Younghusband, San Beda Score Routs In The PFF-Smart Club Championships

James Younghusband scored a hat-trick in powering Smart-San Beda FC past Bao Breakers, 6-0, as the group eliminations of the PFF-Smart Club Championships got under way last Tuesday.

James opened his blitz with a spendid left corner kick in the 34th minute, then added two more in the 49th and 52nd minutes in anchoring the charges of former national coach Aris Caslib to their first Group A victory in front of a sizeable weekday crowd at the Don Gregorio Pelaez Memorial Sports Complex here.

Vaugn Melendres headed in the icebreaker in the 24th minute for San Beda while Eliezer Fabroada (41st) and Phil Younghusband (73rd) were the team’s other scorers.

Despite the lopsided match, Caslib was dissatisfied with the form of his players, saying: “We still lack cohesion because of the long layoff and I just hope we get better as the tournament goes along.”