It is now a little over three months since Timothy Weah, the son of President George Weah told the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that “It will be the best thing for my dad to lead Liberia,” when Liberia’s election was heading to a runoff. Although Tim Weah has featured for the United States U-17 team, FIFA’s regulations on eligibility to play for representative teams give Weah the right to send a formal request to the FIFA general secretariat to change Association. According to Article 7, any player who refers to article 5: 1) to assume a new nationality and who has not played international football in accordance with article 5 par. With this, Weah still has the option to play for the US, Liberia, France, and Jamaica. Now that the “best thing” has happened to Liberia for Timothy Weah’s father to become president for Liberia and these available options, could it be the best thing for him to play for Lone Star?

Source: Daily Observer March 06, 2018 02:03 UTC