FC Tulsa's hope for securing a promotion to the Major League Soccer, MLS in the United States may have just been boosted with a promising youngster in their folds called Promise Akinpelu.
The 19 year old striker Akinpelu who has swelled the number of Nigerian players donning the colors of FC Tulsa is the one for the future but he's making it known to the club that he can be relied on even at now.
The 20 year old Canadian-Nigerian Akinpelu was among the three new additions to Tulsa side who are opening their new campaign against Sporting Kansas City next Saturday.
According to the Head Coach of FC Tulsa, Michael Nsien, Akinpelu came with a lot of potentials that will help the side compete for honors and trophies in the new season will fit in to the club's plan despite his age.
"Promise came in and really impressed us, at such a young age, he can physically compete at this level. This environment will be great for all of our academy players to develop rapidly."
He will be joining the duo of Raphael Ayagwa and Solomon Kwambe who are already a players of FC Tulsa.
Akinpelu, a 19-year-old Canadian, hails from Brampton, Ontario and was a member of Toronto FC’s Academy from 2012-2015.
Following his time in the Academy system for TFC, Akinpelu played for a local club, Vaughan Azzurri, that compete in League 1 Ontario. While with Vaughan, Akinpelu was a part of two League1 Ontario Championship teams (2016, 2018) and two L1 Cup winners (2016, 2018). Prior to joining FC Tulsa, Akinpelu played in the Treća HNL, the Croatian third division, for NK Trnje.
The young player who can play as a center forward and as a winger is capable of attracting defenders and using size in holdup and build up play
Efficient and dangerous on counter attack, he's a threat in aerial contests, he's also offensively and defensively special including on set pieces.
Akinpelu, built in the shape of Didier Drogba and Zlatan Ibrahimovic is accurate in shooting and passing, a delight in goal scoring opportunities and can set up team-mates just as well.
The Ontario born forward is knowledgeable about defending in a high or low block, capable at defending, intercepting the ball due to positional awareness, intelligence and long legs.
He's able to beat defenders on a dribble but will rather bypass obstacles by passing.
Has an amazing composure in the box and always keeps a level head during the match.
Akinpelu fits the bill of a kind of center forward any club or national teams would love to have in their folds and its like FC Tulsa got a goldmine to have secured his services.
It is left of for Nigeria Football Federation, NFF and handlers of Nigeria national teams to quickly look into how Akinpelu will be convinced to wear the Green-White-Green colors of Nigeria.
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