Ahead of their first of two friendlies against the home team at Estadio Sausalito on Saturday (Sunday morning, Manila time), Filipinas head coach Alen Stajcic underscored the importance of facing a team like Chile.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) Members of the Philippines women's soccer team, which recently qualified for its first World Cup, have played down social media comments that most of the players with mixed American ancestry “were not Filipino enough.”
Some questioned the lack of homegrown talent on social media and tried to bring down the achievement of qualifying to the World Cup because of the team s make up.