The second screening session for any and all female footballers seeking to earn a place within one of the six franchise teams for next month’s inaugural professional Women’s Premier League (WPL), will take place today at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo, from 6 pm.
This follows Saturday’s first screening session, which was held at Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella. Players, who are currently active as players of Women’s League Football (separate entity) were highlighted among those invited to attend the session in a media release issued by the communications department of the Sport Company of T&T (SporTT).
The release noted: “With the advent of the WPL comes an opportunity for women and girls to showcase their skills with and against some of the top players in the Caribbean, Central and South America.”
Minister of Sport Brent Sancho, who boasts the WPL as his brainchild and the Cabinet member who acquired funding to offset operational costs, was quoted in the release as reiterated his assertion that the professional league is not intended to “take away” from the amateur league (WoLF).
“The WPL is not intended to take away from WoLF but to enhance it. We're bringing in some very good players from overseas who are eager to have the opportunity to play because there is so little competition in this part of the world,” he noted.
“The second WPL screening day on Thursday (today) is open to all women and represents another step towards providing a platform for quality, entertaining football for sport fans in T&T.”