CORI WILLIAMS is eyeing an FA Cup upset of Lewes for Cardiff Metropolis Girls, who're the one tier 4 facet left within the contest.
And head coach Jamie Philip, 29, would like to see his gamers tackle Chelsea in the event that they pull off a shock outcome at this time.
Cardiff are at present the lowest-ranked facet within the contest this time period having knocked out third tier outfit Burnley.
And ahead Williams, who was on the rating sheet throughout that 4-1 trouncing, says victory at this time can be an enormous increase for her facet.
Williams, 33, mentioned: “It is unbelievable to be truthful. You enter the FA Cup simply desirous to compete and get so far as you probably can.
"To get to this stage is one thing we by no means anticipated.
“To be the place we're as a tier 4 group now competing with groups from tiers one and two is totally huge for us positively.
“We obtained relegated final yr, that was very disappointing.
"However the journey we have been on from the beginning of the season up till now has been good."
Like her team-mates Williams doesn't earn a wage from taking part in for Cardiff Metropolis.
All their gamers and backroom employees are volunteers.
And for Williams, who has seven Wales worldwide caps, her love for the membership is the motivation for her competing for the facet.
She provides: “Our coaches are volunteers, everybody behind the scenes are volunteers.
"We have all obtained to have full time jobs to maintain our existence.
“It is clearly robust if you've obtained quite a bit happening nine-to-five, 5 days per week after which you have to flip as much as coaching and be switched on.
“It positively exhibits the love we now have for the sport. doing our jobs full-time after which clearly spending our spare time taking part in soccer.”
Cardiff’s opponents Lewes are at present seventh within the Ladies’s Championship and have received two of their final six video games throughout all competitions.
And like Lewes’ tier two rivals Durham, Cardiff are a financially unbiased facet not reliant on earnings from a males’s soccer membership.
Ought to the group progress to the quarter-finals they may earn £20,000 in prize or £5,000 if knocked out of the competition.
Head coach Phliip mentioned: “Lots of the (decrease league) golf equipment who went via the qualifying rounds may survive for an excellent couple of years on simply the winnings or the loss from FA Cup cash.
“For us, it means an enormous quantity as a result of we're within the center the place we predict, can we go down the route of being semi-pro and attempting to check ourselves towards the highest?
“Or can we stick the place we're and attempt to survive for the subsequent few years?
“We wish to use this cash to speculate into pushing ourselves up.
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