Shari John

T&T se­nior team for­ward, Ken­nya Cord­ner has signed a pro­fes­sion­al con­tract with top Aus­tralian women's foot­ball club, Bris­bane Roars. Cord­ner spent the last two weeks on tri­al at the club and signed the con­tract on Sat­ur­day. The speedy strik­er de­buted for the club on Mon­day in the Hyundai W-League, com­ing on in the 77th minute and man­aged to im­press the fans ac­cord­ing to match re­ports.

Cord­ner said it was ex­cit­ing be­ing able to play in a new en­vi­ron­ment and she hopes to be­come a bet­ter play­er at the end of her ex­pe­ri­ence in Aus­tralia. "It feels great to be giv­en an op­por­tu­ni­ty to play away from home be­cause op­por­tu­ni­ties like this don't come very of­ten," she said.

"The qual­i­ty of foot­ball here (in Aus­tralia) is much high­er than that of my pre­vi­ous en­coun­ters, apart from na­tion­al du­ty, and I am sure it will im­prove my game. This means a whole lot for my ca­reer be­cause not on­ly do I have the op­por­tu­ni­ty to be­come a bet­ter play­er, but set a stan­dard be a role mod­el for the younger play­ers com­ing up. The 22-year-old will be in Aus­tralia un­til the end of the Aus­tralian women's sea­son in Feb­ru­ary.