{"id":326968,"date":"2024-10-30T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wswanderersfc.com.au\/?p=326968"},"modified":"2024-10-30T15:38:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T04:38:09","slug":"harada-signs-for-the-red-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wswanderersfc.com.au\/news\/harada-signs-for-the-red-black\/","title":{"rendered":"Harada signs for the Red & Black"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Western Sydney Wanderers FC have today confirmed the signing of&nbsp;Japanese&nbsp;midfielder Ena Harada for the upcoming Ninja A-League season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harada has been based in Sydney for the last six months, plying her trade in the National Premier League NSW Women\u2019s with Bankstown Lions FC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The midfielder said she is&nbsp;excited about the challenge ahead of her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is a new experience for me to be here in Australia at this club. Everyone has been so nice to me so far and I want to do my best to help the team this season,\u201d said Harada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI hope that we can all do&nbsp;well and Western&nbsp;Sydney Wanderers can win trophies this season. I think there is a good chance with the team that we have that we surprise a lot of teams.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"326970\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wswanderersfc.com.au\/news\/harada-signs-for-the-red-black\/training-photos-482-of-561\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wswanderersfc.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/10\/Training-photos-482-of-561.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"5472,3648\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS R6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1727657004&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;190&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Training photos  (482 of 561)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/wswanderersfc.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/10\/Training-photos-482-of-561.jpg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wswanderersfc.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/10\/Training-photos-482-of-561.jpg?w=1200\" height=\"800\" width=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/wswanderersfc.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/10\/Training-photos-482-of-561.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-326970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wswanderersfc.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/10\/Training-photos-482-of-561.jpg 5472w, https:\/\/wswanderersfc.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/10\/Training-photos-482-of-561.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/wswanderersfc.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/10\/Training-photos-482-of-561.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/wswanderersfc.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/10\/Training-photos-482-of-561.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/wswanderersfc.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/10\/Training-photos-482-of-561.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/wswanderersfc.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/10\/Training-photos-482-of-561.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Head&nbsp;coach&nbsp;Robbie Hooker said that Harada had impressed him in the off-season and was someone who was settling into the squad well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEna has very easily fitted in with the rest of the group both on and off the pitch. Her ability to create chances and to link up well with her teammates in that midfield area will add an extra layer of depth to the team this&nbsp;year,\u201d said Hooker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe hope that we can be a place that she can really come into her own and show us the quality on the pitch that we have seen throughout training this pre-season.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":326969,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[395,365,366,385],"tags":[10],"competition":[847],"acf":{"match_card_embed_league":null,"match_card_embed_club":null,"match_card_embed_match":false,"match_card_embed_disable":false,"auto_publish_updates":true,"reference_article":null,"article_featured_video":"","article_featured_video_tagline":"","article_byline":"Western Sydney Wanderers","article_media_type":"news","article_video":"","gallery":"","shared_ffa_source":"keepup","shared_hide_in_app":false,"article_player":[326743],"article_team":"","article_competition":"","article_match":"","credit":"","related_articles":[326953],"push_to_social":false,"priority":1,"sport":false,"language":"en","private_content":false,"access_level":"","article_id":"","app_featured_image":null,"article_content_group":"news"},"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/wswanderersfc.com.au\/news\/harada-signs-for-the-red-black\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Harada signs for the Red &#038; 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