Brithmark Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Thank you Football Manager and that mysterious gamer for the rise of the Philippines the influx of Filipino - Foreign players in the Philippine National Football team really kicked off during the arrival of the Younghusband brothers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Younghusband it was said that "Early in 2005, the Philippine Football Federation was alerted to Younghusband's eligibility by a mysterious gamer who allegedly found out about their lineage via the Football Manager series." since then, the Philippines have been slowly climbing up the Football ladder to what it is today. from the lowest of 195 to its peak 150 ranking in the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking its making waves of support after reaching the semifinals of the 2010 Suzuki Cup (defeating Vietnam as one of the greatest upset in the tournament history) http://www.affsuzukicup.com/fixtures2010.html and just recently it qualified for the tournament proper in next years AFC Challenge Cup 2012 http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-challenge-cup-2012-schedule-results?view=Competitions&id=408 they are also preparing for this summers World Cup Qualifying for Brasil 2014 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=1401533/index.html slowly its getting better and better gaining more fans in the basketball crazy nation. soon it will also open up a domestic league (hoping to see it in FM 2012 edition) http://www.gmanews.tv/story/211942/pff-smart-to-form-philippine-football-league kudos for team manager Dan Palami, he's the man behind the rise of Azkals, utilizing his own money for the teams expenses... so for you guys admins, staff and every fan of football... Thank you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyprime Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 nice 10101010 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aderow Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Football Manager. Touching lives all over the world. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blanchflower1 Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Nice one. By the way, my girlfriend is from the Philippines! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Demus Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Nice one. By the way, my girlfriend is from the Philippines! She love you long time? Sorry, couldn't resist, though it's not the right country. But I think it's great what the Phillipines have done with "foreigners". Lately Jerry Lucena from my local/favourite club AGF has been featuring in the side Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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