Players from north omitted from Mares squad

The Mares coach recently released a list of players for next month’s COSAFA Cup to be played in South Africa. The squad is entirely made up of players from the southern part of the country.

Traditionally, the national team has always been a southern affair. “I am unable to go around the country looking for players to be part of the national team owing to lack of resources. It is my biggest wish to have some of the national team players from other parts of the country. What makes it even more difficult for me to go around the country and search for talent is that I work on a voluntary basis,” said Nkutlwisang. Nkutlwisang noted that at times she gives invitations to regional football leaders in other parts of the country to send players for assessment during national team camps but at times they send theplayers late or do not send them at all. “Some of the players who came for assessment were not ready for the national team.