Mpopoma Sports Academy from Bulawayo is heading to Harare to play in the CAF Girls Integrated Football Tournament, which brings together eight under-17 squads from across Southern Africa. James Rugwevera started the whole thing a decade back when they were still scraping by on borrowed fields with volunteer coaches, and getting tapped to rep Zimbabwe at a continental event feels pretty wild for them. Their 15-year-old midfielder Tatenda Gambiza already played for the national team at COSAFA earlier this year, and she's talking like they're actually planning to win the thing.
They kick things off against Namibia's Otjiwarongo Sports Academy before facing Malawi's Luwinga Academy and then Mamelodi Sundowns from South Africa. The pool looks brutal, but head coach Evans Neta has the squad fired up about showing what they can do against way bigger programs.
They kick things off against Namibia's Otjiwarongo Sports Academy before facing Malawi's Luwinga Academy and then Mamelodi Sundowns from South Africa. The pool looks brutal, but head coach Evans Neta has the squad fired up about showing what they can do against way bigger programs.
