The Maharashtra junior team along with coach, manager, and support staff before their departure to Odisha to participate in the AIFF Junior National Women’s Football Championship – 2016-17

Mumbai, July 1: Muriel Adam of PDFA (Pune District Football Association) has been appointed as the captain of the (WIFA) Maharashtra State Junior Women’s team that will participate in the AIFF Junior National Women’s Football Championship – 2016-17 to be held in Cuttack, Odisha from July 4 onwards.

Aditi Shetty of MDFA (Mumbai District Football Association) is the vice-captain of the Maharashtra team. The Head Coach of the team is AFC ‘C’ License holder Durva Vahia who is being accompanied by Manager Annie Paul and Physiotherapist Pooja Mehta.

The team boasts of many players who have represented the country in junior international tournaments. The international players are Bhagyashree Dalvi (Jr. International), Akanksha Khandalkar (Jr. International) and Karen Pais (Former captain and Jr. International).

Maharashtra girls will face Chhattisgarh and Manipur in the group stage. In the opening encounter, Maharashtra meets Chhattisgarh on Monday and then take on Manipur on Wednesday.

The team is as follows: Aditi Shetty (vice-captain), Afreen Peerbhoy, Riya Tank, Priyanka Sutaria, Bhagyashree Dalvi, Akanksha Khandalkar, Karen Pais, Pooja Dhamal, Tricia Colaco, V.K. Shruthilakshmi, Ark Deanndra D’silva, Zarastyn Mistry, Reva Sankhe (all Mumbai), Muriel Adam (captain) , Smriti Ganesh, Sasha Pimento (all Pune), Nikita Jadhav (Buldhana), Vandana Golha (Jalgaon) and Neha Kohli (Dhule).

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The Maharashtra U-19 girls football team are participating in the inter-state football tournament which will be held on July 1 in Orissa.

Last year the girls were knocked out in the quarter-final league stage. Maharashtra coach Durva Vahia said, “We have started training a couple of days before with a few more players to join us tomorrow, so we should be prepared in time for the tournament.”

After the recently concluded MDFA (Mumbai District Football Association) Women’s League and State Inter-District Championship, the Maharashtra’s training camp seems to be optimistic ahead of the tournament.

Durva Vahia who had represented Bodyline FC and Mumbai in the Women’s League and State Inter-District respectively has a vast experience as a player which will be a great asset for the whole team.

Her presence itself in the team will boost the player’s morale. Alongside Durva, Nagpur’s Coach Annie Paul is also at the helm of Maharashtra’s team who guided Nagpur into the semis of State Inter-District tournament.

Both of them has the potential and ability to lead this strong and confident side in the upcoming tournament.

The team is in fine shape more than ever after a hectic summer and will be looking to break the jinx of not making it past the quarter-finals stage of the tournament.

It will be quite interesting to follow Maharashtra’s fairytale this time, with less than two weeks left. Only time will tell whether Maharashtra can lift their first U19 championship title.

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