Doubt surrounds WSL kick-off
The football season in Namibia continues to face more hiccups with many leagues still on hold.
Chances of the Women's Super League kicking off this year are bleak due to the current cash crunch facing the Namibia Football Association.
The league took place last year after the NFA made funds available personally sourced by the Women's Desk at NFA.
The league has for years been a platform from which coaches scout potential star players for grooming and drafting into the national team. The Women's Super League has produced professional players who are plying their trade outside the country.
Players such as Annoushka Kordom, Zenatha Coleman and Thomalina Adams are all products of the league and are now forces to be reckoned with outside Namibian borders.
According to Jacqui Shipanga of the NFA Women's Desk, the NFA has always been ready to kick-start the WSL. However, this year there is no guarantee for funding from the NFA executive. “It is against this background that we are unable to kick-start the league at our own expense especially since the WSL clubs did not yet receive the prize money for last season,” Shipanga said.
Poly Babes Football club player, Lorraine Jossob, says that players are busy with seven-a-side games at the weekends but that it is not enough. “We miss the super league and as players we are looking forward to the league starting because we have little to do and football is what we love.”
Poly Babes coach Dankie Frans shared her views as well. “I know the players are looking forward to the league but up until now, we have not received any communication about the kick-off date. Maybe we must put our heads together and find a way to finance the league ourselves because the players need to play,” he says.
Tura Magic Ladies enjoyed a runaway win last year in the league and teams are looking forward to challenge their dominance in the league.
Limba Mupetami
The league took place last year after the NFA made funds available personally sourced by the Women's Desk at NFA.
The league has for years been a platform from which coaches scout potential star players for grooming and drafting into the national team. The Women's Super League has produced professional players who are plying their trade outside the country.
Players such as Annoushka Kordom, Zenatha Coleman and Thomalina Adams are all products of the league and are now forces to be reckoned with outside Namibian borders.
According to Jacqui Shipanga of the NFA Women's Desk, the NFA has always been ready to kick-start the WSL. However, this year there is no guarantee for funding from the NFA executive. “It is against this background that we are unable to kick-start the league at our own expense especially since the WSL clubs did not yet receive the prize money for last season,” Shipanga said.
Poly Babes Football club player, Lorraine Jossob, says that players are busy with seven-a-side games at the weekends but that it is not enough. “We miss the super league and as players we are looking forward to the league starting because we have little to do and football is what we love.”
Poly Babes coach Dankie Frans shared her views as well. “I know the players are looking forward to the league but up until now, we have not received any communication about the kick-off date. Maybe we must put our heads together and find a way to finance the league ourselves because the players need to play,” he says.
Tura Magic Ladies enjoyed a runaway win last year in the league and teams are looking forward to challenge their dominance in the league.
Limba Mupetami
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