Annual Report January – December 2018

LIBERIA FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION

Liberia Football Association

Founded 1936

Member: FIFA

Member: CAF

Member: WAFU Zone A

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Table of Contents Page

1. Definition of Abbreviations------2 2. Introduction ------3 3. LFA Leadership ------3-6 A. From January to April B. From April to September C. From September to December 4. Vision------7 5. Congress------8-10 A. Local B. International 6. Administration------10-11 7. Technical Development------11 A. Local B. International 8. National League------11-20 A. Off Season Tournaments 9. International Competitions------20-24 10. Report Writers------24

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1. DEFINITION OF ABBREVIATIONS Liberia Football Association LFA Antoinette Tubman Stadium ATS Fédération Internationale de Football Association FIFA Confederation of African Football CAF Ghana Football Association GFA Executive Committee EC Executive Committee Member ECM Vice President for Administration VPA Vice President for Operations VPO Secretary-General SG Chief Executive Officer CEO Technical Director TD Information Technology IT Samuel Kanyon Doe SKD Transfer Matching System TMS Domestic Transfer Matching System DTMS West African Football Union (Zone A) WAFU Zone A Liberia Football Coaches Association LIFOCA Barrack Young Controllers BYC Invincible Eleven IE Totota United Sports Association TUSA FC Liberia International Shipping & Corporate Registry LISCR FC Ministry of Youth & Sports MYS Most Valuable Player MVP Africa Cup of Nations AFCON Champions’ League CL Confederation Cup CC Power of God Football Club POG FC Always Be Careful Football Club ABC FC African Nations Championship CHAN

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2. INTRODUCTION

The LFA presents its activity report for 2018. 3. LFA LEADERSHIP

A. From January to April President Mr. Musa Hassan Bility VPA Mr. Musa Shannon VPO Prof. Sekou W. Konneh CEO/SG Mr. Emmanuel O. Deah

ECMs Committees Ms. Ciatta Bishop Chairperson, Women’s Football Committee Ms. D. Sheba Brown Chairperson, Finance Committee Mr. Ansu V. S. Dulleh Chairman, Competitions Committee Bishop J. Allan Klayee Chairman, Technical Committee Mr. G. Wallace Weiah Chairman, Youth Committee Mr. Matthew P. Smith Chairman, Academicals Committee Mr. Urias Glaybo Chairman, Medical Committee Ms. Rochelle Woodson Chairperson, Committee on Administration Mr. Dee Maxwell S. Kemayah Co-Chair, Committee on Administration Mr. Samuel D. Kahn Chairman on Security and Fair Play Committee Mr. Mason C. Goe Coopted, Chairman on Referee Committee

B. From April to September President Mr. Musa Hassan Bility VPA Prof. Sekou W. Konneh VPO Mr. Wilmot F. Smith CEO/SG Mr. Emmanuel O. Deah

ECMs Committees Mrs. Jodie Reid-Seton Chairperson, Women’s Football Committee Mr. Nyemah Nyanway Chairman, Finance Committee Mr. Quiwu Pepci Yeke Chairman, Competitions Committee Mr. Ivan Browne Chairman, Technical and Youth Development Committee Cllr. Joseph Kollie Chairman, Referee and Legal Committees Mr. Kelvin Bayoh Chairman, Media, Marketing and Sponsorship Committee Ms. Korpo Beatrice Kpoto Chairperson, Sub-Associations and Sub-Committees Mr. Pawala Janyan Chairman, Security and Fair Play Committee Mr. Henry B. Flomo Chairman, Beach Soccer and Futsal Committee Mr. Kerlie Miller Chairman, Players Status Committee LFA January - December 2018 Annual Report Page 4

C. From September to December President Mr. Mustapha I. Raji VPA Prof. Sekou W. Konneh VPO Mr. Wilmot F. Smith CEO/SG Mr. Emmanuel O. Deah

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MR. MUSTAPHA I. RAJI President

MR. SEKOU W. KONNEH MR. WILMOT F. SMITH Vice President /Operations Vice President /Administration

MR. ISAAC T. Z. MONTGOMERY MR. EMMANUEL O. DEAH General Secretary General Secretary

HENRY N. BROWNE Technical Director

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4. VISION

A. From January to September Commercialization

B. From September to December The vision is to rebuild at all levels of Liberian football, in order to create and sustain an impact internationally.

