MANILA – Kaya Futbol Club-Iloilo cruised to a solo lead in the 2022-2023 Philippines Football League via a 4-1 victory over Maharlika Manila Football Club over the weekend at the PFF National Training Center in Carmona, Cavite. Eric Ben Giganto struck twice while Daizo Horikoshi and Marco Casambre added a conversion each. The Iloilo City-based booters improved to 24 points behind eight wins and two draws. Maharlika has a point after 11 games.
Horikoshi drew first blood for the Yu Hoshide-mentored Kaya Iloilo as he connected from close range at the fifth minute. Giganto doubled the lead at the 35th minute with his connection from the right flank. Just before the halftime break, Kaya-Iloilo widened the lead further to three as defender Casambre knocked down his first goal of the League as he squarely hit the header into the back of the net. Continue reading KAYA-ILOILO PREVAILS OVER MAHARLIKA MANILA IN PFL
For the first time since the onset of the pandemic, league matches will be played in several venues across the country with the Rizal Memorial Football Stadium in Manila, Biñan Football Stadium in Biñan, Laguna, City of Imus Grandstand in Imus, Cavite, and the PFF National Training Center in Carmona, Cavite as the initial match venues. Additionally, the league, through the initiative of the clubs, will hold select matches at the Dynamic Herb Sports Complex in Cebu, the New Clark City Stadium in Pampanga, and the Iloilo Sports Complex in Iloilo.