THE tweaking of lineups has started in the United Football League with teams releasing some players on Sunday ahead of the opening of league play on Saturday at the Emperador Stadium in Mckinley Hill.
Defending champion Stallion, already left without stars Rufo Sanchez, Joaco Cañas, Lee Joo Young, and Lee Won Hyung, has continued to curiously overhaul its championship squad, choosing to drop key cogs Bo Bae Park, Diego Barrera, Hector Zaghi, and Gui Hasegawa.
Runner-up Global has released defender Carlos Guisso and Filipino-Dutch Azkal Paul Mulders, while transferring Ed Sacapaño back to mother squad Philippine Army.
Chad Gould, who had been a vital part in Loyola Meralco’s breakthrough title run in the recent UFL Cup, is the Sparks’ most notable loss, as well as Guamanian international Jonah Romero, who is expected to draw interest after hardly seeing action in the knockout tournament.
Kaya, for its part, has dropped Saba Garmaroudi, who had been the team’s first-choice goalkeeper, along with Danilo de Jong, national team standout Jason’s younger brother, who returns to the Netherlands after being unable to live up to his potential.
Green Archers United and PSG cut defenders Jake Hugo and Jamil Muncada, respectively. Hugo, a member of the Archers’ backline, has been transferred to Philippine Air Force.
Matthew Uy completes the list of most notable drops in the top tier after the former national team player was released by Division 1 newcomer Socceroo.
Complete list:
Division 1:
Global FC
GUISSO, Ange Marius Tressor (11-013)
MULDERS, Paul (13-164)
SACAPAÑO, Eduard (11-162) - Player Transfer Certificate issued to Phil. Army FC
SHAW, James (13-318)
Green Archers United FC
GARCIA, Miguel Angel (11-027)
HUGO, Jake (11-293)
SCHNEIDER, Powell (13-201)
Kaya FC
BAGINSKI, Scott Justin (13-167)
DAVIDSON, Mitchell Neil (13-168)
DE JONG, Danilo Pascale Jolly (13-169) - not free to sign
GARMAROUDI, Saba Sadeghi (11-055)
LEWIS, Fabien (13-106)
Loyola FC
DE RAMA, Aaron Rozzell Junior (12-221)
GOULD, Chad Edward (12-212)
PARK, Min Ho (12-214)
ROMERO, Jonahan Anthony (11-065)
Pachanga Diliman FC
OCAMPO, Alvin Rafael (13-338)
ROY, Juan Miguel (12-156)
Pasargad FC
ATAEI, Reza (13-027) - not free to sign
CRUZ, Joshua Noel (12-128)
KARAMI, Amin Douliskan (13-114)
MUNCADA, Jamille (12-131)
NELSON, Michael Anthony (12-244)
ORCULLO, Jerome (12-432)
RAVELO, Celestino Robert (12-126)
Phil. Army FC
VILLARUEL, Rommel (11-169)
Stallion FC
BARRERA, Diego (13-116)
DOROMAL, Reynan (13-195)
GORDON, Benjamin (13-196)
HASEGAWA, Guilherme (12-300)
PARK, Bo Bae (12-039)
PAVONE, Paolo Alessio (13-345)
PETTYS. Charles (13-346)
TORRES BENITEZ, Carlos (13-202)
ZAGHI, Hector (11-647)
ZAMORA, Cesar (13-347)
Team Socceroo FC
CHIO, Dexter Jae (13-348)
DA SILVA, Jonathas (13-349)
OBIANG, Alex (11-587)
UY, Matthew Christopher (12-200)
Division 2:
Agila FC
BHAT, Shwetank (13-239)
BIÑAS, Kevin Regan (13-230)
Cebu Queen City United FC - will not participate in the 2013/14 UFL League
Cimarron FC
LEE, Yong Seok (13-309)
SOLTANI, Mehdi (13-032)
VALERIO, Solomon (11-332)
Dolphins United FC
BARITUGO, Rex Ares (13-088) - not free to sign
CABALLERO, John Reginald (12-190)
CALAWOD, Ronnie (13-203) - not free to sign
CLEMENTE, Timothy Titus (11-202) - not free to sign
NAYYEF MNAWER, Saleh (13-207) - not free to sign
PABIA, Oliver (13-090) - not free to sign
TABA, Kami (13-313) - not free to sign
TRANSPORTO, June (11-219) - not free to sign
Forza FC
CELDRAN, Luis Miguel (11-024)
ROMERO-SALAS, Enrique (11-039)
Laos FC
UBIAM, Okoro Ugochukwu (11-597)
VILLARINO, Joseph Jino (13-222)
Manila All-Japan FC
FARIÑAS, Rizaldy (13-324)
ITO, Yoshinori (11-244)
NAKAGAWA, Yusuke (12-284)
OKEYUI, Brian (11-251)
SALAZAR, Deney (12-089)
SHOGAMI, Takuro (13-329)
SORONGON, Mark Evans (11-594) - Player Transfer Certificate issued to Kaya FC
YAGI, Masahiko (12-178)
Nomads FC
BORRILL, Steven Robert (11-097)
CREMET, Camille Adrien (13-010)
EL HABIB, Bahaeldin Elzari Ibrahim (11-509)
FOGG, Samuel Robert (11-102)
LLORENTE, Ruffy (11-057)
MAGASSA, Bafio (13-011)
SKOULOS, Alex (13-183)
WEIDMAR, Martin (13-184)
WILLIAMS, Daniel Stephen (11-118)
Phil. Navy FC
AGBAYO, Daniel (13-340)
ASPA, Rogelio Jr. (13-341)
CORONEL, Michael Ritz (13-227)
GUNDA, Rachy (13-156)
SATURINAS, Mark (11-540)
SOMOZA, Norman (13-228)
VANZEKIN, Friday Imonah (13-037)
Union Internacional Manila FC
ANGELES, Marvin Janwer (11-503)
BEHGANDOM, Milad (12-127)
HAJIMAHDI, Hamed (12-129)
NORBERT, Eric (12-314)
PASCUAL, Jose Paolo (11-017)
SHEEHAN, Alexander (11-569)
SUTCLIFFE, Charlie (11-571
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