来自西孟加拉的29岁中场运动员Sushmita Lepcha首次加入印度妇女国家队参加AFC妇女亚洲杯(印度在通过当地足球和俱乐部足球赛崛起23年后获得的第一个资格), Sushmita Lepcha, a 29-year-old midfielder from West Bengal, earned her first call-up to India’s women’s national team for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup—India’s first qualification in 23 years—after rising through local and club football.

苏斯米塔·莱普查是来自西孟加拉邦卡林邦的29岁中场, 收到一个惊喜的WhatsApp消息, 加入印度女子国家队参加23年来首次在澳大利亚举行的亚洲杯比赛. Sushmita Lepcha, a 29-year-old midfielder from Kalimpong, West Bengal, received a surprise WhatsApp message adding her to India’s women’s national team for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup in Australia—the first time India qualified in 23 years. 在女子足球少见的地区成长, 她开始看着她的兄弟玩耍, 并通过当地锦标赛和俱乐部, 包括东孟加拉FC(East Bengal FC), 在Anthony Andrews教练的带领下, 她与国际资深人士一起训练, 学习专业精神。 Growing up in a region where girls’ football was rare, she began playing by watching her brother and rose through local tournaments and clubs, including East Bengal FC, where she trained alongside senior internationals and learned professionalism under coach Anthony Andrews. 她在国内和大陆竞赛中的表演为她进入国际舞台做准备,导致她首次被派遣国家小组,作为26人队员小队的一部分,与来自东孟加拉的8名队友联手。 Her performances in domestic and continental competitions prepared her for the international stage, leading to her first national team call-up as part of a 26-player squad, joining eight teammates from East Bengal.