Tag: Azkals

Football: Philippines boost as coach Dooley extends contract

MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — American Thomas Dooley will lead the Philippines’ football team for another two years after maintaining their top ranking in Southeast Asia, the national federation said. The deal means Dooley, a former captain of the US national team, will lead the Philippines as they target success in the AFF Suzuki Cup, which they are co-hosting with Myanmar in November and December. Dooley, 54, who took charge in 2014, will now stay at […]

Philippine Azkals: Pinoy by heart

QUEZON City, Philippines (January 18) –  Baltazar: “My blood is not Pinoy, but my heart is Pinoy.” Foreigners or half-Filipinos playing for a sport team is not new in the Philippines or in other countries, for that matter. Other countries are also recruiting other players from a different ethnicity. In our country, where being able to speak good English is a source of pride, still, there are some who are raising issues against someone being a half-Filipino […]

Azkals, now at 135th world rank – FIFA

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine national football team, Philippine Azkals rose up by four places in the world rankings, from being at the 139th and now at the 135th. Said rise in position was recorded in the latest world rankings released by FIFA. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)