The Taiwanese women’s team will have a major upgrade as they prepare for their final round of World Cup qualification tournament in November. Minori Wakabayashi and Maho Tanaka, two of the best overseas players in the Mulan League have both naturalized and become Taiwanese citizens after both met the country’s residency rules. Wakabayashi, the current…

In a recent meeting of CTAFA officials, a number of major decisions were announced that will affect both national teams and also the domestic scene  Arguably the most notable announcement was the immediate removal of women’s national team coach, Prasobchoke Chokemor. The Thai national had been the women’s coach going into the most recent AFC…

In a major development, the Taiwanese Womens Football Players Association (TWFPA) put out a public statement criticizing their team’s current coaching set-up that have led to ‘systematic flaws that severely impact the team’s operations’. The statement was signed by eighteen members of the national team and also posted on the social media accounts of several…

With all eight Mulan League teams now back up to full-strength following the end of the AFC Women’s Finals, Kaohsiung moved up to top spot of the Mulan League for the first time this season after an exciting battle of first versus second. Meanwhile, Hang Yuan and Taichung Blue Whale both have a game in…

After a bruising five games of football in the AFC Women’s finals, Taiwan’s tournament is over after a comprehensive defeat to North Korea. Having lost to China a few days earlier, the Mulan were out of the AFC Finals itself but had been moved into a ‘best of the rest’ bracket that was designed to…

Taiwan began their AFC Women’s Finals tournament in Australia with a gutsy but perhaps inevitable defeat to tournament favorites, Japan. The Mulan had a clear game plan from the beginning; defend deep, play selflessly and try to limit the opportunities for the tournament favorites to shoot from inside the Taiwan penalty box.  For a large chunk…