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5. CONGRESS A. Local

Minutes of the LFA 23rd ordinary elective congress held in the conference room of the SKD Sports Complex in Paynesville on April 14, 2018 beginning at 9:00AM

OPENING PROGRAM The opening program began at 10:00AM with football stakeholders and invited guests in attendance.

WELCOME REMARKS LFA President Musa Hassan Bility welcomed the guests and congressional delegates to the program and reminded them that the gathering is historic because four years ago, they gathered at the same hall and elected him as president along with two vice presidents and executive committee members.

Mr. Bility reminded delegates that the congress was meant to elect new officials after eight years under his leadership. He thanked the stakeholders for showing up and urged them to conduct the election in a free and fair manner, adding “we should do it quietly as a football family.” Mr. Bility said the gathering was meant to make football better. “Let us show leadership and appreciate each other as we go through the process,” he said.

He urged delegates and participants in the electoral process to put behind them the activities from the campaign. “Let the winners accept the fact that we all have won and the losers accept the result and we move ahead with football,” he said.

He informed stakeholders that FIFA will conduct an audit instead of the LFA doing its own audits. Mr. Bility thanked the Ministry of Youth and Sports for being supportive of their programs over the past years.

PRESIDENT’S ACTIVITY REPORT Mr. Bility thanked all those that stride with him during his tenure. He told congress that there was a high hope when he took over but could not do all that were expected. He said his administration scored success in its commercialization process by giving clubs the dispensation not to pay a dime for registration fees for eight years.

Mr. Bility said his leadership negotiated a sponsorship for the leagues and succeeded in getting Orange (then Cellcom) to play that role. He emphasized that it was difficult, but we did all to get football going. He then urged the government to support football by giving its support to the new administration. He revealed that the government only supported the national teams under the supervision of the LFA.

The President apologized to those he may have offended during his tenure and also forgave those that offended him. He urged all to hold together for the good of the game. In closing, he named a transitional team headed by ECMs D. Sheba Brown along with Matthew P. Smith and Dee-Maxwell S. Kemayah, Sr. LFA January - December 2018 Annual Report Page 9

B. International The LFA maintained a cordial and productive tie with FIFA, CAF and WAFU. The LFA was duly represented at all international forums, trainings and seminars. At the CAF ordinary congress in Rabat, Morocco in February 2018, the LFA was represented by Vice President for administration Musa Shannon, Vice President for operations Sekou W. Konneh and SG Emmanuel O. Deah.

The congress was attended by FIFA President Gianni Infantino, FIFA Secretary-General Fatma Samoura, delegates from the 54 national associations, affiliates to CAF and stakeholders. During the congress, CAF President Ahmad Ahmad announced that the African Football governing body will support the second term bid of Infantino, a decision that was welcomed by the FIFA President.

Responding to CAF’s decision for support, Infantino said: “The support from CAF for another term as FIFA President means a lot to me.” President Bility and Vice President Konneh represented the LFA at the FIFA ordinary congress in Russia and also attended the opening match in the World Cup finals between Russia and Saudi Arabia at the Luzhniki Stadium on 14 June.

Liberia was also represented at the CAF extra general assembly in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt by President Raji and SG Deah on September 30. At that gathering, Raji discussed with his counterparts for technical cooperation for Liberia.

During the same meeting, he also updated FIFA on the LFA activities, especially in meeting up with the standards set for the FIFA Forward 2.0 Programs, appealed for the lifting of financial restrictions, approval for the headquarters projects and additional artificial turfs in Liberia.

Delegates elected Walter Nyamilandu, President of Malawi Football Association, as its representative to the FIFA Council for the Anglophone countries to replace GFA President Kwesi Nyantakyi, who resigned in June 2018.

