Liberian Expatriate Footballers - Ben Collins, Keido Pour, Leo Gibson, Willis Forko, Isaac Kannah, Dioh Williams (Paperback)

Chapters: Ben Collins, Keido Pour, Leo Gibson, Willis Forko, Isaac Kannah, Dioh Williams. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Senior club appearances and goalscounted for the domestic league only.* Appearances (Goals) Ben Collins is a retired Liberian soccer midfielder who played professionally in the North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League. In 1980, Collins began his collegiate soccer career with Morrisville State College in New York. In 1994, he was inducted into the National Junior College Athletic Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the Morrisville Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999. In 1982, he transferred to Florida International University where he was a 1982 NCAA Division II First Team All American soccer player. That year FIU won the NCAA Men's Division II Soccer Championship. On October 26, 1983, the Buffalo Stallions selected Collins in the fourth round (40th overall) of the 1983 Major Indoor Soccer League Draft. The Stallions cut him during the preseason. On July 27, 1984, the Minnesota Strikers of the North American Soccer League signed Collins on a 15 day contract to replace the injured Bruce Miller. While he played only one game for the Strikers during the outdoor season, he remained with the team when it moved to the MISL in the fall of 1984. He became a regular in the Minnesota midfield through two seasons. On November 15, 1985, the Strikers traded Collins, its 1986 first round and 1987 second round draft pick to the Chicago Sting in exchange for Dan Canter. Collins spent three seasons in Chicago. When the team folded following the 1987-1988 season, he signed with the Los Angeles Lazers as a free agent in August 1988. When the Lazers folded at the end of the season, the Wichita Wings selected Collins in the Dispers...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=22888402