Soccer News of Monday, 14 September 2009

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Tetteh names final U-20 squad

Black Satellites coach Sellas Tetteh has picked his final 21-man squad for the Fifa World Youth Championship which begins next week in Egypt.

Portugal-based winger Ishmael Yartey and Eleven Wise midfielder James Bissue are said to have failed to impress the technical team on the tour of Qatar.

Sadick Adams' ban automatically made him one of the three players to be dropped from the 24-man squad that was listed to train at the Aspire Academy.

The team will wrap up their stay in Doha on Monday and leave for Tunisia the following day to finalize their preparations for the tourney which kick-starts on 24 September.

Captain Dede Ayew, Ransford Osei, David Addy and Jonathan Mensah are expected to join the team in Tunisia.

Right-back Samuel Inkoom will meet the team in Egypt.

Ghana's opener in Group D is against Asian side Uzbekistan on 26 September before games against England and Uruguay.

The Satellites beat a Doha-based Military team 3-1 on Saturday thanks to goals from Rabiu Mohammed, Latif Salifu and Dominic Adiyiah.

Goalkeepers:

Joseph Addo (Heart of Lions), Daniel Adjei (Liberty Professionals) and Robert Dabuo (Wa All Stars).

Defenders:

Samuel Inkoom (Basel, Switzerland), Daniel Opare (Real Madrid, Spain), David Addy (Randers, Denmark), Philip Boampong (Berekum Arsenals), Daniel Addo (King Faisal), Bright Addai (Wa All Stars) and Jonathan Mensah (Free State Stars, South Africa)

Midfielders:

Gladson Awako (Heart of Lions), Kassinu Ghandi (Liberty Professionals), Emmanuel Agyeman-Badu (Asante Kotoko), Rabiu Mohammed (Sampdoria, Italy), Abeiku Quansah (Nice, France), Andre Ayew (Marseille, France)

Attackers:

John Benson (Aspire Academy, Qatar) Opoku Agyemang (Al Sadd, Qatar) Ransford Osei (FC Twente Enschede, Holland), Latif Salifu (Liberty Professionals), Dominic Adiyiah (Fredrikstad, Norway)