the top teams advancing to the knockout stage.

From Sun.Star Cebu

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/usj-r-beats-uspf-keep-cesafi-crown

THE University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R) retained its Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. football title after defeating University of Southern Philippines Foundation (USPF), 2-0, in the finals yesterday at the Aboitiz Sports Field.
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FROM SUN.STAR CEBU

PAREF-Springdale of Unit 6 retained its title in the secondary division football tournament of the Cebu City Olympics after a come-from-behind penalty shootout victory over Abellana National School (ANS) of Unit 9 yesterday at the Cebu City Sports Complex.
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AT THE crack of dawn in one small patch of grass that barely qualifies for a football pitch—or a playground even—a group of youngsters start their thrice-weekly grind of football drills.

While most of their schoolmates are just waking up, they are off greeting the dawn as they warm up for the day’s exercise. And as the rest of the students troop to school, members of the football team—from six-year-olds to 12-year-olds—toil under coaches Jun Santillan, Elmer Yonting, Eric Colina, Nick Sanchez and Mario Ceniza, who serves as a consultant, for the day’s final workout.

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From http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/usj-r-faces-uspf-cesafi-f%E2%80%99ball-finals

DEFENDING champions University of San Jose- Recoletos (USJR) wasn’t in its usual dominant form but it still won, 1-0 against the University of the Visayas (UV) in the semifinal round of the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. at the Aboitiz Sports Field yesterday.

After a scoreless first half USJ-R had two chances to score in the second but missed—a header that was way off and free kick that hit the bar.

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However, USJ-R delivered in its third attempt. Robert Mamac penetrated from the left side and connected with Jiffer Siaboc for a header in the 69th.

UV still had ample time to equalize but it couldn’t hit the mark.

Despite the win, USJ-R coach Mario Ugarte wasn’t impressed by his team’s performance.

“Their performance was not too well. They weren’t passing the way they did but the important thing is they won,” Ugarte told Sun.Star Cebu “They should improve their passing and shooting because they missed easy shots,” he added.

On the other hand, No.2 seeded University of Southern Philippines Foundation (USPF) earned a trip to the finals after defeating University of San Carlos (USC), 2-1.

Don Marnil Vilario drew first blood as he scored a goal in the 27th minute.

USC’s Kyle Soriano scored in the 87th minute but two minutes later, Villario answered with the game winner.