LFA Sets New Kickoff Date


The Liberia Football Association has rescheduled the kickoff date for the national football league to 24 January after previous delays.

According to acting Secretary General Yanqueh Boarsay, fixture for this season is being categorized in a two-phase championship race for all divisions. Liberians were constrained to honor a one-phase league last season because of the improper fixture from the LFA.

Since the current LFA President Musa Bility was elected on March 20, 2010, there has been no major transformation in Liberian football, according to some club presidents.

Although Bility landed a deal with Cellcom GSM Company, which is running for three seasons, many football teams are yet to understand where the sponsorship money is going.

A huge percentage of the national league last season was played without Medics, among other constraints. The Lone Star head coach Roberto Landi also linked his departure from Liberia to the absence of a national league.

"There is nothing happening from the FA; no long-term training program and no league to keep me in the country", Landi lamented late last year.