Fung Bros' pinoy accent impersonation never fails to make me laugh 😄

It only became an issue because the Filipinas won over New Zealand. It was never an issue when they lost to Switzerland.

As a half Filipino whose Filipina mom left this world in 2019, I have been finding within myself to be more connected to my Filipino side ever since, including taking up Filipino martial arts. If I had an opportunity to represent my mom's home country in a sport I excelled at, I would 101% take the opportunity

When I saw Hali Long cry while singing the national anthem and Sarah Eggesvik tear up while interview, I have no doubt that they carry the Philippines in their heart and really feel as Filipinas. You cant get so far as a team from a newcomer country if there is no real sense of nationality behind it

This is the result of Philippine diaspora. They have Filipino blood running in their veins. And they are willing and passionate to represent the country. Thats what all matters. Congrats! Laban Filipinas ❤

As Korean/Japanese-American, I'm just happy for the Philippines on their first victory.

Citizenship in the Philippines is based on "Jus Sanguini ", meaning by blood... ergo if your parents are Filipino, you qualify to be a Filipino. while in other countries like the USA, citizenship is based on " Jus Solis ". If you are born in the US, you automatically acquire US citizenship.

Their Mothers are Filipina, and they are half blood filipina and had a dual-Citizenship, so nothing wrong about that if they want to represent their Mothers homeland.

We bearly have a soccer program in the Ph so now you looking for Filipinas to play? These players want to play for the Philippines and celebrate the part of their culture, so let them and celebrate them. They even sang the National anthem and cried afterwards (watch Hali Long). Good luck on the next game Team Filipinas

They are only called, "American" when they win, otherwise..if they lose they nobody but Filipino OFW that will never amount to nothing. People won't even put that "American" ethnicity title on there if they lose. Now they surprised a win over NZ, they are being called American, the irony. These girls been to this type of bashing representing the Phil during the AFC championship, now the WC, nothing new with bashers but same same bitter misery. God bless these Filipinas girls. Wish them the best, keep winning more matches just to see the hater suffocate of vinenagirness.

50% is not slightly Filipino. At least one parent is Filipino for some of them. Some were just born in the US but 100% Filipino parents. Note that lots of Mexican players are the same. Also other countries like New Zealand. This is a non issue. They have the right to play for Philippines and have chosen to do so.

If you loss the game, nobody ask you, who you are.....but if you win, thousands of questioned about their nationality......just ask this questions to FIFA governing body......

It's "go back to your country" in the streets and then it's "your American, why aren't your representing America?" In the comments section 😂

In the World Baseball Classic the Italian National team was made up of Italian Americans and Israel's National team was made up of Jewish Americans.

Filipinos can be good at football. In fact, before Messi, the all-time top scorer in FC Barcelona's history is a Filipino.

The Philippines was a colonial country for centuries. It started from the merchant Spaniards, Americans, Japanese, Chinese. It’s hard to find one 100% Filipino. I myself am Aussie-Filo, based here in New Zealand. But, I dont look a moreno Filo, as what most of the world knows about the Philippines. I speak with thick Aussie accent, I am 183cm tall, with very fair skin & grey-blue eyes.But I trace my roots back in the Phils. There are even players in 🇮🇪🇳🇿🇺🇸 who are also half-half. Oh by the way, I forgot to mention, I speak English & Filipino, got dual language. That alone I reckon is great, coz most of my childhood mates back in Melbourne would only speak English, that’s it. I am thankful I have a second language and not just English. It makes me flexible, especially when I’m back in the 🇵🇭.

For me having a multi national heritage is a privilege.

Filipinos are all over the world. The Filipino culture are way more diverse. I myself is a half Filipino blood and half Taiwanese, my Dad is Filipino and my Mom is Taiwanese. I consider myself more of Filipino blood than Taiwanese descent, eventhough I was born and raced in Taiwan.

Passport bros would be shocked if they find out that alot of the girls in the team has filipino dads and white/latina/black mom

Not being able to speak Tagalog is not a barrier to beibg a Filipino. Not many Filipinos speak Tagalog, only their native dialect.

