Blue Guards is one of three amateur guest football club that joined the 2013 UFL Cup, the other two are Bright Star and Manila Jeepney, some of their players are 40 years old and above featuring some of the members are their goalkeeper Samuel Letargo at 40 years of age, striker Noel Reyes at 48 and perhaps the Philippines' oldest active footballer Mindo Fajardo at the age of 80, also several other players have played for the national team during their times. This is the first time that a team that haven't played the third tier of Weekend Football League endeavor to join a top-flight competition like the UFL Cup.
2013 season
In their first match, Green Archers United defeated Blue Guards in a 17–0 scoreline that formerly holds the record in most goals scored in the UFL before the match. It was then followed by another loss against Philippine Navy in a huge 10–0 defeat. On their third game, they faced Division 2 side Dolphins United with an 11–1 loss, this is the only game Blue Guards made a goal against their opponent. Blue Guards ended their run in the tournament at the bottom of the group standings with a −70 in goal difference in losing to all its matches in double digits.
The match was started when Samuel Bonney scored a goal at the first minute. Then came in the next minute when Phil Younghusband scored his first goal of the game. Soon, after 15 minutes it is 6–0 for Loyola, goals by Matthew Hartmann, James Younghusband, his brother Phil and Robert Cañedo. At the eighteenth minute, Blue Guards got their first counterattack of the game, they breach the defense of Loyola to allow Roger Sulit to have a shot on goal, but it misses. The work continued by Lee Joo-Young and Matthew Hartmann enough to put their club by leading 15 goals. The team was able to hold the score in the last 15 minutes of the first half. In the second half, a tactical change happened for Blue Guards, they switched their formation into 8–1–1. But after two minutes, Matthew Hartmann scored the first goal of the half. Chad Gould subbed in the game and scored a goal from a free kick at the 48th minute. The scoreline reached 17–0. Gould scored 6 more goals, 3 goals each by Jake Morallo and James Younghusband, and 1 goal each by Simon Greatwich and Matthew Hartmann. Phil Younghusband finished the game by scoring in the 90th minute and in the final minute. Phil Younghusband scored 8 goals at the match which helped him to become the current scoring leader in the tournament at 18 goals, followed by Chad Gould at seven and five goals a piece to his brother James Younghusband and Matthew Hartmann.
Match reactions
Many criticize about the format on accepting new teams in the cup, and suggest there should be a screening will take place next year. Sparks' Director of Football, Randy Roxas, said after the game:
