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Post by cjeagle on Jul 25, 2022 17:17:38 GMT 8
FT Australia 4-0 Philippines
That is okay Philippines. The Aussie U18 girls had 4 ID camps and 6 months to prepare and are much bigger and taller than us. Our girls only had 5 weeks. Good job regardless.
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Post by cjeagle on Nov 3, 2022 17:46:19 GMT 8
The Philippine U20 team was drawn with China, Hongkong and Laos in Grp A of the AFC U20 Women's Championship. Since only one team will advance to the next stage, they are going to have to find a way to get past perennial powerhouse China which is going to be tough even with the likes of PWNT reserves like age eligible Isabella Flanigan, Chantellle Maniti, Malea Cesar, Kaiya Jota and soon Chayze Ying joining them.
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Post by cjeagle on Nov 3, 2022 18:10:59 GMT 8
This is a consequence of the Philippines not participating in the 2019 U19 AFC Girls Championship qualifiers. As a result they were placed in Pot 4 in the current draw.
The Philippines U20 Women’s National Team last competed in the then AFC U19 Women’s Championship qualifiers held in Manila in 2012.
Host Uzbekistan and the top 3 ranked teams (Japan, North Korea and S Korea) were automatically qualified to the next round of qualifiers.
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Post by cjeagle on Dec 31, 2022 13:16:36 GMT 8
The Philippine Women’s Under-20 and Under-17 national teams are set to conduct talent identification sessions this coming January 2023. The tryout sessions mark the start of both team’s preparations for several international competitions scheduled for 2023.
The first tryout sessions will be in the United States from 20-22 January 2023 followed by tryout sessions in the Philippines in the later part of January 2023.
The PHI Women’s U20 National Team will be competing in the following competitions: AFC U20 Women’s Asian Cup 2024 Qualifiers Round 1 on 04-12 March 2023 in Laos and Round 2 on 03-11 June 2023, and the AFF U19 Women’s Championship on 01-19 July 2023 in Indonesia.
Similarly, the PHI Women’s U17 National Team will compete in the JENESYS Football Tournament on 16-24 March 2023 in Japan, the AFC U17 Women’s Asian Cup 2024 Qualifiers Round 1 on 22-30 April 2023 in Guam, and Round 2 on 16-24 September, and the AFF U16 Girls’ Championship 2023 on 01-19 August 2023 in Indonesia.
PFF is looking for female players born on the following age categories to be part of the U20 and U17 women’s national teams:
Under-20/Under-19 Women’s Born between 01 January 2004 and 31 December 2008 Under-17/Under-16 Girls Born between 01 January 2007 and 31 December 2009 The United States tryouts are scheduled on the following dates:
20 January 2023 (Friday) 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM Dignity Health Sports Park Field 7 and Parking Lot 16, Carson, California, USA 21 January 2023 (Saturday) 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM 22 January 2023 (Sunday) 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM
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Post by cjeagle on Jan 3, 2023 23:38:02 GMT 8
Local tryouts:
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Post by cjeagle on Jan 28, 2023 14:48:49 GMT 8
In a surprising development PFF Sec Gen Gastanes just announced that women's coach Alen Stajcic has taken over coaching the U17 girl's team and women's assistant coach Nahuel Arrarte is taking on the U20 WNT in addition to their PWNT duties. Both coaches must have liked the level of talent they saw during the tryouts in California (which I heard was pretty high) in order to accept those jobs in addition to the PWNT.
Coach Allen Stajcic in particular has a very good reputation developing young players for the Australian girl's teams in the past before becoming the Australian head women's coach so this should benefit the Philippines too. He also has an easier job getting past the first round of the AFC qualifiers as the top seed and strongest team in their group.
Coach Arrarte has the tougher job though getting past the first round of the AFC qualifiers in March. Because the Philippines did not participate in the previous edition of the AFC U20 qualifers they were unranked and were grouped with a traditionally strong team (China) in the first round this time around. Since only one team from the group gets to advance, the Philippine U20 team will have no choice but to win against China in their very first game in the group to advance to the 2nd round of the U20 AFC qualifiers.
Both coaches will next head to the Philippines to administer the tryouts for U20 and U17 players there as well next week.
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Post by cjeagle on Jan 28, 2023 14:50:02 GMT 8
The local girls from the ongoing Philippine U17/U20 WNT trials look good too. Cavite tryouts fb.watch/ijFCbozXSR/Cebu tryouts Davao tryouts
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Post by cjeagle on Jan 28, 2023 15:19:37 GMT 8
Many of the players attending the PWNT U20 tryouts in California are youth standouts that have verbally committed to US NCAA Division 1 schools.
I am sure the fact that the Philippines has qualified for the FIFA World Cup this year has inspired many of them to tryout for the U17/U20 teams as well.
Aside from age group AFC tournaments, it is possible that some of them might even be called up by the senior women's team for tournaments outside the FIFA calendar(like the SEA Games in May) as the professional clubs our players are part of are under no obligation to release them.
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Post by cjeagle on Mar 3, 2023 22:15:10 GMT 8
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Post by cjeagle on Mar 9, 2023 7:00:02 GMT 8
Unfortunately the Philippines lost their first game in the AFC U20 qualifiers to powerhouse China 6-0. The China U20 team(all pros) have been playing as a team in the 2nd Division of the Chinese Women's Pro League since the start of the league while the Philippines(all amateurs) only got their team together last week. Their lack of preparation didn't do them any favors.
Nevertheless individually there were a lot of bright spots including Philippine U20 MVP honors for our goaltender Kaiya Jota, the decent performance of substitute Hawkins at right back, and even though they were unable to keep possession for too long the exemplary effort of players like Ari Salvador, Bella Flanigan, Chayse Ying and Ari Markey.
