by FSL News | 25 Jan, 2019 | African News
Nigerian winger Victor Moses signs with Fenerbahce on loan.
Nigerian winger Victor Moses has completed his 18-month loan move to Turkish club Fenerbahce from Chelsea.
Moses, under Maurizio Sarri, has struggled for game time at Stamford Bridge this season.
The 28-year-old has been restricted to five appearances this season, with his only start coming in September’s EFL Cup win at Liverpool.
He was a regular in the Blues’ title-winning season under Antonio Conte in 2016/17 but has since fallen out of favour.
Moses arrived at Stamford Bridge from Wigan for £9m in 2012 and has scored 18 goals in 128 games.
Since joining Chelsea, the former Nigeria international has had loan spells at Liverpool, Stoke and West Ham.
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by FSL News | 25 Jan, 2019 | International, National Sport News Sierra Leone
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Sierra Leone Premier League clubs have been handed a huge boost ahead of the much-talked-about 2019 football season after the League Board presented changing boards, sets of nets to all participating teams.
Nine player changing boards and nine sets of nets were presented to the thirteen (13) top-tier clubs by the Premier Board to be used across nine venues commencing Sunday 27 January.
The main venues are Freetown National Stadium, Makeni Wusum Stadium, Kenema Town min-stadium, Bo multi-purpose stadium and Eastern Province Kono 10,500 soccer field.
In a related development, business Guru and football philanthropist, Ibrahim Jalloh, contributed two full sets of jerseys to each of the 13 Sierra Leone top-flight clubs.
The Premier Board Chairman, Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai, who has been zealously working 24/7 in certifying a smooth transition after almost five years without a League, stated the Board is seeking best facilities for the smooth running of the League.
“The board is still seeking tireless means to bring more dynamics to the game, and if they do, will be for the benefit of all.”
“We’re are still using the funds provided to us by the government and still knocking on the doors of more sponsors who could come on board and make this league a success”, the human rights barrister detailed.
Clubs officials in attendance expressed gratitude to what they highlighted as a step in the right direction by the PLB for the good of the game.
In another development, the full fixtures of the two-legged premier league were shared out to the club representatives and journalists thereafter.
Two of Sierra Leone’s most successful and decorated clubs will kick off the league’s opener this Sunday 1800 hours at the Siaka Steven Stadium in photo set for action.
by FSL News | 24 Jan, 2019 | International, National Sport News Sierra Leone
Former Olimpija Ljubljana attacking midfielder Julius Gibrilla Wobay is set to lead East End Lions as club’s captain ahead of the Sierra Leone Premier League kick-off this Sunday.
Kick-off 1800 hours GMT at the Siaka Steven Stadium.
The East End giant club will go toe to toe against Mighty Blackpool, the only Sierra Leone club to have reached the quarter-final of CAF continental competition.
Wobay, 34, who last month retired from international football, will continue his trade with his boyhood club.
“As you already know, I was the club’s captain before leaving in 2003. I’m not a new player at the club,” the experience attacking midfielder noted.
The last edition of the Premier League was suspended through the season in 2014 because of the Ebola epidemic.
East End Lions was topping the 2014 campaign prior to its suspension.
During his professional career, he traded with nine clubs outside Sierra Leone since 2004 when he departed EE Lions to join Onisilos Sotira in Cyprus.
On the international level, Wobay was one of the longest-serving players in the history of the Sierra Leone national team having played for the Leone Stars for 17 years.
Meanwhile, at a grand ceremony with top East End Lions dignitaries, the club unveiled it 2019 jersey live over AYV Sierra Leone TV today.
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by FSL News | 24 Jan, 2019 | African News
Egypt’s Ismaily have been thrown out of this season’s Champions League after crown trouble brought an early end to Ismaily’s home game with Tunisia’s Club Africain.
The match was called off in stoppage time after parts of the crowd threw water bottles and stones at an assistant referee and Africain players.
Club Africain were leading 2-1 and both teams and officials had to be protected as they left the pitch.
Caf said the club could yet face further sanctions from its Disciplinary Board for the trouble.
All of Ismaily’s results have been scrubbed, so Club Africain do not get the benefit of a win from the game.
The stadium in Ismailia is one of those proposed by organisers of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.
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by FSL News | 23 Jan, 2019 | Players Abroad News
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Manhattan men’s soccer team have reinforced its 2019 roster with the addition of New York City product Joseph Koroma, Head Coach Jorden Scott has announced.
Born in the US grew up in Sierra Leone, the young talent spent two seasons with the NYCFC Academy U-16/17 and U-18/19 squads.
Koroma is the first newcomer ahead of the 2019 campaign and will be hoping to help his new side doing great things in the Men’s Soccer Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference in the new season.
Koroma, 17, during the 2016-2017 season, made 12 appearances with the U-16/17 side, scoring three goals earning a promotion to the U-18/19 team.
“We are delighted to add Joseph to our program and offer him the chance to add another exciting chapter to his amazing story,” noted Scott.
“He comes from a top MLS academy, under the direction of Matt Pilkington at NYCFC, so we expect him to be a key part of our squad immediately.”
“Adding an elite local player shows the progress we are making as a program, with top recruits attracted to a team that has made history in the last few years and will continue to compete at the highest level.”
Koroma has participated in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy since 2015 when he was a part of BW Gottschee Academy’s U-15/16 and U-13/14 teams in New York City.
In two seasons, he scored an astounding 30 goals across 40 matches, earning recognition from Top Drawer Soccer as one of the best non-MLS talents in the DA.
He started playing soccer competitively in the city with FC Harlem, climbing up to its U-13 program.
In May of last year, BESE profiled his soccer journey and his footprint in the community in its sports series, “Point x Point”.
Outside of soccer, Football Sierra Leone understands that Koroma has volunteered with the Harlem Children’s Zone and previously helped out at the District Office of Assemblyman Michael Blake.
by FSL News | 23 Jan, 2019 | Players Abroad News
San Antonio have confirmed the signing of veteran midfielder Michael Lahoud for the 2019 season pending league and federation approval.
USL Championship side, as per club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The Sierra Leone international over the course of his 10-year career has made over 200 appearances for five different clubs in MLS, NASL and the USL.
Lahoud, 32, has amassed over 15,000 minutes at club level, including nearly 9,000 at the MLS level with both Chivas USA and the Philadelphia Union.
“We are pleased to have Michael join our squad for 2019,” SAFC Head Coach Darren Powell to club’s website.
“He has a lot of good experience in U.S. soccer.”
“He is a midfielder that is effective on both sides of the ball, and we anticipate him being able to impact our team this season.”
Lahoud joins SAFC from FC Cincinnati where he spent the 2018 season, making 24 appearances for the USL regular season champions last campaign.
“I am very intrigued by the club’s ambition to be one of the premier clubs in the USL,” Lahoud told the club’s website.
He added, “The ownership and staff want to build something special here and do it the right way.”
“This year we have a new team, which means new challenges. As an experienced player, I hope to help lead on and off the field as we aspire to make history in San Antonio.”
With the addition of Lahoud, the SAFC roster currently stands at 18.
He has spells with Carolina Dynamo, Chivas USA, Philadelphia Union New York Cosmos, Miami FC and Cincinnati.
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