Doesnt matter.Did the French questions Zidane and team mates when they won the world cup?Watch them sing the Philippine National Anthem before the match!

Joel Embiid will play for France and he doesn't have a drop of French blood

It 's not a slight heritage! Bcoz their mothers are Filipino! Therefore, They're half Filipino!

We embrace them fully and celebrate their success. These girls chose to sacrifice their time and resources to represent the 🇵🇭. It took them so much effort to qualify. ❤

Americans of just SLIGHTLY Filipino descent?? Excuse me. One of their parents is pure Filipino born & raised in the Philippines. So that's make them at least 50% Filipino. Half-Filipino and half-other nationality. And for ur info, most of them are not actually of American descent. They just happend to live and work there. Bcoz one of their parents is either a Mexican, Canadian, Polish, Norwegian, French and Aussie. And why make a fuzz out of it? Even super strong teams like USA & France have foreign breed players in their line ups. USA has half-European breed players. France has half-African breed players. So why can't Philippines have foreign breed Filipinos in their line up? Why feel bitter about it? As long as they have Filipino blood and Philippine passport, they can represent our country. That's all that matters.

These Filipinas Team sang the National song with pride. They are filipinos 1/8,1/2,1/4.. it doesnt matter.. Meanwhile , the USWNT some of them wont put their hand on the their chest and wont even sing the national team..

As a Fil-Am born in the Philippines, I know damn well that we don't care for soccer. Lol. It's just exciting to make this far but this whole dialogue of how this is indicative of the Filipino diaspora sounds secondary to me. If this was basketball or amateur boxing on the other hand, you know for sure that we'd care.

It doesn't matter guys what ever people say it's only a comment we want the fillipino team go up ND up shows the whole world you can do it I love ❤️ the goal keeper ❤️ she is so beautiful

Importing people isn't all it is... There are mostly half-Filipinos among them. Living and working around the globe and getting married to foreigners are part of our culture now. They play and represent the country very well... They have Filipino blood... The heart, values and spirit of Filipinos. It doesn't matter where they were born or where they live.

They/we are Filipino. We have a diaspora, we are almost incentivized to leave by situation or circumstances. But their parents are still Filipino and by DNA they are still Pinoy too.

Soccer is popular in haciendas in the Philippines, like Bacolod. Maybe because there’s more land and hacienderos are of Spanish descent. As for basketball, Filos just put a ring by the roadside and they can already play. It’s the game for the hoods because of space limitations too.

First off is since I'm a "halfie" myself both of Filipino and Black American descent and yes I do have an upclose and personal understanding of the culture of the Philippines as my mother was Visayan from the Cebu area. Item#1 ; when the Spanish were ousted from the Philippines the American military took its opportunity to move in on the country. One of the points brought up was but the American born soccer players of Philippine descent although they may be at least half-Filipina but they can't speak The Language" . There are at least 200 dialects just in the Visayas alone. And not known to most even Filipino nationals is the reason while it's not something that's a given that someone of another culture has a 80% chance of speaking their mother tongue say as if one is Chinese or Chinese-American it's not like the Americans came into China and disallowed say Cantonese or Sezchuan to be spoken IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY broadly speaking now as it had happened in the Philippines. Their are many instances where I had noted that here in America the Fil-Am as we are collectively referred to as are mainly not proficient or can even understand the language or even any dialect of the Philippines because of what the Americans had perpetrated in the early 20th century in regards to that generation of Filipinos. None of my siblings have a clue of the dialect or language as we were not availed of that part of the culture because of the aforementioned suffered upon the earlier generation. Second is the surreptitious mentioning of the fact that these Fil-Ams were of mainly Black American mixture. I guess that none of the panel realizes the fact that the only true Filipino is a Black one. The Aboriginal peoples of all S.E.Asia are Black. Chinas' recurrent dynasties had changed that landscape before the Spanish colonial period added its' mark specifically in the Philippines. Anybody heard of a Filipino national being of Chinese Meztiso descent😮? Same as a Spanish Meztiso. Word has it the new category is "American Meztiso " for the proliferation of the Filipinas marrying and having children by "Americans" of European descent. As it's known that it certainly doesn't hurt to lighten up the skin tone to perpetuate a certain level of upward mobility one should realize right? We have the Aboriginal Black in our familys bloodline and you wouldn't know this but during the American occupation the American people referred to Filipinos as the ni**ers of Asia and treated them of that period as such. And there you have it in a nutshell about Philippine history and culture. These ladies must have talent for if it were otherwise we wouldn't be seeing them out on the field for one reason or another.

