The NEUFC team, along with organisers and young football
players, registered for the club's scouting trials on Thursday at IG Stadium,
Kohima. (EM images)
- KOHIMA — The
North East United Football Club (NEUFC) commenced its two-day scouting trials
in Kohima at Indira Gandhi (IG) Stadium on Thursday.
- Themed "Unearthing the next highlanders," NEUFC
has been holding scouting trials across the northeastern states, including
Nagaland, in April and May.
- The Nagaland trials are being held in Dimapur and Kohima
from May 7 to the 9th in collaboration with the Nagaland Football Association.
- At the IG Stadium in Kohima on the first day, over 100
aspiring footballers took part in the trials organised by the Kohima District
Football Association.
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- NEUFC is scouting for fresh talent in two categories: the
Under-17 team, which includes players born between January 1, 2009, and
December 31, 2010, and the Reserve Team, which includes those born between
January 1, 2005, and December 31, 2008.
- NEUFC coach Jeevan Jayaraj said approximately 80 players across
both categories had turned up on the first day of the trials. The club is
looking for young football talent and potential, and there is no fixed number
of selections, as the focus remains on quality, the coach added.
- Nearly 200 players had registered for the Kohima leg of the
trials.
