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Ghana 2008: Lone Stars Set to Receive the Lions (03.06.2007)
Team coach, Frank Nagbe, names 25-man squad for match against Cameroon.
The Liberian senior national football team coach, Frank Jericho Nagbe, has named his final squad for the June 3 clash with the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in the African Cup of Nations Group Five qualifiers. The list, which includes 12 foreign-based players and 13 locals, was released last Friday May 25 in Monrovia. According to a communication directed to the Chief Scribe of the Liberian football federation, the technical committee presented the names of two players based in the United States, five players based in Indonesia, three players based in Sweden, one player each based in Romania, Greece, and South Africa.
According the Liberian Soccer website, the foreign-based players invited are Indonesia-based
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goalie-cum-striker,Sunday Seah, defenders; Murphy Nagbe, Ben Teekloh and Chris Gbandi. For the midfielders, you have Ousman Lamin, Steve Mennoh, Zah Kranger, Dulee Johnson, and Anthony Laffor.
Prominent among the attackers is Francis Grandpa Doe who scored the lone goal for Liberia in their 1-3 defeat against Cameroon away match played in Yaounde. The others are Frank Seator and Jimmy Dixon. At the goal post, Coach Nagbe opted for the experienced Saylee Swen who reports say, has been training very hard of recent.
The list has come under criticism for failure of the technical committee to include the likes of Oliver Makor, Prince Daye and other key senior players who are still active in the game. Liberia is currently third in Group 5 with just three points. Whereas Cameroon occupies the first position with nine points
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