: India hosting FIFA U-17 womens World Cup 2022 is wish come true: Yolanda de Sousa #IndiaNEWS #Sports,Football Goa, July 14 (IANS) The FIFA U-17 Womens World Cup is scheduled to take place in India

India hosting FIFA U-17 womens World Cup 2022 is wish come true: Yolanda de Sousa #IndiaNEWS #Sports ,Football
Goa, July 14 (IANS) The FIFA U-17 Womens World Cup is scheduled to take place in India from October 11 to 30, and the upcoming historic event is a wish come true for former Indian footballer Yolanda de Sousa.
India hosting the FIFA U-17 Womens World Cup is a wish come true moment for me. I have been pumped up ever since I have heard the news, and I dont think it is going to subside any time soon, de Sousa, known as the hat-trick queen, de Sousa said.
I am just really excited to see some of the best young talents in the world playing on Indian soil. I just hope we play very well, both in terms of how were going to perform as a team and as a host, which is really crucial, she said.
De Sousa emphasised the importance of hosting a FIFA womens tournament, saying it is a huge opportunity for India to expand the game to small towns and make it the countrys most popular womens sport.
Now that we are hosting the first-ever FIFA womens event, it is critical that we take the games to smaller cities and make them fall in love with the game, de Sousa said.
De Sousa also urged her fellow countryperson to use this tournament as a springboard to further promote womens football in India and not take it as just another event.
I sincerely hope that people do not see the FIFA U-17 Womens World Cup as just another competition and then move on. I want people to keep talking about it even when its over, she continued.
We must appreciate the opportunity we have been given in the form of hosting a FIFA womens competition. Our players have been given the chance to compete against some of the finest players in the world and we should recognise it. Obviously, it is going to be beneficial for the players, for the federation and for the football infrastructure of the country. But we should consider it merely the beginning and build on the momentum provided to us by this tournament, she concluded.
Additionally, the FIFA Director of Tournaments Jaime Yarza and FIFA U-17 Womens World Cup India 2022 Project Lead Oliver Vogt carried out a fruitful meeting with Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and Minister of Sports & Youth Affairs Govind Gaude on Thursday, July 14. CM Pramod Sawant and Govind Gaude assured full support for a successful FIFA U-17 Womens World Cup India 2022.
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