Lady booters will soon get to strut their stuff in a top-flight league as the local version of the Women’s Super League is expected to get off the ground in 2013.
“We’re really pushing for that. We’re looking to start off our Women’s Super League (this year),” said Malditas coach Ernie Nierras.
The endeavor, which has the blessing of the International Football Federation (Fifa), will feature both local, Fil-foreign and foreign female players in a highly competitive setting like the United Football League of their male counterparts.
“Right now, we’re trying to figure out how best to do it and what the right schedule should be. Most likely, we’ll time the competition with the off-season of the National Women’s Soccer League in the US since clubs there have expressed intention to send players over,” Nierras said.
The planned women’s league is expected to elevate the status of women’s football in Phl, with the Malditas benefiting in the long run.
Phl XI, coming off a conquest in the LA Viking Cup in California and tabbing a talented bunch of Fil-Am and Fil-Canadian recruits, will embark on an ambitious quest to qualify for the 2015 Fifa Women’s World Cup.
The bid starts this year with the first round of the Asian qualifiers in May in Bangladesh, where they are bracketed in Group B with the hosts, Thailand and Iran. Winner of the group will advance to the Asian women’s championship, which will then award slots to the 2015 Women’s World Cup in Canada to the top 5 teams.