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Murray banks on experience for Reggae Girlz
June 23, 2023
Twenty-nine-year-old Reggae Girlz defender Satara Murray only made her international debut for Jamaica last October at the Concacaf Women's Championship in Mexico.
However, the Racing Louisville player has vast experience, having played for Liverpool and Bristol City in England, Houston Dash in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in the United States of America (USA) and Kolbotn in the Norwegian top flight.
She is confident that her experience and leadership can be an asset to the Reggae Girlz at the FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand from July to August if selected to Lorne Donaldson's final squad.
"I wasn't a part of the last World Cup, but being a part of it potentially, I'm excited to get going. We have to join together properly and get some work done.
"I do not have that much international experience, but I think the experience I have had as a professional can help me on the international stage, so that is what I am here to offer, my voice, my leadership
"I am one of the older ones on the field, so for me, it's the experience I have had over the few years as a professional," she said.
Murray believes that the valuable professional experience gained by most of the Reggae Girlz over the past four years will serve Jamaica well, and she is anticipating the final result when all the pieces come together.
"It helps with girls going off to their clubs, gaining that experience and getting those minutes in. Doing that with your club and coming back on an international level is helpful towards us.
"I am excited to see what this team has. It's full of potential. We just want to keep building and growing because it's a process, and everybody has to trust that. Time is everything," she reasoned.
Murray, who also qualified to play for England, the USA, Guyana and Antigua and Barbuda, believes the Reggae Girlz have the potential to progress from the group stage but argued that the work starts in their camps.
"We can get out of the group stage for sure. That is certainly our ambition. That is everybody's motivation. We can get out, and we will, but the recent camp and the camp in Amsterdam are really going to count.
"That is what's really going to matter. We must take it as seriously as we can and get ready. It's going to be a challenging World Cup, to say the least, playing France and Brazil, top 10 teams in the world. So we have to get ready, and every little bit counts," Murray said.
