{"id":2436,"date":"2021-04-25T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2021-04-25T07:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lefa.co.ls\/?p=2436"},"modified":"2021-04-25T09:51:30","modified_gmt":"2021-04-25T07:51:30","slug":"mahalalitoe-captain-rabale-joins-sundowns-ladies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lefa.co.ls\/?p=2436","title":{"rendered":"Rabale speaks on dream move to Sundowns Ladies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2442\" src=\"https:\/\/lefa.co.ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Rabale.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lefa.co.ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Rabale.jpg 720w, https:\/\/lefa.co.ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Rabale-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/lefa.co.ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Rabale-125x128.jpg 125w, https:\/\/lefa.co.ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Rabale-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/>Lesotho Women\u2019s National team captain Boitumelo Rabale has spoken of her delight after completing a move to SAFA National Women\u2019s League Champions-Mamelodi Sundowns on a two-year deal.<\/h3>\n<p>The 24-year-old affectionately known as \u2018Queen\u2019, was unveiled by Sundowns on Friday and makes the return to the SAFA National Women\u2019s League after a successful spell in the United States of America, where she was named the 2020 Junior College-All American National Women\u2019s Player of the Year after her exploits with Clark and Community College.<\/p>\n<p>Rabale is not new to the South Africa scene having previously captained Bloemfontein Celtic Ladies to the then Sasol League National League Championships in 2016 and 2017 respectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very happy to have joined Sundowns, I have been waiting for this opportunity for a long time,\u201d delighted Rabale revealed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have already started training with the team and the reception has been very good. Having two of my former teammates from Celtic also made the process a bit easier for me and I\u2019m looking forward to a successful journey with the club.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Rabale\u2019s big move to Sundowns has been given a blessing by the Lesotho Football Association President, Advocate Salemane Phafane, who wished the Lesotho captain well on her new journey with the SAFA National Women\u2019s League Champions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted as LeFA with the developments in Rabale\u2019s career as the captain of our Women\u2019s Senior National team. She has been a good ambassador for Women\u2019s football in the country and we wish her success in her new journey with Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies,\u201d the LeFA President said.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2437\" src=\"https:\/\/lefa.co.ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DSC_1945-1024x971.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lefa.co.ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DSC_1945-1024x971.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lefa.co.ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DSC_1945-300x285.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lefa.co.ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DSC_1945-768x728.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lefa.co.ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DSC_1945-1536x1457.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lefa.co.ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DSC_1945-2048x1943.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lefa.co.ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DSC_1945-128x121.jpg 128w, https:\/\/lefa.co.ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DSC_1945-32x30.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lesotho Women\u2019s National team captain Boitumelo Rabale has spoken of her delight after completing a move to SAFA National Women\u2019s League Champions-Mamelodi Sundowns on a two-year deal. 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