Cascadia Association Football Federation Announcement of Women's Team
/Cascadia Women's Team Formed
Cascadia Women's team becomes the first North America and Caribbean Women's team in CONIFA
August, 9th 2020
Cascadia Association Football Federation announces the creation of a Women's National Team as of today. This is the first women's team in the CONIFA North America and Caribbean region. They aim to play their first match in early 2021.
Cascadia represents the Cascadia region spanning from Oregon to British Columbia.Cascadia Women began a search for a team manager in July. While there are a handful of interested players, a selection list will be made and training scheduled once a manager is in place.
“A Cascadia Women's Soccer team is long overdue. We hope to give opportunities for players to participate at the international level and explore the world,” said CONIFA North America and Caribbean President and Cascadia Association Football Federation President Aaron Johnsen.
“During any given season, Collegiate, High School, or Club, there are thousands of competitive women players in the Pacific Northwest playing for the love of the game. This Cascadia team looks to unite the women’s game from British Columbia to Southern Oregon and every part of the region in-between," said CONIFA North America and Caribbean Director of Women's Soccer Josh Duder, "Cascadia Women’s Soccer will give these athletes more opportunities to express themselves on the field and play at an international level.”
They join Northern Cyprus, Occitania, Sápmi, Matabeleland Football Confederacy's Queen Lozikeyi Academy and Karen as CONIFA members with women's national teams.
The first international CONIFA women's match took place in Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus on Nov 10, 2018, between Sápmi and Northern Cyprus. Sápmi won 4-0, with goals from Sigrun Linaker Dybek, Emilia Kristensen, Sandra Simonsen, and Christina Elise Blind.
CONIFA announced that the 2021 Women's World Football Cup will hopefully be hosted by Székely Land and feature six teams in CONIFA's Instagram Live interview with Vice President of CONIFA Europe, Kristof Wenczel.
More information and contacts
CONIFA, is the football federation for all associations outside FIFA. It’s a global non-profit organization that supports representatives of international football teams from nations, de-facto nations, regions, minority peoples and sports-isolated territories.
Inquiries:
Global media: Please contact James Cronin, james.cronin@conifa.org
Inquiries about CONIFA North American and the Carribean: Please contact President Aaron Johnsen, aaron.johnsen@conifa.org
Cascadia Women's team: Please contact CONIFA North America and Caribbean Director of Women's Soccer Josh Duder, josh.duder@conifa.org
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