All set for all-star football game
The all-star football game “Clear Dream Match 2” will be held Aug. 24 at the University of Makati, with 2006 Fifa World Player of the Year Fabio Cannavaro and former Chelsea team captain Dennis Wise in the lineup.
The all-star football game “Clear Dream Match 2” will be held Aug. 24 at the University of Makati, with 2006 Fifa World Player of the Year Fabio Cannavaro and former Chelsea team captain Dennis Wise in the lineup.
After winning all 16 games in this year’s United Football League, Team Socceroo Football Club’s second division perfectly finished this season and continues to play the sport with a “full heart”—the mantra of its late cofounder, Wool Reyes.
This Aug. 24, the University of Makati (UMak) will burst with excitement as world-class talents fight it out on the football field. Sponsored by Clear shampoo, the all-star football game goes on its second year as British player and manager Dennis Wise joins James and Phil Younghusband and the country’s top football talents.
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When Emelio “Chieffy” Caligdong was 9, he received his first pair of football boots-two sizes bigger-from older brother, Roberto, in their hometown, Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo.
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Football is fast becoming a popular sport in the country. Football aficionado Armand del Rosario said he plans to keep it that way by teaching what he’s learned to the next generation of players.
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