Nigeria's Falconets Shocked by Reception

The team left unnoticed. Not even the football association took them seriously. But their strides up to the final of the Fifa U-20 Women's World Cup in Germany changed that.

Alaba Jonathan, Joy Jegede and Esther Sunday of Nigeria celebrate after winning the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup Quarter Final match against USA on July 25, 2010 in Augsburg, Germany.

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