{"id":467821,"date":"2018-02-26T21:00:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T21:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/26\/mercy-tagoe-revels-in-wafu-womens-cup-triumph\/"},"modified":"2018-02-26T21:00:30","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T21:00:30","slug":"mercy-tagoe-revels-in-wafu-womens-cup-triumph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/26\/mercy-tagoe-revels-in-wafu-womens-cup-triumph\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercy Tagoe revels in WAFU Women&#8217;s Cup triumph"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Monday, 26 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-26<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/80948305.295.jpg\" alt=\"MCTAGOE\" title=\"MCTAGOE\" width=\"295\" height=\"200\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Interim coach of the Black Queens Mercy Tagoe<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817976607\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817976607\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519678830_391_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Interim coach of the Black Queens Mercy Tagoe has reiterated her satisfaction after guiding the team to lift the maiden WAFU Zone B Nations Cup.<\/p>\n<p>A first-half strike by Jane Egyir was all the Queens needed to beat host nation Ivory Coast as they won their second major trophy.<\/p>\n<p>And Tagoe, who many doubted to do the job, says it was dream come true for her and expatiated on why she shed tears after the final whistle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very happy I have been able to win this title with the Black Queens. When i played for the Black Queens we were not able to win any trophy and I am glad i have been able to win one as a coach.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The former Ghana international was appointed assistant deputy coach to former Head coach Didi Dramani who resigned from his position to take a job in Denmark.<\/p>\n<p>She made history by becoming the first ever Ghanaian female Coach to win a trophy.<\/p>\n<p>The 44-year-old had previously made history as the first Ghanaian female referee to officiate at the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>She was also part of the history making Black Queens squad that qualified for their first ever FIFA World Cup in 1999.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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