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Post by cjeagle on Oct 11, 2017 7:18:09 GMT 8
An excellent post on facebook about this article by Andrew Fletcher:
" An excellent project! SMC, Davao Aguilas FC & sir Jefferson Cheng are to be commended for such an excellent initiative. However, despite coming up with such a good idea, they have slightly missed the mark. The chosen age group of 16-20 years is an age where the majority of players have already gained their technical skills (or not) & so will not develop any additional skills. In other words, this age group has past their time frame of development. It is universally recognised that players mostly learn & develop technical skills from ages 8 to 12; thereafter from ages 12 to 16 players improve & refine these skills, plus learn how to apply them in a tactical game situation. Refer FIFA Coaching etc. An excellent example of this planning & learning can be seen by looking at how the current German national team was developed; from a coaching & development plan that was started when many of these players were aged eight or thereabouts. A Youth League for players aged 8 to 16 would be a much more practical & successful initiative."
I agree with this. The original age group for the nationwide Coke for Goal tournament which SMC subsidiary Coca Cola, used to sponsor was for the U-16 age group.
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Post by cjeagle on Oct 11, 2017 7:22:01 GMT 8
Why Mindanao? ..when the most critical market is NCR. Why not Bocaue, Bulacan, where the SMB started the first brewery? Jeff Cheng must be an excellent salesman, or an SMC investor. SMC lost its passion for football when the Fil Spaniard Sorianos lost control of the company. It is a good thing that the Fil Chinese Cojuangcos have finally decided to sponsor the sport again. Maybe SMC wants to start with Mindanao and then expand nationwide later.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2017 10:25:52 GMT 8
BIG NEWS: The USA just got eliminated from the 2018 World Cup!! As I mentioned before, QUALITY and NOT QUANTITY. Just look at the following stats: 100+ US Soccer Development Academies and soccer clubs, with teams from U6-U18 USA NCAA Soccer programs of universities and colleges nationwide U18-U23. 205 Division 1 men's soccer programs - 212 Division 2 men's soccer programs
451 Division 3 men's soccer programs
Also: There are about 24.5M number of people who play soccer at some level in the U.S. with 3.1M Youth players officially registered with U.S.Soccer programs in 2014. The USA Soccer have the highest budget for soccer development compared with all the countries. Small countries in the CONCACAF, i.e. Costa Rica, Panama and maybe Honduras (need to beat Australia) will make it to the 2018 World Cup. The USA cannot even beat Trinidad and Tobago, and a tie is all they needed. Again I have to mention Iceland with 331K population (2015) and 6 months of bad weather per year.
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Post by jpmanahan on Oct 12, 2017 1:10:38 GMT 8
BIG NEWS: The USA just got eliminated from the 2018 World Cup!! As I mentioned before, QUALITY and NOT QUANTITY. Just look at the following stats: 100+ US Soccer Development Academies and soccer clubs, with teams from U6-U18 USA NCAA Soccer programs of universities and colleges nationwide U18-U23. 205 Division 1 men's soccer programs - 212 Division 2 men's soccer programs
451 Division 3 men's soccer programs
Also: There are about 24.5M number of people who play soccer at some level in the U.S. with 3.1M Youth players officially registered with U.S.Soccer programs in 2014. The USA Soccer have the highest budget for soccer development compared with all the countries. Small countries in the CONCACAF, i.e. Costa Rica, Panama and maybe Honduras (need to beat Australia) will make it to the 2018 World Cup. The USA cannot even beat Trinidad and Tobago, and a tie is all they needed. Again I have to mention Iceland with 331K population (2015) and 6 months of bad weather per year. But, much like the Philippines, the most talented American soccer player isn't playing the sport. As such, coaching needs to be looked into.
