Anyway, how does the football team’s name created, and what is the meaning of it? Maybe almost everybody wonder hearing the name ‘Azkals’. The name was laid claim nang mag-suggest ang Philippine football community online an epithet of Calle Azul, a Spanish word for Streets of Blue that referred to the team kit color, abbreviated to AzCal, and eventually, according to the defunct website of pinoysoccer that the name is in-short for ‘asong kalye’- an ever-present street dog found everywhere in most Pinoy homes.

Ang lahat ng ito ay nagsimula sa mga buwan bago nagsimula ang Southeast Asian Games sa Pilipinas, sa panahon ng tag-init taon 2005 nang dumagundong ang balita sa bansa na isang bagong lahi ng Filipino football team ang kumakatawan sa bansa para lumaban sa biennial meet. Marami sa mga tagahanga ang nalulula sa kagalakan.

Ang muling pagkabuhay ng football ay nangangahulugan ng yaman para sa mga sports-minded na mga Pilipino. Na kung saan hindi lamang magaling at nangingibabaw sa basketball, swimming, boxing, at iba pang uri ng international sports ang kakayahan ng mga Pinoy dahilan mula sa pagbuo ng malakas na kadalubhasaan para maipanalo sa international competitions.

In the 1930s, ang larong football ay isa sa mga pinakamagaling na sports team na maikukumpara sa basketball. Now the ‘Azkals’ is the Philippines Football Team that gives a total pride to the country. They are managed by the (PFF) Philippine Football Federation that stands as the international team in football category across the world. The Azkals’ German head coach named, Michael Weiss is so smart for bringing the football game alive again in the country.

For this, the Filipino people widely support the players and even followed them no matter where in part of the globe they are playing; because watching the Azkals team on their games ay talagang nagbibigay ng pagmamalaki at kaligayahan sa mga Pinoy!

Noon, ang team na ito ay hindi kasing sikat gaya ng basketball at iba pang sport games sa Plipinas, ngunit pagkatapos ng ilang mga magkakasunod- sunod na mga laro nila, tila sila ay parang naging malakas na dagundong na layunin sa bansa pagdating sa sports.

Furthermore, nang maganap ang isang kahindik-hindik na torneo kung saan nakuha ng Philippine Azkals ang 2-0 game from the defending champion, which is the Vietnam’s team last year’s ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup, and they have had grabbed the victory from the defeated team, was indeed a marvelous time for them since the Philippines Football team has never lose the opponent for more than 20 years. So, the Azkals happened to be the Twitter’s trending topic starting that period during the 2010 semi-finals of AFF.

At dahil sa pangyayaring iyon, ang mga players ng Azkals team ay naging agarang superstars for celebrity football sa bansa lalong-lalo na ng mga Younghusband brothers (Phil at James). Nang nagbalik sa Pilipinas ang team, sila ay tinanggap just like some Big stars of the World Cup football teams.

Sa 1930s, sa panahon ng World Olympics at Far Eastern Olympics, ang mga manlalaro ay nakakuha ng katanyagan at medalya kabilang na ang swimming, baseball, track at field, basketball, at ngayon, kilala at dalubhasa na rin ang koponan ng football bilang No.1 sport sa bansa ngayon.

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