The National under -17 technical team will today commence trials for U-17 clubs under the Western Area Football Association (WAFA).
The under -17 trails are set to last for two days at the Sierra Leone Football Association Academy pitch at kingtom in Freetown and it will kick off at (8:00 am ) and for all clubs in the Western Area.
According to Alimamy Kurdish Conteh, the Youth Football Coordinator at the Sierra Leone Football Association said the trails are to allow the technical team of National 17- under players who are within the regions and are under 17 players to be scouted and prepared ahead of the U-17 qualifiers that are set to kick-off in August.
He noted that the technical team is looking for 40 players and it will cut across the country after the trials; Players will be camp and possibly played friendlies matches before going for the Cape Verde tournament.
The scouted forty (40) players have to go for an MRI scan to know if they are within the right age and again to avoid the two embarrassments the Country has in the last two editions. He further that after the trials countrywide they will get the boys together and organize match for them to get them into competitions moods.
Alimamy Kurdish Conteh affirmed that the technical decision to conduct the trials nationwide allows the players across the country and to give players within the different regions to be included because it will give it national representations.
A week ago the technical team of the Under 17 boys together with some key football held a two-day friendly as they play against the Moroccan under 17 sides in Liberia where they won one another match. Sierra Leone last played an under -17 tournament in 2003/2004 when they put up an impressively performance and were qualified to the finals in Finland.
