NorthEast United arrives in Goa to kick start their pre-season friendlies on the onset of the ISL

20th September, 2014:

NorthEast United arrives in Goa to kick start their pre-season friendlies on the onset of the ISL

Marquee player, Joan Capdevila’s arrival saw the last of The Highlanders come together to march on forward to the inaugural season of the ISL. North East United FC’s squad is now complete and will arrive in Goa on the 23rd of September 2014, for three friendly games as part of their pre-season training before The HeroISL takes off.

A day prior to their departure for the pre-season friendlies, the entire team got together for dinner before they left for Goa.

Owner of NEUFC John Abraham who also attended the dinner, expresses his enthusiasm on the coming together of his team, “At this point, I feel the ISL is creating the impact that we all anticipated. The North East United side has finally come together with all our highlanders standing tall. Also with their arrival into Goa for the pre season friendlies I feel it will bring the new team together as they will have enough time to get to know each other on and off the field which is imperative to the overall team development. I wish my team the very best and am sure under the guidance of Manager Ricki Herbert they can go the distance.”

NorthEast United’s veteran coach and manager Ricki Herbert is delighted to at last set eyes on his full team as he had envisioned it. He is confident of the squad and stated, “After training over the last 4 weeks in Shillong, we now head to Goa for the next phase of our pre season. There have been more contracted players arrive in India, so steadily moving towards our full roster. Goa will provide the opportunity of all players getting match time and a chance to look at a variation of players in the team.”

With the momentum that this league has gained up until now, North East United FC is all set to embark on this new journey of this year’s HERO ISL championship.

NorthEast United arrives in Goa to kick start their pre-season friendlies on the onset of the ISL