WATCH: Jets signing Sarina Bolden talk on her move to Newcastle

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The Philippines forward Sarina Bolden speaks to media ahead of Newcastle Jets training on December 5, 2023.

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00:00 more of my roots and stuff through that.

00:02 Tell us about the World Cup and the World Cup experience and scoring obviously the Philippines'

00:05 first ever goal at a World Cup.

00:08 I mean, it's crazy.

00:10 I just think about it whenever I get asked the question.

00:12 It's just like, wow, that happened.

00:14 It's not a dream.

00:15 It's just, like I said, a dream since I've been a kid.

00:21 Any footballer's goal, aspiration in the World Cup is up there.

00:25 For me to be a part of that is amazing.

00:27 I'm part of a team that's worked so hard to get there.

00:30 It's been a long time.

00:33 It's not just been like over the two years that we've been working hard, but even before

00:36 I was there, you know, 15, 20, ever since the national team has been together, it's

00:41 been a goal of ours.

00:43 To experience that, let alone score, you know, the first goal, men or women, is just amazing.

00:48 But again, it's the team, the staff, everything that was put into it.

00:53 It was a lot of sacrifice, dedication, and just amazing.

00:56 Really amazing and surreal.

00:58 What brought you to Newcastle?

01:02 Just the league.

01:03 I think that I came from Wanderers last season.

01:06 I really enjoyed it.

01:08 It definitely suited my playing style.

01:11 Coming from Japan, where it's a bit more technical, a bit more you have to be precise with everything.

01:16 Not saying that I'm not good with my touches and stuff like that, but it definitely challenged

01:20 me.

01:21 But for me to come here and feel a little bit more like, okay, I can play this style

01:25 is really good.

01:27 Kind of just talk to Gary before the season and stuff.

01:31 Things that were able to work out, whereas it would have come a little bit into the season

01:36 and stuff.

01:37 I know prior last season, I may not have had the best season, but Gary, this is his first

01:43 time and I know he has a lot of experience working with my former head coach, Alan Stijs.

01:48 I know he's got a lot of knowledge and I'm still really excited to learn and grow as

01:53 a player and be on this team.

01:55 So everything is working out for me right now.

01:57 And a great first game for the Jets.

02:00 Two goals, playing with Emily Van Egmon.

02:02 Tell us about your first game for the Jets.

02:05 It was real exciting.

02:07 I was just happy to be there, happy to contribute, do the best that I could.

02:12 Gary had kind of given us a heads up.

02:15 It's not going to be easy winning there.

02:17 The crowd is definitely not on your side.

02:20 Refs can have a little bit of a bias at times, but the environment was crazy.

02:25 It's good to kind of get that feeling of, okay, people are here to watch soccer, but

02:29 even though it may not be for us, it was still really exciting.

02:33 It was really nice to be able to play.

02:36 Obviously play with the likes of Emily Van Egmon, who has a plethora of experience.

02:41 I was really excited for that, especially with her four games.

02:45 She doesn't have a lot of games, so every minute counts to play with her.

02:48 I'm really happy I got that experience so far.

02:52 Some things to improve.

02:54 It was 4-3, so the opponent was able to get some goals on us, which hopefully we can get

02:58 that down to zero.

03:00 The resilience for us to come back after every one of their goals was really good and

03:04 awesome to see that this team fights no matter what.

03:08 You obviously can't hear me.

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