Over 8,000 flag-waving fans bore witness to history on Sunday night at the Rizal Memorial Stadium, when the Philippine women’s national football team cemented their status as the best in the region.
The Filipinas steamrolled Thailand, 3-0, in the final of the 2022 AFF Women’s Championship to win their first ever major trophy, the latest achievement in a year that has been filled with them.
For the members of the team, this latest feat was all the more special because it took place on home soil, in front of a packed crowd that cheered their every move and sang for them in frenzied moments of the match.
The Filipinas had clinched a World Cup berth in February in the AFC Women’s Asian Cup in India, then won a bronze medal in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam. To lift a trophy — their first ever — in front of over 8,000 fans was a feeling they won’t soon forget.
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