on Feb 14th, 2009Singapore Women’s Football Team – it’s kind of there, but not?
Singapore Women’s Football Team have been disbanded. The team doesn’t have a high profile to begin with, since little attention is even paid to our local men’s football leagues most of the time. Perhaps it was a small step for women, to be playing on the same playing field as our local football men, but we had something going.
(random picture taken from english.people.com.cn)
Women’s football has been rapidly growing and expanding in Singapore over the last few years and to disband the team now would be an insult to the efforts and the love put into this. Who says girl’s can’t kick balls!
A reply from Nazreen Banu, Head of Women’s Football Department, Football Association of Singapore goes
We have not disbanded the women’s national team. As the focus is on improving club competitions, our national players will now be training with their clubs and participating in the Women’s League, instead of training all year round with the national team, as was previously the case.
When there are opportunities to play competitive games with visiting women’s teams, the national team will be assembled.
What this means is…. IF we are sending any female football teams for overseas competitions and qualifiers, we will recall our “national team players at-large” to play for us. Meanwhile, you guys can play football in your own clubs. IF we chose not to send anyone for women’s qualifiers, then TOO BAD?!
This kind of not here not there answer is totally unacceptable. Without any promises, without any form of official team, how do they expect players to be ready for such competitions? Without exposure, funding to play overseas, experience with foreign women’s football teams, how would our players ever be ready for the international stage? This sounds like a very lame answer to cover up the sudden disbandment of Singapore Women’s Football team.
Read the below links for more information.
From the mouth of a Lioness – a former Women’s Football team member
Don’t let Lionesses go out with a whimper
Reply from Head of Women’s Football Department
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