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Goal Singapore Football Awards: Team Of The Year

Congratulations to Moon Soon-Ho & Chang Jo-Yoon for being part of the team!

Click here to read full article from Goal.com

It Was A Fruitful Night!

Congratulations to Moon Soon-Ho for his Top Scorer award and The Northern Rams for clinching the Fan Club of the Year award.

Let's strive for better performances in the next season!

Announcement of Nominees For S.League's Awards Night 2013

S.League announces the list of nominees for the 2013 S.League Awards Night today.

The winners of the Singapore Pools Fair Play Award and YEO’s People’s Choice Awards will be announced together with the other winners for the 10 awards listed in the attachment at the S.League Awards Night on 10 November 2013, at ITE College East.

S.League Award Presentation Commences

1. Tiger Beer Goal of the Year

- Qiu Li (Balestier Khalsa FC)

- Afiq Yunos (Courts Young Lions)

- Fareez Farhan (Courts Young Lions)

- Sirina Camara (Home United FC)

- Lee Kwan Woo (Home United FC)

- Hafiz Nor (Tanjong Pagar United FC)

2. Singapore Pools Picture of the Year

- Crushed and Disappointed by DARREN HO (VOX SPORTS)

- Man Down by CHEGU THAMRIN (GOAL)

- Vidosevic Bicycle Kick by SAM CHOW (GOAL)

- We will always remember you as a star by STANFORD SNG (GOAL)

- One for the family by MUHAMMAD FARHAN (GOAL)

- My time will come by ANDREW LIM (FOOTBALLOPOD)

3. RHB Story of the Year

- “Man, he’s on the ground from dawn to dusk” By Fabius Chen of The Straits Times

- “Hafiz O just won’t give up” By Sazali Abdul Aziz of The New Paper

- “Meet the PCK footballer” By Jeremy Chiang of Footballopod

4. RHB Top Scorer Award

- Aleksandar Duric (Tampines Rovers FC)

- Moon Soon Ho (Woodlands Wellington FC)

5. Diadora Assistant Referee of the Year

- Edwin Lee Tzu Liang

- Tang Yew Mun

- Ronnie Koh Min Kiat

- K Surindranath

- Muhd Syarqawi

6. Great Eastern Referee of the Year

- Abdul Malik Bashir

- Leow Thiam Hoe

- Sukhbir Singh

- Ahmad A’Qashah

- Muhammad Taqi

7. POLAR Fan Club of the Year

- Courts Young Lions

- Woodlands Wellington FC

- Tampines Rovers FC

- Geylang International FC

8. Great Eastern Young Player of the Year

- Sirina Camara

- Song Ui Young

- Mamadou Diallo

- Kazuki Sakamoto

- Kento Nagasaki

9. MIKASA Coach of the Year

- Darren Stewart

- Lee Lim Saeng

- Patrick Vallee

- Salim Moin

10. YEO’S Player of the Year

- Lee Kwan Woo

- Jozef Kaplan

- Monsef Zerka

- Aleksandar Duric

- Paul Cunningham

S.League Team Of The Week - Round 24

The Goal Singapore team pick their best 11 from the past round of league action!

Congratulations to  Chang Jo-Yoon and  Moon Soon-Ho for being part of this team. Well done!

View the full team here [Goal.com]

Moon Soon-Ho: The Sartorialist

I knew I wanted to be a footballer...

When I was 10 years old. My elementary school did not have a football team. I joined an ad hoc team my school put together for a friendly match with another school.

The football coach from the other school then offered me a place in that school so that I could join their football team.

My father did not give his permission at first. He had played for his school's football team in his youth and felt football would be too time-consuming and would affect my schoolwork.

I kept asking my father to let me switch schools until he finally gave in. I turned professional at 22 after graduating from university.

A turning point in my career was...

In 2011, when I was offered a contract by Woodlands Wellington. In late 2010, I had decided to quit football and left (South Korean football club) Cheonan City although it had offered me a new contract.

I was 29 then and the oldest player in Cheonan City. I decided to switch careers to try coaching.

In early 2011, I came to Singapore for a holiday to visit friends and went to watch an S-League match between Geylang United (former name of Geylang International) and Woodlands Wellington at Woodlands Stadium.

Watching that match made me frustrated to simply be a spectator.

I kept thinking of what I would do if I were playing and rekindled the desire to play football again. A friend then introduced me to an agent who approached Woodlands Wellington.

The club has given me many opportunities and being with Woodlands Wellington has been the best time of my life.

Since 2011, I have played better than before and I am in top form now.

My secret "obsession" is...

My hair. I am very particular about my hairstyle. I believe that it affects my playing.

I have always liked to keep my hair long. Last month, after cutting my hair short, I scored a hat-trick the next day in a match with Courts Young Lions.

So I think I will keep this short hairstyle for now.

Another quirk I have is keeping two hairbands - one for training and one for matches. If I lose a match, I throw away the hairband I wore during that match and buy a new one. I've had this habit since I was 24.

My idea of food heaven and hell...

In Singapore, my favourite food is chilli crab.

I won't eat coriander.

My dream girl is...

Someone who can understand me and is on the same wavelength. Looks are important to me too. I like long hair, big eyes and a nice smile.

[From The New Paper, Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013]