With bold plans and loads of hope, the Kerala Football Association launched its new Kerala Youth Development Project in Kochi on September 23 night.
Five high quality groups, in varied age teams from under-13 to under-21, will determine within the league which will likely be held within the State’s 14 districts. Fifty gamers from every league will likely be picked and given high quality coaching.
The KFA hopes the league will produce round 200 high quality gamers who could go on to play for the Indian Super League, I-League and different leagues. This, the affiliation hopes, will change their lives.
The youth league may even see the return of the Chakolas Gold Trophy after 40 years. The Chakolas Trophy was a outstanding all-India males’s event which was final performed in 1983.
The Asian Football Confederation normal secretary Windsor John unveiled the league’s trophy whereas Kerala Sports Minister V. Abdurahiman launched the league’s emblem. The All India Football Federation secretary normal Shaji Prabhakaran, KFA president Navas Meeran and secretary P. Anilkumar have been amongst those that spoke in the course of the occasion.
Source web site: www.thehindu.com