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Football: Bolden looks to carry fine goal-scoring form to Saitama

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Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Members of the Philippine Women" s="" National="" Football="" Team="" celebrate="" after="" Sarina="" Bolden="" scored="" a="" goal="" during="" the="" ASEAN="" Federation="" Championship="" match="" against="" Thailand="" in="" Manila="" on="" July="" George="" ABS-CBN="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/tvpatrol/07/21/20220717-aff-ph-thailand-gc-6.jpg"/><figcaption>Members of the Philippine Women&#x27;s National Football Team celebrate after Sarina Bolden (8) scored a goal during the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Women&#x27;s Championship match against Thailand in Manila on July 17, 2022. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA, Philippines -- After a sensational campaign in the 2022 AFF Women&#x27;s Championship, Sarina Bolden is now hoping to carry her form to her club team in Japan&#x27;s WE League.Bolden starred for the Philippine women&#x27;s national football team in the regional competition, scoring eight goals in seven matches. She had a brace against Vietnam in the semi-final, then converted the Philippines&#x27; final goal in a 3-0 demolition of Thailand in the final.Though there was no official Golden Boot winner, Bolden was the tournament&#x27;s top goal-scorer and firmly established herself as one of the best strikers in the Southeast Asian region.&quot;I just try to get any part of my body on to the ball when I can. Just as of this tournament, it&#x27;s been [with] my head, most of the time,&quot; said Bolden, whose last three goals in the competition came off headers. <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/07/17/22/football-history-filipinas-defeat-thailand-to-lift-aff-trophy">READ: Filipinas defeat Thailand to lift AFF trophy</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/07/20/22/friendlies-vs-costa-rica-nz-eyed-for-filipinas">READ: Friendlies vs. Costa Rica, NZ eyed for Filipinas</a></li></ul>Now a household name in the Philippines after the Filipinas&#x27; triumph in the AFF Women&#x27;s Championship, Bolden is set to return to Chifure AS Elfen Saitama for a second season in the WE League. She featured nine times for the club in the 2021-22 season, and Saitama announced on June 30 that Bolden will return for a second year with them.&quot;I hope so, I really hope so,&quot; Bolden said of bringing her superb goal-scoring form for her country to her club.&quot;I&#x27;m always gonna try my best and work hard every single day, and put my all into it,&quot; she added. &quot;So I really hope I can translate what happened here into my professional team.&quot;Bolden will head to the United States for a brief vacation with her family before reporting to Saitama. The new season of the WE League starts in October.&quot;Just excited to get back at it with them and re-join them,&quot; said Bolden. &quot;Gonna be a very busy time with my professional team and with the national team, but it&#x27;s just really exciting stuff.&quot;&quot;I&#x27;m just happy and excited to be busy like this. Especially in a team where we had the pandemic and nothing was going on. So just really grateful and really excited to be playing professionally and with the national team,&quot; she added.

After a sensational campaign in the 2022 AFF Women's Championship, Sarina Bolden is now hoping to carry her form to her club team.

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Football: Bolden looks to carry fine goal-scoring form to Saitama

Camille B. Naredo,

ABS-CBN News

Published July 21, 2022 03:05 PM PHT

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