The long wait is over for the Philippine Men’s Football team and their fans, as the Philippine Football Federation has issued call-up letters to the chosen players for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – Asian Qualifiers / AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Qualifiers Round 2. There will be two matches for the team, one away match against Uzbekistan on March 24 and one home match against North Korea on March 29.
All the 23 players were chosen by head coach Thomas Dooley, and they will travel to Tashkent, Uzbekistan via Incheon, South Korea on March 20, just exactly four days before the kick off.
The team started their training sessions today, March 14, 2016
Players who were present during the first training session were:
AGUINALDO, Amani Manuel
ARBOLEDA, Fitch
ARISTORENAS, Jorrel Zachary
BEDIC, Jovin
BELGIRA, Kou Ichi
BUGAS, Paolo
CASAMBRE, Marco Alessandro
CLARIÑO, Mario Javier
DEL ROSARIO, Dominic Liam
DEYTO, Patrick Phillip
FLORES, Jim Ashley
GADIA, Daniel Bernan
NAZARI, Omid
PATIÑO, Javier
SATO, Daisuke
SOBERANO, Jay Shaun
TRIGO, Tomas Angel
VILLANUEVA, Dennis
WINHOFFER, Mark Anthony
YOUNGHUSBAND, Philip James
Players who will join the training sessions on March 19:
DANIELS, Kenshiro Michael
GUIRADO, Juan Luis
INGRESO, Kevin
MULDERS, Paul
PORTERIA, Jose Elmer
REICHELT, Patrick
SCHROCK, Stephan Markus
STEUBLE, Martin Markus
Players based abroad who have been selected by Coach Thomas Dooley:
ETHERIDGE, Neil Leonard
LUCENA, Jerry Ruben
MULLER, Roland Richard
PALLA, Stephan
RAMSAY, Iain
WOODLAND, Luke
