As Sashana “Pete” Campbell continues to entertain ideas of making the national senior women’s football team for the FIFA Women’s World Cup this summer, the Reggae Girlz defender says she is looking for one last flourish on the big stage to perhaps end her international career.

The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup will be the ninth edition of the of the globe biggest show for females, the quadrennial international women’s association football championship contested by women’s national teams and organised by FIFA. The tournament will be hosted jointly by Australia and New Zealand and is scheduled to take place from July 20 to August 20.

A spot on the team of a second-consecutive World Cup with the Reggae Girlz would undoubtedly be the ideal way to cap the journey for Campbell, who has been a member of the senior squad since 2014.

“Well, I mean, my age is 32, and I just feel like there is more after football, and I think I am at the level now where I think I can give back to the younger generation,” Campbell told the Jamaica Observer.

“We have a great group of younger players who are coming in, and I mean, I do love the sport, but I don’t think that my age is really a factor compared to other players. I think I still feel as young as possible, but I just think that I am at a level where I just want to give back to the younger generation of players.

“I don’t really have a timeline for ending my career, but I just think that finishing at the World Cup would be great. Just finishing off on a high, just have that in the bag and use that to prepare me for whether I am coaching or mentoring younger girls.

“If I don’t get picked for the World Cup team, then all is not dead; at least I still tried, and I will still go into coaching. I had just finished playing with Medyk Konin in Poland, and so I really finished my professional career with them,” added Campbell, who has also represented Jamaica at the Under-17 and Under-20 levels.

Campbell, who attended Darton College and the University of West Florida before embarking on a professional career, said that it would mean the world to her if she was selected to represent Jamaica at the global showpiece.

“It felt amazing in 2019. I mean, the atmosphere was great; we had a lot of support, and I am looking forward to going back, hopefully, and it will be great. It would mean a lot because I am looking forward to finishing off my career, and going to the next World Cup would be amazing.

“It would be a good accomplishment for my career to have been to back-to-back World Cups. Just being here with the girls to cap off my career would be amazing,” explained Campbell.

According to Campbell, training has been effective thus far, and she is putting in the necessary effort to get selected.

“The training has been great. I mean, it is really hot out here in Jamaica, and to know that we are going into the cold in Australia is part of the reason that I think the girls are really focused and stuff, and so I think training has been great,” she ended.