Makati Football Club’s two girls teams landed podium finishes in the recent Gothia World Youth Cup held in Gothenburg, Sweden.
The squad’s Girls 14 team put up a gallant stand before bowing to Sweden’s Kvarnsvedens IK, 7-8, via penalties after a 2-2 draw in the finale.
Kurisara Limpawanich, Makati FC’s Thai recruit, scored the lone first-half goal that put her team ahead, but Kvarnsvedens IK was able to storm back to send the match to a penalty shootout.
It was an evenly matched shootout, and Makati FC was into it until the very end, when Kvarnsvedens IK took the championship on a Thea Lohf-winning spot kick.
Makati FC’s Girls 12 team, meanwhile, settled for a third-place finish after a 1-5 defeat to United States’ FC New England in the semifinal round.
Meanwhile, Makati FC’s Boys 11 and Boys 13 squads reached the top 16 of the 47th edition of the world’s largest and most international youth football tournament.
Prior to the Gothia Cup, Makati FC previously dominated Cup No. 1 in Frederikshavn, Denmark, after all
four of its teams won the championship.
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