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Emmanuel Iwe: Nigerian midfielder joins Minnesota United
By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde
United States of America (USA) Major League Soccer (MLS) side, Minnesota United have completed the signing of Nigerian midfielder Emmanuel Iwe.
Iwe joined the MLS outfit from MNUFC2 on a year Major League contract with club option for 2024, 2025, and 2026.
Iwe was born in Lagos before moving to America at a young age. He was the first Minnesota-local to be signed by MNUFC2, following an open tryout with the club in January of 2022.
Before joining MNUFC2, Iwe played a season at St. Cloud State University in 2021. Before his collegiate season with the Huskies, the midfielder spent a short spell with Costa Rican side Saprissa from 2019 through the first months of 2020.
He graduated from St. Louis Park High School in 2019. In his youth, starting at age six, he played for Joy of the People, a local Saint Paul, Minnesota soccer academy.
During the 2022 term with MNUFC2, Iwe made 16 appearances, 13 starts, scored two goals and provided two assists before his season ended in August due to a ligament tear on his right foot.
More so, Iwe made a substitute appearance for MNUFC in the international friendly against Everton FC in July 2022, his debut appearance with the first team.
So far in 2023 MLS NEXT Pro action, the Saint Louis Park local has made 11 game appearances, all starts, and has scored four goals to-date in almost 800 minutes.
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