The Kenya National U17 football team wrapped up the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) under U17 Championships experience in Burundi with a fourth-place finish.
The Kenyan Boys lost 1-4 to neighbors Uganda in the third-place playoff match played at the Ngozi stadium in Burundi, on Saturday April 28, 2018.
The loss followed Kenya’s 1-2 defeat to Tanzania in the semifinals played on April 25.
In total, Kenya played five matches in the course of the youth tournament, winning one, losing three and managing a draw in one.
The team forms part of Football Kenya Federation’s (FKF) long-term football development agenda, which involves around giving the youth a sporting chance early in their football development life cycle.
FKF has already put up the U20 and the U23 football sides.Tanzania will play Somalia in the CECAFA U-17 tourney on Sunday.
Kenya’s line up versus Uganda:
Maxwell Mulili-18, Lawrence Otieno-5, Telvin Maina-4, Arnold Onyango-8, Nicholas Omondi -12, Patrick Ngunyi-16, Isaiah Abwal-15, Lesley Otieno-19, Mathew Mwendwa-11, Christopher Raila-3, Daniel Ochieng-13.
Substitutes
Brian Olango-1, Costa Anjeo-6, Nesta Wangema-14, Felix Chabaya-10, Said Musa-7, Kennedy Nduto-20, Michael Abongo-17.
The team was led by head coach Michael Amenga, and former Gor Mahia Captain Jerim Onyango.