The Technical Staff of the National Football Team, the Lone Star under the leadership of Coach James Salinsa Debbah has invited 19 foreign-based players for Liberia’s crunch back-to-back African Nations Cup qualifiers against Djibouti later this month. According to a release from the Liberia Football Association (LFA), 10 of the players play their club football
Local Lone Star Finished Second at 2015 WAFU Cup
The Local Men’s National Team has been crowned the runners-up at the West Africa Football Union (WAFU) Zone `A’ tournament in Senegal after defeating Guinea-Bissau 1-0 in the third-place match on Saturday night. Barrack Young controller’s forward Van-Dave Harmon scored the only goal of the match half an hour into the game. Liberia was awarded
CHAN 2016 Qualifiers: Guinea vs. Liberia’s Match Rescheduled by CAF
The first leg match of the 2016 African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifiers between the Local Lone Stars of Liberia and the local Syli Nationales of Guinea has been rescheduled by Confederation of African Football (CAF). The decision was made after a letter was sent to both CAF and the Guinean Football Federation (FGF) on Friday,
Togo 2 – 1 Liberia: Jebor Scores First International Goal but Lone Star Falters
There was heart break for Liberia’s Lone Star in yesterday’s AFCON 2017 Group A qualifiers against Togo’s Sparrow Hawks as William Jebor’s 43rd minute strike for the Lone Stars was cancelled out by second half goals from Sadat Ouro-Akoriko (63rd) and Emmanuel Adebayor (87th) for the Sparrow Hawks. Employing a 4-1-4-1 formation, the Lone Stars,
Togo vs. Liberia : AFCON 2017 Qualifiers Preview
MATCH: Togo vs. Liberia COMPETITION: 2017 AFCON Qualifiers – Group A VENUE: Stade de Kégué; Lomé, Togo DATE & TIME: Sunday, June 14, 2015 at 15:30 GMT REFEREES: Denis Dembele (Ivory Coast); Moussa Bayere (Ivory Coast); Kouame Gabriel Kangah (Ivory Coast) The Men’s National Team of Liberia, Lone Star, will begin Group A play of
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Liberia Declared Free to Host International Football Matches
Liberia have finally been declared free to host international football matches at home after the World Health Organization (WHO), in an exchange of correspondence with the Confederation Africaine de Football (CAF), declared the country “Ebola Free” on May 9, 2015. Heeding the advise of WHO to allow the hosting of international football matches in Liberia,
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Local Lone Star Begins Preparation for CHAN Qualifiers
The home-based Lone Stars have begun preparation for the two-legged qualifiers against Guinea for a spot at the 2016 Orange African Nations Championship. The home-based Stars have been training under the watchful eyes of Liberia Men’s National Team Head Coach James Debbah. James Debbah and co have recalled more than 35 locally based players (some
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Kojo hopeful of qualification over Ghana in Olympic qualifier
The Liberia U-23 yesterday Sunday fell to their Ghanaian opponents at the Tamale Stadium by 2-0 in the run for 2016 Olympic Games bound for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The hosts for the most part dominated the proceedings in a rather empty stadium heading home two goals (one in each half) by Dauda Mohammed and
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Liberia Drawn in Group A with Tunisia, Togo, and Djibouti for AFCON 2017 Qualifiers
Liberia has been placed in Group A of the 2017 African Cup of Nations qualifiers alongside Tunisia, Togo, and Djibouti. The Lone Star will be hoping to qualify for their third ever Nations Cup appearance. The last time Liberia competed at the African Cup of Nations was in the 2002 edition in Mali. In the
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LFA Appoints Debbah as National Team Head Coach
Contributed by Kolubah Zayzay MONROVIA, LIBERIA Liberia’s record all time goal scorer James Salinsa Debbah has been appointed as the new head coach for the senior national football team of Liberia, the Lone Star. Debbah was appointed to the post today by the President of the Liberia Football Association (LFA) Musa Hassan Bility who said
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