Philippine nationwide girls’s soccer workforce ahead Sarina Bolden’s title will eternally be etched within the historical past of Philippine sports activities as she delivered the nation’s first aim in a World Cup match which led to the Filipinas’ first win within the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
The aim is her twenty second internationally in her profession as a member of the nationwide workforce.
Bolden joined the nationwide workforce in 2018 and first participated for the squad within the 2018 AFC Women’s Asian Cup, the place she made her first aim for the nation.
Prior to her historic aim within the World Cup, the 27-year outdated Filipino-American midfielder performed in just a few golf equipment professionally.
Bolden began her skilled profession in 2019 with the Sandvikens IF in Sweden, and had stints in numerous golf equipment in Taiwan, United States, and Japan. She is presently taking part in for the Western Sydney Wanderers, which she joined in late 2022.
Back in her collegiate years, Bolden performed for the Loyola Marymount Lions within the United States the place she registered 18 complete profession targets.
While she could have delivered loads of targets already, Bolden was nonetheless overwhelmed with the win towards New Zealand on Tuesday.
“It’s a lot of feelings right now. We put a lot of work into this and almost two years of sacrifice, commitment, dedication, work. Been a lot of ups, been a lot of downs to be able to achieve this goal of ours, to get a win, to score,” she stated.
The Philippines will face Norway subsequent on Sunday for his or her remaining recreation within the group stage of the World Cup.
—Justin Kenneth Carandang/JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
