{"id":446720,"date":"2017-12-13T17:19:12","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T17:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/latif-blessing-joins-los-angeles-fc\/"},"modified":"2017-12-13T17:19:12","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T17:19:12","slug":"latif-blessing-joins-los-angeles-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/latif-blessing-joins-los-angeles-fc\/","title":{"rendered":"Latif Blessing joins Los Angeles FC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/32770340.295.jpg\" alt=\"Latif Blessing2\" title=\"Latif Blessing2\" width=\"295\" height=\"226\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Latiff Blessing scored six goals and two assists in 31 appearances for Sporting KC<\/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=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513185552_1_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Ghanaian forward Latif Blessing has joined newly-promoted Major League Soccer side Los Angeles FC.<\/p>\n<p>Blessing, 20, joined Sporting Kansas City from Ghanaian outfit Liberty Professionals at the start of last season.<\/p>\n<p>He notched up six goals and two assists in 31 appearances across all competitions, notably scoring in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final as Sporting KC defeated the New York Red Bulls.<\/p>\n<p>The former Ghana Premier League top scorer becomes the 10th all-time Sporting KC player to be selected in an MLS Expansion Draft.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latiff Blessing scored six goals and two assists in 31 appearances for Sporting KC Ghanaian forward Latif Blessing has joined newly-promoted Major League Soccer side Los Angeles FC. Blessing, 20, joined Sporting Kansas City from Ghanaian outfit Liberty Professionals at the start of last season. 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