THE Philippine national U-14 football team is back at the training camp at the Don Bosco Boys Home in Liloan after barely a two-day rest from their stint in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-14 Festival of Football held in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Malaysia.
This time, the Little Azkals are preparing for their participation in the Japan-East Asean Football Exchange Programme U-14 Youth Football Festival, which will be held in Osaka, Japan from June 17 to 24.
Only 18 players are required for the tournament hosted by the Japan Football Association, which means that four of the 22 boys who saw action in Malaysia will not be going to Japan.
Chosen for the lineup for the Japan tournament are Cebu’s Lawrence “Soysoy” Colina, Major Dean Ebarle, Kintaro Miyagi, and Vincent Erik Lovitos; Manila’s Marco Alessandro Casambre, Harrel Rainier Dayan, Josh Albert Miller, Ray Vincent Sanciangco and John William Abraham;Cagayan de Oro’s Jeremiah Borlongan and Dimitri Lionel Limbo; Davao’s Darius Joseph Diamante and Javier Romero-Salas; Dumaguete’s Christian Floren Lapas and Jose Anton Yared, Dipolog’s Sebastian Rafael Patangan; San Carlos City’s Mason Trent Vergara; and Italy’s Lorenzo Genco.
Head coach Oliver “Bingbing” Colina said that the lineup is based on the boys’ performance during the training camp before they left for Malaysia./CORRESPONDENT MARS G. ALISON