Team captain Alyssa Valdez could possibly retire and miss action when the national women’s volleyball team sees action in the Hangzhou Asian Games.
An official of the Philippine National Volleyball Federation raised this possibility as they assembled a new pool of players for the national men’s and women’s squads to the Asiad.
National training director Tonyboy Liao said the national men’s pool has a good selection of players to choose from.
As for the women’s side, Liao said discussions on its roster will have to be undertaken.
“We will play in the Asian Games. But we’re still choosing the lineup. We will have to talk about it,” said Liao.
“We have to sit down and discuss kung ano ang gagawin. She (Alyssa) might retire already from the national team,” he added.
During the last Southeast Asian Games in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, the national women’s team, composed mostly of Creamlime players, saw Valdez sparingly utilized by coach Jorge Souza de Brito because of her knee injury.
The Philippines settled for fourth place in the biennial meet.
Valdez has been undergoing rehabilitation for her injury, which she sustained last December.
De Brito has been coaching the women’s team since July, 2021, and his two-year tenure is set to end by next month.
The women’s squad is currently competing in the Asian Volleyball Confederation Challenge Cup for Women in Indonesia and has reached the quarterfinals.