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Thursday, March 18, 2010

 

Obatola Marks US Debut

It's a far cry from Jurong West Stadium but Gabriel Obatola showed his worth on his debut for Portland Timberwolves when he scored the only goal of the game against Seattle Sounders in a pre season friendly. In front of nealry 19,000 fans.

Just think, had not Singapore authorities got smarmy and rejected his employment pass he would still be in the SLeague and looking forward to pulling on a Lions shirt next year. Instead he has been catapaulted on to a far bigger stage and who knows what awaits the striker in the near future

Comments:
Small point of order: Portland is the Timbers.

The Timberwolves are an NBA team in Minnesota. We now return you to your regularly scheduled pedantry.
 
thx for that...i always get american team names mixed up!
 
its such a waste for singapore considering oj could have provide the spark, creativity and threat when going forward which is what they are really lacking now...what a waste..
 
Why don't they let him be neutralized? Any conflict between FAS and the player?
 
why indeed. my understanding is that the whole story has been blown out of all proportion

there is another aspect to this story which , in the 21st century, doesn t bear thinking about...i thought we had moved on from that kind of nonsense but ...
 
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