Maria Khan | National Women's Championship 2021 | Pak Women's National Team | Pressing Matters #60

<p>Maria Khan is a Pakistani-American midfielder who plays for WAPDA's women's team and the Pakistan Women's National Team. She is going to compete in the upcoming Pakistan Football Federation National Women's Championship (NWFC) 2021, starting March 8th!<br> <br> Maria talks to us about her footballing journey, starting from the US to Dubai and now to Pakistan. She discusses her experience of playing domestically in three different countries, especially in Pakistan, and being called up for the Pakistan national team training camp in October 2020. We also hear her thoughts on the upcoming NWFC and the potential of women's football in our country.<br> <br> Edited by: Umer Fasie Bashir &nbsp;<br> <br> Follow us on: <br> <br> FACEBOOK &nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/onthemicoffi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/onthemicoffi</a>​... &nbsp;<br> <br> INSTAGRAM &nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/onthemic_of" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/onthemic_of</a>​... &nbsp;&nbsp;<br> <br> TWITTER &nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/on_themic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/on_themic</a>​ &nbsp;<br> <br> Connect with us: &nbsp;<br> <br> INSTAGRAM &nbsp;<br> Umer Fasie Bashir (Editor): <a href="https://www.instagram.com/umerfasieb/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/umerfasieb/</a>​ &nbsp;<br> <br> TWITTER <br> Ismail Farooq (Host): <a href="https://twitter.com/thehalfspaces" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/thehalfspaces</a>​<br> <br> Timestamps:<br> 0:00​ - Intro<br> 00:40​ - PFF National Women's Football Championship (NWFC) starts 8th March!<br> 01:00​ - Maria's favourite club &amp; competing with Zidane<br> 03:00​ - The start of Maria's football journey<br> 04:10​ - Transitioning from goalkeeper to midfielder<br> 08:51​ - Football as a career?<br> 12:00​ - Playing domestic football in Dubai<br> 12:45​ - Playing in Pakistan for the first time in 2018<br> 16:40​ - NWFC 2021<br> 18:10​ - Pakistan Women's Nat