Paulino Alcántara Riestrá was a professional football player and manager who played as a forward. Born in the Philippines, he spent most of his playing career at Barcelona, and also represented Catalonia, the Philippines and Spain internationally.
Micah Lincoln Richards is an English football pundit and former professional player who played as a right-back.
Evair Aparecido Paulino, simply known as Evair, is a retired Brazilian footballer. Evair played for several clubs throughout his career; he is most famous for his time with Palmeiras, where he recorded 125 goals, making him the seventh all-time top scorer for the club. He also made a significant contribution to Vasco da Gama, helping the club win the Brazilian Série A title in 1997.
The Houston Astros' 2009 season is the 48th season for the franchise in the National League in Houston, Texas and their 10th season at Minute Maid Park. The Houston Astros attempted to win the NL Central for the fifth time, but failed.
The Niagara Purple Eagles men's soccer team is the men's college soccer team that represent Niagara University and competes in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) of NCAA Division I. The Purple Eagles play their home games at Niagara Field on the campus of Niagara University. The team colors are purple PMS 268 and white.
Anthony Paulino is a Guamanian international footballer, who currently plays for the Washington Huskies soccer team.
The Philippine Peace Cup was a four-nation international football competition organized by the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) which involves the national teams of the Philippines and three invitees. The inaugural edition took place in 2012, replacing the annual Long Teng Cup which the Philippines has been participants since its inception. The tournament also takes place around September to celebrate peace month in the Philippines.
Micah Lea'alafa is a Solomon Islands professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for FK Beograd and captains the Solomon Islands national team.
Micah Aaron Parsons is an American football outside linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). Parsons played college football at Penn State, where he was named a consensus All-American, the Butkus–Fitzgerald Linebacker of the Year, and the Cotton Bowl Defensive MVP as a sophomore in 2019, before being drafted by the Cowboys in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft. Parsons was named the NFL's Defensive Rookie of the Year following the 2021 season.
The 2018 Copa Paulino Alcantara was the first edition of the Copa Paulino Alcantara, the domestic football cup competition of the Philippines. The competition started on September 1, 2018 and concluded on October 27, 2018, with Kaya–Iloilo winning the inaugural tournament after defeating Davao Aguilas 1–0 in extra time.
The Copa Paulino Alcantara, also known as the PFL Cup, is an annual football tournament in Philippines, sanctioned by the Philippine Football Federation. The cup's first iteration began on September 1, 2018. It replaced the PFF National Men's Club Championship and the UFL Cup as the country's top domestic cup tournament.
Teagan Jade Micah is an Australian international soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for the Australia women's national soccer team and FC Rosengård in Sweden's Damallsvenskan.
The Azkals Development Team, commonly referred to as ADT, is a Philippine developmental football club that competes in the Philippines Football League.
The 2022–23 Philippines Football League, also known as The Philippines Football League brought to you by Qatar Airways for sponsorship reasons, is the fifth season of Philippines Football League (PFL), the professional football league of the Philippines. This is the second season of the PFL under the sponsorship of Qatar Airways. The season started on August 7, 2022, and will conclude in May 2023, marking the first time during the Philippines Football League era that a season takes place over two years rather than just one. The league is contested by seven teams, the most since the 2019 season, which played each other four times during the season. Each team will play 24 matches in total, the most since the 2019 season.
The 2021 Copa Paulino Alcantara was the third edition of the Copa Paulino Alcantara, the domestic football cup competition of the Philippines. United City won the previous edition in 2019, but withdrew from the 2021 edition. Kaya–Iloilo won their second title by defeating the Azkals Development Team 1–0 in the final. All matches were played at the PFF National Training Center in Carmona, Cavite.
The 2022 Copa Paulino Alcantara was the fourth edition of the Copa Paulino Alcantara, the domestic football cup competition of the Philippines. The 2022 edition marked the first time since the 2019 Copa Paulino Alcantara that matches are not held in a "bubble format", and also the first season in more than two years that allowed spectators to watch the matches, all of which are held at the PFF National Training Center in Carmona, Cavite. The final saw United City grab a narrow 3–2 win over defending champions Kaya–Iloilo in the highest-scoring final to date. As a result, United City won their second Copa title. They last won the title in the 2019, as Ceres–Negros.
Micah McFadden is an American football linebacker for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Indiana.
Micah Alexander Abernathy is an American football free safety for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Tennessee, and originally signed with the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 2019. He has also played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Indianapolis Colts, and Green Bay Packers of the NFL, the Dallas Renegades of the XFL, and the Houston Gamblers of the United States Football League (USFL).
The 2023 Copa Paulino Alcantara will be the fifth edition of the Copa Paulino Alcantara, the domestic football cup competition of the Philippines. The 2023 edition marks the second time that the cup includes non-PFL teams, with the first being the inclusion of the Philippines U22 as a guest team in 2019. The Philippine Football Federation intends to invite nine guest teams, aside from the 2022–23 Philippines Football League participants, to raise the total number of teams to 16. Included in the list were Davao Aguilas, who had previously finished as runners-up in the 2018 Copa Paulino Alcantara, and Cagayan de Oro Rapids, who had backed out of participating in the 2022–23 PFL season due to club licensing issues.
