By Sylvester Tamba
Monrovia-Coach Sam Chebli takes charge of Barrack Young Controllers feeder team BYC-II for the 2018/19 LFA season as manager.
The Former Nimba United and FC Fassell technician sealed a one-year contract, with an option to stay at the club for additional years depending on performance.
Chebli has managed at the top level of Liberian football over the past five years coaching Nimba United and Fassell FC.
At the ‘Soccer Missionaries’the technician came close to winning the First Division league last season but was denied the title after losing a protest from LISCR FC for fielding an illegal player.
The former Fassell FC coach joined BYC after his resignation from Nimba United, replacing Steve Momo who stepped down as head coach of the club in March after winning the LFA’s Second Division
Announcing the appointment, BYC-II president Nathaniel Sherman said: “Chebli is quite simply the best coach available in the country today.
He has won hearts of the fans and inspired players at every club he coached and, of course, he knows the league very well, so it is great to have him at the best club.
Sherman continued: “I’d like to take this opportunity to welcome him to BYC Football; his track record of success is ideal to take the club forward.”
Sam Chebli said: “To become BYC-II’s coach is a special honor in the game. It is a club I’ve known and admired in Liberia. There’s a magic and a romance about it which no other club can match.
“I have always felt attracted to Blue Field; it has hosted some important memories for me in my career, and I have always enjoyed a relationship with the BYC fans. I’m looking forward to be their coach and enjoying their magnificent support in the upcoming league.”
