The rookie is worth the Ho Chi Minh City Women’s Team
The Ho Chi Minh City Women’s Club is actively strengthening the match against Abu Dhabi Country (UAE) at the Asian Cup of Asia 2024 – 2025. After signing a contract with center -back Aubrey Goodwill and striker Sabrina Marie Cabrera, the team of coach Doan Thi Kim Chi has more Chelsea Le, players with two Vietnamese and US bloodlines.
Chelsea Le was born in 2001, matured at Spokane Shadow football training center (USA). She used to “try” for the U.19 Vietnam team in 2019, with the current national players such as Tran Thi Duyen, Nguyen Thi Thanh Nha or Nguyen Thi Hoa.
Chelsea Le in the U.19 Vietnam shirt in 2019
The presence of Chelsea Le in the U.19 team is relatively accidentally, when on the trip to Vietnam with her family in 2019, Chelsea Le and his younger sister, Kyah Le, was introduced to trial practice with U.19 Vietnam. Knowing that Chelsea and Kyah Le sisters practice semi -specialized in the US, Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and coach Akira Ijiri agreed to let both practice trying a few sessions.
During the training session, Chelsea Le showed the potential with good overwriting phases. She also scored from the impressive long -range situation that made the goalkeeper buried.
At the same time, coach Mai Duc Chung and the Vietnamese women’s team are attending the 2019 AFF Cup in Thailand (the tournament that Vietnam won the championship). After returning home, Mr. Mai Duc Chung received consultation from the assistants about the potential of Chelsea and Kyah Le.
Share with PV newspaper AdolescentThe coach of the Vietnamese women’s team affirmed that both Chelsea Le and Kyah Le were very potential, with good bodybuilding, neat handling, modern football thinking even though never really followed football.
“I want to send a message to the family of Chelsea Le and Kyah Le, that both of them are very potential. I hope the family will create conditions for Chelsea Le and Kyah Le to come back to Vietnam to practice and play regularly,” coach Mai Duc Chung shared with the Reporter Adolescent.

Chelsea Le (right) has a speed and good physique
Reporter Adolescent Then transferred to Mr. Lam Le, the father of Chelsea Le sisters. However, because the two parties could not find a common voice related to the movement between the US and Vietnam, as well as the conditions, but then Chelsea Le and Kyah Le missed the Vietnamese women’s team.
Back to score
After 6 years, Chelsea Le has returned to Vietnam for a new challenge: with the Ho Chi Minh City women’s team to the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup.
The 2001 midfielder played for the Gonzaga University team before returning to Vietnam to try. Over the past 6 years, Chelsea Le has just studied and pursued his passion for football. She is at the maturity of her career and once again wants to conquer the challenge in her second home.
In the latest exercise, Chelsea Le created for Huynh Nhu to score. The female overseas Vietnamese is considered to be active, open and quickly integrated with teammates.
Although Chelsea Le only signed a short -term contract with the Ho Chi Minh City women’s team, the performance of the Asian Cup can become a bridge for the overseas Vietnamese player to impress the Vietnamese women’s coach.
“I highly appreciate some overseas Vietnamese players who have returned to Vietnam.
I always encourage overseas Vietnamese players to return home. They carry Vietnamese blood and the door of the team is always open. After the overseas Vietnamese has a nationality, we will focus on them to check the expertise, fitness and style of playing football, then call them on the team, “coach Mai Duc Chung shared with the newspaper Adolescent.
In the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup Cup that took place on the evening of March 22 at Thong Nhat Stadium, the Ho Chi Minh City Women’s Club will face Abu Dhabi Country. The UAE representative held Hyundai Steel (South Korea) and defeated Wuhan Jiangda (China) to win the second place full of surprises.
The difference of Abu Dhabi Country lies in foreign quality such as goalkeeper Jeane (Brazil), defender Valeriia Olkhovska (Ukraine), midfielder Aicha Hamideche (Algeria) or striker Nanami Sone.
With the ambition to go far in the Asian Cup, Abu Dhabi Country is expected to recruit more foreign soldiers from Japan and European countries.