Bernard Kamungo scored a beauiful goal tonight for FC Dallas vs Miami and his background story told by the announcers was one I've never heard before.
He was born and raised in a refugee camp in Tanzania so obviously never played organized soccer. His family was able to move to Abilene, TX at age 14 thanks to a charity. His family couldn't afford for him to play "pay for play" club soccer so he only played middle school and high school soccer. Then his brother pays his $90 tryout fee for North Texas SC in MLS Next Pro during the winter of his senior year of HS. He makes the team, scores 22 goals in 51 games, is signed to FC Dallas and has 4 goals since July 1.
He is 21 and you wonder if a kid like this, who has never had any real soccer training could blossom into that big goal scorer we need. Not sure how much longer he has to wait for citizenship exactly but this is a kid to keep an eye on.
He was born and raised in a refugee camp in Tanzania so obviously never played organized soccer. His family was able to move to Abilene, TX at age 14 thanks to a charity. His family couldn't afford for him to play "pay for play" club soccer so he only played middle school and high school soccer. Then his brother pays his $90 tryout fee for North Texas SC in MLS Next Pro during the winter of his senior year of HS. He makes the team, scores 22 goals in 51 games, is signed to FC Dallas and has 4 goals since July 1.
He is 21 and you wonder if a kid like this, who has never had any real soccer training could blossom into that big goal scorer we need. Not sure how much longer he has to wait for citizenship exactly but this is a kid to keep an eye on.
Bernard Kamungo: How a Tanzanian Refugee reached FC Dallas and MLS | North Texas SC
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