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Post by bnchzt on Aug 12, 2011 9:35:36 GMT 8
AFF WOMEN’S C’SHIP: MADILTAS AIM FOR SEMI-FINAL SPOTMANILA (11 Aug 2011) – The Philippines women’s football team or Madiltas are aiming for a place in the semi-finals of the AFF Women’s Championship 2011 which will be held in Vientiane, Laos on 16-25 October 2011. There are currently 30 players in training and where they will be trimmed to just 20 before the departure to Vientiane. “Although, it will be tough because we will be in the same bracket with Thailand and Vietnam, we will go there to win,” said Malditas team captain, Marielle Benitez. “We have been training hard and preparing ourselves by competing in the Ang Liga which is a Men’s tournament to get the much needed exposure against quicker and tougher opponents.” The Philippines women’s team, or Madiltas as they are more known as, have been placed in Group B against Myanmar, Malaysia and Thailand. Group A are Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam and hosts Laos. AFF WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP 2011Group A: Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam , Laos Group B: Philippines, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand. www.aseanfootball.org/?p=5723------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i just hope Heather Cooke usapangfootball.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=wscouting&action=display&thread=776&page=1will be included in the 20 roster
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Post by bnchzt on Aug 12, 2011 9:43:25 GMT 8
www.abs-cbnnews.com/sports/08/11/11/ph-womens-football-team-shoots-semis-affPH women's football team shoots for semis in AFFabs-cbnNEWS.com Posted at 08/11/2011 9:58 PM | Updated as of 08/11/2011 9:58 PMMANILA, Philippines -- The Philippine women’s football team will attempt to secure a semifinal slot in the Asean Football Federation (AFF) Women’s Championship 2011. The team, better known as the Malditas, is currently training to prepare for the event which takes place in Vientiane, Laos on October 16-25. “Although, it will be tough because we will be in the same bracket with Thailand and Vietnam, we will go there to win,” said Malditas team captain, Marielle Benitez, in Aseanfootball.org. The Malditas will be pitted against Myanmar, Malaysia and Thailand in Group B. Group A is composed of Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam and hosts Laos.
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Post by cjeagle on Sept 13, 2011 14:52:11 GMT 8
Roster:
1. Maan Del Carmen - DLSU - 22 - NCRFA 2. Louella Leah Amamio - UST - 3 - NORFA 3. Isabella Fernando - ADMU - 5 - NCRFA 4. Samantha Nierras - DLSU - 7 - NCRFA 5. Stephanie Pheasant - DLSU - 9 - NCRFA 6. Jowie-Ann Barruga - UST - 8 - Masbate FA 7. Marielle Benitez (Captain) - DLSU - NCRFA 8. Marice Magdolot - UST - 31 - Davao FA 9. Nikki Regalado - UST - 14 - CMOFA 10. Natasha Alquiros - DLSU - 17 - NCRFA 11. Joma Clemente - UST - 18 - Masbate FA 12. Betina Yang - DLSU - 20 - NCRFA 13. Inna Palacios (GK) - CSA - 1 - NCRFA/RIFA 14. Jane Pacana - UST - 12 - Iligan FA 15. Camille Rodriguez - Miriam - 19 - NCRFA/RIFA 16. Aiza Mondero - UST - 26 - CMOFA 17. Zipporah Luna (GK) - UST - 16 - CMOFA 18. Marie Magdolot - UST - 27 - Davao FA 19. Patrice Impelido - WMU - 24 - USSF 20. Heather Cooke - Loyola - 4 - USSF 21. Mallory Dayot - Alcorn - 15 - CFF 22. Cristina Keuter - GER - 13 - DFB 23. Lorenne Bayani - GER - 23 - DFB 24. Pricilla Rubio - UST - 28 - NORFA 25. Nenita Burgess - MTSU - 2 - Australia 26. Kyra Tagbo - CSB - 11 - NCRFA
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Post by butchok on Sept 13, 2011 19:00:38 GMT 8
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Post by cjeagle on Sept 13, 2011 23:22:39 GMT 8
Go Malditas(although I prefer they use another name). Good luck on the team butch. I didn't know patrice is a filaussie. Hope our reinforcements from abroad give us a chance to win a medal. Too bad you guys couldn't add a few more.
