By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr.

The Negros Occidental Football Association (NOFA) leads the Philippines U13 football team in this year’s Soong Ching Ling Cup, which takes place in Beijing, China.

Comprising the team roster are strikers Breidel Medina, Jared Alexander Peña, Almaigne Kurt Sarip, and Julio Antonio Yoldi; midfielders Lucas Sebastiano Andan, Elijah Zedric Ballesteros, Anthony Joseph Galve, Jan Emmanuelle Benedict Salceda, Miel Dee Marcon, and Earl John Singconiegue; defender Adrian Patrick Bacolod, Rafael Manuel Garcia, Virgo Louis Herce, and Jed Ariel Tan; and keeper Matthaeus Henricus Lim.

The team is coached by NOFA General Secretary Ronald Ian Treyes.

The Philippines is drawn in Group A, alongside defending champions China, Indonesia, and Cambodia./JSG, WDJ