Players invited to open training for women’s and girls national teams

[January 14, 2022 – Harmon, Guam] Guam Football Association’s Head of Women’s Football, Sakiko Ogura, is inviting all players to open training for four national training squads: Masakåda, U20 Women’s, U17 Women’s and U14 Girls, beginning Monday at the GFA National Training Center.

In addition to open training sessions for players, Ogura and her staff will be hosting an open house event Monday evening for parents of players at the U14-U20 age levels.

Ogura

“We want to identify players in Guam who love to play football and have a desire to develop into elite players to compete at the international level,” Ogura said. “It’s important that we give an opportunity to all, especially for players at a young age. Also, we want to give the parents of these young players more information about the program and the goals of the program for at least the next five years.”

For parents of players at the U14 and U17 age division, an open house event is set for 5:45 p.m. at the second floor lanai at the GFA National Training Center. For parents of players at the U20 age division, the open house event is set for 7:15 p.m., also at the second floor lanai of the GFA National Training Center.

Open training sessions for the U14 and U17 age groups will be held Jan. 17-19 and Jan. 21 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. For the U20 age group and the Women’s National team, opening training sessions will be held from 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. on the same dates.

All four age groups will have one final open training session Jan. 22 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

The eligible player birth years for each group are:

• U14: 2010-2012
• U17: 2007-2009
• U20: 2004-2005
• Women’s: 2003 and older

All interested players must complete a registration form online: https://forms.gle/G9rZF3PhLcortBfJ9

For information about the upcoming events for the women’s program or other inquiries, send an E-mail message to [email protected]