Azkals Player: Christopher Camcam

You would be surprised to hear that Christopher is the youngest player of the group at the age of 16. He is not your average sixteen year old, however, at the height of 6’2″ this teenager can easily be mistaken as much older.  With the encouragement of his parents, Christopher started playing at the age of six and never looked back.

Azkals Player: James Younghusband

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James Younghusband was born in Middlesex, England to Philip and Susan Younghusband.  His started his early career in football at Chelsea before the age of twelve. James was recruited to the Philippine Football team through an anonymous person who found out he was half Filipino through a Playstation game.  He and brother, Phil were eventually signed up.

Azkals Player: Phil Younghusband

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Born in England to an English father and a Filipina mother, Phil Younghusband together with his brother, James started playing at football at Chelsea before being recruited by the Azkals. He is, by far, the most popular team member of the Azkals having joined a celebrity singing contest in the Philippines before achieving fame as one of the Azkals.

Azkals Player: Robert Gier

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Azkals Player: Ricardo Becite

Azkals Player: Manuel Ott

Azkals Player: Angel Aldeguer Guirado

Azkals Player: Ray Jonsson

Azkals Player: Jerry Lucena

Azkals Player: Stephan Schrock

Azkals Player: Ian Araneta

Azkals Player: Alexander Borromeo

Azkals Player: Emelio Caligdong

Azkals Player: Anton del Rosario

Azkals Player: Roel Gener

Azkals Player: James Rochlitz

Azkals Player: Nathaniel Burkey

Azkals Player: Paul Mulders

Azkals Player: Nestorio Margarse

Azkals Player: Misagh Bahadoran

Azkals Player: Edward Sacapano

Azkals Player: Jason Sabio

Azkals Player: Dennis Cagara

Azkals will fly to Nepal for AFC 2012

The Philippine Team Azkals is expected to be in Nepal on April Next Year for the 2012 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) cup for which they have high hopes of breaking through the Finals as they are pictured by many teams in Asia today as on of the Powerful Teams today next to the best Asian team which they just fought for the FIFA World Cup - The Kuwait National Football Team.

They lost to those games but they are still the winners in the sense that they gained experience over the mighty Kuwait players. and not only that, they  managed to score a goal against them and made stops and defensive filtration in-spite their international ranking disparity of about 60+. "Its a good preparation for us and a motivation to improve and practise more" said Team Captain Ali Boromeo.

Nepal gained the bid for a right to host over Maldives and Palestine's bid. The tournament is likely to take place at the Dasharath Stadium which is the biggest stadium in Nepal that has a seating capacity of around 5,000 and can hold up to 25,000 spectators.

The teams that will join the Cup with Philippines and Nepal are finalists Palestine, India, Turkmenistan, Maldives, Tajikistan and defending champion North Korea. The Azkals qualified for the Final 8 of the Challenge Cup by beating the Bangladesh Bengal Tigers last March.That's what we have for now and winning in this League will elevate their international rankings. Goodluck and Godbless Philippine Team Azkals!

Green Laser Pointer Attack on Neil Etheridge!

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In an Interview Last July 27 2011 by the ABS-CBN Sports news team Neil Etheridge confirmed that a Kuwaiti Fan used a laser pointer pointed against him in their first leg in the FIFA World cup Qualifiers in the Kuwaiti's home town. Azkals goalkeeper Etheridge said he was bothered by laser lights pointed at him by unidentified Kuwaiti fans during their first-leg match.

"I told the referee, but that time he didn’t do anything about it; but that’s football," he said. Ladies and gentlemen, its unfair on that point of view because pointing a laser on a player is not just an ordinary thing because doing so is not just a distraction on the players playing the game but is also harmful to the naked eye!.

In the United States there are several federal rules that will punish anyone caught pointing a those tools to an individual. It is criminally aggravating to do so especially if the incident resulted to an accident that will kill lives. Pointing a laser pen to an airplane will cause danger to the pilot, how much more with this that it is just few meters away from Neil! Oh Common! Think of it!

"You can not do anything about it when those things happen in the crowd, and you can't stop the game for it," Etheridge added. But on my personal opinion, I think the referee and some officials can halt someone doing that because it is really harmful. Laser pointers are not just mere toys that we can use to play with but a tool used for various purposes.

Laser beam can pop balloons in a distance, cut and burn plastics, burn matches and when held by an irresponsible user it can blind a person. Lets us be responsible in using these tools.

If only that there are rules in the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers that will give the Azkals a rematch because of the Green Laser Pointer attack, well they really deserve to have a rematch. Even if the Team lost to Kuwait I still salute them for there Heart and Dignity in playing Football for our country. I am proud to say that "I support the Philippine Team Azkals!