THERE IS no better way to end a trying season than by sweeping your arch nemesis. It was a Blue Booter squad playing with a lot of heart and a strong desire to win that got the Ateneo men’s football team a convincing 1-0 victory against archrivals the De La Salle Green Archers last February [...]
IN THEIR second to the last game of Season 74 last February 15, the Ateneo men’s football team was not only playing to win, but playing for school pride. The Far Eastern University Tamaraws, however, spoiled a potential home victory for the bottom-ranked Blue Booters, with the visiting team scoring both its goals in the [...]
THE BLUE Booters fell to the UE Red Warriors with a score of 0-1 on February 9 at the Ateneo college field. Payback was sweet for the Morayta-based squad as they avenged their 0-1 loss to Ateneo in the first round. Similar to their previous loss to UP, the Blue Booters conceded a goal late [...]
Coaching changes mark a new era for Ateneo football.
“Malas.” This was the adjective used by head coach Jay-Pee Merida in his post-game message to sum up a heartbreaking 0-1 loss for the Blue Booters against UP last February 5 at the Ateneo High School football field. Despite an impressive team effort by Ateneo, the Fighting Maroons clinched victory when veteran midfielder Nii Ayi [...]
Pregame Analysis Halfway through the UAAP Season 74 Football Tournament, the Ateneo Blue Booters sit at fourth place with a 2-3 record—the most promising start for the men’s football team since Season 70, when Ateneo lost to FEU in pursuit of a fourth straight title. Five games into Season 74, the men’s team has made [...]
The Ateneo Blue Booters ended the first round of UAAP Season 74 with a surprising 1-0 victory over De La Salle University (DLSU) last Sunday, January 29 at the Ateneo High School football field. After a bitter 3-1 defeat at the hands of FEU, an incomplete Loyola squad came into the match looking for a [...]
WHAT STARTED out as a commendable first half performance for the Blue Booters was quickly erased within seven minutes—the amount of time between the two goals scored by the UST Growling Tigers in the second half. After the final whistle, UST secured the win with a 0-2 score in their first meeting against Ateneo this [...]
MANY SAY that the scars of the past are better buried and forgotten, but the strength and humility to face the past, and learn from it, prepares one for the future. With revitalized spirits and renewed direction, the Blue and Lady Booters look forward to a challenging UAAP football season after two years of placing [...]
UNFAVORABLE WEATHER conditions last September and October have delayed the construction of the Moro Lorenzo field by 51 days. Sporadic and heavy rainfall transformed the ground into thick globs of mud, causing the bulldozers of construction firm Netforce International Incorporated to sink or get stuck in the mud. Consequently, the project is stalled at 12.35% [...]
Team Ateneo sits at third in the UAAP General Championship race.
THE AIR was heavy with defeat as somber expressions replaced the infectious cheerfulness of the Blue and Lady Paddlers. Such an ending to the season was not what the Ateneo teams envisioned for season 74 of the UAAP Table Tennis tournament. The four-day regular season featuring two rounds of play in two consecutive weekends kicked [...]
Erenchun no more—Ateneo’s largest field gets a major upgrade.
WHEN THE first Olympic Games took place in Olympia in 776 BC, little did the ancient Greeks realize that it was the birth of an eternal tradition—one that would unite nations and call men and women to stand together as one in the name of sports. In the midst of a torrential downpour, the Philippines [...]
One cabinet is not enough to fit all the championship trophies and individual awards these rookies have accumulated throughout the years, and having joined the Lady Eagles this summer, they’re looking to add more to their collection. More than six years have passed and the sweet taste of champagne has eluded the streets of Katipunan. [...]
THIS UAAP Season 74 banners a theme that is very typically Atenean
When former Blue Booter Head Coach Ompong Merida resigned from the team at the end of a winless UAAP Season 73 campaign, the Merida Era in Ateneo football came to a halt—or so everyone thought. Jay Pee Merida, Ompong’s nephew, has been appointed as the new head coach of the Men’s Football Team. Open tryouts [...]
Ateneo has something up its sleeves for the UAAP opening.