The Philippine Women’s Under-20 and Under-17 national teams are set to conduct talent identification sessions this coming January 2023.
The tryout sessions mark the start of both team’s preparations for several international competitions scheduled for 2023.
The first tryout sessions will be in the United States from 20-22 January 2023 followed by tryout sessions in the Philippines in the later part of January 2023.
The PHI Women’s U20 National Team will be competing in the following competitions: AFC U20 Women’s Asian Cup 2024 Qualifiers Round 1 on 04-12 March 2023 in Laos and Round 2 on 03-11 June 2023, and the AFF U19 Women’s Championship on 01-19 July 2023 in Indonesia.
Similarly, the PHI Women’s U17 National Team will compete in the JENESYS Football Tournament on 16-24 March 2023 in Japan, the AFC U17 Women’s Asian Cup 2024 Qualifiers Round 1 on 22-30 April 2023 in Guam, and Round 2 on 16-24 September, and the AFF U16 Girls’ Championship 2023 on 01-19 August 2023 in Indonesia.
PFF is looking for female players born on the following age categories to be part of the U20 and U17 women’s national teams:
| Under-20/Under-19 Women’s | Born between 01 January 2004 and 31 December 2008 |
| Under-17/Under-16 Girls | Born between 01 January 2007 and 31 December 2009 |
The United States tryouts are scheduled on the following dates:
| 20 January 2023 (Friday) | 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM | Dignity Health Sports Park Field 7 and Parking Lot 16, Carson, California, USA |
| 21 January 2023 (Saturday) | 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM | |
| 22 January 2023 (Sunday) | 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM |
Meanwhile, the schedule of the Philippine tryouts are as follows:
| Thursday, January 26, 2023 | 7:00 AM - 11:00 AM | PFF National Training Centre, Carmona, Cavite |
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| Friday, January 27, 2023 | 7:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Tionko Field, Davao City |
| Saturday, January 28, 2023 | 7:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Dynamic HERB Stadium, Cebu City |
PFF invites all eligible women’s players to join in the tryouts with player requirements as follows:
- Signed and accomplished Consent and Waiver Form (for players 18 years old and above) or signed and accomplished
- Parental Consent and Waiver Form (for players below 18 years old);
- Signed and accomplished Child Safeguarding Forms – Code of Conduct, Medical Checklist, Heads Up – Concussion and
- Social Media Consent Forms;
- Copy of photo (headshot on white background, taken in the last three months);
- Copy of valid Philippine passport;
- Copy of birth certificate;
- Copy of vaccine certificate/card; and
- Accomplished player questionnaire.
Links to the requirements are available online: PHI U17/U16 Girls National Team and PHI U20/U19 Women’s National Team
Players must submit the above-mentioned requirements to [email protected] on or before 15 January 2023 for the United States tryouts applicants and 16 January 2023 for Philippine tryouts applicants.
