Leena Khamis has called on her Western Sydney Wanderers teammates to make history in 2018-19 and reach the Westfield W-League finals for the first time.
Khamis was one of three former Sydney FC players to make cross-city moves for the 2018-19 Westfield W-League campaign to join up with her former coach Dan Barrett in red and black colours.
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Wanderers are entering their seventh season of Westfield W-League football and their best result is a sixth place finish in their inaugural season in 2012-13.
After a pair of eighth place finishes in the past two seasons, Khamis believes it’s time Wanderers stepped up and that Barrett is the man to lead them to the promised land.
.@Leena_Khamis is planning to make some history with us this season #WSW pic.twitter.com/BjZpJP6xdp
— WS Wanderers FC (@wswanderersfc) August 24, 2018
“The Wanderers W-League team haven’t made a finals series before and that’s our main goal to start with,” said Khamis, who has 25 caps and five goals for the Westfield Matildas.
“I’ve already had a good chat with Dan, our goals are the same.
“Obviously going the whole way, creating some history for the club.”
“I’m looking forward to creating some history here.”
The 32-year-old had spent her entire career in Australia wearing the sky blue of Sydney FC and admits she’s exciting about pulling on a new jersey for the 2018-19 Westfield W-League season.
“It still hasn’t hit me yet, putting the Red & Black on for the first time,” said Khamis.
“I’m actually really looking forward to it. It’s going to be a big challenge.”