Liberia Meets
Guinea Sunday
Friday, 3rd March 2006
D. Webster Cassell
…In CAF Women Football Preliminaries It appears to be a life giving
ceremony and a reawaking of Old times sports spirit in Liberia’s
sports events, as the Lone Star Female Soccer Squad will this Sunday
host their Guinean counterparts in a grueling international clash for
the first time.
The match will be in continuation of the CAF Women
Football Preliminaries, which begin on Sunday. The match will be
monitored by the confederation of African football (CAF) and is
expected to be played at the ATS.
Liberians will for the first time in several years
display splendid female soccer austerity. According to the chairman of
Women Soccer in Liberia, Moses B. Zayee Sr. Liberia will be playing
the Guinean under-20 female Team in the CAF under 20 women football
preliminaries.
He said, Liberia would have to qualify from the preliminaries
before ascending into the group stage to finally participate in the
CAF under-20 Women Championship.
For her part, the captain of the Team, Miss Florence Monboe
expressed joy that after their endurance, Liberia will for the first
time play an international match coupled with the level of training
and preparedness they have attached to the game, they are heading for
a win. She urged sports enthusiasts in the country to come out in
their colors to cheer Liberia’s female team to victory." Even though
it will not be an easy clash, because it is our first international
match, but we will emerge victorious,” Florence added.
Commenting on the match, the head Coach of the Lone
Star Female Team, Coach Lucretius Togbe, admitted that the challenge
will not be an easy one but with the level of training and technical
knowledge given to the players, Liberia stands a better chance. Coach
Nagbe said, his team has been bred with some European styles of
playing and with the caliber of young skills and talents his squad
possesses, he is confident that no level of intimidations from the
visitors can scare them.
In another development, the American Embassy in Monrovia, on
yesterday identified with the Lone Star female team by presenting 10
footballs. The presentation ceremony was held at the team’s training
section at the ATS. Presenting the balls, the deputy chief of Mission
at the US Embassy, Mr. Louiz Mazel, pledged the US government
commitment in ensuring that female soccer in Liberia get attention for
development.
He said, the US will assist with trainers and people with the
technical know-how for female football to help train our local coaches
and the female team for the betterment of the game.
Meanwhile the Ministry of Youth and Sports (MYS), in
collaboration with the Liberian Football Association (LFA) has
released information on the prices of tickets for the Sunday’s match.
According to the information, tickets sale will begin at 8:00am Sunday
morning at the ATS.
Around VIP————LD$250.00Stadium Wing———LD $150.00Around the
field——LD$75.00
The Ministry has also warned that all spectators attending
the match behave orderly, as whatever ugly attitude exhibited on that
day will reflect on the country. |
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