President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kurt Okraku, has emphasized the importance of the upcoming U15 Girls Inter-Regional Challenge Cup, urging the organizing committee to ensure a successful tournament.
Okraku expressed his hopes that the competition would help identify and develop talented players who could potentially represent the Black Queens in the future.
During a meeting with the organizing committee on Tuesday, April 16, Okraku outlined his vision for the competition, stating, “If we get the U15 teams right, the approach will be for them to be promoted en-bloc year after year, with only about 10% of the intake being opened for exceptional new faces to be considered. We must get the U15 tournament right to ensure continuing success all the way up to the Black Queens level.”
Okraku also emphasized the importance of following the GFA’s Football DNA when selecting players for the tournament. He stated, “Our Football DNA clearly speaks about the kind of players that must come through our scheme, and this age group is so crucial for us. Player selectors at the tournament would have to strictly go by the player profiles that our DNA speaks about.”
The inaugural U15 Girls Inter-Regional Challenge Cup is set to be launched on Friday, June 14.
