March 21, 2015 Loyola Meralco FC 1, Global FC 0 @ Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines

Saturday March 21, 2015

Loyola Meralco FC 1, Global FC 0
@ Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines 2:15 pm
United Football League (Philippines)

All photos by Kokoy.

Kokoy Severino has coached junior high school soccer in the public school system of the Greater Houston area for 21 years. He holds a National Youth Diploma from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, two coaching certifications from the United States Soccer Federation, and a Master in Educational Leadership degree from the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. His research focuses on the relationship between interscholastic competitive soccer and the academic success of at-risk students. He returns regularly to his native country of the Philippines and conducts soccer training sessions for economically disadvantaged youths. He has most recently been the Head Coach at Hyde Park School in Austin, Texas where he established the first middle school soccer program the school's history in 2015.

Kokoy loves to travel and document soccer matches through photographs in his native country of the Philippines, his adopted home state of Texas, and other parts of the world.

Check out Kokoy’s Travels.

Check out Coach Kokoy's blog about implementing the beautiful game as an academic and social-emotional intervention at an inner-city junior high school for new immigrants to the United States - Coach Kokoy's Las Americas Soccer Blog.