Steffi boost for girls in Liga Suparimau
MALAYSIA national team captain Steffi Sarge Kaur paid a visit to the girls of Liga Suparimau Klang Valley on Saturday.
Appearing at Sayfol International School to watch the girls matches, meet the players and take part in mini games, Steffi imparted her knowledge and words of encouragement on the U-10, U-12, U-14 and U-17 participants.
Speaking at the matches, Steffi was quick to highlight the improved platform for female players offered by Liga Suparimau’s girls-specific age groups.
“When I started playing football, I never had this platform where there are three or four girls categories, like U-10, U-12, and U14,” Steffi said. “I started playing with boys barefooted!
“I think what Liga Suparimau is doing is very good because we see a lot of girls now playing, and we have a lot of talented young players.”
Also present at the matches on Saturday were FA Malaysia Technical Director, Scott O’Donnell, and Head of Grassroots, Cameron Ng.
Speaking about Steffi’s presence at the girls league, Scott explained: “It’s good for the girls to see her and have a role model. At least there’s someone to look up to.
“They can say: ‘There’s the national team captain who’s come down to see us play!’ If they don’t have people like Steffi then who do they look up to?”
Steffi’s visit to the league was capped by a keepy-up competition, a one-on-one challenge and some exciting participation prizes from the league’s partners Boost Juice and Volkswagen Malaysia.
Liga Suparimau offers girls competitions for age groups from U-10 to U-17. The league currently runs weekly allgirls matches in the Klang Valley for 17 teams and over 230 registered players.