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Post by cjeagle on Sept 15, 2011 4:48:25 GMT 8
Philippine Malditas return to action in Laos Ex-NCAA division 1 defender strengthens squad By Cedelf P. Tupas Philippine Daily Inquirer 2:14 am | Thursday, September 15th, 2011 0shareNew0 MANILA—The Philippine national women’s football team comes out of a two-year hiatus when it sees action in the Asean Football Championship slated October 16 to 25 in Vientiane, Laos. Drawing inspiration from the feat of the men’s team which made heads turn with a semifinal finish in the Suzuki Cup last year, the squad, collectively known as the Malditas, is looking to improve after losing all three games in the tournament two years ago. The Malditas have not played since October14, 2009 when they lost 0-11 to Vietnam in Myanmar. That team also lost to Australia, 0-14, and Myanmar B, 1-5, in the same tournament. Because they haven’t been playing international matches the past two years, the Malditas have even lost their Fifa ranking. The Malditas were pinned at 128 in November last year, their lowest ranking in history. But with a stronger squad playing next month in the Laos capital where the men’s team also started its amazing semifinal run in the Suzuki Cup, the Malditas’ status could change soon. Coach Ernie Nierras is confident that the Malditas can put up a tougher stand this time. “Now is the time to shine for us,” Nierras told the Inquirer. “Hopefully, this (tournament) will jumpstart women’s football same as what happened with the men’s team.” Part of Nierras’ optimism stems from the inclusion of several foreign-based players in the squad, including Fil-American Heather Cooke, a former Division 1 player at Loyola Marymount, who traces her roots in Iloilo. The 22-year-old Cooke, who starred in the reality show “Real World” on MTV in the United States, is expected to shore up the Malditas’ backline. Nierras said that with the 5-foot-9 Cooke’s presence gives the team “options that they never had before.” Height, though, isn’t just Cooke’s best asset. “I’m the kind of player who will give everything for the team for 90 minutes,” Cooke, who played four seasons in the NCAA, told the Inquirer in an interview shortly after arriving Tuesday night. And with a team whose average is 20, Cooke’s experience will come in handy as the Malditas gear up for the tough grind in Laos. In preparation for the tournament, the Malditas have also played matches against men’s teams in the “Ang Liga.” Marielle Benitez will still skipper the squad which also boasts of former UAAP Most Valuable Players Samantha Nierras and Stephanie Peasant, US-based Patrice Impelido, Fil-Canadian Mallory Dayot, Germany-based Cristina Keuter and Lorrene Bayani and Nenita Burgess from Australia. Also part of the team are Inna Palacios, Maan Del Carmen, Louella Amamio, Isabella Fernando,Jowee Barruga, Marice Magdolot, Natasha Alquiros, Nikki Regalado, Joma Clemente, Bettina Yang, Jane Pacana, Camille Rodriguez, Aiza Mondero, Zipporah Luna, Marie Magdolot, Pricilla Rubio, Kyra Tagbo and Angel Metillo. sports.inquirer.net/16125/malditas-return-to-action-in-laos#_
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Post by cjeagle on Sept 17, 2011 9:54:14 GMT 8
www.aseanfootball.org/?p=6057&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitterAFF WOMEN’S C’SHIP: COOKE TO SHORE UP FILI’S DEFENCE IN LAOS September 15, 2011 AFF WOMEN’S C’SHIP: COOKE TO SHORE UP FILI’S DEFENCE IN LAOS MANILA (15 Sept 2011) – Experienced defender Heather Cooke will be the heartbeat of the Philippines women’s defensive backline for the AFF Women’s Championship 2011 in Vietiane, Laos next month. Cooke is but one of several foreign-based players in the squad where her experience of having plated for Loyola Marymount in the United States, will hopefully make the difference to the side which lost all their matches in the same competition in 2009. “I’m the kind of player who will give everything for the team for 90 minutes,” said the 22-year-old defender, who had previously played four seasons in the NCAA in the US. And at 5-foot-9, the towering presence of Cooke for the backline will give chief coach Ernie Nierras ‘options that they never had before.’ The squad that will compete in Vientiane on 16-25 October 2011 will have an average age of just 20-years-old. Two years ago in Myanmar, the Philippines lost all their matches – a 0-11 lost to Vietnam, 0-14 to Australia and then 1-5 to Myanmar B. “Now is the time to shine for us,” said Nierras this week. “Hopefully, this (tournament) will jumpstart women’s football same as what happened with the men’s team.” The captaincy of the Philippines women’s team will go to Marielle Benitez. PHILIPPINES WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM Heather Cooke, Marielle Benitiez, Samantha Nierras, Stephanie Peasant, Patrice Impelido, Mallory Dayot, Cristina Keuter, Lorrene Bayani, Nenita Burgess, Inna Palacios, Maan del Carmen, Louella Amamio, Isabella Fernando,Jowee Barruga, Marice Magdolot, Natasha Alquiros, Nikki Regalado, Joma Clemente, Bettina Yang, Jane Pacana, Camille Rodriguez, Aiza Mondero, Zipporah Luna, Marie Magdolot, Pricilla Rubio, Kyra Tagbo, Angel Metillo. AFF WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP 2011 GROUPINGS Group A: Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, Laos Group B: Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines
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Post by badleftfoot on Sept 17, 2011 18:51:24 GMT 8
That group is tough. I hope they can get by at least Malaysia and Myanmar to get to the semi's if 2 teams are qualifying from the first round! Good luck, M's (better shortened that monicker, than using the whole thing). Good luck to Butchie also.
