Black Princesses Coach, Ben Forkuo has named a squad of 22 players for the first leg encounter in the U20 FIFA World Cup Costa Rica 2022 qualifiers against the young Crested Cranes of Uganda.

The squad list sees Berry Ladies lethal forward, Sophaiah Maabena Agyaakwa and Amina Ahamadu of FC Savannah making their first appearance for the Black Princesses.

The Black Princesses team left Ghana on Wednesday via Kenya Airlines at 21:00 GMT.

The Ugandans will seek to maintain their fairytale run in the African qualifiers for FIFA Women’s World Cup Costa Rica 2022 when they face favourites Ghana on Saturday, 22 January 2022.

The East African team brought to an end the qualification dreams of South Africa after a 1-0 aggregate win and were rewarded with a fourth-round showdown with the West Africans.

Ghana’s U-20 female national team, the Black Princesses last month progressed into the final stage after beating the Young Copper Queens of Zambia 1-0 in Accra.

The FIFA Women’s U-20 World Cup is slated for Costa Rica next year.

Ghana are chasing a record sixth straight FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup participation. The Black Princesses made their first World Cup appearance in 2010 and have gone ahead to play in four tournaments on the spin. (2010, 2012,2014, 2016, 2018).

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