Three of Western Australia’s top female football players attended a training camp with the Westfield Young Matildas last weekend.
Perth Glory W‐League players and WAIS athletes Marianna Tabain, Samantha Kerr and Ella Mastrantonio headed to Sydney for the training camp from Friday 26th to Monday 29th June.
The three girls earlier this month played with the Westfield Young Matilda’s on their successful tour throughout Italy and Indonesia, where the Australian team had a clean sweep, claiming four wins from four matches.
The training camp will be used as part of the preparations for the upcoming AFC U‐19 Women’s Championships 2009, which will be held in the Chinese city of Wuhan from 1 to 12 August.
The Championships will also double as the qualification process for the FIFA U‐20 Women’s World Cup to be held in Germany next year.
WAIS women’s head coach, John Gibson, is pleased that three of his players have been chosen.
“I am very happy that the girls have been selected for this camp, it will be a great experience and a wonderful opportunity to push for their selection with the upcoming AFC U20 Championship to be held in August.”
Australia qualified to compete in the AFC U‐19 Women’s Championships late last year in Kuala Lumpur, by winning three of their four matches to finish a convincing second in their group. The Championships will see Australia match up against Japan, China and Chinese Taipei in their Group B matches.
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