Morris to lace up for Western United

FROM Golden City Football Club to the A-League, Silver Bell Morris’ young career has gone from strength to strength.

Most recently competing at the AFF U18 Women’s Championship which she won with the Junior Matildas, Morris was also part of the FV Emerging squad which reached the NPLW Victoria finals for the first time this year.

She said she’s ready for the next step of her career, signing a scholarship contract with the A-League Women club Western United.

“It feels amazing and I’m very grateful for the opportunity,” she said.

“It’s something I’ve been working hard towards since I was young and to have the opportunity to join Western United is amazing.”

Morris was born in a refugee camp on the boarder of Myanmar and Thailand border before moving to Australia with her family in 2013.

The 18-year-old centre-back started playing soccer locally before being scouted to various development programs.

Western United head coach Mark Torcaso said Morris had an outstanding season in the WNPL Victoria, where she was coached by United assistant Helen Winterburn.

“Without doubt, Silver Bell has been one of the standout young players in NPLW. She has enormous potential, but I’m also really excited to see how she can help us immediately with her quality,” he said.

“Helen has done an incredible job with the Emerging team and Silver Bell has shone in that environment, so I’m really excited that they will continue to work together and that I get to be involved now as well.

“Added to that, she has grown up, lived and developed in the west, so to have a player like that representing our country and now playing for the club in the west is a big deal, and I’m really pleased.”

Western United kick off their A-League Women campaign on Saturday, 19 November against Melbourne Victory.