Philippines Defeated Brazil!

In football. Yes! Football as in Soccer in American term! The powerhouse Brazil thumped by the Philippines!

Here is the news from Inquirer:

RP street-kid booters shock powerhouse Brazil
Cedelf Tupas

MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines pulled off a stunning 6-2 victory over Brazil Thursday night for its first victory in the 1st Deloitte Street Children World Cup in Dunbar, South Africa.

Noriel Pineones sparked the Filipinos with four goals, including three in the first half that set the tone for the awe-inspiring triumph.

The Philippines faces Ukraine in the semifinals of the SCWC Shield.

The Filipinos finished the group stage third behind Britain and Tanzania with a win against two losses.

Updated FPL Table of Standings

Table Standings

Clubs GP W D L PTS GF GA GD
Philippine Army FC 6 4 2 0 14 14 6 8
Giligan’s 5 3 2 0 11 15 8 7
Pasargad 5 3 0 2 9 13 8 5
Mendiola United FC 4 2 1 1 7 18 7 11
Arirang 4 2 0 2 6 10 10 0
Ateneo FC 5 2 0 3 6 9 12 -3
Union FC 4 0 1 3 1 5 18 -13
UP Diliman 5 0 0 5 0 4 19 -15

Filipino Premier League page here.

FPL Match Schedule – November 15, 2008

NOVEMBER 15, 2008 at CUENCA FIELD in AYALA ALABANG VILLAGE
130 PM Pasargad v Ateneo
330 PM Union v DIliman
530 PM Arirang v Mendiola

FPL Match Results, November 8, 2008

Provided by Cathy Rivilla of PFF/FPL.

Goal Description for Media Matches on November 8, 2008

ARIRANG FC 3 – 5 GILIGAN’S

KIM JOON YOUNG 30″, JEONG HYUK 4″, LIM JUNG HUN 61″ – RUBEN DOCTORA 14″, 76″, 83″, JOVANIE SIMPRON 40″, CARL SUAY 90″+1

PASARGAD 6 – 1 DILIMAN FC (description courtesy of Red Avelino of Pasargad)

6 – 1

Pasargad Goals

3″ Ruzbeh Fakhar run from left flank

13″ Timoteo Ocampo goal from a pass by Job Adriano

38″ Job Adriano run from right flank

66″ & 90″+1 Job Adriano completes hat trick both headers from set plays, both assisted by Misragh Bahadoran

84″ header from Richard Leyble

Diliman Goals

61″ Ariel Zerrudo

MENDIOLA 11 – 2 UNION FC (description courtesy of Mr. Inocensio of Mendiola)

- 2

2″ Aaron Altiche lob pass baffled Union defenders as Nicholas Leonora dashed in a volley kick from the other side of the field

12″ Marlon Solas through pass prompted Nicholas Leonora to fire a razing shot from the right

24″ Vaughn Melendrez assisted June Abriera for a perfect shot to the net

32″ Vaughn Melendrez pass assisted Marlon Solas for a shot inside the box

35″ Long Ball from Jerome Orcullo pierced the defenders to commit an erroneous deflection placing the ball into a favorable position for a follow up kick by the agile Marlon Solas

57″ Union FC’s defense perforated by Mendiola’s dashing passes, Dan Padernal from the right wing swooped a drop pass for a full swing finisher by Vaughn Melendrez right in front of the goal mouth

68″ Bernie Solas coming from the middle managed to break away from the defenders with his dribbling skills to add up another goal

72″ Quick counter attack initiated by Marlon Solas allowed him to make a clean drop pass to Neckson Leonora for a shot to the goal

82″ Corner play on the left with Marlon Solas served the ball to Rolly Perez for a Volley Shot

86″ On the dying minutes of the match, a déjà vu play be ex national team player Dan Padernal swept the defenders off course as he made a cross pass from the rightwith Neckson Leonora executing a volley shot

87″ A diagonal pass made by Vaughn Melendrez to Rolly Perez who came up with a convincing goal

Union FC came up with a Header on the 39″ by Pascal Levy and a looper from the mid left of the field by Romnick Echin on the 79″