Soccer is the world’s most popular sport. Identification and development of talents from a young age is becoming increasingly important for national and international federations. Sports specific development academies and general training programs for developing players decision-making process are being establish in some other part of the globe like, United State of America, United Kingdom, China but has not yet started in my country Sierra Leone.
In 1949 on the 10 of August, Sierra Leone had its first international match aainst Nigeriaanother British colony. Sierra Leone lost the match by 2 goal to 0. the team again in 1954 had another encounter with another sister colony country called Gold Coast, now Ghana. Sierra Leone against lost 2:0. …show more content…
A week later, they lost 2–0 in Liberia. West Germany B team was the first team that Sierra Leones played against that was a Non Africam Team. as history could say, Sierra leone lost again 1:0 to the Germans. This game was played on 13 January 1971. China was the first country of Asian origin that Sierra Leone played against on 5 April 1974. It was Sierra Leone's debut match out African and Sierra Leone lost by 4:1.
Football is the most popular sport in Sierra Leone. The governing body is the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA). The SLFA was formed in 1960 and has been affiliated with FIFA beginning the same year. There has been and continues to be trouble within the sport in Sierra Leone. In the past, however, the country has achieved a modicum of success in international competition.
The Sierra Leone Premier League is the top football league in Sierra Leone, with 14 teams. At the completion of each season, the two worst teams are relegated to the second level, and their places taken by promoted teams. The Sierra Leone FA Cup is the national knockout competition which was established in …show more content…
The outbreak of Ebola in western Africa resulted in the Confederation of African Football (CAF) pronouncing a ban thwarting Sierra Leone from its games. Sierra Leone has to cancelled all games within and without the country in August 2014 in an effort to minimized if not help stop the spread of the Ebola virus epidemic in sierra Leone. The Ebola stigmatization was also extended to Sierra Leoneans players who were even overseas. A typical evidence was one Michael Lahoud playing in the United States. Though he play for his team but the opposing player after the end of the match refuses to swap shirt with him. Some even refuse shaking hands and some players were restricted to certain areas of the stadium for fear that they might be carrying the virus. The Sierra Leonean national team was deterred by CAF from hosting home games and all players must be foreign based. Only after Sierra Leone was declared Ebola-free was the ban lifted in December 2015. (Liberia's ban ended in September 2015, and Guinea's in January 2016.) From 2013 to the middle of 2016, there were two FA Cups and one league
In 1949 on the 10 of August, Sierra Leone had its first international match aainst Nigeriaanother British colony. Sierra Leone lost the match by 2 goal to 0. the team again in 1954 had another encounter with another sister colony country called Gold Coast, now Ghana. Sierra Leone against lost 2:0. …show more content…
A week later, they lost 2–0 in Liberia. West Germany B team was the first team that Sierra Leones played against that was a Non Africam Team. as history could say, Sierra leone lost again 1:0 to the Germans. This game was played on 13 January 1971. China was the first country of Asian origin that Sierra Leone played against on 5 April 1974. It was Sierra Leone's debut match out African and Sierra Leone lost by 4:1.
Football is the most popular sport in Sierra Leone. The governing body is the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA). The SLFA was formed in 1960 and has been affiliated with FIFA beginning the same year. There has been and continues to be trouble within the sport in Sierra Leone. In the past, however, the country has achieved a modicum of success in international competition.
The Sierra Leone Premier League is the top football league in Sierra Leone, with 14 teams. At the completion of each season, the two worst teams are relegated to the second level, and their places taken by promoted teams. The Sierra Leone FA Cup is the national knockout competition which was established in …show more content…
The outbreak of Ebola in western Africa resulted in the Confederation of African Football (CAF) pronouncing a ban thwarting Sierra Leone from its games. Sierra Leone has to cancelled all games within and without the country in August 2014 in an effort to minimized if not help stop the spread of the Ebola virus epidemic in sierra Leone. The Ebola stigmatization was also extended to Sierra Leoneans players who were even overseas. A typical evidence was one Michael Lahoud playing in the United States. Though he play for his team but the opposing player after the end of the match refuses to swap shirt with him. Some even refuse shaking hands and some players were restricted to certain areas of the stadium for fear that they might be carrying the virus. The Sierra Leonean national team was deterred by CAF from hosting home games and all players must be foreign based. Only after Sierra Leone was declared Ebola-free was the ban lifted in December 2015. (Liberia's ban ended in September 2015, and Guinea's in January 2016.) From 2013 to the middle of 2016, there were two FA Cups and one league