A Kenya select team, comprising players from the Talanta Hela U-19 team both boys and girls is set to tour Spain for a two-week tournament.The teams that have been training for the event sponsored by the national government are expected to jet out of the country on March 23, 2024, under the stewardship of former Harambee Stars coach Stanley Okumbi. ##NAJAVA_MECA_7967567##The boys are scheduled to take part in the MIC tournament which is set to start on March 26 to 31st in Costa Brava, Spain. Among teams that will feature in the U19 category are Malaga, Espanyol, the Steven Gerrard Academy, Girona amongst other high profile teams. The MIC Football is an international youth football tournament that brings to Costa Brava some of the best academies in the world. Every Easter thousands of boys and girls from five continents have the opportunity to feel like professionals and compete against some of the future football stars.The girls’ squad will form part of the Costa Daurada Cup competitors which is a popular event that takes place on the beautiful coast of Costa Daurada. The tournament has attracted over 200 football teams from across Europe which will feature in different categories.Kenya U20 select team set for Spain tourThe Costa Daurada Cup runs twice throughout the year – one in spring and one in summer. It is open to boys’ teams aged U8 to U19, girls’ teams aged U11 to U16, and adult ladies’ teams.Kenya will have 19 players in each category. Nastic Sports Academy trio of Allan Kasavuli, Aldrine Kibet, and Amos Wanjala will link up with the boys u19 team in Spain.Highlighting the ladies’ contingent is Butere Girls High School which has produced the highest representation after winning the nationals staged last year in Nairobi with Busia County.Harambee Stars maestro Eric Johana inspires UTA Arad’s victory against VoluntariGirls Squad Mercy Akoth (Nyakach Girls), Christine Adhiambo (Butere Girls), Velma Awuor (Nyakach Girls), Sunira Were (Moi Girls Eldoret), Kathleen Kurgat (Moi Girls Eldoret), Quinter Adhiambo (St. Alfred Alara Mixed), Clitilda Auma (Butere), Halima Imbachi ( Butere), Ann Brenda (Magunga Girls), Vidah Sharon (Butere), Philster Atieno (Magunga Girls), Ruth Akinyi (Nasokol Girls), Joy Valencia Ochieng (Butere), Elizabeth Mideva (Bishop Njenga) Hilder Natecho (Bishop Njenga), Lorna Faith (Butere) and Marion Musanga (Bishop Njenga)Boys Squad Dhair Abdikadir (St Antony Kitale), Abdulhafidh Abdalla (Sereni Secondary School), Irad Mshindi (Musingu Boys), Nicholas Odhiambo (Menengai High School), Hamisi Otieno (Goseta Boys), Joseph Owino (Kisumu Day), Ismael Odhiambo (Menengai High School), Elisha Nalianya (Menengai High School) Austin Odongo (Ebwali Secondary School) and Instine Simiyu (St. Josephs Kitale)Final full squads will be released later today.
