Hoshide’s All That: Yu and The Rest of The Force
He’s fast, he’s skilled and though he’s outgrown reading manga we’ll still write one for him. Global FC midfielder and Healthway Agility Awardee of the United Football League (UFL) First Division Yu...
View ArticleMore or Lex: Striking Home with Lexter Maravilla
A former spokesperson in Rio for the Filipino homeless and defender for the 2010 Homeless World Cup, Lexter Maravilla has gone global even before he joined Global FC. His globetrotting skills have...
View ArticleCharacters in the UFL
A few years ago, I was reading Nick Hornby’s Fever Pitch, and I remember him quoting William Alan Durban, then Stoke manager. One of the most famous quotes in football, he said, “If you want...
View ArticleMy FIFA Futbol Mundial Experience
FIFA Futbol Mundial is a football-related magazine show produced by IMG Sports Media in conjunction with FIFA. Seen around the world, it has been on the air every week since 1994, when its first show...
View ArticleScot Session: Brian Reid
On loan from the land of haggis and shortbread, Brian Reid delivers more than a decade’s worth of football experience as newly installed Coach for Global FC. He may have grown under rule by monarchy,...
View ArticleTribute to Brian Reid
When Coach Graeme left Global back in February 2012, I felt abandoned. It didn’t help that I saw the news of his resignation on the Internet. I was relatively new to football then, and he was like the...
View ArticleThe Evolution of Paolo Pascual
Looking to prove himself as a formidable goalkeeper, Paolo Pascual actually started out as a striker—a young Cebuano player who managed to make it on the rosters of both the national team and Global...
View ArticleSir Graeme Mackinnon
While planning to end my Sunday with a witty tweet, I suddenly saw Mike Limpag’s tweet about Coach Graeme. I didn’t like what I saw. I wanted to forget what I saw. It was an article entitled...
View ArticleThe Other Side of Patrick Reichelt
On one random sunny day, I approached Patrick Reichelt after I’d decided he would be the focus of my next blog entry about life at work. Asking players questions—important, silly—has become part of my...
View ArticleJerry’d Away: Going Global with Jerry Barbaso
First time football viewers will probably remember him for his hip ponytail, while old-time fans may refer to him as Global FC’s prized defender. Well, enough with the labels and vague name-calling....
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