Organizers of SPIRES 5-ASIDE Naija Street Soccer Tournament has Unveiled popular On-Air personality Ezugwu Chukwudi know as “Husband Material” as the first Ambassador for the street soccer tournament. The announcement was made at a media Parley in Lagos on Wednesday.
Sixteen finalist were also revealed for the next phase of the competition.
The flagship Tournament commenced early this year with a series of activities that culminated the Lagos Divisional Qualifying matches that saw over 40 matches. These cut across 5 divisions of Lagos with more than400 players participating. The divisional qualifiers produced the 16 Finalist for the Main Tournament.
The teams are: ASD FC, Angsored FA, All Saints FC, 2 Odds FC,
Oladunjoye FA, Diamond FC, and
De Potters FA. Others are Owibesebe FC, Super Angels, Pekins FC, The Alphas, Top Rock FC, Zions football club, White Togers, Yaweh FC, and VVD Football club.
The Tournament Director Dr. Bankole Allibay said the Spires 5-Aside Football Tourney is designed to create a new standard in Youth empowerment, human capital development and fostering teamwork, physical fitness, and social inclusion at the community level.
” our focus is to revive the culture grassroots football development in the country, street soccer has produced great stars for Nigeria in the past and we hope to breed the next generation of superstars”
The last 16 draw and the unveiling of future events for the flagship Tournament will hold on November 2nd, while hostilities Kicks-off in the round of 16 on November 9th, 2024.