When in basketball Filipinos are happy to have Jordan Clarkson as a national team player even though his grandpa/ma are Filipino And these football player's mothers are Filipinas Isn't it weird why some Filipinos got angry when filipinas are "foreign players" But almost alot of national basketball Filipino players are born outside Philippines and some are half Filipino 😂😂😂

It's the Internationalism and immigration of the world now that is making this a issue to address or talk about. There are more mix race and immigration now, so there is a increase in half races or raised in one country but immigrated from another. Thus making this interesting issues/topic that was never a problem before. Especially the Philippine where a large number leave the country for work or marriage or just to immigrate and live somewhere else. It just increases the number of half or heritage Filipinos. Like we always say "Filipinos are everywhere". And alot of overseas Filipinos marry outside their race or culture. (I consider my wife to have done that, she married an American and I am to a large degree Ameircanized ) Background, I am filipino-american(full blooded though both parents and ancestry full filipino). My wife is Filipino, immigrated here when 4 year back when she was 30.

It’s not slight heritage. They are half Filipino and half American.

Philippines used to dominate football in Asia before Americans systemically replaced it with baseball, basketball and pageants.

We dont care what people saying about our pwft as long they have pinoy blood flowing in their vein and heart to fight in oir country we dont care we still.proud of them

ARTICLE IV Citizenship SECTION 1. The following are citizens of the Philippines: (1) Those who are citizens of the Philippines at the time of the adoption of this Constitution; (2) Those whose fathers or mothers are citizens of the Philippines; (3) Those born before January 17, 1973, of Filipino mothers, who elect Philippine citizenship upon reaching the age of majority; and (4) Those who are naturalized in accordance with law. SECTION 2. Natural-born citizens are those who are citizens of the Philippines from birth without having to perform any act to acquire or perfect their Philippine citizenship. Those who elect Philippine citizenship in accordance with paragraph (3), Section 1 hereof shall be deemed natural-born citizens. SECTION 3. Philippine citizenship may be lost or reacquired in the manner provided by law. SECTION 4. Citizens of the Philippines who marry aliens shall retain their citizenship, unless by their act or omission they are deemed, under the law, to have renounced it. SECTION 5. Dual allegiance of citizens is inimical to the national interest and shall be dealt with by law. Philippine constitution

At least these players can say & have Philippines/Filipino decent/heritage unlike what you just said like in some European countries who are now having more & more Black athletes. But actually for all you guys who don't know The U.S had been recruiting more like the Mens national soccer team because you might not know but actually have many German recruits/from Germany.

THE FILIPINAS - THE PHILIPPINE TEAM WON !!! NO IFS AND BUTS . . THEY JUST WON PERIOD . . . MABUHAY TEAM FILIPINAS !!!

I think it's not a problem.. Wesley Barbossa So, a 3 time US chess champion was born and raised in the Philippines and has now been representing United States since 2013

I think it's alright to have heritage players go play in their ancestral country as we've seen done in the WBC and in world cup soccer as some players of Mexican heritage choose to play for Mexico and likewise in basketball and softball.Overall, I would be more in favor of playing in your birth country and the country you were primarily raised in. It's very much an individual choice if the opportunity arises.

People need to understand that the greatest export of the Philippines is its workforce, unfortunately. So us having a lot of kababayan who are half-pinoy is a reality. If they want to play for our country and represent our flag then they are Filipino. Heck, we even adopted Sandara Park as a Filipino because she became famous here before 2NE1 even exploded in Asia and the World. These Women are representing us full-heartedly and I can even argue that Coach Stanjic should be made an honorary Filipino like Sandara Park.