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Post by tabokanon on Sept 17, 2011 23:45:31 GMT 8
now we have a women's football team to cheer,.,.,,go,.,go,.,.mga malditas
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Post by cjeagle on Sept 19, 2011 1:11:48 GMT 8
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Post by cjeagle on Sept 20, 2011 0:49:14 GMT 8
Fil-American ‘monster’ joins PH Malditas WITH still a month left, the 27-member Philippine Malditas national women’s football pool is getting into the groove. Experienced semi-professional Fil-American Heather Cooke has finally joined the team’s practice game last Friday and showed what she can bring to the team. The 5’9” Cooke, who was a defender when she played for Loyola Marymount back in college in the United States, made it difficult for Ateneo’s (boys) high school team to score against her. Her intimidating presence in the backline earned her the moniker “halimaw” from her teammates. “The team has a name for her. They call her halimaw. She plays like a monster. She plays hard, all out and defensively, she’s going to be an intimidating factor in the backline. We need this kind player in the Philippine team,” said national coach Ernie Nierras. Nierras added that the Ateneo squad may have been able to score a 3-0 win, but they had to get past Cooke, who was always in the face of any player, who tried to get into the penalty box. He added that the Malditas are now being toughened up for their comeback games in the Group Stage of the ASEAN Football Federation Women’s Championship from Oct. 15 to 25 in Laos by playing against men’s and boys teams. “This is a totally different team, attitude-wise. This is why they are called the Malditas, kasi may angas na, may dating ang mga batang ito. Hindi mo na mai-intimidate,” added Nierras. The 22-year-old Cooke, whose father is a US naval officer and mother is a Filipina from San Enrique, Iloilo, arrived in Manila last Tuesday. She is one of two Fil-foreign newcomers who will join the tryouts in the coming months. Peter Atencio www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideSports.htm?f=2011%2Fseptember%2F19%2Fsports5.isx&d=2011%2Fseptember%2F19
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Post by cjeagle on Sept 20, 2011 1:51:13 GMT 8
‘Maldita’ runs away from Real World, meets kindred spirit By Francis T.J. Ochoa Philippine Daily Inquirer 10:03 pm | Monday, September 19th, 2011 37 share155 118 MANILA, Philippines—In some manner, however tenuous, these two individuals are kindred spirits. In fact, listening to them as they spoke of plans for the women’s national football team, it was strange that US NCAA Division I standout Heather Cooke and longtime “Malditas” coach—and caretaker—Ernie Nierras only finally got together one Thursday September evening. Strange, in that both wanted the same thing: Take the Malditas, the affectionately attached moniker to the Philippine women’s football team, to heretofore unexplored heights. For Cooke, a defender from Loyola Maryland in the US NCAA, the realization that she wanted to beef up the Madlitas came belatedly—she and her teammate were watching the Women’s World Cup when the latter cracked a joke about playing in football’s biggest stage for the Philippines. Except that to Cooke, that didn’t sound like a punchline. It sounded more like a suggestion. “That night, I began searching for links and ways to contact anyone from Philippine football. I wasn’t really expecting much so I was surprised when somebody actually replied,” she told the Inquirer after an 18-hour flight from the US. Nierras, on the other hand, was busy compiling data on foreign talents with Filipino blood, sending out inquiries. One of those he sent an e-mail to was Cooke. “We probably sent our e-mails at more or less the same time. I had heard about her already and I wanted her to be part of the team. One thing led to another and here we are,” said Nierras, whose well-built physique belies the fact that he actually has a daughter who is already on the national team. You have to understand Cooke’s core to fully grasp why she would, at the spur of the moment, Google for ways to join the Malditas and then jump on the first available flight when a response actually came. After all, she knew little about PH football and even less about the Malditas—the team and the word. “My mom told me ‘remember how when you were young, in church, I used to call you maldita?’” Cooke said. “And I was like ‘I knew I heard that word before!’” But this is the kind of person Cooke is: Previously on her Twitter bio, the 22-year-old wrote how she is always “looking for [her] next adventure.” This is the same girl who, after hearing about a casting call for MTV’s popular Real World show, lined up for auditions almost instantly. “I kept making all the rounds until I was finally chosen as an alternate. When one of the regulars backed out, I got in the show,” Cooke said. If not for the fact that being on Real World opened opportunities for her, Cooke would hardly speak about her stint in the MTV reality show. “You don’t want to know what happens there,” she said, laughing. “I hated almost everything about it. I could have done without it.” Football (or soccer, as she prefers), though is something she couldn’t do without. The thought of playing the game for a country she