Park Min Ho's winner in the 95th minute of the match saw Loyola Meralco Sparks defeat S.League side Geylang United with a 2-1 come from behind win in the preliminary round of the RHB Singapore Cup. The victory saw Loyola Meralco advancing to the quarter finals of the Singapore Cup.
"It feels so good. We got our second wind in the second half, and we pushed and pushed and finally got that deserved goal," said Kaya FC and national team skipper Aly Borromeo after he scored a late equalizer to give both Kaya and Global a point to share in their latest encounter in the United Football League.
It has been announced yesterday that the Philippine Senior National Football Team will face the Guam National Football team in a FIFA International friendly. The friendly will be held on June 12 at the Panaad Stadium in Bacolod, the first one it will be hosting since the home leg of the AFC Challenge Cup Qualifying match against Mongolia on February 9, 2011.
Preparations for Philippine football is already afoot, now that the list of players to attend the training camps in Bacolod later this month have been released.
Global FC returned to the top of the United Football League standings after seeing off Green Archers Globe 1-0 in Sunday's United Football League.
Misagh Bahadoran scored the solitary goal in the 59th minute, breaking through the right flank of the Archer defense, then shooting from an acute angle past goalkeeper Patrick Deyto to give Global the advantage.
A late equalizer from James Younghusband gave Loyola Meralco Sparks FC the hard earned draw against Kaya FC in the highly anticipated UFL fixture at the University of Makati Saturday afternoon.
Both teams began the afternoon on equal points along with Global FC but Loyola Meralco was situated at top of the table having a superior goal difference.
Nomads finally ended Global's eight game winning streak through a 1-1 draw in Sunday's final match at the University of Makati, leaving Global on equal points with Loyola Meralco Sparks and Kaya FC.
Philippine Navy Redjuice suffered another setback in their league campaign after falling to Kaya FC in Sunday's United Football League action at the University of Makati.
A solitary goal from Kaya's Eric Dagroh in the 21st minute ensured Kaya with the three points, ensuing an eventual three-way-tie with Loyola Meralco Sparks and Global with 31 points.
Goals from James Younghusband and a penalty from Phil Younghusband gave Loyola Meralco Sparks the 3-0 victory and the top of the league table over nine-men Stallion in their United Football League fixture Saturday afternoon.
Filipino fans can wait no longer, as earlier today, tickets to the 7:00 PM FIFA International Friendly between the 148th-ranked Philippine Senior Men's National Football Team and its Indonesian counterparts at the Rizal Memorial Stadium have been released.