NFF hunts foreign coach for Falcons

Barely two months to the commencementof the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada, leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is currently making plans toget a foreign technical assistant attached to the Super Falcons.
This is even as the United States of America yesterday, named its team that would battle Nigeria, Sweden and Australia at the championship.
Though, the would-be Falcons foreign technical assistant has not been known, National Mirror gathered that the NFF Technical Committeechaired by Felix Anyansi- Agwu has been saddled with the responsibility to initiate and finalise talks with a sound and experienced coach whose technicalinput could guarantee thecountry better outing in Canada.
Super Falcons, the best female team in Africa is yet to go passed thesecond round since the Women’s World Cup startedin 1991.
And despite a humiliating 9-1 aggregate defeatover Mali last Saturday, most NFF top brass were still not impressed.
“The team was able to subdue theiropponents due to weak opposition. Based on the performance of the girls in that matchagainst Mali, it was very obvious that what we presentedwas not a World Cup team,” our impeccable sourced said.
He continued, “We scored that high number of goals due to weak opposition and individual brilliance of the players. Therewas no team work and the girls could not put fivegood passes togetherbefore the opponents would intercept them.
“In all the goals, there was no proper build up towards it. We are going to theWorld Cup to meetthebestin the World, sowe must not take chances, but go with the best.
“It would surprise you that some ofthe foreignbased players were complaining against the level oftrainings they receive whenever they come tothe national team. They complained of no tactical trainings.”
The NFF had fewweeks back employed a US-based Nigerian as the Falcons’ psychologist, a development our sourcedescribed as good for the country’s female teams.
Meanwhile, yesterday, Coach Jill Ellis announcedthe US 23 player rooster to play in this year’s FIFA Women World Cup in Canada.
Ellis handed call-ups to veterans AmyWambach and Christie Ramponeas as the squad is also populated by players who have been to two or moreWorld Cup finals.
Ellis and her charges will be hoping to go one further by winning the 2015 edition after losing out to Japan on penalties in the last edition.
USA squad:
Goalkeepers: Ashlyn Harris (Washington Spirit), Alyssa Naeher (Boston Breakers), Hope Solo (Seattle Reign) Defenders: Lori Chalupny (Chicago Red Stars), Whitney Engen (Western NY Flash), Julie Johnston (Chicago Red Stars), Meghan Klingenberg (Houston Dash), Ali Krieger (Washington Spirit), Kelley O’Hara (Sky Blue FC), Christie Rampone (Sky Blue FC), Becky Sauerbrunn (FC Kansas City)
Midfielders: Shannon Boxx (Chicago Red Stars), Morgan Brian (Houston Dash), Tobin Heath (Portland Thorns), Lauren Holiday (FC Kansas City), Carli Lloyd (Houston Dash), Heather O’Reilly (FC Kansas City), Megan Rapinoe (Seattle Reign)
Forwards: Sydney Leroux (Western NY Flash), Alex Morgan (Portland Thorns), Christen Press(Chicago Red Stars), AmyRodriguez (FC Kansas City), Abby Wambach (unattached)