The FIFA World Cup reflects how much money that country can dedicate to women's sports. This is why the US is so dominant presently. There is a whole infrastructure for women's soccer in the US with real money behind it. The Philippines can't afford to do that yet, so having biracial players is a half step to gain interest in the sport so the infrastructure can hopefully be built. One sport I would love to see the Filipinos dominate is Swimming. They are an island nation so Swimming, and Surfing should really get some love from their government since they have so many beaches. The soccer thing was also awesome I am happy for my fellow Pinoy who represent for the women team. As a Black person of Pinoy descent, it's nice to see once again the multicultural nature of the Philippines on the world stage.

agree with you guys.... Requirements to play for National Team - In simple terms, according to FIFA rules, you may play for: the country you were born in; or. if your grandparent was born in a given country, you are eligible to play for that country; or. if you are married to a citizen of another country, you may play for that country. Why does FIFA allow countries, like Belgium and France ... Jul 3, 2018 - Countries like Belgium and France are more diverse because of their history with colonization, and therefore, there are several French people who are mixed-race therefore allowed by the INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION - FIFA.

They might not look like filipino but they have filipino blood running in there veins. What is wrong if they represent team Philippines, simple, filipino blood is much stronger, powerful functioning in there heart. Mabuhay team Philippines.❤️

I love you Fung Bros. you're always right on!

In the Philippines, by law, your citizenship is determined by blood. So if you have a Filipino parent, then you are considered Filipino. Unlike in other countries, citizenship is determined by birthplace. So I don't see a problem. Anyone who has a Filipino parent is Filipino by law. That is why Filpinos are proud of Filipinos, half or full because they are still Filipinos.

What if it’s a full blooded 3rd generation chinese, born & raised here in the Philippine? Would they really prevent these people from representing Philippines? Because there are a lot of full blooded Chinese who are Filipino citizens and some of them are also our athletes, but no one is criticizing those. These half filipino & half foreign athletes should have the same privilege because they are also Filipino by blood. One recently famous Filipino athlete is also part Chinese. EJ Obiena, one of the top pole vaulters in the world, but he is beloved by the Filipinos.

Fung Bros are right. Watch all sports. Watch FIFA World Cup. This is our world right now. I just watched a football game recently: Servette (Switzerland) vs Genks (Belgium). You won't question their origins. Because it was either the choice of the parents or their individual choice to represent their respective countries. It's a privilege to represent a country, so we should focus on the hard work and glory these awesome girls are doing for the Philippines.

Raise the profile of the Beautiful Game in The Phillipines. The most popular sport on earth played by every color and creed from all corners of the globe. Nothing in sport like a FIFA World Cup, men or women. The national pride in instills in citizen. ⚽⚽⚽

There are no full-blooded Filipinos. Everyone's got mixed blood. Birthplace is irrelevant as long as one has Filipino blood. There won't be a national team if the criteria of full-bloodedness were implemented.

You have to understand the culture and history example in pageants and celebrities or tv personalities its common that filams or filipino with mix europesn ancestry are accepted. And as a result of the filipino diaspora we have a pool of talents world wide 😉

If you compare it to the math contests, most of them are asian/chinese but it isnt that controversial

There have been Australians born with Croatian parents who have played for Croatia in the world cup, and Scots playing for Australia because mum or dad was born in Australia. In the end, I just enjoy the matches.

You guys talk your opinions so balanced & objective. Nice job. More power.

The main issue here should be on the governing policy of FIFA. Did the Philippine team violated any policy of FIFA? If there is none, then the problem is on the New Zealand team basically. It is simply the glory of victory for the Philippine team and the agony of defeat for the New Zealand team.

No matter what the other people's say about nationality of Philippine woman football team , I always support the team win or lose I'm a Philippine woman football team supporters , God bless Philippine woman football team

As a long time Fung Bros. listener, I 've been making Yahoo News comments for years hoping one of my comments will make it on Fung Bros...😂

It's fun and entertaining listening to you. Guys. You got a good insight into the Philippines' sporting culture, What can i say

The FIFA rules make sense for me, you can play for where you are born, raised, or have direct heritage up to your grandparents. It’s FIBA that’s too lax for me. Joel Embiid was born and raised in Cameroon but is now eligible for France & the US just because he holds passports in those countries. Literally all you need is a passport for basketball, Spencer Dinwiddie was going to play for Nigeria before he hurt his knee & like you said Becky Hammond isn’t even of Russian descent.

