{"id":212685,"date":"2015-10-19T06:00:52","date_gmt":"2015-10-18T20:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=212685"},"modified":"2015-10-19T06:00:52","modified_gmt":"2015-10-18T20:00:52","slug":"teen-ayuyus-work-on-3-pointers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/teen-ayuyus-work-on-3-pointers\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen Ayuyus work on 3 pointers"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the East Asian Football Federation Boys U13 Festival 2015 nears, the CNMI training pool is focusing on three factors that would decide the Commonwealth\u2019s fate in next month\u2019s event in Guam.<\/p>\n

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Players who join the tryout for the CNMI U13 National Team perform drills during a training session at the Oleai Sports Complex Field early this month. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Head coach Jersh Angeles said the 25 members of the training pool are instructed to master their individual skills, get used to pressure always, and keep the game\u2019s pace.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the last few weeks, we are working on improving their individual skills\u2014passing, dribbling, and ball control. We want them to be confident every time they have the ball. After playing in Laos and Thailand (Asian Football Confederation qualifiers), we noticed that our players were not that confident when they had possession so they were forced to kick the ball out or give it up quickly,\u201d said Angeles, who has been leading the pool\u2019s training session for the last two weeks with the help of Northern Mariana Islands Football Association technical director Kiyoshi Sekiguchi.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they are confident in handling every possession and have mastered their individual skills, we will have more opportunity to attack,\u201d added Angeles, who will be assisted by Chelsea FC Soccer School Hong Kong\u2019s Takemoto Suzuki.<\/p>\n

Angeles also said members of the pool must always be ready to handle pressure.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if you do not have the ball yet, expect the defense to get to you quickly and be ready for defenders who will put pressure on you. Every possession is a battle and there will always be pressure, whether you are playing offense or defense,\u201d the coach said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd when there is pressure, you always expect the game to be fast-paced, so our players must keep up with that. Speed is the name of the game and they must sustain their pace and be mentally prepared for changes in the pace of each match.\u201d<\/p>\n

So far, Angeles is training 25 members of the pool and the number will be down to 18 after this week\u2019s training.<\/p>\n

The players who made the initial cut from 50 aspirants were Tan Holdings Football Club\u2019s Mark Esalan, Thaipi Austria, John Michael Roxas, Angelo Bergancia, Floyd Muna, siblings Taka and Ichiro Borja, and Kirro Batino; Kanoa FC\u2019s Kirt Andon, Angelo Ada, Sebastien Manabat, Ian Maniago, and Jhoey Noble; Matansa FC\u2019s Lolo Benito, Reginald Pascual, Glenn Basillo, Justin Achas, and Raseff Altamirano; MP United FC\u2019s Eunsyn Hahn, Jon VIllagomez, Jason Quiamzon, and David Meyers Jr; and Paire FC\u2019s Kaden Church and Blake Mister. Guam-based Edward Joon Cho rounds out the list.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the training pool has some talented players. The EAFF U13 festival will be one of the opportunities to know how much we could do,\u201d Sekiguchi said when asked about the composition of the pool in a separate interview with Saipan Tribune last weekend.<\/p>\n

In the EAFF event, which will run from Nov. 7 to 11, the Teen Ayuyus will be playing against Chinese-Taipei, North Korea, Macau, Hong Kong, Mongolia, and host Guam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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