NAFA invites 80 players for Lagos U-18 flag football screening

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The Nigeria America Soccer Affiliation (NAFA) has invited 80 gamers, largely college students from secondary colleges, for the Lagos U-18 flag soccer mixed screening forward of the formation of a nationwide workforce.

In accordance with NAFA, the U-18 screening and competitors, which can maintain on the King’s Faculty, Lagos, from September 14 to 16 for girls and boys, is being organised by the Federation to groom a younger nationwide workforce that may take part in an Worldwide Federation of American Soccer (IFAF) U-18 match slated to carry in Eire, subsequent 12 months.

It has given NAFA the chance to coach younger gamers that will likely be drafted into the envisaged senior nationwide workforce in future.

It stated skilled and uncovered coaches within the sport would supervise the U-18 flag soccer screening.

Talking with The Guardian, yesterday, Secretary Basic of NAFA, Lawrence Ojaideh, stated the screening for gamers can be carried out by a stringent course of to make sure there’s a strong flag soccer workforce.

“The Lagos U-18 Flag Soccer screening would contain a lot of the excellent gamers that represented their colleges within the maiden Flag Soccer Championship held on the Teslim Balogun Stadium.

“The tryout course of can be achieved in an organised method from 9.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. each day for 3 days to make sure the very best gamers are chosen.

“Eighty gamers, comprising 40 boys and 40 ladies, will take part within the train. Flag soccer is the primary technique of American soccer on the junior degree earlier than graduating to the senior degree.

“We now have to get it proper on the U-18 degree to make American soccer a powerful pressure in Nigeria. Gamers will likely be examined in all departments of Flag Soccer.

“The workforce will symbolize Lagos State in Nationwide Flag Soccer Championship within the nearest future.”

Ojaideh stated screening for the senior nationwide workforce, which is the contact degree of the game, can be held in November.

He added: “NAFA’s goal to develop Flag Soccer and America Soccer within the nation has yielded optimistic outcomes, as we not too long ago obtained jerseys from an NFL membership, Detroit Lions’ participant, who directed that we give them to winners of the 2022 Nigeria Secondary Faculties Flag Soccer League (NSSFFL).

“The winners, Greensprings, have been offered their jerseys on September 5 on the faculty’s meeting floor.”