• Miatta Johnson - Liberia Female Soccer Team (U-20) Lethal Striker

Reports gathered by The LiberianSoccer.com indicate that the international return match between the Liberia National Female U-20 and their Algerian counterpart has been cancelled due to the withdrawal of the latter.

There was however no official statement from the LFA on the Algerians withdrawal up to press time.

The match, which was slated for this Sunday at the ATS, should have been the second leg second round match of the FIFA U-20 Women Championship, dubbed Russia 2006.

After their historic 3-2 victory against Algeria, the local Female U-20 was expected to make the second leg a mere formality.

Apparently sensing that they were coming on a fruitless mission, the Algerians threw in the towel to enable the Liberia national Female U-20 under the tutelage of former national team goalie Lucretius Togba to cruise to the third and final round.

They are now scheduled to meet the fancier Nigerian female U-20.

The first leg of this nervy West African derby comes on April 30 in Monrovia, while the second leg is on May 13 in Nigeria.

Many say this would be a litmus test for the promising Liberian squad as they aim to make the impossible to be possible in their debut appearance in such high profile event.