MALOLOS CITY—It is now final, FutBulakenyos Football Club is the inaugural season champion of the Central Luzon Football League (CLFL).
During a brief awarding ceremony at Trader’s Hotel in Subic Bay Freeport on Saturday night, the Bulakenyos was handed the Sinukuan perpetual trophy which will be at stake again in the next season.
This came after FutBulakenyos prevailed over Pampanga FC, 9-1, in Saturday’s double header at the Remy Field in Subic Bay Freeport and kept its unblemished 6-0 win-loss record.
The Bulakenyos’ relentless charge was led by Larry Ramos who scored six goals, the highest individual score in any game during the CLFL inaugural season that started last May 20.
A Bachelor of Science in Sports student at the Bulacan State University (BulSU), Ramos received the Golden Boot Award during the awarding ceremonies. He scored a total of 12 goals in six games.
FutBulakenyos’ coach Emmanuel Robles said the game has no bearing in the championship as they clinched it as early as July 1 when they scored a come-from- behind 3-2 victory against Lighthouse Amihan FC of Olongapo City, also at Remy Field.
“We already made history as the inaugural champion of the CLFL, but we want to show everybody every game, whether it is non-bearing game, we still have to play our best,” Robles said.
The said game went on despite heavy rainfall, leaving some player sliding on the rain-drenched field.
In the second game, the much younger Lighthouse Amihan FC defeated Tarlac FC 7-3.
Like in the previous games, Lighthouse Amihan stacked up goals with Tarlac FC failing to match up.
Lighthouse Amihan’ Edriel Tagaan was chosen as the Best Goalkeeper of the inaugural season of the CLFL.
For the next season of the CLFL, a Futsal or indoor football competition is being organized.
John Bayarong of the Lighthouse Amihan said at least 10 teams are expected to join in the Futsal competition which, he added, fits well into rainy season of the CLFL.
The CLFL was conceived in January when Bayarong, Robles and Christian De Ocampo of Tarlac FC met in Olongapo City to address the need to organize a local football league in order to further popularize the sports to discover and develop new athletes in the region.
