‘Dream Team Football Academy’ cup set for December

Association des Anciens footballeurs du Rwanda (AAFR) are planning to organise the third edition of Dream Team Football Academy Cup on December 1-6 at different grounds within the City of Kigali.

Saturday, October 26, 2013
Some of the kids who will take part in the week-long tournament, being taken through their paces at Ferwafa turf in Remera recently. Saturday Sport / Courtesy.

Association des Anciens footballeurs du Rwanda (AAFR) are planning to organise the third edition of Dream Team Football Academy Cup on December 1-6 at different grounds within the City of Kigali.The Dream Team Football Academy, based in Masaka, Kicukiro District, was founded by a group of ex-Rwandan footballers through their umbrella body, AAFR or (Association of Former Rwandan Footballers). According to the association’s vice president Jacques Kayisire, this year’s edition will attract 32 under-15 teams, all based in and around the City of Kigali.He said, "The annual kids’ tournament will even grow bigger in the coming years when we start to include teams from other parts of the country.”Former Rayon Sports and Amavubi Stars player Jean Chrisostome Sembagare will head the technical team tournament organising committee.