Ghana Draw USA, Two Others

Ghana U-17 female team, the Black Maidens have drawn USA, Paraguay and Japan for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Group D.

The draw took place at the Al-Hussein Cultural Center in central Amman, on the evening of Monday 30 May.

The Black Maidens qualified with a 10-0 aggregate win over Morocco.

Jordan hosted the Arab Games in 1999 but the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup is the country’s first major international tournament. Matches will take place in the capital, Amman as well as Irbid and Zarqa.

The match will be played from 30 September to 21 October.

The Groups:

Group A:

Jordan, Spain, Mexico, New Zealand

Group B:

Venezuela, Germany, Cameroon, Canada

Group C:

Nigeria, Brazil, England, Korea DPR

Group D:

USA, Paraguay, Ghana, Japan.

Ghana Draw USA, Two Others

My Best Is Yet To Come- Elizabeth Addo

Midfielder, Elizabeth Addo who scored 17 goals in 15 games in the Hungarian Women’s top flight league is urging fans of her club to expect more from her claiming that her best is yet to come.

The Black Queens midfielder has been impressive form for Ferencvaros since joining them on a one year deal from Serbian side ZFK Spartak Subotica in June 2015 with some breathtaking performances both on the Hungarian domestic completion and the UEFA Women’s League.

In an exclusive interview with SportsCrusader.com from her base in Hungary, the former Black Princesses player noted that her time in Europe has been smooth.

“Everything is moving on smoothly [since moving here]. 15 games played, 17 goals scored but I am still learning and the best of me is yet to come”, Elizabeth Addo said.

Speaking about her immediate goals for the season, Addo said:” I am not the goal Queen though but my main target is to explore the Gift and the Talent GOD has given me. That’s when the award will be flowing to make (GOD) Himself proud, Mother Ghana Proud and also Africa proud. In short will be a dream come true if I join any of the big teams next season”

The 22-year old have in the past had stints with Nigeria where she played for Rivers Angels in the top flight division of the female soccer league.

She was also the deputy captain for Ghana’s U17 female team (Black Maidens) at the 2010 FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago.

My Best Is Yet To Come- Elizabeth Addo

Maidens Won"t Wear Oversized Jersey Again - Chairman

Management Committee chairman of the Black Maidens of Ghana, Augustine Asante, has promised that the team will not wear oversized jerseys for matches again.

The female national U-17 team had to use scissors to cut oversized jerseys to suit for their World Cup qualifier against Morocco.

It was embarrassing to say the least according to Mr. Augustine Asante, but he has promised what the team wore for that game was the last.

He also revealed that the female national teams do not have a kit sponsor.

“It is unfortunate. Puma is the Ghana Football Association (GFA’s) kit sponsor. Unfortunately, they do not sponsor the women’s teams. They sponsor the Black Stars, so, jerseys that are sent to the FA are meant for the men, big men for that matter; the small (jerseys) ones among them are given to the women,” he told Accra based Class FM.

Mr. Augustine Asante also revealed that officials of the team were not aware that the jerseys for the team were big.

“The one they used on Saturday was given to the team some few days before the match, and we didn’t know they were so large for the girls; that is why we used them. But when we get them early and there is any work to be done on them, we do that. It is unfortunate last Saturday we couldn’t get the jerseys to work on them and it is not going to happen again,” he said.

The Black Maidens defeated the Moroccans 6-0 at the Accra Sports Stadium having already beaten them 4-0 in Rabat a fortnight ago – winning the tie 10-0 on aggregate.

Maidens Won"t Wear Oversized Jersey Again - Chairman

pfaG Wish Black Maidens Well

The Professional Footballers Association of Ghana (pfaG) has sent a goodwill message to the Ghana U17 female team, the Black Maidens.

The Maidens hold the advantage going into the second leg at Accra Sports Stadium with a 4 nil win from the first leg.

The parent Association of the players is urging the players not to take their legs off the accelerator but grab a qualification to the World Cup.

A release signed by General Secretary Anthony Baffoe says the Professional Footballers Association of Ghana (PFAG) strongly backs the team and hopeful that the players will put the final nail to bury the Moroccans.

” Ghana is strong in women’s football and the Maidens first leg win in Morocco is a testimony. It is now time to show Ghanaians what this team can do thus pfag urges you to eschew complacency and keep your eyes on the qualification ticket.”

 

“We will be there to support you and the whole nation is with you. The FIFA U 17 Girls World Cup 2016 in Jordan will see Ghana there but the work must be completed first, be determined and do it for us” read the statement.

 

Ghana had the luxury of having opponents withdrawing before meeting Morocco whom the Maidens white-washed in Morocco in the 1st leg.

pfaG Wish Black Maidens Well

Black Maidens to Host Morocco on Saturday

Ghana’s Under-17 female football team, the Black Maidens will host Morocco in the 2016 Women’s World Cup (WWC) final round second leg qualifier at the Accra Sports Stadium on Saturday.

The Maidens won the first leg 4-0 in Rabat and are highly tipped to replicate that performance at home.

The Ghanaian girls pitched their camp at the Ghanaman Soccer Center of Excellence in Prampram and are expected to move on Wednesday to round off their preparations.

Coach Evans Adotey has hinted that there will not be any major changes to the line-up that won in Rabat.

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In a related development, the senior female team, the Black Queens, will engage Tunisia in an African Women’s Championship (AWC) qualifier for this year’s competition in Cameroun.

The first leg will be played in Tunis on the weekend of April 8 to 10 with the second leg taking place in Accra on the weekend of April 22 to 24 .

The winners will join hosts Cameroun and six other countries for the tournament slated for November 19 to December 3.

Tunisia beat Burkina Faso 2-0 in their second round qualifier last weekend to book a date with the Queens.

Black Maidens to Host Morocco on Saturday

Ghana Thrash Morocco 4-0 in FIFA U-17 Women"s World Cup Qualifier

Ghana’s Under 17 women’s national team, the Black Maidens thrashed their Moroccan counterpart by four goals to nil in the first leg of their final FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Qualifier on Saturday.

The result meant that Ghana has taken a giant step toward the 2016 FIFA Women’s Championship which is scheduled to take place in Jordan later this year.

A brace, either side of a Rafiatu Alhassan’s 14th minute strike, by Mukarama Abdulai in the 3rd and 21st minute of the ensured that the Black Maidens took control of the game in Rabat.

Sandra Owusu Ansah completed the thumping by firing home a fourth goal for the Maidens in the 70th minute.

Ghana will play host to Morocco in Accra in a fortnight for the second leg of the encounter.

Ghana Thrash Morocco 4-0 in FIFA U-17 Women"s World Cup Qualifier