France vs UK 😂😂😂😂 so wrong, plus also all the Jamaican athletes are actually born in Jamaica, if anything the Jamaican born go to American schools and then end up running for USA, same with the Kenyan long runners they change nationalities to compete for USA because more funding for those sports than their birth countries.

Of course the World Baseball Classic isn't as popular, but earlier this year Lars Nootbaar was on the Japanese National team. I don't remember if there was much criticism, at least from the West or Japan about this.

Go Philippines 🇵🇭 love from 🇺🇸

As a LAW, when you have a Natural BORN parent or parentage : we give you DUAL CITIZENSHIP. THAT'S THE LAW. They choose to play for the Philippines; to represent, then they can because they have that birth right. So everyone get off their perches, and give this one to us. We are the big red warning of WHAT NOT TO DO in a country. Take notes. Give us this 1 hope. We suck in so many ways and would like to celebrate 1 shining moment and bring futbol and true pride in this sinking country. Okay? Btw, I am half Spanish, born in the PH and have Chinese cultural influences & can understand Bisaya; so I say again : who are you to judge, what makes a FILIPINO?

the shortsightedness on some of the comments there. These players are pioneers for the Filipino football scene. Filipinos should embrace football and other sports outside of basketball. And what is the obsession with full blooded and not full blooded are we in land of harry potter

You guys are so hilarious, your reactions and comments seems honest and your minds speaks with sincerity.

Very good discussion. And I agree with your opinions.

You guys are hilarious, i like the way you describe our sports , i live in the US for almost 50 years , and i married a European lady and our kids are American, talking about sports , I trained my son in basketball, and learned the American way of playing basketball, and really he played basketball in college, but i don’t even think my son of playing on Philippines team But it’s a good conversation, thanks for your time and effort to talk about our country 💕💕💕🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

18 players in Filipinas are half filipino.

*The Fung Bros always full of Flavor and Nutrients! 🍻🍻 I love this episode*

Read an article and watched an interview that this program will kick-start the grassroot program. And somet8mes it's really annoying in terms of the doible standards. Cause when Jordan Clarkson plays for the PH Basketball team (plus the other players in the team are half), there are no qualms or arguments. But when it's the women's team, everyone goes wild and reacts a certain way. We can't take away these women's Filipino-ness. They chose the Philippines to represent. That's it.

No! Their mothers are Filipino! Make ur facts straight! They're half Filipino!

Philippines was a Debutante Team that Scored a Goal and Recorded a WIN in just its 2nd Game, a feat that took several games,if Not several World Cups for other newbies to do.

❤❤❤appreciate you guys for speaking for many of us

Quoting the former coach of the PWNFT: “Anyone with a Filipino passport, I don’t really care where they are born. If they have the Philippines in their heart and in their blood and they are a good footballer then they are eligible for our team,” said Stajcic. “So honestly, can’t tell you where everyone was born and for me it’s irrelevant. They all play for the [Philippine] flag, they all play for the country and they all play for the people of the Philippines, wherever they reside,” Stajcic said. “We’ve traveled the world last year, traversed the whole planet and the amount of fans we have across the world regardless of where, whether it’s Europe, Central America, South America, North America, Australia is just amazing to have, that support from the diaspora all around the world. “So, I don’t really care. I just know that this team has Filipino heart and blood and courage and spirit and that’s only the criteria regardless of their birth,” added Stajcic.

let the girls fulfill their lifelong dream, men or women dream of the world stage, let them fulfill those dreams, your kids may be one of them someday. 😊

Thanks Bros. For defending our Philippines Women Soccer Team. I just subscribed to your channel. Peace 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭✌️✌️✌️

Paulino alcantara is Spanish born and raised in Philippines become a football icon in Spain so what if those girls are born american if they accept that they are Filipino they are still part of Filipino heritage.

Thank you guys for the fair share

Hello! They're half Filipino! Their mothers are frm the Philippines! So, they are still Filipino & is eligible to represent the Philippines!

