GlobalPort is bracing for a tough mountain climb when it makes history as the first team from the Philippines to make it to the US Open Polo Championship on Wednesday, March 26.
 

Led by Mikee Romero, GlobalPort is looking to overcome the odds as it is set to face a tough Bracket II that features two former US Polo Championship titlists.

GlobalPort is hoping to turn heads in the $100,000 tournament when it makes its debut against the fancied La Dolfina Tamera..

La Dolfina Tamera is being led by world No. 1 player Adolfo Cambiaso Jr along with teammates Alejandro Poma, Diego Cavanag and Matt Copola and is coming off a title run in the C.V Whitney Cup title last month.

“Luck of the draw again. We are up against a bracket of death. Against two former champion teams of the US Open. First game against La Dolfina Tamera headed by considered to be the GOAT of Polo or the Michael Jordan of Polo, Adolfo Cambiaso,” said Romero

But GlobalPort, for its part, is no pushover as aside from Romero, the team will also be banking on world no. 4 Bartolome Castagnola along with Beltran Laulhe, Lucas Diaz Alberdi and substitutes Nico Escobar and Santos Merlos.

The PH crew is also coming into the US Open also riding the crest of a championship in the Sterling Cup where it toppled then defending champion Maltese Falcons in a thrilling 12-11 overtime victory in the Finals.

GlobalPort also participated in the Gauntlet of Polo, a trio of top-notch 22-goal championships which also included the US Open. It went as far as the semifinals in the Whitney Cup and finished with a 2-2 record in the groups in the ongoing US Polo Association Gold Cup.

After La Dolfina Tamera, GlobalPort will then lock horns against BTA on Sunday, March 30 before it wraps up its group assignments against the other former US Open titlist Park Place on Saturday, April 5.

Led by world No. 6 Hilario Ulloa, Park Place, which is also composed of Andrey Borodin, Louis Hine, Mariano ‘Peke’ Gonzales Jr. and substitutes Gabriel Crespi and Nicolas Sivori.