Filipinas to end year with friendlies

The Philippine women's football team is set to play a pair of friendly matches against Papua New Guinea in Sydney, Australia, next week as it hopes to end a historic year on a bright note and create more progress in its World Cup preparations. Filipinas coach Alen Stajcic's side will take on the Oceanian side on Dec. 11 and 15 at the training ground of the Western Sydney Wanderers Park, with a pair of notable names missing from 23 players called up to camp. "We've come so far in the last 11 months, but the few months leading to the World Cup will be even more challenging as a group," Stajcic said in a statement released by the Philippine Football Federation announcing the twin ...

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