The New Dawn (Monrovia)

Liberia: Who Coaches Lone Star?

By Sally Gaye, 16 January 2013

Liberia's national soccer team, the Lone Star is currently on the hunt for a new management team. Sports Ambassador George Weah, has named 10 former players of the national team to form part of a vetting committee to identify a topnotch coach for the Lone Star, which has suffered series of defeats in international competitions.

Weah has selected Prince Toe as Coordinator and James Debbah on the vetting committee. Others appointed on the committee include former national team captain Joe Nagbe; former female footballer Cecelia Taylor; Frederick Cole, who once played for Mighty Barrolle and the national team and former Young Eagle and Lone Star player John Brownell, amount others.

Speaking to our intern, Prince Toe said the task is to get the best coach that will produce favorable results for the Red, White and Blue boys, the nation's pride.

"Giving the Liberian people somebody that will give them the happiness that they had in the past is what we want", he noted. Toe said the committee may probably come up with a name this week after its first sitting. No specific name has been identified, but there are rumors that the new coach for the Lone Star could come from France.

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  • Kayndaemah
    Jan 18 2013, 09:55
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    We keep doing the same things we always done and expect different results. I thing there is a name for people like that. So, why don't we try something else, and the results might be different. My suggestion is that we have a coaching academy for coaches. Bring in an international coaches and trainers for the coaches. Provide the facilities and instructions for proper training. The instructions will come from the academy, of course. Then provide a means whereby the players actually benefit. When these coaches graduate, assign them to a facility that has been prepared for them, something like their own academy. I need to be put on soccer restructuring committee, not sports restructuring, SOCCER RESTRUCTURING COMMITTEE. We need to do our restructuring in stages. Usually people who don't want to do things handle more than they are capable of. I know Liberian, I can already hear someone saying "How 'bout other sports". No, this time just soccer.