IMUS - United Clark stole the show from Mendiola in the Philippines Football League's (PFL) first taste of action at the City of Imus Grandstand, dealing the home club a 5-0 defeat on Sunday night. For the second straight week, United Clark won by the said scoreline on the road to continue imposing its will in the league table even if Stallion Laguna remained undefeated with a 2-1 win at Maharlika Manila. Kenshiro Daniels opened the scoring with a fifth-minute goal to the delight of the United Clark fans who even brought along a drum as if they were the host club. Despite the early hiccup, Mendiola played great defense on United Clark to keep the match close. However, the breakaway began for United Clark just before halftime when Ricki Sendra turned Daniels' corner kick into a 2-0 lead. Daniels found JJ Robertson open for the header reception, but Roberson passed the ball instead to Sendra, who made no mistake in beating Henri Bandeken for the goal. United Clark continued the r
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MANILA - The Philippine women's football team had to settle for the second seed in the AFF Women's Championship after Thailand sneaked in a 1-0 win at the Rizal Memorial Stadium on Tuesday night. Kanyanat Chetthabutr scored the marginal goal for the Thais in the 75th minute after a defensive lapse allowed her to head the ball past Olivia McDaniels. That was Thailand's best attack in the match that saw the Filipinas pouring it on offensively and giving the Thai backline a run for their money. Thailand will enter the semis as the only unbeaten team in Group A with four wins and one draw for 13 points even as it dealt the Filipinas their lone loss in the group stage after four straight wins that began with their opening night stunner over Australia. The result also rendered useless Australia's 6-0 blast against Malaysia at the City of Imus Grandstand as the Matildas have been knocked out of playoff contention. Had the Filipinas scored the win, Australia's rout would ha