Good grief.
https://theniche-cache.com/football/2025/10/13/football-ferns-vs-mexicousa-squad-yarns-amp-preview
The Football Ferns need more games, we’ve all been saying it. They took a couple of windows off after the Olympics which has left them playing catch-up under a new coach. Then they also ended up in the silly position of playing in Chinese Taipei a few months back where they had to cancel their only proper game because the pitch conditions were so rubbish. That one never got much explanation but Claudia Jenkins did pop up on a podcast a wee while ago in which she offered some context from a player’s perspective...
https://theniche-cache.com/football/2025/10/13/football-ferns-vs-mexicousa-squad-yarns-amp-preview
The Football Ferns need more games, we’ve all been saying it. They took a couple of windows off after the Olympics which has left them playing catch-up under a new coach. Then they also ended up in the silly position of playing in Chinese Taipei a few months back where they had to cancel their only proper game because the pitch conditions were so rubbish. That one never got much explanation but Claudia Jenkins did pop up on a podcast a wee while ago in which she offered some context from a player’s perspective...
“When we went over there, we got to the field and the field was just covered in rocks and then they had these kids, like probably eleven kids out there picking up rocks and putting them into bags. So, there was like a turf training field that we trained on instead. We were supposed to train on the grass. It sort of looked like asphalt, the field, but it wasn't quite ready to train on or play on. So we trained on turf and then quite a few girls got injured from it. One girl did her ACL so yeah so the game got off unfortunately.”
That was Jana Radosavljevic who did her ACL. Real shame for Rado having earned a chance back in the national team after a spell in the wilderness.