For the first time ever, we will see South East Asia representative from Malaysia in this year Manchester United Premier Cup.

If you never heard about this tournament before, let me tell you a little bit about this great tournament…

Manchester United Premier Cup is where some of the finest U-15s football is played as talented youngsters come up against the best of the best from around the world.

MUPC started out as a regional tournament in 1993 and has grown into one of the largest and best known football events of its kind. Over one million players have taken part, with over 9,000 teams from more than 43 countries competing this year. That’s some serious football.

In August 2010 the World Finals of the Manchester United Premier Cup will be staged in Manchester where 20 of the best U-15s teams from around the world will compete.

Some of current football superstars that have been take part in this tournament when they still young include;

1999 – Andres Iniesta ( FC Barcelona ) – Now still at FC Barcelona
1999 – Fernando Torress ( Atletico Madrid ) – Now at Liverpool FC
1999 – Robinho ( Santos ) – Now at Man City
1999 – Carlos Teves (Boca Juniors) – Now at Man City
2002 – Cesc Fabregas ( FC Barcelona ) – Now at Arsenal
2002 – Lionel Messi ( FC Barcelona ) – Now still at FC Barcelona
2005 – Rafael & Fabio ( Fluminense ) – Now at Manutd

Others including Iker Casillas, Sanderos, Xavi, Pique, Mascherano, Quaresma, Walcott and a lot more….

MSS Kedah emerged as champions of South East Asian region after beating Akademi Sepak Bola Villa from Indonesia 5-4 in penalty shootout. Before that in semi-final, they beat  Sports School Singapore 3-1.

MSS Kedah players not only conquered the MUPC throne but also managed to get Top Scorer and also the Most Valuable Player Award.

The top scorer of the tournament is Muhammad Ariff Farhan with 3 goals and the Most Valuable Player (MVP) is Muhammad Syafiq from MSS Kedah as well.

The team has certainly become the pride of Malaysian youth football and will definitely go on to compete at a high level at the World Finals. MSS Kedah will have the nation’s support and best wishes in their quest to be named as the World Manchester United Premier Cup Champions against top club such as Manchester United, FC Barcelona, PSG, FC Porto etc. Whatever the result, these young kids will get the experience of lifetime by playing against the future football genius or maybe the next world player of the year!

Complete results of MUPC ASEAN Regional Finals;

MSS Kedah (Malaysia) 3 2 1 0 3-1 7
Bangkok Glass FC (Thailand) 3 2 0 1 5-1 6
Villa 2000 (Indonesia) 3 1 0 2 2-3 3
Singapore Sport School (Singapura) 3 0 1 2 2-7 1

Match 1:
MSS Kedah 1-0 Akademi Bolasepak Villa
Singapore Sport School 0-4 Bangkok Glass FC

Match 2:
MSS Kedah 1-0 Bangkok Glass FC
Akademi Bolasepak Villa 2-1 Singapore Sport School

Match 3:
Bangkok Glass FC 1-0 Akademi Bolasepak Villa
MSS Kedah 1-1 Singapore Sport School

Semi Final:
Bangkok Glass FC    Akademi Bolasepak Villa
MSS Kedah 3-1 Singapore Sport School

Final:
MSS Kedah 5-4 Akademi Bolasepak Villa ( Penalty )

The World Finals will kick off on 4th August 2010. Check out this website for fixtures & results.