By Kei Emmanuel Duku<\/p>\n
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South Sudan\u2019s representative in 2024\/25 Women\u2019s Council of East and Central Africa Football Association (CECAFA) has returned to Juba following a 1-0 defeat to Torit Select Women in a pre-season friendly.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The loss in Torit marked the first defeat for Yei Joint Stars in their pre-season campaign. The team had previously overcome Yei Legends 2-1 in Juba.<\/p>\n Club secretary Doggy Isaac Samson explained that the Torit tour aimed to expose players, particularly those signed outside the country, to different environments while also scouting for new talent.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve been struggling to find players in Juba, so we decided to camp outside to discover new talents,\u201d Samson said.<\/p>\n Yei Joint Stars will next compete in the CECAFA Women\u2019s Championship in Ethiopia from August 17 to September 4. The team has been drawn in Group A alongside hosts Commercial Bank of Ethiopia FC, Kenya Police Bullets, Warrior Queens of Zanzibar, and Rwanda\u2019s Royan Sports Women\u2019s FC.<\/p>\n Their opening match is against Kenya Police Bullets on August 20th, concluding the group fixtures with a clash against Warrior Queens.<\/p>\n Before departing for Ethiopia, Yei Joint Stars plan to play a friendly match against either Munuki or Al-Rabbita Women\u2019s FC.<\/p>\n Samson hopes the match will boost team morale and create a competitive atmosphere. The club is in talks with the South Sudan Football Association (SSFA) to host the friendly at Juba Stadium.<\/p>\n \u201cWe aim to travel to Ethiopia before August 17th but need to play a friendly first,\u201d Samson added.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve contacted both Munuki and Al-Rabbita and whoever responds first will be our opponent. We prefer to play at Juba Stadium but are still discussing it with SSFA.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Kei Emmanuel Duku South Sudan\u2019s representative in 2024\/25 Women\u2019s Council of East and Central Africa Football Association (CECAFA) has returned to Juba following a 1-0 defeat to Torit Select Women in a pre-season friendly. The loss in Torit marked the first defeat for Yei Joint Stars in their[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":27513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79,92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news","category-sports"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A-section-of-Yei-Joint-Star-FC-players-while-on-a-pre-season-tour-in-Torit.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27512"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27514,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27512\/revisions\/27514"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}