How Filipinos Perceive Football

Note: This is based on the interview with James and Phil Younghusband from the article of Karen A. Pagsolingan of www.pep.ph

The Filipino-British players  defy the notion that "football is a high-end sport."

The older brother emphasized that "football is for all, it teaches you how to develop a healthy lifestyle, how to be a good person, discipline, how to treasure other people, and teamwork, how it can benefit you."

And they also want to correct the misconception that "football is a high-end sport."

James said, "In the Philippines, football is an elite sport. But everywhere around the world, it's considered a sport for the working person, the masses.

"In Brazil, they learn from the street, there's no equipment.

"Football is the kind of sport that you can make a goal with anything. And what we want to do in our [football academy] program is to bring football to the public and show them that football is a sport for every man.

"You don't need to be tall, you don't need to be well-to-do, things like that...and that's what we're trying to promote.

"Probably, it's time for the masses to realize that football is football."