McColm Cephas

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McColm Cephas
Personal information
Full name McColm Cephas
Date of birth (1978-09-30) 30 September 1978 (age 44)
Place of birth Monrovia, Liberia
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2002–2003 VCU Rams
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003 Richmond Kickers Future 11 (8)
2004–2005 Richmond Kickers 47 (11)
2006 Virginia Beach Mariners 12 (0)
2007 Carolina RailHawks 14 (1)
Total84(20)
International career
2004 Liberia 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

McColm Cephas (born 30 September 1978) is a Liberian former footballer who played as a forward. He has earned two caps with the Liberia national team.

Career

Cephas attended Virginia Commonwealth University where he played for the men's soccer team in 2002 and 2003.

He played two World Cup 2006 qualifying games for Liberia in 2004. [1]

In 2007, Cephas signed with the Carolina RailHawks of the USL First Division. [2] He scored only one goal in fourteen league games, but more significantly, he scored the only goal as Carolina upset the Chicago Fire, holders of the cup, in the 2007 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. [3]

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References

  1. "Cephas Called Up To Liberia National Team For World Cup Qualifying". Our Sports Central. 26 August 2004. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
  2. Kiawu, Hassan (14 February 2007). "Cephas eyes Liberia call-up". BBC Sport . Retrieved 10 June 2009.
  3. "Fire loses to Carolina in U.S. Open Cup". MLS. 15 July 2007. Archived from the original on 2 July 2007. Retrieved 10 June 2009.