Herron Scarla Berrian of Platanias Chania in Greece, Sporo Somah of Sewe Sport in Ivory Coast andà Cooper Gaypia of the University of Mt. Olive in the USA
By Peterking
Liberia have stepped their preparation for their crucial U23 Championship qualifier against Ghana next week after setting up camp in Monrovia since last week.
The 2015 CAF U-23 Championship will be the second edition ofà the CAF U-23 Championship, a football tournament for playersà under 23 years organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
It is initially scheduled to take place in the Democraticà Republic of the Congo between 5â⬓19 December 2015 .
However,à the CAF has requested Senegal to host the tournamentà instead.
A total of eight teams will play in the tournament.
Liberia U-23 will play Ghana in the first leg in the week ofà 24â⬓26 April 2015 .
The tournament acts as qualification toà the 2016 Summer Olympics menââ¬â¢s football tournament for theà CAF, with the top three teams qualifying with the Second legà 8â⬓10 May 2015 .
U-23 coach Thomas Kojo and Janjay Jacobs, were today seenà set-up the U-23 team to enable them attack their Ghanaian counterpart as Ghana on paper might be rated higher than Liberiaââ¬â¢s U-23 team .
But with some members of the Liberiaà U-23 team coming from top local clubs like BYC Football andà FC Fassell and other top performing club locally.
The U-23Ã squad will leave the country to coming in the coming days .
The team have intensify training at the ATS with a warm-up match been arranged between the U-23 and top formidable teamà LPRC Oilers on Tuesday morning.
According to Kojo, the preparation process is going well but finance isà still a major challenge.
He however disclosed that three international players have been invited for the showdown.
They include Herron Scarla Berrian of Platanias Chania inà Greece, Sporo Somah of Sewe Sport in Ivory Coast and Cooperà Gaypia of the University of Mt. Olive in the USA.