Filipinas Rising (The Philippines Women's Football Thread)

The Philippines leads S Korea 1-0 at HT scored by their young 15 y.o. captain Ari Markey with a brilliant Olimpico of a corner.

Korean American Casey Phair was just put in the 2nd half to help deal with the Filipinas physicality.

Filipinas is behind in terms of possession but leads the shots on target 2-0 at HT.

I hope they can keep the lead. It's their only chance of advancing.

 

Update 1-1 as S Korea comes back. The goal was controversial as a Filipina defender was fouled and pulled to ground prior to S Korea's goal which the referee ignored.

 

FT 1-1

Unfortunately S Korea has the better goal differential so they prevent the Philippines from advancing

 

The S Korea goal was not earned against the Philippines.. Casey Phair deliberately tackled and took down a Filipina defensive player who had the goal to the ground allowing a Korean player to kick the ball on the net when everyone was expecting a foul call that never came.

It was a shame since the Philippine's earned their goal when Ari Markey scored an Olimpico from a corner kick to take the lead. against S Korea in the first half.

CONTROVERSIAL NON-CALL! | Philippines vs South Korea U17 | AFC U17 Women's Asian Cup 2024 (youtube.com)

 

Sad news that Jeff Cheng stepped down at manager of the PWNT. Quite an achievement making it to the women's World Cup. Statement below doesn't hide that there's disagreement going on.

http://filipinofootball.blogspot.com/2024/06/official-statement-of-philippine.html

Statement by Cheng: To my dear friends, Last Thursday, I informed the Philippine Football Federation Director of National Teams that I am stepping away from my role as Team Manager of the women’s teams. For several months, we tried our best to make things work, under new and very different circumstances. Unfortunately, the situation is not workable. Our priorities and goals do not align, and the PWNT organization that we worked hard to develop in the past years is incompatible with current methods. I want to thank all of you for the support and kindness that you have shown me. It’s through you that our efforts have not gone unnoticed & I am grateful to have shared some of the best football experiences with all of you. Until next time…Maraming salamat! Laban, Filipinas!

 

Sad news indeed. This might affect the team's momentum moving forward

 

Hi, @Dernhelm, it's always a pleasure to see you again here.

Not sure about the thread: this is an historical one, so it has people subscrided to it and receiving alerts everytime something new is posted, so it sure has this advantage. A new thread would be of course noticed by the more invested people, but it could lose some potential reader/subscriber along the way.

But it's really up to how you feel, really.

 

Mayumi Pacheco from Aston Villa and formerly England U-23 has been called for the upcoming tournanent.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DBAy0nnz0hb/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

 

Point for the PWNT scouts

 

They also invited NWSL Kansas City Current rookie and former UCLA standout Janae DeFazio. So far though she has only played one game for the Current.

Torcaso said they are "equally excited" for Janae DeFazio, who saw action for the Kansas City Current in the NWSL.

 

Janae has transferred to Racing FC in Portugal.

 

As far as I know it was the case in the past, but it isn't anymore: for instance, we keep the tradition to open a new Nadeshiko Japan Thread every year, but no-one really forces us to do and, especially, no-one asks us to break the yearly thread if it exceed a certain limit, as it was happening around 2011-2012 (if I am not wrong, the post-limits were dropped around that era, after one of the migrations to a new interface).

Congratulations for your official role, and we're always happy to see you around.

 

Well Maz's former partner is a French international so I am not surprised she got a few shirts.

 

Former England national youth team player Maz Pacheco might have accepted the invite to join the Filipinas but England in return invited former Philippines U17 Kaiya Jota to the England U19 women's team for the Algarve Cup

 

"Under FIFA's eligibility rules, a player who has represented a senior national team and later plays for a different national team at the youth level can potentially switch back to their original senior team, provided they meet certain criteria:

1. The player must not have played in a senior competitive international match for the second country.
2. The switch back to the original senior team must comply with FIFA's regulations regarding player eligibility and nationality.

Players who have dual nationality or have represented different national teams at different levels have the option to make such switches, as long as they follow FIFA's regulations and guidelines for player eligibility and nationality."

Stanford U commit Kaiya Jota already had one senior cap for the Philippines so theoretically she can still play for the Philippines later on even if she played for England at the youth level.

 

FT Philippines 3-0 Jordan

Maz Pacheco was at training camp but did not play as her passport is still being processed.

Fellow newcomer Janae DeFazio had an impressive debut providing a couple of assists that led to goals.

Bolden with a brace followed by a lone goal by Guillou.

 

I noticed you are covering the national women's lacrosse team on Facebook as well. Congrats to them for qualifying for the World Women's Lacrosse Championship.

The women's futsal team is a bit of a mess though with the sudden change in coaches.

 

The planned Filipinas February training camp in S California was cancelled because of the fires in the area. Instead they will relocate to Manila. The US ID camp will instead be held in April.

Aside from Aston Villa's Maz Pacheco, a new top tier defender/midfielder 21 y.o. Emma Tovar who plays for Valencia CF Femenino in Spain's top Liga F has joined the team. She has had 53 appearances and 6 goals for Valencia B prior to getting promoted to the A team.

 

31 players called up for the training camp from Feb 17-26 here in Manila

New players: Autumn Cayelli, Malia Cerdon, Kaela Hansen, Nya Harrison, Ivymae Perez, Mallie Ramirez, Emma Tovar, Jamie Turrentine, Maysen Veronda

However, three players have withdrawn due to injuries -- Maddie Ayson, Nina Mathelus, Maz Pacheco.

 

Busy schedule for the Filipinas

The Philippine national women’s football team is set to fly to China in April to compete in the CFA International Women’s Football Tournament.
The Filipinas will compete in this four-team tournament that will also see the participation of the host, Thailand, and Zambia as they prepare for upcoming tournaments this year.
The Filipinas are set to defend its ASEAN Women’s Championship in June in Indonesia.
From 23 June to 5 July, the Filipinas are set to compete in the Asian Football Confederation Women’s Asian Cup qualifiers with the venue yet to be announced.
Ending the year for the Filipinas is the 33rd Southeast Asian Games in December in Thailand.

 

They added another player (Skye Leach U of Kentucky) to the training camp making it 10 new players to add to the 32 player training camp roster.

Among those newcomers some stood out for their professional experience in Europe including defender Kaela Hansen who played for KuPS in Finland, where she helped her team nab the silver medal in the Kansallinen Liga. Before that, she played in Serbia where she won both the Serbian Women’s Super League and the League Cup.
She also has high experience in club football, having participated in the UEFA Women’s Champions League qualification phases with both her teams in Finland and Serbia. She is currently playing in the Canadian Northern Super League with AFC Toronto. The former Canadian national youth team defender was a regular for the University of Kansas where she won the Big 12 Tournament, advancing to the NCAA Sweet 16, and making a total of three NCAA Tournament appearances.

Emma Tovar is also a defender who plays for top-flight Spanish football league Liga F with Valencia, where she’s played since 2022.
Tovar has reverted back-and-forth between the reserve squad and the main team. During her stint with the reserve team, she made 53 appearances and scored six goals.
This season, she has a total of seven appearances for the team in the league with her longest stint coming with 82 minutes of action in a 2-0 loss against Elbar.

Turrentine is a left back and plays as a defender for Portugese side Vitória SC which plays in Division II of Feminino Serie Norte,