City high booters to see action in Borneo

AT LEAST eight football players from Baguio City High School are set to see action in the upcoming 2017 Malaysian Borneo Football Cup set next month.

Led by midfielder Aeron Christian Tenollar who recently earned a trip to FC Bayern Munich in Germany for the Allianz Junior Football Camp, he will be joined by defender Shran Dyrick Vicente, striker Ivann Angelo Silva, defender Travis Ekid and striker Aaron Wallen.

Also joining the five are Under 13 players Miguel Rebultan (midfielder), Harold Rillera (goalkeeper) and Juie Peralta (winger).

Coach Aries Bocalan said the eight players will be seeing action starting September 24 and will be doning the Dreaming United FC.

The 2017 Malaysian Borneo Football Cup will be the 10th anniversary for the tournament which started as an idea and has grown into an International Youth Tournament with teams from Australia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Hong Kong, India, Chine and Malaysia

entering the tournament.

Each year, the tournament offers high profile football personalities who fly into Kota Kinabalu to observe the tournament and impart their knowledge and advice.

Previous guest include Les Murray, Craig Foster, Mike Mulvey, Abbas Saad, Aytek Genc, Brad Maloney, Mark Rudan, Alan Davidson, Ante Milicic, Ron Smith & Alex Tobin to name a few.

Photo by Roderick Osis MORE GRASSROOTS. With the continuous training and competition in the city, the sport continue to thrive in Baguio as more football players are being sent outside the Summer Capital either for training or competition.