Maybe it's the lights. As part of the $19 million poured into upgrading stadiums to be used for the Women's World Cup in New Zealand, organizers installed new polarized floodlights—equipped with precise lighting control—aimed at providing brightness uniformity and better illumination not only for the live audience but for broadcast and livestream viewers as well. For some reason, we can see the Filipinas clearly now. Like, HD clearly. Fans at the venue and those watching on their television sets and mobile phones swear they could see tears roll down the cheeks of Hali Long, the ace defender and cocaptain of the Philippine women's football team, every time she sings the national anthem.

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