Still in September, President Raji held discussion with CAF President Ahmad to settle debts to vendors accrued from the 2018 WAFU Zone A under-20 male tournament and US$100,000 was immediately approved as part payment.

From October 20-23, President Raji held a meeting with the FIFA development office on the usage of the FIFA Forward 2.0 and its applications. He further discussed on the LFA’s pending projects that were suspended due to a lack of supporting documents and payments received by the past administration. Raji also discussed whether the FIFA Forward could be used to provide direct support to clubs, which paved the way for clubs to benefit.

President Raji paid a personal visit to the Qatar Football Association from October 24-26 to seek technical cooperation between the two associations. Key on the agenda was the development of clubs, coaches and referees among others.

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In December 2018, executive committee member Jodie Reid-Seton attended FIFA women’s football forum in Zurich, Switzerland.

6. ADMINISTRATION The LFA faced numerous challenges and had difficult task ahead during the period under review. Among those daunting tasks was to set the stage to conduct the 2018 elections as per statutory requirement and to organize the 2018 Orange national league to meet up with the CAF deadline for the submission of candidates for the continental tournaments. Those were important invents that needed to be completed in 2018.

ELECTIONS All processes leading to the conduct of the 2018 elections were satisfied and elections were held on April 14, 2018 at the MYS conference hall. At the end of the elections, the VPA and VPO were elected along with 10 ECMs.

The presidency could not be decided due to an injunction filed by one of the presidential candidates, George Solo, at the Civil Law Court, Temple of Justice in Monrovia. The court ordered was observed and after all legal formalities and with the intervention of FIFA, a new LFA president was elected on September 8, 2018 to complete the leadership structure as required by the statutes.

Mustapha I. Raji and Musa Shannon were the two candidates in the race. Before the day of the election, Mr. Shannon withdrew his candidature, thus leaving Mr. Raji as the lone candidate in the race.

The election was conducted by the LFA elections commission with the casting of a white ballot in favor of Raji on behalf of all LFA stakeholders. With the casting of the white ballot, Mr. Raji was declared winner by the LFA elections commission and he immediately took over from Mr. Bility.

Raji thanked the past LFA leadership for keeping football up and running and promised to take football to another level in the next four years.

Prior to the September 8, 2018 elections, those elected during the first round of the elections in April 2018 immediately took on their respective positions to also work along with Mr. Bility as a caretaker leadership as was agreed upon by the LFA and FIFA.

During the period under review and with the coming in of the new administration, some immediate and necessary decisions were taken to keep the institution viable and functional. The administration enrolled staff into the National Social Security Program enabling them to obtain social security ID Cards.

The president, on his initiative, introduced a motivational program where an employee of the month is selected and given US$50 and every staff is provided a 25kg bag of rice monthly.

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During the same period under review, administrative measures were instituted, which affected some staff. James K. Payne was transferred from finance to club licensing department while receptionist Ellen Kumeh and office attendants Anthony Gbor and Ben Sackie (deceased) were retired.

Additionally, with the approval of the executive committee, President Raji appointed Isaac T. Z. Montgomery on December 6, 2018 as general secretary, replacing Emmanuel O. Deah.

Matthew G. Diggs was dismissed as director of competitions and replaced by Atty. Benedict A. Yarsiah, who was reinstated, and given an added portfolio as legal director.

Henry N. Browne was reappointed in December 2018 as technical director, replacing acting director Francis Adrian Tamba, who was reassigned as director of women’s football. Aletha Massaquoi was also transferred from special aide to the president to women’s football desk officer. Accountant Joseph Sheriff was appointed as acting treasurer to replace Jallah D. Corvah, who resigned. Jomo Suah, Dauoda Dulleh and Abraham Dulleh were redundant as drivers for various administrative reasons and paid off.

7. TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT Several LFA staff, stakeholders, coaches and referees attended trainings during the period. An international FIFA elite referee course was held at the SKD sports complex from May 12-16. A beginner referee course was held from December 27, 2018 to January 3, 2019.

