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This Abacha boy is hoping to come here to save his carrer, Hum. The writer says that Americans will remember him for the goals he scored in 1994 World Cup and during the 1996 games. Interesting, but may I remind or rather inform the writer that here in America, we simply do not remember that far back, a lot has happened in sport since then and soccer is a very minor sports here. Here, it is more of something like "What have you done lately".
Fading Nigerian star Daniel Amokachi could be headed to the United States in an attempt to resurrect a career blighted by leg and thigh injuries.
The former World Cup star, who turns 29 in December, has been in talks with Major League Soccer officials about being placed with a club next season.
Amokachi's career has been in freefall since injury curtailed his career at Turkish side Besiktas in 1999.
He trained with French second division club Creteil last season with the aim of resuming playing but has since left the team. Amokachi has also trained at St Mirren in Scotland and with English clubs Manchester City, Darlington and Tranmere Rovers. The MLS said this week that Amokachi's agent had approached them about his playing in the United States next year. The league in the United States contract all foreign players and then place them with individual clubs.
The Americans will remember the burly striker for his goals against Bulgaria and Greece in the 1994 World Cup finals, and winning Olympic gold in Atlanta in 1996.
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The report on Amokachi described him as a fading star. A fading star we all know is one that obviously has lost a greater proportion of its intensity. Indeed, its brilliance. Then I wondered allowed: American greatness lies in attracting the best in all fields from all over the world. Any wonder then most Biafrans are resident in the US? Please permit me the above digression. Actually, my thought process is to situate the fact that all our footballers, from Uche Okafor, Ben Iroha, Stephen Keshi and so on ended their careers in the US as fading stars. I didn't go far to find the explanation. Football, Soccer in Yankee tongue, is not really a top sport in America. It will never be as long as "World Series", arrongantly dubbed so, even when it is played in America only, remains a part of the American culture.
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