{"id":452307,"date":"2025-11-24T16:34:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T13:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=452307"},"modified":"2025-11-24T16:34:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T13:34:12","slug":"somalias-u-17-national-team-concludes-cecafa-campaign-with-a-strong-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/somalias-u-17-national-team-concludes-cecafa-campaign-with-a-strong-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Somalia\u2019s U-17 National Team Concludes CECAFA Campaign with a Strong Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Somalia U-17 national football team wrapped up their CECAFA East and Central Africa Championship run with an impressive win this afternoon, defeating Rwanda 3\u20130 in a match played in Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p>This was Somalia\u2019s fourth game of the tournament, and the young Ocean Stars delivered a dominant performance, displaying quality football, solid teamwork, and tactical discipline \u2014 all of which secured their emphatic victory.<\/p>\n<p>The result means Somalia finishes the group stage unbeaten, recording one win and three draws, and collecting six points from their four matches.<\/p>\n<p>Somalia\u2019s hopes of advancing to the semi-finals now depend on the outcome of the upcoming fixture between Kenya and South Sudan.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If Kenya loses, Somalia stands a strong chance of progressing.<\/li>\n<li>If Kenya wins, the Ocean Stars will be eliminated despite their positive finish.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Somalia\u2019s young talents have nonetheless showcased significant promise throughout the tournament, earning recognition for their disciplined and spirited performances.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-452308\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/f2a394bd-930f-45d4-b19b-3566cf1e8dc4-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" 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This was Somalia\u2019s fourth game of the tournament, and the young Ocean Stars delivered a dominant performance, displaying quality football, solid teamwork, and tactical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":452317,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-452307","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local","8":"category-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452307"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":452318,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452307\/revisions\/452318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}