had long been wanting to visit made the solo trip to her other home (her mother traces her roots to Iloilo) worth it. “I love soccer and I always wanted to come to the Philippines. When I was young, I kept telling my mom that we should make a trip here. But we didn’t have the money to do so,” she said. Nierras was only willing to facilitate such a trip. The straight-talking coach has a no-nonsense personality that matches Cooke’s go-getter attitude. He has axed coaches and feuded with top football officials (I’ve ousted PFF presidents, he said) to become what he calls “one of the most hated people in football.” But at the heart of his stubborn refusal to settle for mediocrity is the goal of seeing the Malditas also make their mark in international football, the way the Azkals are slowly doing. And it’s no power- or ego-trip for this guy. In fact, he admits that for the women’s squad to rise back to respectability, the team will need foreign coaching, and he’s actually working to fly in his replacement. And he, too, is honest enough to admit that he hasn’t seen enough of Cooke to say she is the savior the team is looking for. But he will tell you one thing: With Cooke around, the team’s not going to be bullied much anymore. “Teams used to push us around before. Now, we can push back,” he said. “Heather really gives us size in the backline and we now have that toughness that we didn’t have before.” Cooke also takes care not to over-advertise herself. While she feels her Real World experience can help her improve the Malditas’ popularity, she said she can’t put in tangible terms what she’ll bring to the team. She did promise one thing, though: “I’m going to go in hard and play 90 minutes until there’s nothing left in me.” “When I was recruited [in college], that was the reason they wanted me because my skill level wasn’t really that [high]. But I was happy that’s what I brought because it’s something you can’t teach and I was actually surprised how some players on the field don’t have the same attitude,” she said. It’s that attitude that Nierras hopes will shoot the Malditas upward. “Now is our time to shine,” said Nierras. Cooke hopes to help Nierras achieve that goal. The girl has seen what it’s like in the Real World and she feels it’s time to figure out how she’ll fit into a bunch of Malditas currently mentored by a kindred spirit. sports.inquirer.net/17095/%E2%80%98maldita%E2%80%99-runs-away-from-real-world-meets-kindred-spirit#_
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Post by cjeagle on Sept 21, 2011 0:46:20 GMT 8
Malditas aim higher in football tourney in Laos 09/20/2011 | 11:04 PM Given its reinforced line-up, the national women’s football team laid out expectations of improved performance at the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) tournament in Vientiane, Laos come October 16 to 25. “We finished sixth out of eight teams the last time we competed in this tournament in 2009, but with the players we have now, I’m optimistic we can do better this time around," coach Ernie Nierras said at Philippine Sportswriters Association Forum on Tuesday. Some of the Malditas, monicker of the women’s team, were with Nierras at the forum. Belai Fernando, Sam Nierras, Filipino-American Heather Cooke, and Filipino- German Kristina Kuter beamed with pride at having the privilege of competing for the Philippines. “It’s a great privilege for me to play for the country of my mom," Cooke said. Her mother is from Iloilo. “I hope that I can contribute to this team," added Cooke, who is on her national team debut. She is 22, and a 5-foot-8 defender from Loyola Maryland in the United States' NCAA Division 1. Ateneo women’s varsity squad mainstay Sam Nierras said the new Malditas roster makes her hopeful of their side’s participation in Vientiane. Kuter, who plays for Fortuna Cologne, flew in late Sunday night and joined the rest of the Malditas in practice for the first time early yesterday morning. Her mother is a native of Kabangkalan, Negros Occidental. Kuter impressed Nierras. “All I heard was ‘boom, boom, boom’ in practice before we got here," the coach said. Nierras said the Malditas are bracketed in Group B together with top seed Thailand , Myanmar and Malaysia. In Group A are Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore and Laos . The Filipina booters begin their campaign in Laos on Oct. 17 against Myanmar . “If all things go according to plan, we aim to be there on Oct. 25," Nierras said. www.gmanews.tv/story/232939/sports/malditas-aim-higher-in-football-tourney-in-laos
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Post by spam on Sept 22, 2011 18:26:40 GMT 8
up next Malditas guest on teledyaryosports watch at this link: ptni.tv/
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Post by cjeagle on Oct 14, 2011 10:42:47 GMT 8
Feature article on the women's national team
As is mentioned in this article, it is not only the US NCAA who are refusing to release their players, our local colleges are doing the same. They have done this in the past as well with our youth teams. This shows a lack of patriotism on the part of our colleges and universities.
Fortunately UST and DLSU lent a lot of their players. The religious schools lead the way for our so called secular unpatriotic colleges to follow.
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