Yeah it's true..You guys are rights. This is a jumpstart for the soccer here in our country to be recognized by the younger generations in order for us to have a full blooded player who can compete in the world cup. I don't see anything wrong about having fil-am player for as long as they will represent our country wit heart. I am pretty most of us filipinos doesnt even know the rules and regulations of football this is because we are exposed to the football program.

These are all just sentiments of those that cannot accept defeats. Sourgraping. What happen if the Filipino women team didn't win? Probably it's going to be a totally different story. Probably they will say, "hey look at this team. They are all of Filipino and foreign descent but we still beat them". If FIFA is okay with it, who are we to question it. And by the way, the ball is round. It will never take sides. If you lose, maybe you didn't train hard enough. You're not being competitive enough. If you cannot stand it, just do it as well.

Traditionally, during my time at least, the game of soccer was mostly leaned/played by kids in upper-middle class to upper-class families, but since they're moneyed, few if any go to national or professional teams. Btw great take on the topic of the partially-Filipino-blooded players & soccer program.

This is my personal hot take but when I look at, as the Fung Bros would say, the "micro" in American sports teams I'm totally fine with these ladies playing for the Philippines. In my opinion, if you're cool with people not from California let alone LA playing on the Lakers or you're cool with people from any other state playing on the Seahawks you should be cool with this story. Again, just my opinion but it's the same thing but brought to the "macro" or world scale.

For me Philippines it doesn’t matter if your 1/2 or 3/4 just them representing my country. I’m very grateful and thankful. Even if your Korean and your chines or Japanese or Thai etc. if your in the Philippines. We love you. That’s what I love being Filipina. We love everyone.

promote what you love instead of bashing what you hate period!

At least these players have filipino blood in them. Look at other countries for example qatar, they literally buy athletes from ither countries like their track and field team is consisted of africans, their volleyball players are either africans or europeans, etc and no qatari blood at all.

I’m all for these ladies representing their ancestry or one of their parents origin of country. Look at France both the men and the women. Good portion are foreign origin, foreign born or born in France and raised there but they’re French subjects and play for France. As far as the not speaking Tagalog not every Filipino even raised in the Philippines speaks it and speak another dialect as their primary language. As far as the Philippine team football isn’t a major sport there where they have home bred academies or lack there of and I hope that these ladies change that.

Hahaha i like you guys..❤️ im a full blooded filipino and i friggin love how you guys can do filipino way of speaking english..🤣🤣🤣

Simple question. For the ones born as half and half.. If they cant represent one half of their heritage.. That means that they cant also represent the other half.. So that means that they cant even participate to any of these events?

Anything negative about any Philippine representative to any international field whether it be beauty contestants, sportsmen, singers, etc - usually are started and perpetrated by their fellow countrymen. The rest of the world read or hear of it, and they repeat it till it becomes the only talking point. When the Philippine representative loses, their countrymen say it's racism or "cooking shows." Even when they win, they still have their own naysayers who won't stop attacking loudly like now. The first negative after the women's win was from Filipinos not happy because they aren't pure Filipinos!!!!!!!!! The ones who lost. of course, picked it up and ran with it. New Zealand and others know that countries do import players for international tournaments. They never would have complained if the ignorant comments were never made.

50% divorce rates? Military be like “those are rookie numbers, son!”

People will hate on people of mixed race, until it comes time when those people represent their interests for pride of the whole people or country.

I’ve been literally thinking this for years!!

I guess in todays World if your born on two different parents you have to decide where to join and beside its hard to enter a big country with alot competitors. As long as your happy to compete on a country you side on thats all matters.

All pro athletes play for cities they aren’t originally from. These arguments are kinda moot at this point. Only racist nationalists give a dime about it.

Nobody questions the Moroccan mens national team because they are less successful than the french. It has 8 french born and bred players in their wc lineup! Point is you carry your heritage and ethnicity with you regardless if you were born in that country or not

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Yup, Filipinos are biologically disadvantaged to play basketball. With football/soccer, however, height is not so important. It's important for the corner kicks and headers but that's about it. Filipinos should stop dreaming about basketball and playing in the NBA. Soccer makes more sense for us short people.