Black Princess Chase A Place In 2012 FIFA U-20 finals

The Black princess who defeated the Nmibian, Young Gladiators 7-0 defeat IN Ghana at the Accra Sports Stadium last week Sunday are chasing a place in FIFA U-20 finals to be hosted by Japan

The two sides met in the first leg match of their 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and the Black Princess were favourites against a relatively teen Namibian side. It was 4-0 at halftime as Striker Florence Dadson scored a hat-trick as the Black Princesses won convincingly against their opponents who had 16 year old Emma Naris sent off for a deliberately hand ball in the box in the 12 minute. And strikes from captain Priscilla Saahene, Elizabeth Addo, Faustina Ansah and Deborah Afriyie sealed the day for the Black Princesses. After the match the Namibian national women soccer team coach Jacqueline Shipanga expressed her dissatisfaction with the scarcity of players of the right age. “ we have a lot of under-17 players in this team and that is due to the fact that we don’t have any poll of 18 and 19 year old players. The problem is that as soon as the girls get to grade 12 they think they are big women and can’t play soccer and they leave. After that some of them do regret their choices it becomes difficult to come back again.

“ It’s a great deal of problem and we have to deal with it holistically for us to compete at these level and it start with the current group of players, hopefully. It is costing the NFA a lot to develop this players and they just don’t reach their full potential”, Shipanga said.

The Young Gladiators will be hosting the Black Princesses at Windhoek for the reverse game on the weekend on 2-4 March, 2012 as Princess are set to chase a place in the finals to be hosted by Japan FROM