NAME WORKSHOP/TRAINING VENUE DATE Alex Nagbo CAF Club Licensing Workshop Cairo, Egypt March 2018 Francis A. Tamba CAF Technical Directors’ Workshop Rabat, Morocco April 2018 Sebastian K. FIFA Transfer Matching System Addis Ababa, May 9-12, 2018 Collins Workshop Ethiopia Moses Forkpah CAF Promising Referee Course Cairo, Egypt August 2018 Francis A. Tamba FIFA Technical Directors’ Workshop Nairobi, Kenya August 2018

8. NATIONAL LEAGUE The national league is the most important component of the functions of the LFA. Acting President Sekou W. Konneh, Vice President Wilmot Smith, executive committee members and secretariat discussed with stakeholders to determine the way forward for the commencement of the 2018 season.

In series of stakeholders’ meetings, the club presidents agreed to play the 2018 season but with the understanding that there would be no promotion and relegation at the end of the league except for the third division and community leagues where clubs would be promoted to the next division. The LFA also provided a US$500 subsidy to each female club.

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They also agreed that the champions from the league and LFA Cup shall participate in CAF Competitions. The season officially commenced on August 25, 2018 at the ATS with all formalities carried out.

Also during this period, the LFA reached a decision to turn over one of the two floors it occupied in the Professional Building on Benson Street to the landlord to save some money while the ATS was under renovation for relocation.

COMPETITIONS DEPARTMENT The league commenced with the traditional Super Cup in which BYC won LISCR FC 2-1 in the male category and Senior Professionals won Earth Angels 4-3 in the female category.

LEAGUE FORMAT A zonal format was used for the league where clubs were paired in zones to play home and away. At the end of the zonal stage, BYC topped Group “A” while LPRC Oilers topped Group “B”. In the play-off final, BYC defeated LPRC Oilers 4-2 on post-match penalties after a 2-2 draw at the ATS on 17 October.

Group A Pos. Teams P W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 BYC 8 5 2 1 21 5 16 17 2 Watanga 8 4 2 2 11 15 -4 14 3 Jubilee 8 3 2 3 6 7 -1 11 4 MC Breweries 8 2 3 3 8 10 -2 9 5 Small Town 8 1 1 6 7 16 -9 4

Group B Pos. Teams P W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 LPRC Oilers 8 5 2 1 12 5 7 17

2 Nimba United 8 4 3 1 7 3 4 15 3 LISCR FC 8 3 3 2 10 9 1 12 4 NPA Anchors 8 1 2 5 6 11 -5 5 5 Keitrace FC 8 0 4 4 4 11 -7 4

2018 League and Cup champions Earth Angels

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Female Champions Earth Angels Male Champions BYC

There was no relegation but a promotion from the third division national play-off to the second division occurred.

During the 2018 season, 43 clubs participated: 10 in the first division; 13 in the second division; eight in the female division and 12 from the third division national play-off.

Originally, there were 12 clubs in the first division and 14 clubs in the second division. Before the commencement of the league, FC Fassell and Nimba FC asked to be excused from the first division while Junior Professionals also asked to be excused from the second division due to financial reasons respectively.

For the third division national play-offs, only six of the 15 sub-associations played active league and were allowed to send two clubs each to participate. The sub-associations are:

COUNTY TEAM BONG TUSA FC and Field Marshall GRAND BASSA Gilba Vision FC and Liberty FC MARGIBI Feel United FC and Sandi FC MONTSERRADO Muscat FC and Paynesville FC NIMBA Heaven Eleven and Visa FC SINOE POG FC and ABC FC

LFA Cup

Thirty-two (32) clubs, which were drawn from the first, second, female and third divisions, participated in the knockout in the male category while eight clubs played in the female version.

In the grand-finale, BYC defeated LISCR FC 4-0 in the male category on 19 October while Earth Angels defeated Senior Professionals 3-1 in the female category on 4 November at the ATS.

