Recently, the Philippine women's team announced the list of players for the 2023 World Cup, even though there are still nearly 2 months until the biggest women's football festival on the planet begins.
Philippines is the only team to beat Vietnam women's team at SEA Games 32
This time, coach Alen Stajcic still called up key players like Olivia McDaniel, Hali Long, Sara Eggesvik and Sarina Bolden.
Notably, the Australian strategist decided to call up 16-year-old star Isabella Pasion to join the team.
Isabella Pasion is considered a prodigy of Philippine women's football. She is currently playing in the United States.
Although still very young, Isabella Pasion has shown impressive football thinking, technique and physique.
According to experts, coach Alen Stajcic's decision to let the 16-year-old star attend the World Cup was quite a risky decision.
But the "captain" of the Philippine women's team believes that this is an opportunity for a talent like Isabella to gain experience.
At the 2023 World Cup, the Philippine women's team is in Group A with host New Zealand, Norway and Switzerland.
This is a fairly easy group and the Southeast Asian representative is fully capable of winning a ticket to the next round.
Before attending the biggest women's football festival on the planet, Sarina Bolden and her teammates had an unsuccessful SEA Games 32 when they were eliminated from the group stage.
Notably, at the tournament in Cambodia, the Philippines was the only team to defeat the Vietnamese women's team (2-1).
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