Transform a Girl's Life Through Soccer

Seyni Ndir Seck, our President, attended the World Cup in Russia! She cheered on the Senegal Men’s National Team in their group phase with the First Lady Marème Faye Sall and other former national team players, including El Hadji Diouf. Senegal played great and tied Japan for second place. Unfortunately, they were eliminated based on penalty cards to break the tie as every other measure was equal. Not the way you want to go out, but the team returned home to a proud country! 

This World Cup made us very excited for next year’s World Cup when the best national women’s teams will play each other in France. Seyni will also represent Ladies’ Turn and the Senegalese Federation for Women’s Soccer at that event. While Senegal didn’t qualify for 2019, it’s our dream that someday the Senegalese Women’s National Team will compete on the world stage. For now, we’ll be cheering hard for the other African women’s teams representing the continent, and we’ll be doing our daily work of building up female talent and opportunities in soccer in Senegal.

The 2019 World Cup also corresponds with our 10 year anniversary as a non-profit! We have some exciting plans, including organizing our own international tournament in Senegal. Stay tuned. We’ll need a big push of support to pull off another adventure and celebrate all we have accomplished.

Thanks again for always making all of these adventures possible!

Nio Far, In Solidarity,

Jennifer and the Ladies' Turn Team