The Foundation University teams grabbed the championship in the men's division and second place in the women's division in the Futsal League Visayas Eliminations held recently in Iloilo City.

The FU teams, led by Giles Roxas, assistant university athletic director, surprised the other teams that had been lording over the others in this sport in the past years.

The FU Men's futsal team, with John Carl Tuballa, as Most Valuable Player, defeated much older and more experienced players from Sta. Barbara, Roxas City, Barotac, Jaro, Bacolod and the Central Philippines University. The CPU and FU were the only university-based futsal teams.

The Best Keeper awards also went to the two goalies of FU, Arnel Montesor for the men, and Stephanie Cayongcong for the women's division.

The   FU futsal players came in second to the Sta. Barbara team in the women's division.

Roxas said that, aside from the improved training, their athletes had been getting, their outstanding performance is the product of a new technique introduced by coach Victor Vicente Sinco, who started the team coaching technique. Five coaches agree on the strategy to be implemented by the head coach during the game.

Training has also concentrated on smaller teams playing on smaller fields. FU started its futsal program last year and was rewarded by a stunning second place finish during the First Philippine National Games held last May, losing by only two points to the Philippine team.

The national futsal games will be held in Manila in November.*RG

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