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Post by cjeagle on Aug 16, 2011 12:46:31 GMT 8
Nat’l Under-19 football team gets ready for AFF tournament The Philippine Musangs, the country’s Under-19 national football team, is now training in Bago city. Composed of 20 players chosen from over 600 aspirants in try-outs conducted across the country, the team has been in seclusion in the football camp for over a month now. The squad is preparing for the Asian Football Federation U19 Championship set September 8 to 21 in Yangon, Myanmar. Former Negros Occidental 4th District congressman Charlie Cojuangco is team manager and program director of the football camp while Maor Rozen from the Royal Spanish Football Federation and the Uruguayan Football Association is the head coach. The players were selected in try-outs conducted by Cojuangco and his team in Tarlac, Manila, Cebu, Iloilo, Negros Occidental and Davao. They came from football associations of Davao, National Capital Region, Cebu and Compostela Valley. There are two half Filipinos, from Italy and Canada. To be introduced to the public at the end of the football camp, the team is called the Philippine Musangs after the civet cat which is endemic to the Philippines. “The Musang is stealthy and ferocious, and very resourceful when challenged,†Cojuangco said, adding that these are the “characteristics which a football team needs to succeed.†Cojuangco is pragmatic about the team, saying other countries have been training theirs for years already. But he said he wants a team that is going to be known for its football skills, not for the players’ looks. Also, we want to train them to become better persons as much as we want them to be better players, he added. We cannot produce good players with the wrong values, he said. “We are not under pressure of any expectation,†Cojuangco said he told the team, “except the expectation that we will give the best in everything that we do.†He added he had always believed football is the sport where Filipinos can excel. Cojuangco is president of the Negros Occidental Football Association and a director of the Philippine Football Federation. Aside from the competitions, Rozen said the team should also be a good training ground to supply players for the U-23 category. Then, the U-23 players could graduate into the Philippine Azkals, the country’s national men’s team, he added. The players, most of whom are in high school and in the first years of college, are into a special education program that allows them to catch up with their classmates when they go back to their schools after being absent for the training and the competitions.* www.visayandailystar.com/2011/August/16/sportnews1.htm
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Post by stellarboy on Aug 16, 2011 15:06:51 GMT 8
Ooooohhhh... "Musang." "civet cat." I like the name, but it can't ring a bell if I'm someone from abroad IMHO.
The national youth teams are what I call THE FUTURE. The senior team, the Azkals, were the trailblazers who rekindled football in our country. The U-16, the Teen Azkals, U-19, the Musangs, and the U-23 (let's see what will be their monicker/nickname soon) teams are what I am forseeing as those who will keep the fire burning for football rise to fame in the interest of Pinoys.
The future is indeed bright. Yes indeed.
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Post by Wiking on Aug 16, 2011 15:47:51 GMT 8
Ooooohhhh... "Musang." "civet cat." I like the name, but it can't ring a bell if I'm someone from abroad IMHO. The national youth teams are what I call THE FUTURE. The senior team, the Azkals, were the trailblazers who rekindled football in our country. The U-16, the Teen Azkals, U-19, the Musangs, and the U-23 (let's see what will be their monicker/nickname soon) teams are what I am forseeing as those who will keep the fire burning for football rise to fame in the interest of Pinoys. The future is indeed bright. Yes indeed. Reminds me of the Philippine Army Scout Rangers, theyre called the "musangs". Oh well. Great news though, the future sure looks secured!!
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Post by jimsar on Aug 16, 2011 16:25:25 GMT 8
Ooooohhhh... "Musang." "civet cat." I like the name, but it can't ring a bell if I'm someone from abroad IMHO. I'm surprised at the name choice, because from where I sit the civet cat is better known for "making" great but very expensive coffee. Check out this article: www.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/world/asia/18civetcoffee.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1Mascot aside, I'm happy to hear the news. The team is apparently being backed up by real money, which is great. I'm positive they'll fare a lot better than the U-16's recent performance (or lack thereof) in Laos.
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Post by badleftfoot on Aug 16, 2011 19:57:00 GMT 8
Ooooohhhh... "Musang." "civet cat." I like the name, but it can't ring a bell if I'm someone from abroad IMHO. The national youth teams are what I call THE FUTURE. The senior team, the Azkals, were the trailblazers who rekindled football in our country. The U-16, the Teen Azkals, U-19, the Musangs, and the U-23 (let's see what will be their monicker/nickname soon) teams are what I am forseeing as those who will keep the fire burning for football rise to fame in the interest of Pinoys. The future is indeed bright. Yes indeed. Those team monickers for our national teams are good. I hope the U23 can get the Bayawaks ... :-) ... At the same time, I can't figure out why the ladies wanted the Malditas ... besides being a spanish word, it does not really reflect pinays ... or pinoy values ... just simply negatives.
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Post by sheajane80 on Aug 16, 2011 20:55:29 GMT 8
wag bayawaks po. kunti nalang kulang para maging buwayas o ballhogs po eh.
