By Harry Awurumibe
The national U-20 women’s football team, Falconets will have their first training session today in Abuja, a day after the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) invited no fewer than 30 players to report to camp ahead of next month’s FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup qualifying match against Tanzania.
Prompt News reports that former Flamingoes stars Christy Ucheibe and Ndidi Duru as well as newcomer-Uche Ndefo of Nasarawa Amazons FC are among the early birds to the Serob Legacy Hotel, Abuja camp of the Falconets just as the coaching crew and backroom staff were the first to hit camp on Wednesday.
Newly appointed Head Coach of Falconets, Christopher Danjuma had last Tuesday rolled out a list of 30 players who will fight for shirts as the Two-time FIFA World Cup runners-up will entertain their Tanzanian counterparts in Abuja on September 16, with both teams to conclude the first round fixture on September 30 in Dar es Salaam.
Midfield stalwarts Joy Bokiri and Cynthia Aku, and star forward Rasheedat Ajibade are among the players who have been instructed to report at the Serob Legacy Hotel, Wuye, Abuja on Wednesday, 23rd August 2017 with their training kits, original birth certificates and international passports.
FULL LIST OF INVITED PLAYERS
Monle Omini (Abia Angels); Tola Adeniyi (Sunshine Queens); Chioma Okoye (Sa’adatu Amazons); Chiamaka Nnadozie (Rivers Angels); Nelly Ekeh (Pelican Stars); Blessing Ezekiel (Rivers Angels); Margaret Etim (Delta Queens); Oluwakemi Famuditi (Confluence Queens); Gloria Ogbonna (Ibom Angels); Joy Duru (Nasarawa Amazons); Feyintola Mabokanje (FC Robo Queens); Florence Alexander (Sunshine Queens); Juliet Iorliam (Nasarawa Amazons); Kikelomo Odueke (Edo Queens); Joy Bokiri (Bayelsa Queens); Bola Oladiti (Confluence Queens); Josephine Queens (Nasarawa Amazons); Lilian Tule (Bayelsa Queens); Christy Uchebe (Nasarawa Amazons); Blessing Onoriose (Bayelsa Queens); Adebisi Saheed (Delta Queens); Helen Ugar (Pelican Stars); Uche Udefo (Edo Queens); Rasheedat Ajibade (FC Robo Queens); Charity Reuben (Ibom Angels); Chinyere Igbomalu (Nasarawa Queens); Doosima Tarnum (Adamawa Queens); Cynthia Aku (Rivers Angels); Mariam Abdulrasheed (Confluence Queens); Anam Imo (Nasarawa Amazons)
