Marikina United FC Joins January 23, 2010 Tournament

It was an exciting weekend as our football club, Marikina United FC, joined a tournament held at the Marikina Sports Park. I woke up early even though I slept late the night before reading about life insurance quotes. It was a one-day tournament participated by the Ateneo Blue Guards, MFA, Claret FC, Corinthians FC, Condemn FC and ESA.



Each match had a 12-minute half and each team on the pitch were composed of seven members including the goal keeper and the football field was reduced to one-third of the standard size.

Our club played the whole day but I was able to play only two games because I had to go to a lunch event. Overall, it was great even though we did not win in the two games that I played. Below is a video of my experience in the tournament.

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Our Football Club Will Be Joining A Tournament On Saturday

On Saturday, january 23, 2010, our football club, Marikina United FC will be joining a one-day tournament, together with seven other football clubs mostly based in NCR, and this will be held at the Marikina Sports Park. I am excited and at the same time nervous because I haven’t been in shape for a long time.



The two week preparation that I had, I think, is not enough to get me to match fitness. I haven’t gained much weight so I don’t really need to use weight loss supplements that work but I have decreased my speed and am just hoping that I would be able to keep up with the other payers we’ll be up against. Games start at 8 AM.

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Go Marikina United FC!

Last Tuesday, I received word form my team mate that our football club, Marikina Unted FC won its match against Xavier FC, 6-0. I was surprised and was so happy to hear the news. The match was held at Xavier school in Greenhills andis part of the NCR FA Terry Razon Copa Filipina Tournament (Third Division).

My team mate shared that at the end of first half the score was 1-0. But our club just dominated the other team on the second half and I can't wait to become available to play with them soon.

Our football club's next match is on Saturday, December 6, 10 AM against La Salle Zobel and will be held at Ayala Alabang Zobel Field. I hope we win against them.

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Marikina United FC 4-2 Against UST High School

Our football club, Marikina United FC, won its first game for the Third Terry Razon Copa Filipina Tournament (Third Division) last Saturday at 1:00PM and it was held at Xavier School and they went up against UST High School. Our club won 4 goals to 2. Too bad I wasn't able to join them for that game and I won't be able to join them for the next match on Nov. 30, 8:00AM at the same venue against Xavier FC. I look forward to the other matches and as I looked at the schedule, I will be able to play on out third match which will be against De La Salle Zobel.

Below are pictures from last year's tournament.

It's me and the rest of our Marikina United FC under coach and club manager Jun Caceres.

Our match against PUP held at PUP

It's me in action

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Marikina United FC and Claret Alumni's Tune Up Game

I just got home, took a shower and ate my second dinner, after our football team's (Marikina United FC) tune-up game against Claret Alumni held at Marikina Sports Park. The game started out well, and it was great because we had the lights turned on and it was like playing under the sun, at night. That was how bright it was.

The first 45 minutes ended at 1-1 but at the end of the game, it was 5-3 in favor of Claret. Everything was going well until the game heated up and it was one of our Chinese team mates defending his younger brother against a Claret alumni who was also hot headed. I have actually have had a personal encounter with this guy in the past but, since I am always apologetic and I try to broaden my mind about how physical soccer could be, we ended up shaking hands. But the two players in our game tonight almost had a scuffle. It was a good thing that people around were quick enough to prevent the fight from happening.

I understand their reactions but I guess not too much to understand how they might want to take it into a fight. I am passionate about soccer, too, but it is just a game. And everyone else's major concern in the field a while ago was how we were consuming our paid time in Marikina Sports Park which charges P1,000 per hour for the use of the lights on the soccer field. Everybody was just telling the two players to just play.

Oh, well. It's a good thing they didn't end up hurting each other, otherwise it would have been much worse for both of our teams. But, we're sure we'll all see each other again at the NCR FA 3rd Division 2008-2009 tournament which will start on the second week of November.

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It's Tournament Season Again

A new season is in for football in NCR as the National Capital Region Football Association initiated a soccer tournament that will tentatively start on November 8 and will run until March of 2009. The tournament will be participated by at least 15 teams including our football team, Marikina United FC.

With all these brewing, I would need to get back in shape just in case there are days that I am available for the soccer matches. I am glad I don’t gain too much weight so I won’t need some diet pills to get me back to my agile weight. I just need to make my regular runs and try to get back my speed and stamina.

Marikina United’s training schedule is every Thursday at 6:00PM, Saturdays and Sundays at 4:30PM at the Marikina Sports Park, formerly known as Marikina Sports Center.

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Back to Footballing

For the past two weeks I have been able to get back to playing football once a week. I was able to arrange with my wife a once-a-week exercise schedule for myself and I'll be playing football every Thursday night at Marikina Sports Park with my some of my team mates from Marikina United FC. We actually played a tune up game against Claret Alumni the Saturday before last and boy how I missed playing soccer. I also got updated on the latest from my team - they are actually organizing a one-day soccer tournament with 3 or four of our regular team contacts at Marikina Sports Park on July 13, 2008. Too bad I won't be able to join them anymore on Sundays. But I'm still glad I can get to play once a week, and get to exercise. I actually gained about 8 pounds druing the 3-4 months I wasn't able to play. But now, I'm back!

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The Rush That Soccer Brings

Today, after more or less four months, I was able to play football again. Our team, Marikina United FC, which meets at the Marikina Sports Center regularly, had a tune up game against Claret Alumni. It felt so good to be in my soccer shoes again and just run, kick and create tactics on how to get the ball into that goal together with my team mates. There's that certain rush to it, one that I don't get from basketball, badminton or any other sport that I have ever played. I guess only those who've played and really enjoyed soccer can really understand this feeling. It's just nice to feel that feeling again.

By the way, don't miss the finals of Euro 2008 on Monday early morning here (Sunday night European time) - Germany vs Spain. To catch up on what happened during the Group stage, quarter finals and semis, you can check out my other blog (that's how crazy I am with football) Football Videos and Pictures.

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