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Post by cjeagle on Aug 16, 2011 21:58:12 GMT 8
Wow, jimsar. I didn't know you can ferment expensive coffee from wild civet cats. Never even heard of Musangs until I read the above article. At least Musangs who are wild cats are better than Street Dogs to a foreigner who doesn't know how the moniker Azkals came about. I also wish they wouldn't use malditas for the ladies team. To Spanish speakers, it has a negative connotation.
Anyway, the U-19 team could probably be more competitive if they added players like 17 y/o Eintracht Frankfurt goaltender former starting U-17 and current U-19 keeper Schipmann, or our very own usapang member, Gerardo De Clerq from Belgium. I wrote all this info on Gerardo's scouting thread, so he will be aware of the tournament.
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Post by jonny on Aug 16, 2011 22:37:43 GMT 8
"They came from football associations of Davao, National Capital Region, Cebu and Compostela Valley. There are two half Filipinos, from Italy and Canada."
They cant field a PFF U19 NT without a single player from Iloilo , PFF U19 Champions ?
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Post by cjeagle on Aug 16, 2011 22:42:33 GMT 8
"They came from football associations of Davao, National Capital Region, Cebu and Compostela Valley. There are two half Filipinos, from Italy and Canada." They cant field a PFF U19 NT without a single player from Iloilo , PFF U19 Champions ? There probably is one. I have never heard of a national team without a player from the western visayas. Team manager Cojuangco is from that region.
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Post by wenden96 on Aug 17, 2011 3:30:08 GMT 8
"" The players were selected in try-outs conducted by Cojuangco and his team in Tarlac, Manila, Cebu, Iloilo, Negros Occidental and Davao. They came from football associations of Davao, National Capital Region, Cebu and Compostela Valley. There are two half Filipinos, from Italy and Canada. ""
The whole paragraph is deceving...to my understanding aside from the provincial base players recruited for the team, they also recruited individual players from FA organization of the said provinces....on ther hand it makes me ponder also indeed there are none iloilo and negrense (occidental and oriental )provincial base player para awkward ata especially iloilo they were the champions of the under 19 tourney and also the negros oriental they were 3rd placer...........lets hope for the best na lang because the final line-up will be release after the football camp
yung nga lang 20 out of 600 will be in the training camp, sayang yung oppurtunity may spanish coach na tuturo sa team ........sana 60 of the 600 undergo the training para marami rami ang pagpipilian....and for the future nationwide football league......
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Post by cjeagle on Aug 17, 2011 4:32:05 GMT 8
Well the Belgian member of our forum Gerard has apparently decided to see if he can still make the team. It is kind of late in the process as the tournament is only 3 weeks away and the team has been training a month already but hopefully they will give you a chance. Good luck Gerard.
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Post by jimsar on Aug 17, 2011 7:04:31 GMT 8
Wow, jimsar. I didn't know you can ferment expensive coffee from wild civet cats. Never even heard of Musangs until I read the above article. At least Musangs who are wild cats are better than Street Dogs to a foreigner who doesn't know how the moniker Azkals came about. I also wish they wouldn't use malditas for the ladies team. To Spanish speakers, it has a negative connotation. Coffee at $400 a pound isn't my cup of tea, er, coffee. Tasted a cup last winter, though, at a freebie event here in Vallejo. Here's a short article and video, where I played a cameo role. ;D ibvallejo.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1035Totally agree, MALDITA has a lot of negative connotation. I think the literal Spanish meaning is evil woman. In Ilonggo we use the term to describe a mean person (maldito or maldita). I think the Cebuano colloquial usage isn't as damning, but it still connotes bad behavior. Back to MUSANG, I hope Ford sponsors the team. Then they'll be the Ford Musang. j/k
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Post by Wiking on Aug 17, 2011 10:07:48 GMT 8
Wow didnt know some people disliked the team name "Malditas". But isnt Azkals or Askal half Spanish too? Aso (dog) kalye (street). Kalye is a bastardized Spanish word "calle"(pronounced ka-ye in Spanish)? Azkal in the Philippines mean "mutt" or "mongrel" isnt exactly an endearing team name if one really thinks about it.
A team name is just that. A team name, doesnt make it the character of the individuals in the team. Its not like if a team is called Les Bleu, they are all blue or if the team name is Red Devils, they are all devils? I say keep the Malditas, if the girls in that team like it, use it, plus its catchy.
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Post by hollywoodazkal on Aug 17, 2011 11:26:15 GMT 8
Cojuangco is pragmatic about the team, saying other countries have been training theirs for years already. But he said he wants a team that is going to be known for its football skills, not for the players' looks.That's totally uncalled for because I think that's a slight on the Azkal players who are good and hardworking footballers even if the general public considers them pleasing to the eyes. At any rate, does anyone know anything about Maor Rozen - why he was chosen to coach our U19 team?
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Post by lonestriker7 on Aug 17, 2011 12:56:06 GMT 8
coach maor rozen is the former coach of Union FC...
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