The one-day competition will be held at the Pampanga
Agricultural College (PAC) campus in Magalang, Pampanga.
Emmanuel Robles, coach of defending champion FUTBulakenyos
said they split their team into two.
The same is true for this city’s Agila Ladies Club, the
defending champion in the ladies open.
Bulacan Sunday United, another football club in Bulacan is
also planning two join with two teams.
Other teams will come from the provinces of Zambales,
Pampanga, Nueva Ecija and Tarlac, the known football capital in Central Luzon .
Robles explained that unlike the regular football game with
11 players each from competing teams, Xang-Li Football Festival only require
seven players from each competing team to play the game but they can register a
maximum of 12 players.
Playing is also reduced to 15 straight minutes every half
during the elimination round and 10 for the semi-finals and final games.
“This is another step for the continuing popularization of
football in Central Luzon ,” said Robles who
noted that Philippine Azkals greatly contributed in the increasing popularity of
the game in the country that remains addicted to basketball.
He said the Philippine Azkals has rejuvenated local players
specially those who played college football under the Bulacan State
University
“Our former players came back and are playing again,” said
Robles who also coach the BulSU football team that ruled the State Colleges
and Universities Athletic Association (SCUAA) in Central
Luzon in the last four years.
This developed, John Bayarong of the Amihan Football Club
based in Subic Bay announced that the first
season of the Central Luzon Football League (CLFL) will start on May 13.
Bayarong said that the CLFL is a third division amateur
football league, just behind the United Football League (UFL) and Philippine
Azkals, the national team.
Initially, five teams from Zambales, Bulacan, Pampanga and
Tarlac will play in the first season of the CLFL.
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