Cebuanos in futsal team

by Cheska D. Geli

TWO Cebuanos made it to the National Futsal Team that will face other neighboring countries in the upcoming Southeast Asian Games (SEAG).

Honey Mae Thomason and Binky Estrada are among the 15 players picked from the 30 hopefuls who tried out last March. Most players of the team are from Manila, and some are from Masbate and Bacolod.
It will be the first SEA Games appearance for the two. Thomason joined the national team last year and wasn’t able to play in the 2009 SEAG, where the team won a bronze medal, the highest achievement for a football team.

Both started playing the Bro. Mari Aberasturi of Don Bosco College.

Unlike football, Futsal uses a smaller but heavier ball that has less bounce than a regular football.