Did you ever hear the term Azkals or Philippine Azkals? Maybe for most Filipinos the answer is yes. Actually the Philippine Azkals is the National Football Team of the Philippines that represents the country in International Football Competitions. They become popular in the Philippines when they were featured in some T.V network news in the country. Azkals which means askals is the name used in the Philippines referring to street dogs.
Don’t get confuse with “soccer”, “football”, and “American football”. Soccer is the term use in U.S.A and in other countries like Philippines referring to football while “football” is used mostly by Europeans though the official name of the sports is football and finally American football is the name of another sport that is very popular in United States.
Soccer is not very popular sports in the Philippines because the country is dominated by basketball, and also there is no open area that you can build a soccer field. The Philippine National Football Team has gained some success in the years of Far Eastern Championship Games between the years 1913 to 1934. In September 2006 the team suffered its lowest ranking ever, they fell to 195th in the FIFA World Rankings but now the team is currently rank 155th.
The Philippine Azakals is trying to regain the glory of the country in International Football Competition as they qualified to 2011 AFC Challenge Cup they are also preparing for the World Cup Qualifiers that will start versus Sri Lanka on June 29, 2011 in Sri Lanka.
I hope they will qualify so they can compete in the World Cup. It’s been a long time since the Philippine National Football Team made it to the World Cup. I’m sure Street Dogs will crawl its way to the top. Way for them World!
Don’t get confuse with “soccer”, “football”, and “American football”. Soccer is the term use in U.S.A and in other countries like Philippines referring to football while “football” is used mostly by Europeans though the official name of the sports is football and finally American football is the name of another sport that is very popular in United States.
Soccer is not very popular sports in the Philippines because the country is dominated by basketball, and also there is no open area that you can build a soccer field. The Philippine National Football Team has gained some success in the years of Far Eastern Championship Games between the years 1913 to 1934. In September 2006 the team suffered its lowest ranking ever, they fell to 195th in the FIFA World Rankings but now the team is currently rank 155th.The Philippine Azakals is trying to regain the glory of the country in International Football Competition as they qualified to 2011 AFC Challenge Cup they are also preparing for the World Cup Qualifiers that will start versus Sri Lanka on June 29, 2011 in Sri Lanka.
I hope they will qualify so they can compete in the World Cup. It’s been a long time since the Philippine National Football Team made it to the World Cup. I’m sure Street Dogs will crawl its way to the top. Way for them World!
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