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Post by cjeagle on Oct 13, 2017 8:25:04 GMT 8
The US will most likely have a change in administrators because of their World Cup failure(their first since 1986). My guess is Gulati will either not run for reelection as USSF Pres or will lose in the election if he does in February. Many are already calling for his head.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2017 21:55:23 GMT 8
BIG NEWS: The USA just got eliminated from the 2018 World Cup!! As I mentioned before, QUALITY and NOT QUANTITY. Just look at the following stats: 100+ US Soccer Development Academies and soccer clubs, with teams from U6-U18 USA NCAA Soccer programs of universities and colleges nationwide U18-U23. 205 Division 1 men's soccer programs - 212 Division 2 men's soccer programs
451 Division 3 men's soccer programs
Also: There are about 24.5M number of people who play soccer at some level in the U.S. with 3.1M Youth players officially registered with U.S.Soccer programs in 2014. The USA Soccer have the highest budget for soccer development compared with all the countries. Small countries in the CONCACAF, i.e. Costa Rica, Panama and maybe Honduras (need to beat Australia) will make it to the 2018 World Cup. The USA cannot even beat Trinidad and Tobago, and a tie is all they needed. Again I have to mention Iceland with 331K population (2015) and 6 months of bad weather per year. The moral of this story is that, whomever is going to be responsible for the youth soccer development program in Philippines should be very focused, creative and should follow the strategy adapted by small countries like Iceland, Costa Rica and the likes. The USA with 330 Million people and thousands of youth soccer programs ( the US budget for youth development was estimated at $1B) still cannot deliver on a very easy federation like the CONCACAF. We do not need soccer being played by our kids in the elementary grades to get things started. Nor do we need futsal being played in every basketball court nationwide. All we need is a program manager who is passionate to establish competitive soccer youth teams managed by established coaches without selfish personal agendas. And for the sake of future soccer acceptance in the Philippines, this MUST be done in the NCR region with 12.877 Million people. There is no other place the Philippines with the infrastructure, facilities and audiences to hold a FIFA acceptable soccer venue like in the NCR.
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Post by cjeagle on Oct 19, 2017 9:54:26 GMT 8
Practically all US soccer academies(including MLS academies) follow the pay to play model, unlike in the better professional European academies, where the clubs pay the training, housing and travel cost for the best players to enter their academy. That is why soccer is mostly a middle class sport in the US as the costs for training and travel could be too prohibitive for many. It is the same in the Philippines with the few soccer academies(including Kaya FC) that we have. They also use the pay to play model. You lose a lot of potentially talented players using this model(a disadvantage that Mexico, Costa Rica and other Central American countries do not have). In fact those countries(particularly Mexico) recruit from their ethnic communities in the US to join their clubs, all expenses paid. US academies are geared more for preparing players to compete for a scholarship in college and so the players do not sign an exclusive professional contract with the team, to retain their amateur status and avoid losing college eligibility. Therefore they are not really pros in a true professional academy like they have in Europe(despite carrying the MLS academy name), just elite amateurs who paid an organization to train them. Some of the Azkals(OJ Porteria with DC United Academy) used this route before turning pro in the Philippines. For those young players who can afford(a few are given scholarships but nevertheless retain their amateur status) and are invited to join MLS academies, they will be exposed to elite competition year round in their age group, so this is the best domestic route for a soccer player who wants to play professionally. However US soccer culture and coaching is still not up to par to the elite ones in Europe, so the best soccer players with dual citizenship(and therefore deemed eligible to join clubs abroad at a young age by FIFA) still prefer and are encouraged by the US fed to turn pro early and join the better European academies if they can. www.fourfourtwo.com/us/features/underserved-communities-key-us-soccer-turnaround-fb?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_m_medium=t
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Post by slayermoonlight on Oct 19, 2017 17:01:20 GMT 8
I have one crazy, drastic solution to address this issue once for all: ban basketball in the Philippines and pour all resources in football. Screw PBA, Gilas, Batang-Gilas etc. And once and for all, just accept the brutal facts that we Filipinos are not six-footers and we will always be in a disadvantage the against countries who are naturally six-footers. And yes, you might say "kayang ng Pinoy kasi lamang tayo sa speed, agility at (theoretically) malakas outside shooting at syempre may puso". Heck, non-basketball rabid countries like Australia, New Zealand, and even UK (football rabid countries) will beat an all-star Pinoy lineup (Gilas + PBA + naturalized players). At least in football, players in 5'5ft. heights like Messi can excel globally; the average height of Filipinos. Question is: can Filipinos accept this obvious fact and willing to discards basketball in Filipino lives? Because everytime I always hear excuses like "kulang sa pondo, kulang sa pera, kulang sa political will" on why after 7 years since the "2010 Magic in Hanoi" sparked a tiny flame on Philippine football we still get result like this from our youth programs? Our youth simply need to follow the rule of thumb: If you're not at least 6'3 by the time you are 12, then you play football or other sports where standing below six feet is not a disadvantage. If you're equal and above that, then you play basketball or other sports where standing above six feet is an advantage. If I had kids, I'll gladly present them a football when they first start walking. Basketball will only be considered if they grow to at least 6'3. However, by the time they reach 12 and they (parents) realize that their children are physically not meant for basketball greatness; they have already developed skills, I.Q, and even habits are more inclined with basketball than football. Sure they can always switch to playing football. But footballers who started kicking and dribbling (using their feet) during their young age will always have the advantage over someone who just shifted to football in high school. Besides, if both mother and father are not six footers, how can they expect their child to grow as six-footers? Kahit uminom pa ng Sustagen at Enfagrow ang bata kung pandak ang mga magulang Malabo maging six-footer ang bata. That's why they should just encourage children (who will not obviously grow as six-footers) to play football while they're still young.
