UFL Youth kicks off Saturday

UFL Youth kicks off Saturday

The United Football League Youth will kick off at 9:30am on Saturday, April 27, at the Emperador Stadium.

The opening was delayed for a week pending the sanctioning by the National Capital Region Football Association.

Over 1,600 participants will comprise the various Youth League teams in the Under-9, Under-11, Under-13, Under-15, Under-17, and Under-19 divisions. All the divisions will compete in a single round robin format. The finals will be played by June.

The different teams come from the youth systems of UFL clubs Global, Loyola, Kaya, Pachanga, Pasargad, Nomads, Green Archers United, Army, Team Socceroo, Forza, Agila, Union, Dolphins, and Manila All-Japan.

The UFL Youth games will be played at the Emperador Stadium, Ascom, Evia, Nuvali, and the University of Makati.

Said Football Alliance official Ramon Garcia, “In the spirit of our two associations common interest in club football, its development in harmony with those involved, and in our desire to promote the principle of solidarity, cooperation, all stakeholders of the NCRFA, the NCR Youth Football Clubs Association and the United Football Clubs Association have formalized our cooperation through a memorandum of understanding to work towards establishing an effective and stable framework that will ensure a bright future for club football.