Friday, October 17, 2008

African Soccer Stars in the US

I watched the DC United team beat New England Revolution 2 - 0. Both goals were scored by an African star Francis Doe from Liberia.



There are quite a few African players in the Major League Soccer.

Here are a few

DC United goalkeeper save many goals. Louis Crayton (Liberia - DC United)



A couple of 19 year olds straight out of Gambia: Kenny Mansally and Sainey Nyassi. The play for the New England Revolution



Patrick Nyarko (Ghana - Chicago Fire)



Emmanuel Ekpo (Nigeria - Columbus Crew)



Stanley Nyazamba (Zimbabwe - Columbus Crew)



Kheli Dube (Zimbabwe - New England Revolution)



Bakary Soumare (Mali - Chicago Fire)



Macoumba Kandji (Senegal - New York Red Bulls)



and there are a many more...

Will soccer ever become a hip sport here in yankee?

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