Game Day | Clare Henney

Today is the day that many Filipino football fans have been waiting for: the friendly match between MLS Champions LA Galaxy and our very own national team, the Philippine Azkals. I’m looking forward to watching the game when it airs on Studio 23 this evening. The telecast starts around 6-ish, probably for pre-game features and such. The game itself starts at 7:30 PM at the Rizal Memorial and it will be broadcast live (thankfully) by ABS-CBN Sports, which I think does a better job covering these things that AksyonTV when they do the UFL (but since they’re new to this, I’m still hoping they improve as they get more experience with it).

When I first heard the news that David Beckham and the rest of LA Galaxy would be coming over, I was one of the first people who went crazy and started asking around for tickets. Unfortunately, they are just too expensive for me so I had to pass (again, thank God for the ABS-CBN broadcast). That aside, it’s still going to be pretty exciting even if I’m just watching from home because I’ve been a fan of Beckham for years and I am an Azkals fan as well, it’s just the perfect combination of football favorites for me to see!

To the Philippine Azkals, have fun playing against LA Galaxy today. I think you guys put in a lot of hard work for Philippine football and you deserve the opportunity you will be having today. You guys are definitely on the right track to be able to play against a team as popular as these guys.  Play and show them what you’ve got and if you can score as much goals as possible that would be amazing but I think the most important thing is that you guys have fun with this. It’s such a step up for and you all deserve to make the most of it while it’s there.

Win or lose today, you make the country proud to see you all on the pitch with a top-notch team like LA Galaxy.

Show them who the Azkals are tonight!  Give them a game they won’t forget!

Much luck to all of you, God bless and have fun!