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| AFRICAN ASSOC. IBO-UNION SOCCER TOURNAMENT-2007 HONORING MR. GABRIEL BESSONG. A REVIEW The African Association Ibo Union Soccer Tournament and Festival for 2007 has come and gone and San Francisco Stars are the tournament champions. Congratulations! Twelve teams participated this year and each one of them came prepared to carry the Champion’s Cup. The margin of error was very small, and the best team won. The individual players were skillful and talented. This was a showcase of soccer artistry. St. Louis All Stars and Leone Stars of LA played well but it was not their day. Afriscope United did not measure up to their potential. Oakland Insurgents, the most improved team, was determined but luck was not on their side. The 2006 Champions, Pure Riddims of Oakland, started well with the initial 6-0 knock out of St. Louis, but fizzled out towards the end. Cambay Lions, Nembo Stars, Togo, and Sierra Leone, to their credit, showed up. The highlight of the tournament was the finals and championship game between SFO Stars (Nigeria) and Lone Stars (Liberia). The game started well with both teams equally matched. At the half, it was SFO Stars 1 and Lone Stars 0. Fifteen minutes into the second half the game suddenly changed. The Frisco Boys summoned energy from who knows where and started moving at dizzying speed. Attempts by the Loners to match the SFO speed was to no avail. No legs. The goals poured in under the chorus of eh!, eh!!, eh!!!. SFO Stars had maintained the three necessities of skills, luck and endurance to become the champions. The final score: SFO Stars 4, Lone Stars 0.
The Champion’s Cup presentation was made to the Champions by Mrs. Grace Bessong, wife of Mr. Gabriel Bessong. Mr. Bessong was Afriscope Coach who untimely passed into the lord in December of 2006, after a brief illness.
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