OUT-OF-TOWN teams shone bright in the first two days of the 17th Thirsty Football Cup at the Cebu City Sports Center on Feb. 11.
Iloilo’s Ilongo United won the Players 9 and the Players 7 categories, while Masbate’s Immortals FC bagged the Girls 17 title.
Ilonggo United squeezed past Don Bosco C, 1-0, in a penalty shootout for the Players 9 title.
John Louie Rosquillo bagged MVP honors.
Ilonggo United beat Clasico De San Carlos, 3-2, for the Players 7 trophy.
Kobe Bernardo was named MVP.
On the other hand, Immortals FC beat Bohol’s Dolphins FC on goal difference to win the Girls 17 category.
Both Immortals FC and Dolphins FC finished with 13 points. Immortals FC, however, was up ahead by three points on goal difference to win the title.
Patricia Espinosa won the MVP award.
Meanwhile, Chicos United won the Women’s division with a 2-1 penalty shootout with Dumaguete City’s Futboleros. Danielle Daria won both the MVP and the Golden Boot trophies.
Warzhocks FC topped the Mix category with a 3-2 penalty shootout victory. Ynan Osorio was named MVP.
Cartet FC outlasted Immortals FC, 1-0, to win the 40-and-Above division. Harlod Buot bagged the division’s MVP trophy.
Guardian Strikers finished with an unbeaten slate to win the Girls 15 category in a League-type format.
Guardian Strikers finished with the most points with 13 points from four wins and a draw, while Cebu United ended up at second place with 10 points and beating Ondo Homes by a point in goal difference for second place.
Shine Saliz won the division’s MVP.
Bunny Pages, the president of Thirsty Juices and Shakes, was ecstatic with the return of the Thirsty Football Cup after a three-year hiatus.
“The 17th edition of the Thirsty Football Cup was supposed to happen in February 2020. Three years later, we’re happy to bring back one of the first festival-type football events in the country,” said Pages.
This year’s festival had a huge turnout with a total of 222 teams in 13 divisions. (EKA)