{"id":321136,"date":"2020-04-16T06:04:02","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T20:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=321136"},"modified":"2020-04-16T06:04:02","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T20:04:02","slug":"guines-feat-to-inspire-other-nmi-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/guines-feat-to-inspire-other-nmi-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Guine\u2019s feat to inspire other NMI players"},"content":{"rendered":"
CNMI captain Guine Borja, fifth left, celebrates with her teammates after making a goal in their game against Guam in last year\u2019s Marianas Cup at the Guam Football Association Training Center in Dededo. (Guam Football Association)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If Guine Borja made it to the collegiate ranks, other CNMI players can, too.<\/p>\n

Angie Ito, one of Borja\u2019s coaches with the CNMI Women\u2019s National Team, congratulated the 19-year-old for earning an athletics scholarship with Navarro College in Texas and hopes to see more players from the islands follow the latter\u2019s footsteps.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is headstrong and has an opportunity to go far with her dreams. But I think her greatest opportunity is to be a role model for the young girls in the NMI\u2026that they can do what she\u2019s done too, to dream and keep going,\u201d said Ito.<\/p>\n

Borja signed a letter of intent to play for the Bulldogs, who compete in the National Junior College Athletic Association and are coached by former pro and Jamaica National Team member Alicia Wilson.<\/p>\n

News on the many-time CNMI national team member and Paire Football Club player getting a chance to see action in the collegiate level does not surprise Ito at all, as the coach could attest to how Borja worked hard to be where she is right now.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve seen Guine\u2019s great passion for soccer. Even during my first time managing the CNMI youth national girls team (U14), I already knew she has the potential to become a successful player in this sport,\u201d Ito said.<\/p>\n

Borja juggled her time between her studies and training sessions with the national team and though there were times that she had to stop playing because of an injury, she managed to get back to the pitch and help the squad.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve seen her improve her skills and smarts for it. We\u2019ve seen her ups and downs with soccer, but she pulled through high school while playing for the CNMI women\u2019s national team,\u201d the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association staff said.<\/p>\n

After Borja completed her high school, she remained in contact with Ito and the coaching staff, sending videos of her training workouts.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe, at NMIFA and the women\u2019s national team are very happy and proud to see her move up to the collegiate level. We will continue to support her and wish her success in her college soccer career,\u201d Ito said.<\/p>\n

CNMI captain Guine Borja, fifth left, poses with her counterpart in Guam, Shyann Roberto, second left, and match officials before their game in last year\u2019s Marianas Cup at the Guam Football Association Training Center in Dededo. (Guam Football Association)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If Guine Borja made it to the collegiate ranks, other CNMI players can, too. Angie…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":321138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[257],"class_list":["post-321136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-nmi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}