CONCACAF Female under-17 Championship “We’ll be managing expectation”, Bryan Joseph

Oct 24, 2021 Sports

By Calvin Chapman

The under-17 Female team during a warm-up run.

GFF Assistant TD, Bryan Joseph

Guyana’s Under-17 Female team are upping preparations ahead of their important assignment next week where they will contest the Concacaf Championship at the IMG Academy in Florida, USA.
The training squad which was broken down to the final 20 yesterday, will jet off on the 26th for the competition at which they made a huge impact last time around but Assistant Technical Director; Bryan Joseph, shared with Kaieteur Sport during last Thursday’s session at the National Training Center, Providence, that the staff will be, “Managing the expectations of the players.”
Joseph reasoned that after playing unbeaten in the group stage; Guyana had managed to make it to the final round which was called off in 2020 following the covid-19 outbreak, but that was a totally different team so there isn’t much pressure on the current players who have been training together for only a couple of months.

He posited that the previous group that performed well were part of a comprehensive programme that lasted for over a year, and the only remaining player from that squad is Kwakwani’s starlet, Jelade Trim.
Like the boy’s youth team, the current ladies’ U-17 squad comprises players from all over Guyana inclusive of Regions 1, Orealla (Region 6) along with Waramadong and Kamarang (both Region 7).

Sue Edwards

Sandro Johnson

Joseph continued, “This is a brand-new group. Many players are at the beginning of their journey and are now being exposed to this level of training and we see this as an opportunity to build the build the girls programme since many of the players will still be eligible for the next competition.”
Kaieteur Sport had the opportunity to chat with a couple of the young ladies. Sue Edwards, a 14-year-old student from D.C. Caesar Fox Secondary in Kamarang, shared that she was overjoyed to be training with the national team for the first time. “It’s been a really great first experience, although I have played with my school team, this is a whole new level of training and I’m hoping to do my best and I am confident that I have what it takes to make the final cut.”
Meanwhile, Venezuela born Sandra Johnson, who played up to the Under-15 level with Dymano FC in Magarita (Venezuela) also shared the sentiment of comfort and joy to be going through the journey with the 20-odd young women in the training should. The 16-year-old who was born to Guyanese parents says that she intends to put her best foot forward and make the best of the opportunity given since she intends to make a career out of the sport of football.

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