WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Sarina Bolden rose above two defenders and headed the ball toward the goal. Bolden pumped her fist as she sprinted to the sideline to celebrate with her teammates after scoring the first-ever goal at the Women’s World Cup for the Philippines, one that also made her team the first of 2023 edition’s eight newcomers to claim …
Sarina Bolden created history after scoring debutant Philippines’ first-ever goal in a FIFA World Cup after her 24th-minute strike gave her team a 1-0 lead against co-host New Zealand on Tuesday. Bolden started her professional career at Swedish club Sandvikens IF in 2019, before moving to Xinbei Hangyuan in the Taiwan Mulan Football League in 2020. She later played for …
A meteoric campaign in the Women’s Asian Cup saw the Philippines qualify for the FIFA Women’s World Cup for the first time in its history. They want to be inspirational to the next generation and they’ve spoken about that often.” Becoming inspiration takes effort and it took a Herculean one from the girls to get past Chinese Taipei as nothing …
