There’s little time for Makati FC to rejoice its recent triumph. The 2012 girls will fly out to London to battle storied academies. —CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
A historic show of dominance must have been enough for Makati Football Club’s girls’ team to ease up and rejoice.
Not a probability.
In truth, the team hopes to follow up its recent success by testing itself against top international programs and hoping to hurry up the players’ development.
Fresh from conquering the Gothia Cup in Sweden in dominant fashion, the Makati FC Girls 2012 team flies to London on Aug. 9 for a European showdown that can feature two of England’s most storied football institutions.
“This chance to be invited on this tournament got here after we travelled to London last 12 months to play against top clubs in Europe,” said MFC president Selu Lozano.
“This reinforces the necessity for a club within the Philippines to benchmark itself globally, to grasp where we stand, and to maintain pushing the standards for the long run of Filipino football.”
On the 2012 Girls’ Trophy held at Haileybury School in Hertfordshire, Makati FC is ready to face academy teams from Arsenal and Aston Villa—each mainstays in English football lore and among the many best-resourced youth programs on the continent.
The tournament, which runs from August 14 to 16, features seven international teams from the UK, USA, UAE, and the Philippines.
The tournament comes on the heels of MFC’s girls defending their title playing within the Girls 13 division of the Gothia Cup, thought to be the World Cup of youth football.
Makati FC scored 43 goals there, conceding just two.
On August 14, the team, made up of homegrown talents, a few of who’re scholars of MFC from the provinces and flew in to Manila to check and train without cost, meet Linfield, Arsenal, and NCE Latest York.
The following day, the squad, also reinforced by young standouts from Thailand, takes on Brighton, Aston Villa, Go Pro Dubai.
Nevertheless it’s the Arsenal and Villa fixtures that the majority sharply frame the following step within the young girls’ rise. Arsenal Women’s Football Club is amongst essentially the most decorated women’s sides in Europe, while Aston Villa’s girls’ academy is thought for producing national-level players in England’s development pathway.
“Having won back to back on this planet’s biggest youth tournament, we’re now not searching for tournaments where we will win,” Lozano said.
“We’re focused on long run development of every of our athletes through Makati FC.”
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Held on pristine pitches at a top UK boarding school, the 11-a-side tournament features academy-level opposition that trains nearly year-round.