CLUBS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE LFA ORANGE SPONSORED LEAGUE FIRST DIVISION 2018 First Division Second Division Female Division Third Division Play-offs BYC FC Bea Mountain Blanco FC Muscat FC LISCR FC BYC II FC Determine Girls Paynesville FC LFA January - December 2018 Annual Report Page 14

Watanga FC Bristol FC Earth Angels Sandi FC MC Breweries FC Gardnerville FC Naskids FC Feel United Keitrace FC Invincible Eleven (IE) Pro Sisters FC TUSA FC Small Town Mighty Barrolle Senior Professionals Field Marshall LPRC Oilers Mighty Blue Angels Island Queens VISA FC Nimba United Freeport FC World Girls Heaven Eleven FC Jubilee FC Nimba Kwado Liberty FC NPA Anchors Pags FC Gilba Vision FC Srimex FC ABC FC Jai FC POG FC Tony FC

PLAYERS REGISTERED IN THE 2018 LEAGUE

A total of 1,050 players registered to play in the 2018 Orange National Leagues as per club in their respective divisions: First, Second, Female and Third. Fifteen (15 FOREIGN PLAYERS) played in the 2018 National Leagues. FIRST DIVISION CLUB LOCAL FOREIGN TOTAL LISCR FC 21 4 25 BYC FC 26 1 27 Watanga FC 28 - 28 MC Breweries 26 - 26 Keitrace FC 21 4 25 Small Town 25 - 25 LPRC Oilers 26 - 26 Nimba United 26 - 26 Jubilee FC 25 - 25 NPA Anchors 22 - 22 TOTAL 246 9 255

SECOND DIVISION CLUB LOCAL FOREIGN TOTAL BYC FC II 22 1 23 Bea Mountain 26 - 26 Bristol FC 30 - 30 Freeport FC 30 - 30 Gardnerville FC 25 - 25 Invincible 30 - 30 Eleven (IE) Jai FC 23 - 23 Mighty 24 5 29 LFA January - December 2018 Annual Report Page 15

Barrolle Mighty Blue 30 - 30 Angels Nimba Kwado 30 - 30 PAGS FC 26 - 26 Srimex FC 20 - 20 Tony FC 25 - 25 TOTAL 341 6 347

FEMALE DIVISION CLUB LOCAL TOTAL Blanco FC 20 20 Island Queens 17 17 Determine Girls 18 18 Earth Angels 27 27 Naskids FC 30 30 Professional Sisters 27 27 Senior 21 21 Professionals World Girls 18 18 TOTAL 178 178

THIRD DIVISION NATIONAL PLAY-OFFS CLUB LOCAL FOREIGN TOTAL ABC FC - - - Feel United FC 25 - 25 Heaven Eleven 30 - 30 Liberty FC - - - Muscat FC 30 - 30 Paynesville FC 28 - 28 POG FC 28 - 28 Sandi FC 24 - 24 Vision-Gilba FC 30 - 30 Field Marshall 25 - 25 TUSA FC 25 - 25 VISA FC 25 - 25 TOTAL 270 270

At the end of the 2018 Orange National Leagues, 289 games were played; 525 yellow and 47 red cards were recorded as per club: LFA January - December 2018 Annual Report Page 16

FIRST DIVISION NAME GAME YELLOW RED TOTAL BYC FC 8 18 2 20 Watanga FC 8 24 2 26 MC Breweries 8 15 2 17 Keitrace FC 8 19 3 22 Small Town 8 20 20 LPRC Oilers 8 20 20 Nimba United 8 21 2 23 Jubilee FC 8 11 1 12 NPA Anchors 8 19 4 23 LISCR FC 8 25 1 26 TOTAL 80 192 17 209

SECOND DIVISION CLUB GAMES YELLOW RED TOTAL IE 10 17 1 18 Mighty Barrolle 10 16 1 17 BYC II 10 13 4 17 Bristol FC 10 25 2 27 Tony FC 10 21 1 22 Mighty Blue 10 15 2 17 Angels Bea Mountain 10 23 2 25 Freeport FC 10 27 2 29 Nimba Kwado 10 19 19 PAGS FC 10 21 21 Jai FC 10 17 1 18 Srimex FC 10 11 4 15 Gardnerville FC 10 16 2 18 TOTAL 130 241 22 263