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Post by allenusa on Oct 24, 2017 21:23:16 GMT 8
AFC U19 : Philippines 0-6 Myanmar
Stupidity is defined as "doing the same thing again and again, but expecting a different result". Araneta, the PFF youth coaching staff is surely demonstrating this. And including us Pinoys for letting them get away with it. The people of NCR does not care, since they do not even watch the Azkals' games. The sad part is that Philippine Football is not going anywhere, unless they remove Araneta and the rest of his cronies.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2017 20:54:07 GMT 8
AFC U19 : Philippines 0-6 Myanmar Stupidity is defined as "doing the same thing again and again, but expecting a different result". Araneta, the PFF youth coaching staff is surely demonstrating this. And including us Pinoys for letting them get away with it. The people of NCR does not care, since they do not even watch the Azkals' games. The sad part is that Philippine Football is not going anywhere, unless they remove Araneta and the rest of his cronies. I feel stupid myself for talking about this subject (PI youth soccer program), since nothing is being done. The same coaches brings their own favorite players into a game totally unprepared, unqualified, totally clueless on how to play and win a soccer match. Also, apparently the coach Jose Maria Aberasturi was interviewed after the game and this is what he said: “The last time we met Myanmar, we lost 7-0. Today’s game and score of 6-0 was an improvement" This far beyond stupidity, who is this guy? Whomever hired this guy to be the coach is even more stupid. I guess this goes way up to Araneta himself. Drop the microphone!
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Post by allenusa on Oct 26, 2017 21:32:15 GMT 8
The Philippine Azkals’ future is being built on youth
AFC U19 : Philippines 0-6 Myanmar Jose Maria Aberasturi (Philippines head coach) “The last time we met Myanmar, we lost 7-0. Today’s game and score of 6-0 was an improvement"
AFC U19 : Philippines 0-6 China Jose Maria Aberasturi (Philippines head coach) “China was just too strong for us. We tried to hold them, but failed. We lost to a better team today.”
Mr. Aberasturi, please tell me, Is there any team you can beat?
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Post by allenusa on Oct 31, 2017 21:05:47 GMT 8
I really do not know the private agenda of the PFF and those supporting it. In this AFF 2017 Futsal Championship, why do we even show up! Since the FIFA forfeit score rule is 3-0 regardless.
Indonesia 21–0 Philippines Philippines 0–24 Vietnam Myanmar 25–0 Philippines Philippines 0–5 Brunei
Without importing those foreign trained, half-Filipinos to play for us, the Philippines DO NOT belong in competitive soccer, period. Stay home and just watch the games on TV.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2017 21:44:25 GMT 8
By this time, (after the Nepal match) It is fair to say that the senior Azkal team's performance is not improving. In any business, the company that controls his supply pipeline is more likely to succeed and improve in the long run. Relying on the prospect of getting that foreign trained, half Filipino soccer superstar to join the Azkal is becoming more like wishful thinking. I mentioned before that the well is running dry.
An effective grass root, youth soccer program is the only way we can control the supply pipeline and improve our national team. Unfortunately, the current performance of our youth teams, with their incompetent coaches is showing us a very dim future.
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Post by iniestafan on Dec 27, 2017 10:49:20 GMT 8
Its great to see other ASEAN teams getting the services of our players: MInegishi - Thailand Ramsay - Thailand Bahadoran - Malaysia
But if you can see these are players who honed their skills outside of the Philippines. The dilemma here now is how many quality players are left in the PFL? Expect more to leave as more teams will look for quality players to fill their ASEAN quota. Schrock, Ott, might leave in the future, we dont know. And that will leave PFL without its established superstars. I believe This is were the grassroots development should come in. Big clubs in Europe develop their players on a high pace at a young age. Imagine Asensio, Mbappe, Pogba, are develop thru their youth ranks, ready to replace aging or departing superstars. I think this is were PFL teams should take a risk and invest on. Youth academies should be given premium. (To be continued)
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