Kenya’s U20 Women National Team, the Rising Starlets, have stepped up their final preparations for 2022 FIFA U20 Women World Cup qualifier return leg match against Uganda on Friday at the St. Mary’s Stadium starting at 4 PM.The Kenyan girls held a training session and had a feel of the field earlier today at the St. Mary’s Stadium in Kampala, Uganda in preparation for that game, with hopes of overturning a 7-2 defeat in the first encounter at Nyayo National Stadium last month.Rising Starlets jetted out to Uganda on Tuesday in the morning to ensure they have adequate preparation and rest in Uganda ahead of the match.Harambee Starlets coach Charles Okere, who is taking charge of the U20 team as well, remains upbeat that they can get a positive result and perhaps overturn Uganda’s first leg result.“Our aim is to attain a positive result against Uganda, and from the training, we have had, I believe that the players are ready for the tough but not impossible task ahead,” Okere opined.The overall winner of this tie on aggregate will face the winner of the second-round tie between Mozambique and South Africa, with South Africa having taken the away advantage as they won 1-0.Initially, before the home game, a squad of 30 players had been called to camp but it was trimmed to a final 23 before the team traveled, with Madira Girls and Dagorreti Mix getting the lion’s share with four players each.Here is the squad that traveled;GoalkeepersUrsula Nasimiyu (Dagoretti Mix), Lucy Kisaga (Gitothua Starlets), Sophy Akinyi (Manyatta Ladies).DefendersPeris Oside (Nakuru Queens), Mercy Masika (Dagoretti Mix), Eunice Mwangi (Mpesa Foundation), Invioleta Mukoshi (St John’s Kaloleni), Lucy Kahuga (Madira Girls), Redempta Mercy (Madira Girls)MidfieldersDrailer Salome (Tigers FC), Lydia Akoth (Zetech Sparks), Maximilla Robi (Beijing FC), Milka Awino (Zetech Sparks), Catherine Aringo (Fortune Ladies), Jane Hato (Madira Girls), Lavender Akinyi (Wiyeta Girls), Mildred Kanyisi (Dagoretti Mix).ForwardsFasila Adhiambo (Dagoretti Mix), Elizabeth Muteshi (Nangili Girls), Sylvia Makungu (Acakoro), Shalyne Opisa (Wiyeta Girls), Charity Midewa (Madira Girls), Joy Kinglady (Zetech Sparks).
