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| Thumbs up: from left Canadas U20 Womens full back Victoria Pickett and midfielder Vital Kats give a thumbs up as they arrived in Port Moresby. |
Words and Pictures by FIDELIS SUKINA
Canada the previous hosts of the FIFA U20 Womens World Cup, arrived on Wednesday, and are anticipating a good outcome in the tournament.
Canadian U20 Womens coach Daniel Worthington said yesterday at the team’s arrival in Port Moresby that they were looking ahead of the tournament.
He added that the team was young and part of their EXCEL program, which was a key component of building the talent of young women soccer players towards the senior team.
Worthington mentioned that the team is made up of young women averaging 18 years of age and are using the FIFA U20 Womens World Cup as tournament experience against tier one junior football nations.
He praised their EXCEL program that could be the turn point for the team that lost the final in the inaugural tournament in 2002 to the USA.
“Look we are here because part of our program is the youth to senior program we have a young squad average age of 18 it’s a chance for them to gain tournament experience against good tier one junior football team’s en-route to being senior players for the national team.
“I was the U23 EXCEL director in 2014 and we have an EXCEL director for the Under 15 to 23 and it’s a great program that brings synergy from top to bottom”, said Coach Worthington
He praised the atmosphere and culture of the people of Port Moresby during his visit and added that the players were looking forward to that.
“ I came here in the end of august to do a tour of the facilities had a great time, great culture from the people of Papua New Guinea and all the players are looking forward to the culture the country offers,” Worthington said.
The coach added that they would build on the experience in the previous years and look to best their last performance in 2014 as hosts where they lost in the quarter finals.
"We look forward to going to Papua New Guinea 2016 and playing against the best teams in the world. We won't change our philosophy:
Worthington mentioned that the team is made up of young women averaging 18 years of age and are using the FIFA U20 Womens World Cup as tournament experience against tier one junior football nations.
He praised their EXCEL program that could be the turn point for the team that lost the final in the inaugural tournament in 2002 to the USA.
“Look we are here because part of our program is the youth to senior program we have a young squad average age of 18 it’s a chance for them to gain tournament experience against good tier one junior football team’s en-route to being senior players for the national team.
“I was the U23 EXCEL director in 2014 and we have an EXCEL director for the Under 15 to 23 and it’s a great program that brings synergy from top to bottom”, said Coach Worthington
He praised the atmosphere and culture of the people of Port Moresby during his visit and added that the players were looking forward to that.
“ I came here in the end of august to do a tour of the facilities had a great time, great culture from the people of Papua New Guinea and all the players are looking forward to the culture the country offers,” Worthington said.
The coach added that they would build on the experience in the previous years and look to best their last performance in 2014 as hosts where they lost in the quarter finals.
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| Papua New Guinea Canadian Supporters from the Burns Peak Community in Port Moresby Welcoming the Canadian U20 Womens team |
"We look forward to going to Papua New Guinea 2016 and playing against the best teams in the world. We won't change our philosophy:
we are going to play the way want to play because it is the right way and it is the right way for Canada," said Coach Worthington.
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