PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, – Trinidad and Tobago’s Women Soca Warriors say they are relishing the prospect of home town support to help propel them into the 2015 Women’s World Cup for the first time. The T&T female Warriors face Ecuador in the second leg of their playoff at the Hasely Crawford Stadium on December 2, following their nil all draw earlier this month in Quito.
“We’ve been training really hard for the past week and the sessions have been quite good. The mood is really good at the moment and we’re looking forward to this week with all the players assembling in camp,” said forward Ahkeela Mollon.
“We’re all really excited about the 12th Warrior and the fans coming out and giving us that support. We’re at home but the key for us is to stay focus and humbled and go out there and play as we know we can and get the result”.
The Trinidadians, who failed to qualify for the World Cup coming out of the CONCACAF championships where they placed fourth, believe they will be more significance achieving the feat at home.
They have been participating in two training sessions a day to ensure match fitness ahead of the all important decider.
“So it’s really intense but it’s all down to ensuring we’re physically ready for the match. Hopefully by mid next week we’ll be a bit more settled and focusing on game specific preparations,” said Dernelle Mascall. “I think we’re all really excited about playing before a large home crowd. We want that 12th warrior behind us. We would have liked to have qualified out of the CONCACAF stage but this opportunity to do it at home is really a great opportunity for us”.
The women Soca Warriors are this week entering a live-in training camp signaling the final phase of preparations for next week’s clash with Ecuador.
“We’ll have all the players together this week and we hope to have them all fit and healthy and mentally ready for the match on Tuesday,” head Coach Randy Waldrum told TTFA Media.
“It’s going to be a big week ahead and I think everyone is ready for it”
