THE PHILIPPINE women’s football team made a smashing return to action and clobbered Jordan, 3-0, in its kickoff gig at the Pink Ladies Week tourney Saturday night in Antalya, Turkey.
Sarina Bolden fired a brace while Katrina Guillou wrapped up scoring as the Filipinas handled business with efficiency in their first match after a six-month layoff.
“It’s going to take a bit of time to build what we want in terms of our playing style but the most important thing is we got a win,” said coach Mark Torcaso, whose squad is employing a new attacking-oriented game.
“We haven’t played together for a good six months and now to get a good win against a good opponent that pressured us in situations, it was just a really pleasing thing. I’m glad for Sarina (Bolden), I’m glad for Katrina (Guillou‚, but also all the girls for getting a really good result.”
The Filipinas punched through the Jordanian goal barely two minutes in with debutant Janae Defazio delivering a crafty cross to Ms. Bolden for an open header that got things started.
Jordan got an opportunity to tie it from the spot but Olivia McDaniel, doing what she does best, foiled Ayah Al-Majali’s attempt.
The Filipinas had their own penalty kick (PK) in the 69th and Ms. Bolden made sure to cash in and double the lead. Ms. Guillou converted her own PK eight minutes earlier to put the game beyond Jordan’s reach. — Olmin Leyba
