Otieno bags title in US as Tormenta are crowned USL League One champions

Former Gor Mahia combative midfielder Tobias Otieno walked home with a league winners medal as Tormenta edged Chattanooga Red Wolves 2-1 in the USL League One final staged at the Tormenta Stadium on Monday morning.This is the second League One title the Kenyan midfielder has won in the United States as he was among the pool of players who toasted the crown last year with Union Omaha who beat Greenville Triumph SC in the final.##NAJAVA_MECA_6787178##Against Chattanooga, Otieno was withdrawn in the in the 73nd minute and his place taken by Christopher Heckenberg.Prior to his substitution, the midfielder was just a caution away from seeing red as he had been booked a minute before leaving the pitch.Okumu keeps clean sheet in Gent victory as Sichenje tastes defeat in SwedenTormenta took the lead in the 35th minute through Roy Sterling but the visitors leveled matters with just seconds remining to the half time whistle through Alexander Tejera.The match appeared headed for a draw inside the regular time but Jamil Roberts made the difference in the 82nd minute finishing off a sumptuous pass from Sterling to give Tormenta the win.A feeling we’ll never forget 💙#ForThe912 | #VamosTormenta pic.twitter.com/vAqteJHJYn— 🏆 – Tormenta FC (@Tormenta_FC) November 7, 2022 The win saw Tormenta clinch the maiden professional title and their second in the year as they had won the USL W League in July, beating Minnesota Auxora 2-1 in the final.Elsewhere, former Kariobangi Sharks forward Erick Kapaito won a point for Arba Minch in the Ethiopian Premier League as his goal saw the club play Saint Georges to a 1-1 draw.Georges took the lead in the 31st minute through Amanuel Gebremichael but Kapaito who joined the club last year struck late in the second half to rescue a point for the visitors.

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