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Tating Pasilan: the best Pinoy Footballer you’ve never heard of
By Bob Guerrero | The Passionate Fan – 7 hours ago
"He's probably one of the best players I have played with. His movement is natural and he is fast as hell" says goalkeeper Patrick Deyto, his teammate in Green Archers United Globe.
"That guy is a fighter on the pitch," chimes in Azkals captain Aly Borromeo. "Quick and ferocious with that left foot."
"Alam naman natin na magaling yan" intones the other Azkal captain, Chieffy Caligdong. "May speed at maganda ang attitude. Kulang lang sa exposure sa International games. Malaki ang future niya sa national team. I recommend him sa Azkals."
Philippines, meet Floriano "Tating" Pasilan Jr., our most underrated Footballer.
There were well over 200 players in the UFL Division 1 rosters in the last league season. And only two of them, Phil Younghusband (23), and Global's Izo Elhabbib (13), scored more goals than Pasilan, whose twelve strikes was equalled by Mark Hartmann of Loyola.
What makes the feat more amazing is that Pasilan missed the first two games of the 18-game season because of an appendectomy.
If defenders can't stop him, then bloated intestinal appendages might.
How did this left-footer become so good? And why on earth isn't he on the national team?
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His story begins 26 years ago in San Carlos City, that most overlooked of Negrense Football hotbeds on the northeastern shoulder of the island.
Pasilan was born to Floriano Sr., an employee in the city waterworks, and Celia, a housewife. Tating is the second of five children. The family lived in a modest home in Purok Gmelina in the heart of the sleepy provincial capital.
Like his father, Pasilan first took up Baseball, and up until grade four played first base, where a lefthander like him is quite useful.
But not long after he succumbed to the charms of the Beautiful Game, and afternoons after school at Ramon Magsaysay Grade School and Julio Ledesma National High School were spent in pickup games at one of the city's five fields.
His skill caught the eye of college recruiters and he was picked up for a full scholarship at the University of St. La Salle, where he starred for their Football team alongside another San Carlos product, midfielder Arnie Pasinabo.
La Salle's bitter rival was, and is, West Negros University, helmed by the legendary Norman Fegidero. WNU owned St. La Salle in the Bacolod inter-private schools league, but in the Unigames it was a different story, as Pasilan led St. La Salle to victories over their rivals four years in a row.
After earning his degree in Agribusiness Management, Pasilan became an Azkal in 2008, earning full International caps in the Challenge Cup qualifiers in Iloilo and the ASEAN Football Federation qualifiers in Cambodia.
Aly Borromeo saw his potential and got him to relocate to Manila to play for Kaya. The Borromeo family then owned GNC, and Pasilan worked at the supplement company as a warehouse coordinator.
It was a hard existence, working full time at the warehouse and practicing on Thusday nights at Nomads field, then commuting home to Carmona sometimes as late as 1:00AM.
Pasilan lasted only two months in the warehouse job but stuck with Kaya. In 2009 the team, which featured current stars like Anton Del Rosario, Aly Borromeo and Eddie Mallari, dominated the UFL Cup, going unbeaten throughout the season and blasting Pasargad 6-2 in the final match.
Pasilan will gladly show you the highlight of those early days; a grainy video in his phone of a play against Army. There he plucks a ball out from the air with his left foot and bicycle-kicks it past a shellshocked Ed Sacapano.
In 2010 the Green Archers football team was born, and the team, managed by Monchu Garcia, poached him from Kaya.
"He's a manager's dream" says Garcia of his captain. "He's like a big brother to the other players, and he's putting his younger brother through college. That shows you his character."
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Tating is blessed with the one currency that Football coaches crave: raw, unadulterated speed. The kind of pace that leaves defenses in tatters and torments opposing coaches with sleepless nights.
"Gusto ko yung bola sa space lang tapos... karera na" says Tating as we sit for an interview in the house in Ayala Alabang where many of the Archers live.
"Pag may chance na may space, shot na. Di ako masyadong ma-dribble."
Tating in full stride on a proper pitch like Rizal Memorial is a true spectacle. He may be short and stocky, but he covers ground like a gazelle, with his feet close to the surface, somewhat reminiscent of Cristiano Ronaldo.
ph.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/thepassionatefan/tating-pasilan-best-pinoy-footballer-ve-never-heard-014244435.html
By Bob Guerrero | The Passionate Fan – 7 hours ago
"He's probably one of the best players I have played with. His movement is natural and he is fast as hell" says goalkeeper Patrick Deyto, his teammate in Green Archers United Globe.
