U-15 players to be selected in league

U-15 players to be selected in league

JAKARTA (JP): Thirty under-15 soccer players will be selected
for a national training program from the U-15 Bogasari League,
which kicks off on Monday at Delta stadium in Sidoardjo, East
Java.

The selected players will attend the long-term training
program for three years in Medan, North Sumatra, under the
coaching of ex-Coventry player Jim Bryden from England, with
Jairo Matos of Brazil acting as assistant coach.

The league is participated in by 19 chapters of the Soccer
Association of Indonesia (PSSI) and is divided into four groups.
PSSI have also sent five talent scouters to screen potential
players.

PSSI chairman Agum Gumelar had asked the regional chapters to
send their teams, not clubs in their respective areas, because
the association did not want to miss any potential players.

He also warned against players' ages being falsified. "I don't
want this league to be marred by age cheating, which is done for
a short term goal like winning the championships. The league is
staged to develop young players. Age cheating is tantamount to
ruining the players' and the nation's soccer future." (ivy)