FEMALE DIVISION CLUB GAMES YELLOW RED TOTAL Blanco FC 6 11 11 Earth Angels 6 6 6 Senior Professionals 6 6 1 7 Determine Girls 6 4 4 Naskids FC 6 3 1 4 Island Queens 6 4 1 5 LFA January - December 2018 Annual Report Page 17

Professional Sisters 6 3 2 5 World Girls 6 4 1 5 TOTAL 48 41 6 47

THIRD DIVISION NATIONAL PLAY-OFFS CLUB GAME YELLOW RED TOTAL Muscat FC 4 4 4 Paynesville FC 4 9 1 10 Sandi FC 2 4 4 Feel United FC 2 6 1 7 VISA FC 6 8 8 Heaven Eleven 6 16 16 Liberty FC 0 Vision-Gilba FC 1 1 1 ABC FC 0 POG FC 2 3 3 TUSA FC 2 Field Marshall 2 TOTAL 31 51 2 53

In the 2018 Orange league, 415 goals were scored. See below break down per club:

FIRST DIVISION CLUB GOALS BYC FC 20 Watanga FC 11 MC Breweries 9 Keitrace FC 3 Small Town 6 LPRC Oilers 12 Nimba United 7 Jubilee FC 6 NPA Anchors 7 LISCR FC 10 TOTAL 91

SECOND DIVISION CLUB GOALS IE 12 Mighty Barrolle 13 BYC II 20 LFA January - December 2018 Annual Report Page 18

Bristol FC 15 Tony FC 19 Mighty Blue Angels 8 Bea Mountain 19 Freeport FC 21 Nimba Kwado 14 PAGS FC 12 Jai FC 20 Srimex FC 4 Gardnerville FC 8 TOTAL 185

FEMALE DIVISION CLUB GOALS Blanco FC 28 Earth Angels 33 Senior Professionals 21 Determine Girls 11 NASKIDS FC 3 Island Queens 1 Pro Sisters 1 World Girls 10 TOTAL 108

THIRD DIVISION NATIONAL PLAY-OFF CLUB GOALS Muscat FC 12 Paynesville FC 6 Sandi FC 2 Feel United 0 VISA FC 7 Heaven Eleven 6 Liberty FC 0 Vision Gilba FC 0 ABC FC 0 POG FC 1 TUSA FC 3 Field Marshall 0 TOTAL 31

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At the end of the 2018 Orange league, the following clubs emerged champions and runner-up in their various divisions. Three clubs were promoted from the third division national play-offs to the second division.

FIRST DIVISION: 1. BYC FC - - - - - Champion 2. LPRC Oilers - - - - Runner-up

SECOND DIVISION: 1. Bea Mountain - - - - Champion 2. Nimba Kwado - - - - Runner-up

WOMEN FOOTBALL DIVISION 1. Earth Angels FC - - - Champion 2. Senior Professionals - - - Runner-up

FA CUP 1. BYC FC (Male) - - - Champion 2. LISCR FC - - - Runner-Up 3. Earth Angels (Female) - - - Champion 4. Blanco FC - - - Runner-Up

THIRD DIVISION NATIONAL PLAY-OFF: 1. Muscat FC (Montserrado) - - Champion 2. Heaven Eleven (Nimba) - - Runner-up 3. VISA FC (Nimba) - - - Third Place

BREAKDOWN OF 2018 AWARDS NAME CATEGORY PRIZE BYC First Division Champions US$5,000 LPRC Oilers First Division Runner-Up US$3,000 Bea Mountain Second Division Champions US$4,000 Nimba Kwado Second Division Runner-Up US$2,500 Earth Angels Female Division Champions US$3,500 Senior Professionals Female Division Runner-Up US$2,000 BYC LFA Cup Champions (Male) US$4,000 LISCR FC LFA Cup Runner-Up (Male) US$2,000 Earth Angels LFA Cup Champions (Female) US$4,000 Blanco FC LFA Cup Runner-Up (Female) US$2,000

Robert Lartey of BYC First Division Best Coach US$100 LFA January - December 2018 Annual Report Page 20

