GlobalPort wins Hitchcock Legacy Memorial on first try

MANILA, Philippines — GlobalPort of the Philippines made history in the World Polo League, scoring an amazing come-from-behind win in the Tommy Hitchcock Jr. Legacy Memorial in its Triple Crown of Polo opener before a big Sunday crowd at Grand Champions Polo Club in Wellington, Florida.

Given a ghost of a chance to win the prestigious event after falling behind by nine goals (12-3) in the second chukker, the team of Rep. Mikee Romero, Polito Pieres, Sapo Caset, and Facundo Obregon rallied mightily to beat Travieso, 17-13, and complete the biggest comeback in the history of the five-year-old league.

“Great team effort, great win for GlobalPort, and a big boost for Philippine polo,” said Romero of their historic win in the prestigious US polo event.

What made Romero and GlobalPort’s victory so meaningful was accomplishing the feat right on their first try.

“That made our title win a lot sweeter,” said Romero who was all praise to Caset’s incredible performance.

The talented Argentine, who is a 10-goaler, scored 9 in GlobalPort’s blazing comeback as he combined speed, strength and grace in catching his defenders off-guard. That made him the unanimous MVP of the game.

Even Caset was surprised with their come-from-behind win, saying: “It was an incredible comeback.”

With Caset shouting “Vamos! Vamos,” Team GlobalPort rallied and put up a show.