Veteran booters upbeat on Filipinas' future as youth team gets revampedMANILA, Philippines – Philippine women's national football team mainstays Hali Long and Inna Palacios are optimistic for the team’s future even as they near the latter part of their careers with the Filipinas. "I myself didn't go through the youth here in the Philippines, but I did start at a pretty young age myself for the senior team. And for that to slowly happen — and I see it happening right now — I think the youth teams will be in very good hands," said Palacios. "What I think my advantage was going in the youth, and then to the senior national team was I had similar coaches, or coaches who have been through the same program. Stajcic and Arrarte are working from the ground up in the youth teams as they recently held tryouts in the US for young talents.

Source: Philippine Star January 26, 2023 10:57 UTC