Mitchelle Alozie’s 22 Years Dream Fulfilled 

Duro Ikhazuagbe

With Nigeria’s Super Falcons’ qualification for the knockout stage of the ongoing Women’s World Cup in Australia, one player whose dream has been fulfilled at the tournament is American born Mitchelle Chinwendu Alozie.

Alozie plays as forward for Houston Dash in America’s National Women’s Soccer League but has been converted to almost a wing back by Super Falcons handlers.

She has played all Nigeria’s three games against Canada, Australia and Ireland.

After Nigeria’s draw with Ireland and the ticketbto the knockout phase in the bag, Alozie was joined on the sideline by her mother and father who are in Brisbane, Australia to celebrate this milestone.

This 26-year-old footballer who holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Molecular Biology from Yale, works part-time as a cancer research technician at the Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston.

She dreamt of playing at the FIFA Women’s World Cup when she was just four years old.

Her mother, Mrs Alozie gushed on Twitter: “She was four years when she started dreaming of playing at the @FIFAWWC & it came to reality at 26”.

Alozie made her senior debut for Nigeria on June 10, 2021 in a 0-1 friendly loss to Jamaica when she came off the bench at 65th minute.

She was named in Nigeria’s 23-player World Cup party by Coach Randy Waldrum who had previously managed the Dash team. Her capability was tested in her World Cup debut against Canada which ended in a draw in Australia.