Vision FC
Wins A.B. Sieh Tournament
By Julu M. Johnson, Jr.
A mini-Olympics organized in the township of
West Point in honor of the National Coordinator of the National Human
Rights Center of Liberia, Mr. A. Blamo Sieh ended over the weekend.
The tournament has been organized by the Old
School International, a club comprising former soccer stars in the
West Point Township.
In the grand final played on Saturday, November
13, Vision FC defeated Young Kotoko 5-4 in post-match penalties
following a goalless draw.
The winner Vision FC received a set of jerseys
while the runner-up Young Kotoko carried two footballs.
Winning Eagle of Logan Town finished in third
place after falling 1-0 to Young Kotoko in the only semi final match
that was also played on Saturday. Winning Eagle was, notwithstanding,
consoled with a football.
The tournament began last on Saturday, November
6, in West Point among twelve teams from in and out of the township.
In the preliminary round, Executive Lions
lost 4-3 to Kurkoh United on penalties after a 2-2 draw in game one.
The next match produced a 2-1 win for Young Kotoko over Hearts of Oak.
Young Pro whipped Super Eagles 1-0 as Club Adidas bowed 2-0 against
Vision FC. Winner FC was also dragged 2-0 by Argentina. Winning Eagle
pipped Determination 1-0.
On Sunday, Young Kotoko flogged Kurkoh United 2-1
as Vision FC gained a 3-0 victory over Young Pro. Winning Eagle nailed
Argentina 1-0.
The remaining three teams, Young Kotoko, Winning
Eagle and Vision FC were then left to decide which side lifts the
prizes at stake.
The Chief Organizer George Doe alias Jimmy
Letdoe said the tournament is in recognition of the humanitarian
services rendered by Mr. Sieh towards the team and Liberia at large.
The former LPRC Oilers and La Modelle
International star stated, "We also recognize his services as a human
rights activist."
"The tournament was intended to give him
his flowers while he is alive," Mr. Doe added.
For his part, A.B. Sieh asked: "Who am I to refuse an honor from West
Point?"
He noted: "The fact that they organized the
Olympics, I had no alternative but to accept the honor."
A resident of West Point for the past thirty years, A.B. Sieh revealed
his own love for sports to the extent that he is heading the
township's oldest club Young Kotoko, the outfit that gave birth to
Lone Star veteran Christopher Wreh.
For the sake of Liberian youths, some
of whom are involved in his honoring tournament, A.B. Sieh wants all
efforts exerted so as to remove "those violent mentalities" of the
young people who are always the victims.
"Let the young people see their period of
youthfulness as the period they should determine the persons they want
to be tomorrow."
He stressed the need to put more in the young
people. "I see sports as one force that can prepare the youths for
future challenges."
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