7’s Football League launches 3rd season

By Ivan Stewart Saldajeno/PNA

MANILA — An expanded field will vie for the crown in the third season of the 7’s Football League.

Three new clubs, highlighted by the return to existence of Bohemian Sports Club, will join eight holdovers from last year in trying to thwart Super Eagles from capturing a third straight title.

“Bohemian is out there making moves. They’re gonna be the team to mess with. They signed Izzo (Elhabib). They have Jason de Jong on the team. They took Hamed (Hajimehdi) away from me. They have some good players on that team, so I’m looking forward to seeing what they could do on the field,” Anton del Rosario, the founder of the league, said during the press launch at the Belle and Dragon Restaurant in Makati on Thursday.

Del Rosario, a former national football team member who recently played for Global Cebu in the Philippines Football League, now the Philippine Premier League, last season, played alongside Hajimehdi and even Aly Borromeo with Laro FC last season.

Joining Laro and Super Eagles among last season’s holdovers are runner-up Ghana FC, Futbol Fanatics, Tondo, Stallion Laguna, Real Amigos, Deportivo Matu, and Enderun, which tied up with Ceres Negros’ youth team program for this season.

On the other hand, Superbad and H and J All-Stars will also make their 7’s Football League debut this season along with Bohemian, which was revived recently by de Jong.

Also, the league got a new major partner in Philam Life.

The partnership was formalized with a contract that also took place during the press launch.

“They’re the perfect partner for us ‘coz they wanted to get into football. This season is the perfect partner for them in line with what they want to do,” del Rosario said.

The new 7’s Football League season will start at the McKinley Hill Stadium in Taguig on February 3.

The 12 teams will play a single round robin elimination phase, and the top eight teams will go to the knockout playoffs, which will start late April.

Popular

Taal Lake site assessment yields sack containing ‘bones’ — DOJ

By Brian Campued The Department of Justice (DOJ) confirmed that authorities retrieved a sack containing burned remains believed to be human bones during the initial...

LTO integrates online driver’s license renewal system in eGovPH app

By Dean Aubrey Caratiquet The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has integrated the online driver’s license renewal in the eGovPH app, which ensures a fast and...

5 of 21 Filipinos in Houthi-hit ship in Red Sea rescued — DFA

By Joyce Ann L. Rocamora and Marita Moaje | Philippine News Agency Five of the 21 Filipino seafarers manning the cargo vessel Eternity C, which...

PBBM directs gov’t officials: Focus on work, avoid politicking

By Dean Aubrey Caratiquet At the Malacañang press briefing this Wednesday, July 9, Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary and Palace Press officer Claire Castro reiterated...