An enthusiastic bunch of Surinamese women will go head to head with an overseas-based Guyanese team today at the Enmore Community Centre ground from 16:00 hrs and according to their coach Vorsihyk Johan, they are here to do nothing less than win the three-way tournament.

The Suriname Women’s National Team

Suriname and Guyana are both using the tournament, which started yesterday at the Guyana National Stadium, to prepare for the Women’s World Cup qualifiers that begin in January next year.

“This tournament could not have come at a better time because in January we will be going to the World Cup Qualifiers and here we would get a chance to see how the girls play and so on. But we are here to win. The girls are excited and we are here to win,” Johan said.

Vice President of the Suriname Women’s Soccer Association (SWSA) Mario Renfurm said that even though the rivalry between Guyana and Suriname is well known, they are here to play football and win the tournament in the process.
Nothing much is known of their opponents for today but Renfurm said, “Look we are here to win; we don’t really care about nothing else. This is a good tournament for us and we are happy to be here, but it’s just to expose the ladies before the Olympic and World Cup qualifiers.