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Post by cjeagle on Mar 12, 2023 4:53:36 GMT 8
The Philippine Under-20 Women’s National Team notched their first win in the AFC U20 Women’s Asian Cup 2024 qualifiers after a 1-0 win over Laos U20 WNT last Friday 10 March 2023 at the KM16 National Stadium in Vientiane, Laos. The win was the Philippines first win since 2012 when the country defeated Hong Kong in the then AFC U19 Women’s Championship qualifiers which was held in Manila in 2012. Defender Kylie Yap scored the marginal goal for the Philippines in the 42nd minute, which had to play with 10 women for the most of the match. Kaiya Jota was given her marching orders in the 10th minute. The goalkeeper was adjudged to have handled the ball outside the box, after a shot attempt from Laos. Substitute goalkeeper Alexis Tan came on to replace Elaine Pimentel for the rest of the match Despite going a woman down, the Filipinas U20 side did not waver. Isabella Flanigan almost made it 1-0 midway the first half, but she was flagged for offside. With minutes left in the first half, Yap struck gold. Yap was there to head the ball past the goalkeeper after an inviting free kick from Sabine Ramos on the right flank. Holding a slim lead in the second half, the Philippines pressed on for a second goal, but chances from Flanigan and Chayse Ying failed to add gloss to the scoreline. Nevertheless the Philippines held on to secure the win and move to second place in Group A with three points. The Philippines will play their final match of the qualifiers against Hong Kong on Sunday 12 March 2023 at the same venue. pff.org.ph/2023/03/10/afcu20wac-qualifiers-philippines-u20-1-0-laos-u20/
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Post by cjeagle on Mar 12, 2023 5:14:30 GMT 8
Winning goal against Laos by Kylie Yap
and post game interview
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Post by cjeagle on Mar 12, 2023 21:22:11 GMT 8
FT Philippines 2-2 Hongkong Goals by Dizon and Pasion. Starting lineup: Tan, Hawkins(Yap), Dizon, Markey, Maniti(Go), Oca, Ramos(Lucban), Pasion, Pimentel(Bicierro), Flanigan(Ying), Salvador. Parenthesis are subs replacing the starters at some point in the 2nd half.
Good result considering this same Hongkong team defeated the Thai U20 WNT 1-0 a few weeks ago in a friendly. The Thai U20 advanced to the 2nd round after topping their group.
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Post by cjeagle on Mar 12, 2023 21:23:22 GMT 8
Philippines finishes 2nd in Group A next to China with 1 win, 1 draw, 1 loss record.
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Post by cjeagle on Mar 13, 2023 20:37:52 GMT 8
Arrarte proud of Filipinas U20 performances Philippine Women’s Under-20 National Team head coach Nahuel Arrarte believes growing the talent pool through development programs will help the country sustain its progress in international women’s football. Speaking after the Filipinas U20 team’s second place finish in the group phase of AFC Women’s Asian Cup qualification in Vientiane, Laos, Arrarte said the competition “highlighted the importance of making sure that we continue to grow development programs in the Philippines to increase the talent pool.” The team was only formed a few weeks ago and underwent camp for a week in Manila before flying to Laos a week before the first match. Unseeded for the tournament, the Filipinas U20 also ended up in a tough group that included powerhouse China. Still, they finished with four points and delivered encouraging performances particularly in the last two games. The Filipinas U20 bowed to China, 0-6, before recording the country’s first win at this level in 11 years when they stunned the hosts, 1-0. The team battled Hong Kong to a 2-2 stalemate on the last day of the competition. For the Under-20 setup, Arrarte brought along another assistant coach in the PWNT in Stevan Antonic, goalkeeper coach David Plowright and strength and conditioning coach Red Sajonia. PWNT assistant team manager Kevin Padre was also part of the delegation to Laos. Philippine-based coaches Prescila Rubio, Antonio Albao and Marlon Piñero were also part of the coaching group, giving them an opportunity to see the structure and methods applied with the PWNT program. “Having members of senior coaching staff like Stevan, Dave, Red, Kevin made the transition easy as we implemented a lot of the processes done with the senior women’s team,” said Arrarte. “It gave the staff an opportunity to get a further insight of what is done at international level in regards to what goes into the process of planning, preparing, analysis, technical and tactical work. Hopefully, they take the learnings back to their clubs and players to further assist the game back in the Philippines.” Arrarte had nothing but praise for his players, whom he said committed themselves from Day 1 with the upmost level of respect and integrity. “The loss (to China) made the team stronger,” Arrarte said. “The mentality shown when we lost Kaiya (Jota) seven minutes into the game against Laos and to be able to win and want to score more was outstanding. And again to come back against Hong Kong and pushing for the win with one less player shows the character of the group. The girls really took on board and lived the words Laban and Para Sa Bayan.” Looking ahead, Arrarte shares Stajcic’s recommendation of expanding the player pool for the continued growth of the national teams. “We don’t want to just compete in tournaments, we want to get to a point where we are winning tournaments, we want to beat higher ranked nations and make youth World Cups,” said Arrarte. With adequate time, a collective approach and support we truly believe it can be achieved.” “It was a great experience for the players to see what’s required to compete at this level,” said Arrarte. The Australian coach was proud at the way his players responded to the challenge that the competition brought. “This group of players adapted and implemented a fighting spirit that sometimes takes years to achieve,” said Arrarte. “Within two weeks they competed and beat a team that has been together for several months and has a long history of good youth programs.” Arrarte actually serves as an assistant to Philippine Women’s National Team coach Alen Stajcic, who will be leading the Filipinas to a historic FIFA Women’s World Cup appearance in New Zealand in July this year. pff.org.ph/2023/03/13/arrarte-proud-of-filipinas-u20-performances/
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