Filipinas grateful for overwhelming support from fans during Women’s World Cup stint
Sara Eggesvik interacts with a fan in the course of the Filipinas homecoming, on Thursday, Aug 3, 2023, at Adidas Model Heart in Makati Metropolis. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.nbet
MANILA, Philippines — The Filipinas might not have superior to the Spherical of 16 of the Fifa Girls’s World Cup however they have been thrilled to win the hearts of their fellow countrymen who supported them throughout their historic marketing campaign.
After the Philippine ladies’s soccer’s crew first-ever World Cup look the place Filipino followers cheered for them whether or not on tv or on-line platforms. Filipino followers in New Zealand even turned matches right into a digital house sport with their attendance.
Quinley Quezada, who’s essentially the most skilled participant on the Filipinas’ roster, relished the expansion of this system’s assist.
“I feel the assist has been unimaginable like there are Filipinos coming over. In each match we had there’s at all times been Filipinos within the nations [where we play] so it’s actually nice to see,” stated Quezada.
The members of the Filipinas on Thursday obtained a heat welcome from the Filipino followers, who cheered and applauded them and lined up for the meet-and-greet at Adidas Model Heart-Glorietta in Makati.
“I feel it’s been a extremely heat welcome as quickly as we’ve stepped off the airplane,” stated Ryley Bugay. “There have been folks greeting us and all over the place we’ve gone we’ve simply seen huge assist so it’s a extremely heat welcome after being away for a little bit bit.”
Olivia McDaniel and Jessika Cowart do an autograph signing in the course of the Filipinas homecoming, on Thursday, Aug 3, 2023, at Adidas Model Heart in Makati Metropolis. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.web
Sara Eggesvik, one of many crowd darlings from the nationwide crew, was additionally grateful for the followers who attended watch events everywhere in the nation throughout their Girls’s World Cup video games.
“It was unusual however I’m glad for the assist we get and the followers are very supportive. [I’m] simply grateful,” she stated.
Quezada, Bugay, Eggesvik, Olivia and Chandler McDaniel, Katrina Guillou, Alicia Barker, Jessika Cowart, Meryll Serrano, Sofia Harrison, Kaiya Jota, and Isabella Pasion have been among the many nationwide crew members who arrived on Wednesday and obtained a heat welcome from their followers on the airport.
The squad took time to take footage and autographs with their followers, giving again to their strong assist.
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The Filipinas have been thrilled to understand their World Cup dream, which they may always remember for the remainder of their lives.
“I feel I may communicate for the entire crew when taking part in within the World Cup is one thing you concentrate on if you have been a child so to have the ability to truly obtain and play on the planet stage is unbelievable,” stated Chandler McDaniel. “I don’t assume there’s really phrases that may describe that feeling precisely however all I do know is all of us need to do it once more so we’ll be certain to work onerous to make it to the subsequent one.”
Barker agreed along with her teammate as their once-in-a-lifetime expertise will proceed to encourage them to succeed in better heights for the Philippine ladies’s soccer program.
“To echo that, that is clearly the largest competitors. Having the ability to play in it was a dream come true. And to see all of the assist that we obtained within the match, and through our journey to the World Cup, we’re actually touched and it’s one thing I can’t actually put into phrases however the identical,” she stated.
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