"That guy is a fighter on the pitch," chimes in Azkals captain Aly Borromeo. "Quick and ferocious with that left foot."
"Alam naman natin na magaling yan" intones the other Azkal captain, Chieffy Caligdong. "May speed at maganda ang attitude. Kulang lang sa exposure sa International games. Malaki ang future niya sa national team. I recommend him sa Azkals."
Philippines, meet Floriano "Tating" Pasilan Jr., our most underrated Footballer.
There were well over 200 players in the UFL Division 1 rosters in the last league season. And only two of them, Phil Younghusband (23), and Global's Izo Elhabbib (13), scored more goals than Pasilan, whose twelve strikes was equalled by Mark Hartmann of Loyola.
What makes the feat more amazing is that Pasilan missed the first two games of the 18-game season because of an appendectomy.
If defenders can't stop him, then bloated intestinal appendages might.
How did this left-footer become so good? And why on earth isn't he on the national team?
- - - -
His story begins 26 years ago in San Carlos City, that most overlooked of Negrense Football hotbeds on the northeastern shoulder of the island.
Pasilan was born to Floriano Sr., an employee in the city waterworks, and Celia, a housewife. Tating is the second of five children. The family lived in a modest home in Purok Gmelina in the heart of the sleepy provincial capital.
Like his father, Pasilan first took up Baseball, and up until grade four played first base, where a lefthander like him is quite useful.
But not long after he succumbed to the charms of the Beautiful Game, and afternoons after school at Ramon Magsaysay Grade School and Julio Ledesma National High School were spent in pickup games at one of the city's five fields.
His skill caught the eye of college recruiters and he was picked up for a full scholarship at the University of St. La Salle, where he starred for their Football team alongside another San Carlos product, midfielder Arnie Pasinabo.
La Salle's bitter rival was, and is, West Negros University, helmed by the legendary Norman Fegidero. WNU owned St. La Salle in the Bacolod inter-private schools league, but in the Unigames it was a different story, as Pasilan led St. La Salle to victories over their rivals four years in a row.
After earning his degree in Agribusiness Management, Pasilan became an Azkal in 2008, earning full International caps in the Challenge Cup qualifiers in Iloilo and the ASEAN Football Federation qualifiers in Cambodia.
Aly Borromeo saw his potential and got him to relocate to Manila to play for Kaya. The Borromeo family then owned GNC, and Pasilan worked at the supplement company as a warehouse coordinator.
It was a hard existence, working full time at the warehouse and practicing on Thusday nights at Nomads field, then commuting home to Carmona sometimes as late as 1:00AM.
Pasilan lasted only two months in the warehouse job but stuck with Kaya. In 2009 the team, which featured current stars like Anton Del Rosario, Aly Borromeo and Eddie Mallari, dominated the UFL Cup, going unbeaten throughout the season and blasting Pasargad 6-2 in the final match.
Pasilan will gladly show you the highlight of those early days; a grainy video in his phone of a play against Army. There he plucks a ball out from the air with his left foot and bicycle-kicks it past a shellshocked Ed Sacapano.
In 2010 the Green Archers football team was born, and the team, managed by Monchu Garcia, poached him from Kaya.
"He's a manager's dream" says Garcia of his captain. "He's like a big brother to the other players, and he's putting his younger brother through college. That shows you his character."
- - - -
Tating is blessed with the one currency that Football coaches crave: raw, unadulterated speed. The kind of pace that leaves defenses in tatters and torments opposing coaches with sleepless nights.
"Gusto ko yung bola sa space lang tapos... karera na" says Tating as we sit for an interview in the house in Ayala Alabang where many of the Archers live.
"Pag may chance na may space, shot na. Di ako masyadong ma-dribble."
Tating in full stride on a proper pitch like Rizal Memorial is a true spectacle. He may be short and stocky, but he covers ground like a gazelle, with his feet close to the surface, somewhat reminiscent of Cristiano Ronaldo.
ph.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/thepassionatefan/tating-pasilan-best-pinoy-footballer-ve-never-heard-014244435.html