Saylee Swen of LPRC Oilers First Division Best Goalkeeper US$100 Aloysius Simujla of LPRC Oilers First Division Best Defender US$100 Kelvin Potis of BYC First Division MVP US$100 Trokon Myers of BYC First Division Highest Goal Scorer US$100 Hassan Corneh Best Male Referee US$100 Sylvina Garnett Best Female Referee US$100 Augustus A. Doe Best Sports Journalist US$100 Musa Kebbay of Bea Mountain Second Division MVP US$50 Terry Sackor of BYC Second Division Highest Goal Scorer US$50 Bernice Willie of Senior Professionals Female Division Highest Goal Scorer US$50 Angeline Kieh of Earth Angels Female Division MVP US$50

Blanco FC Subsidy US$500 Determine Girls Subsidy US$500 Earth Angels Subsidy US$500 Island Queens Subsidy US$500 Naskids FC Subsidy US$500 Professional Sisters Subsidy US$500 Senior Professionals Subsidy US$500 World Girls Subsidy US$500

OFF-SEASON TOURNAMENTS The Montserrado County district tournament was organized from November 16 to December 14 to enhance clubs’ training capacity in preparation for the 2019 season. It featured 17 electoral districts as a pilot project to include other counties in the future. The tournament ended with District #16 as champion and District #12 as runner-up. In the female category, District #11 emerged as winner and District #4 as runner-up.

An academy tournament was played in November and brought together 17 academy youth clubs in Montserrado. Ambassador Academy emerged winner and Snow Hill Academy as runner-up. Winners and runner-up of these tournaments were awarded medals and cash prizes.

8. INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS COMPETITION GAME VENUE DATE WAFU Under-20 Liberia 0 VS Ivory Coast 3 Paynesville April 24, 2018 Tournament WAFU Under-20 Liberia 2 VS Guinea Bissau 1 Paynesville April 26, 2018 Tournament WAFU Under-20 Liberia 5 VS Sierra Leone 1 Monrovia April 28, 2018 Tournament WAFU Under-20 Mali 0 VS Liberia 1 Paynesville May 2, 2018 LFA January - December 2018 Annual Report Page 21

Tournament WAFU Under-20 Gambia 2 VS Liberia 1 Paynesville May 5, 2018 Tournament Independence Day Friendly Liberia 0 VS Sierra Leone 0 Paynesville July 22, 2018 2019 AFCON Qualifiers Liberia 1 VS DR Congo Paynesville September 9, 2018 International Friendly Liberia 1 VS Nigeria 2 Paynesville September 11, 2018 2019 AFCON Qualifiers Congo 3 VS Liberia 1 Brazzaville October 11, 2018 2019 AFCON Qualifiers Liberia 2 VS Congo 1 Paynesville October 16, 2018 2019 AFCON Qualifiers Liberia 1 VS Zimbabwe 0 Paynesville November 18, 2018 2018/2019 CAF CC USM Bel Abbès 4 (Algeria) Sidi Bel Abbès November 27, 2018 VS LISCR FC 0 2018/2019 CAF CL AC Horoya 1 VS BYC 0 Conakry November 28, 2018 2018/2019 CAF CL BYC 0 VS Horoya 1 Monrovia December 4, 2018 2018/2019 CAF CC LISCR FC 1 VS USM Bel Monrovia December 5, 2018 Abbès 0

Liberian President George Weah, in collaboration with the LFA, retired the #14 jersey in a friendly with Nigeria

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Liberia VS Zimbabwe

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Liberia drew goalless with Sierra Leone in an Independence Day friendly at the SKD

PREPARED BY NAME POSITION Isaac T. Z. Montgomery Secretary-General/Supervisor John F. Bonah Deputy Secretary-General Danesius Marteh Communications Director Abubakar S. M. Kamara IT Director Atty. Benedict A. Yarsiah Legal & Competitions Director Ebenezer Stanley Konah, Sr. Referee Director Alex Nagbo Director of Protocol/Club Licensing & Intermediaries Francis A. Tamba Women’s Football Director James K. Payne Protocol/Club Licensing Officer