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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Cioncidence by Cristina

This Rookie Of The Year Scores in Pairs

Three years ago I met [and got to photograph] Cristina de los Reyes. At that time she was a sophomore at DLSU Zobel, and a member of the RP Girls U-16 Team [coached by Ernie Nierras]. On February 16, 2009, [Monday morning] at the Ateneo Campus [during a friendly] , Cristina led her team to victory over the visiting Guam Team, by scoring two goals. {I believe the Final was [RP-2 -Guam-1]}

Almost exactly three years later [almost to the day], January 29, 2012 - the same Cristina, now a rookie for the UP Lady Maroons leads her team to victory over the Ateneo Lady Eagles, by scoring two goals too !! [pun intended].

{This time the Final is [UP-3 ADM-1] - another Lady Maroon, named Dagdag,

[pun intended too] put in UP's 3rd Goal}

A few weeks later, I heard from somebody that de los Reyes scored a pair of goals again in a UAAP match, this time vs FEU.

An interesting coincidence, if I may say so. What if I got to photograph the other pair of goals she scored in that other UP-FEU match ? That would have been very, very blogworthy - Right ? At least I have some images of the Feb.16 and Jan.29 goals.

RP Under-16 vs Guam - Feb.16, 2009

Cristina de los Reyes scores her First Goal

This photo came out at the Philippine Daily Inquirer a few days later, albeit in Black and White. The only other soccer photo of mine that came out in a daily was that of Chieffy Caligdong's goal vs Mongolia, Feb.9, 2011, World Cup Qualifying series of games. {that photo came out in a 2-page spread}