At the 2023 Women’s World Cup, the Vietnamese women’s team with a framework of important pillars of the HCM City club is expected to reap much success in its first participation in this arena.
In the past 8 years, Ho Chi Minh City Women’s Club has always been unrivaled in the domestic playground with 7 national championships and 1 runner-up. In addition to the leadership of former player Doan Thi Kim Chi and currently the number 1 assistant of coach Mai Duc Chung in the national team, building a reasonable selection strategy has helped the HCMC women’s team continuously create inherited player class.
The success of Vietnamese women’s football cannot fail to mention the Tao Dan Sports Center, which has trained the golden generation for Vietnamese women’s football such as Huynh Nhu, Chuong Thi Kieu, Bich Thuy or Kim Thanh.
And now, the names mentioned above are the main factors for winning tickets to the World Cup of Vietnamese women’s football.
In the 3-5-2 diagram of coach Mai Duc Chung and the whole defense system of the Vietnamese women’s team is the “guard” of the female players in Ho Chi Minh City, including goalkeeper Kim Thanh; 3 central defenders Thu Thao, Chuong Thi Kieu, Phuong Thao; two wingers Bich Thuy and My Anh.
To give birth to the current generation of talented players, the selection process at Tao Dan “incubator” is also quite strict. During the three summer months, the recommended female players (mostly students) will be picked up by the club (if from the western provinces) or bought a train or plane ticket (if in the central region) to Ho Chi Minh City. stay in the center and start the training process.
Mr. Mai Ba Hung, Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture and Sports and former Director of the Sports Center in District 1, shared: “When I was still working in District 1, the annual budget was to maintain the ball. Women’s football is up to 4 – 5 billion VND, although it is a huge amount of money, but you have to bite your teeth and spend it to maintain the development of the cradle of Ho Chi Minh City women’s football.
When I transferred to the department, I also directed and asked for support from many sources to help District 1 invest in women’s football. And indeed, I’m glad that the Ho Chi Minh City women’s football has achieved success and made a great contribution to the ticket to the 2023 World Cup.”
Now the modern model of Tao Dan Center has been effective. With a modern model, this place is expected to produce many successful players like Huynh Nhu in the future.