by FSL News | 21 Feb, 2019 | Players Abroad News
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Sierra Leone and former Seattle Sounders Academy star, Victor Mansaray could make his V-League debut with Becamex Binh Duong FC today (February 21) when they take on Thanh Hoa in Vietnam’s top division.
The 22-year-old is said to have signed a short-term contract with the Vietnamese club who are allowed to register only four foreign players.
Further information stated that if the player failed to adapt with the team and the league, the club has the sole right to end his contract immediately without compensation before they can recruit another player in the second phase of the season.
Mansaray has had a spell with the Seattle Sounders FC training academy, a team playing in the American Major League Soccer (MLS) and later with Charleston Battery Club in the USL Championship (the US second-tier league) where he made 18 appearances and scored two goals.
He also represented the U.S U-18 national team in August 2014 and played two games in the friendly tournament hosted by the Czech Republic, against Hungary and Ukraine.
After turning 18 in February 2015, Mansaray moved up to the U.S Under 20 national team where he made one appearance in 2015, followed by six others the following year scoring two goals.
After been dropped from the U.S. team for the 2017 U-20 World Cup, the striker said he was open to a called up by the Sierra Leone national team and on June 5, 2017, he received his first Sierra Leone called up for the African Cup of Nations qualifier against Kenya but was an unused sub.
by FSL News | 21 Feb, 2019 | African News
AFCON 2019: Hosts Egypt named six venues for finals.
Africa Cup of Nations 2019 hosts Egypt, has named six venues across five cities for the new 24 teams tournament to be played between 21 June – 19 July.
The venues include Cairo International Stadium, controversial Port Said Stadium, where 72 supporters died during the country’s worst violence at a soccer stadium in 2012.
The Egypt Football Association (EFA), also named Alexandria, Ismailia and Suez as part of the venues for the new-look 24-team tournament.
“We had initially proposed eight sites for the tournament but after an inspection by a Caf [Confederation of African Football] delegation, we chose only six,” EFA spokesman Ahmed Megahed said.
The full list of stadiums are Cairo International Stadium, Air Force Stadium, Port Said Stadium, Ismailia Stadium, Suez Sports Stadium and, the Alexandra Stadium.
The Confederation of African Football announced Egypt as host early January after Cameroon were stripped of hosting rights due to delays over their preparations for the tournament.
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by FSL News | 19 Feb, 2019 | Players Abroad News
Abu Bakarr Kargbo made an immediate impact on his return scoring the winner for Berliner AK 07 in their Bundesliga Nordost league victory over BFC Dynamo at their Poststadion on Saturday.
As a result, Berliner Athletik Klub 07 (AK07) standing second in the Germany fourth tier table from 20 matches played thus far.
The former FK Victoria 1889 player has been out since October with a shoulder injury.
The Sierra Leone native was only making his first appearance since recovering from an injury that has kept him out for three months.
“I was pleased with the goal after a long time out with an injured shoulder,” Kargbo, who was part of Sierra Leone friendly in Iran stated.
Kargbo’s goal came just before the break after collecting a clever pass to slot in a right footed shot.
The visitors BFC Dynamo was by no means the worse team over the entire playing time but suffered another defeat.
He has registered nine goals and earned six assists in 15 appearances this season.
Berliner AK 07 next league outing will be an away tie to FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt on Saturday 24th February at the Steigerwald stadium.
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by FSL News | 17 Feb, 2019 | Players Abroad News
Major League Soccer side Real Salt Lake thrashed Phoenix Rising 4-1 in the Mobile Mini Sun Cup on Saturday night.
This match was part of both teams 2019 Preseason and, Sierra Leone international, Mustapha Dumbuya, who was in action saw his Phoenix Rising jumped into an early lead thanks to forwarding Adam Jahn.
But, after going down in the opening two minutes of the match, Real Salt Lake scored four uncontested goals, including a brace from Damir Kreilach.
Its was Dumbuya’s fourth appearances for the United Soccer League side since joining the club on January 19, 2019.
They also lost heavily (5-1) to New York Red Bulls New York Red Bulls at Naranja Park in Oro Valley, AZ a week ago.
Phoenix Rising FC continues its play in the 2019 Mobile Mini Sun Cup next Wednesday, February 20, against MLS side Portland Timbers in Tucson, Ariz.
The match kicks off from the Kino Sports Complex North Stadium at 6 p.m.
Goals: PHX: 2’, 9-Adam Jahn (20-Solomon Asante)
RSL: 11’, 8-Damir Kreilach (17-Corey Baird)
RSL: 42’, 8-Damir Kreilach
RSL: 63’, 12-Brooks Lennon (PK)
RSL: 74’, 7-Jefferson Savarino (22-Aaron Herrera)
PHX Starting 28-Zac Lubin; 13-Amadou Dia, 3-A.J. Cochran, 15-Joey Farrell, 24-Mustapha Dumbuya; 41-James Musa, 23-Devin Vega, 19-Jose Aguinaga, 14- Jason Johnson, 20-Solomon Asante; 9-Adam Jahn.
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by FSL News | 17 Feb, 2019 | African News
Mali will lock horns against unbeaten Senegal on Sunday in the final of the Total U-20 Africa Cup of Nations in Niamey.
Both nations are going into this contest searching for first U-20 continental glory at the Stade General Seyni Kountche.
Both finalists, alongside Nigeria and South Africa, have qualified for the U-20 World Cup in Poland this summer.
Four years ago, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria and Senegal represented the continent at the U-20 World Cup in New Zealand.
The Malians defeated Nigeria on penalties after a 1-1 draw in the semi-finals en-route to the final.
This contest has been dubbed a repeat of the opening Group B match which Senegal won 2-0 in Maradi.
Senegal’s coach Youssouph Dabo says the final will not be a repeat of the group encounter which his side won 2-0.
“Facing Mali will be a different match because it is a final. We have beaten them in the first game but, I said it after that game that they can go far so I am not surprised to see them in the final,” he insisted.
Mali’s coach Mamoutou Kane admitted his side were lucky against Nigeria in the semifinals, which he said was exhausting.
“It was a very exhausting match in the head and in the belly. Luck was with us so congratulations and courage to the Nigerian coach.
“For us, the goal is achieved we were the first team to have lost and, we are today the first to qualify for the final,” Kane told journalist after qualifying for the final.
The two teams will be searching for their first Africa U-20 Cup of Nations triumph with Senegal finishing second in the last two editions.
They narrowly lost to Nigeria 1-0 in 2015 on home soil before going down 2-0 to Zambia in 2017.
Meanwhile, Flying Eagles of Nigeria on Saturday, February 16 lost out on penalties to South Africa in the third-place game of the 2019 U20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
After a goalless 90 minutes and extra-time, the Flying Eagles lost on bronze after Adamu Ibrahim’s penalty was saved by South African goalkeeper Walter Kubheka.
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