{"id":435363,"date":"2017-11-08T21:01:13","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T21:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/08\/latif-blessing-named-in-goals-mls-u21-team-of-the-season\/"},"modified":"2017-11-08T21:01:13","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T21:01:13","slug":"latif-blessing-named-in-goals-mls-u21-team-of-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/08\/latif-blessing-named-in-goals-mls-u21-team-of-the-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Latif Blessing named in Goal\u2019s MLS U21 team of the season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Players Abroad of Wednesday,  8 November 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-11-08<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/89141299.295.jpg\" alt=\"Latif Blessing45\" title=\"Latif Blessing45\" width=\"295\" height=\"226\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Latif Blessing<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=150834795848671\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=150834795848671\">&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1510174873_284_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Sporting Kansas City&#8217;s Latif Blessing has been named in Goal.com\u2019s MLS U21 team of the season following his magnificent outing for his the Kansas City side in his first season.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghanaian was a revelation for Peter Vermes&#8217; side, giving SKC a much-needed speed option up top, and earning him a place in the U-21 Best XI of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The 2015\/16 Ghana Premier League goal king finished with three goals and two assists in 26 appearances in all competitions for SKC.<\/p>\n<p>Sporting KC Manager Peter Vermes described his 2017 squad earlier this year as a young group with the hunger to impress and Blessing was obviously a key member of this group.<\/p>\n<p>SKC had a disappointing season last season but the arrival of Latif Blessing and a few others wrote the story differently.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghanaian was influential in the side\u2019s campaign this season seeing the finishing 5th in the MLS Western Conference League.<\/p>\n<p>He also guided SKC to lift the 2017 US Open Cup, a trophy the side missed out last season.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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