5 State footballers in U-17 World Cup
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, May 16 2014 :
Based on their performance in the U-14 Football Festival, All India Football Federation (AIFF) has called 5 footballers from Manipur' s famed football academy Th.Birachandra Singh Football Academy (TBSFA), Taobungkhok to participate in the formation of India team for U-17 World Cup, to be hosted by India in the year 2017 .
They had been called up to participate in a camp of U-14 years for all the regional football academies of India, to be organized by All India Football Federation (AIFF) at Regional Football Academy, Bangalore in connection with the U-17 World Cup.
Selected players are L.Romeo (goal keeper), K.Jim (defender), L.Manish (defender), S.Netrajit (forward) and Gaithanglui (forward) .
It may be recalled here that the 5 footballers were among the few who would be taking part in the upcoming Manchester United South East Asia's Competitions, scheduled to be hold in the month of June at Bangkok.