CAP ON FRAGARIA CUP

by Fel Gorospe

While the Azkals won over Srilanka, 4-0, last Sunday, July 3, 2011, football Filipino children players also participated in an international football arena, the Fragaria Cup 2011 in Slovak Republic, Europe.

Our country participated in both boys and girls division leading on the Southeast Asian participation in such global competition of over 200 football teams.

Becoming a leading football nation with considerable world ranking, they say, is a 20-year program, conservatively. With our active training and participation in the early years, such as these U10 category games, the cap on Fragaria Cup may very well be a feather on our nation's football cap slowly landing in the years ahead of expertise building.

KRASNA HORKA
The Philippine Team enjoys spots in Slovakia such as the Krasna Horka located in Kosice. Training commences after the tour.

PHILIPPINE TEAM HAS ARRIVED
1st batch of Ilocos contingent to the l0th Fragaria Cup (World Youth Cup) in Kosice, Slovakia on July 3-7, 20ll. Coaches, players, guardians, sponsors and Ilocos Football Association (IFA) officials posing upon arrival in Vienna, Austria.

PINOYS AND GOLIATH
The  Philippine  Team's fist  match  with  the  Slovakian  Team.   Fragaria  Cup  is  running  until July 07, 2011.

TRAINING
Football players coached by Mr. Bobby De Jesus during their training in Slovakia for the Fragaria Cup 2011.

PRIME MOVERS
(L-R) Ilocos Football Association (IFA) President, Mr. Edgar Robert E. De Jesus, IFA Vice President, Dr Antonio P. Agustin and VGent Foundation Inc President, Mr. Bernie Tubera