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Gambia News: Sainey And Mansally Return to Toronto

The Gambian US based duo and New England Revolution players Sainey Nyassi and Abdoulie Mansally, tomorrow, return to the Toronto National Stadium their place of reckoning to Play Toronto FC in the Revs last fixture in the MLS regular season.

Sainey and Mansally saw their professional football ambitions turn to fruition in Canadian soil following some eye catching performances during the Fifa U - 20 world Cup this summer. Sainey's pacy and forward approach in taking on defenders and Mansally's power and goal scoring touch, caught the eye of Revolution officials who acted quickly to snap them up. Mansally scored a swerving freekick to earn the Gambia a famous victory against Portugal in Montréal in a 2-1 win, and the rising Gambian youngster is already on it for the revs having already scored twice for the reserve team. Last week he scored to level for the Revs reserves with a repeat of his trademark freekick against the Portuguese back on 8th July in Montréal. The two has so far made a couple of appearances as substitutes for the first team and have been keeping match fit playing for the reserve team. Sainey Nyassi already has two goals to his credit in the reserves division.

New England Revolution tomorrow crosses the border for the first time in the club's history to face Toronto FC for their last match in the MLS regular season. Toronto FC plays in the USA Major League Soccer MLS, Eastern Conference league and they cross the border south into the US to play away matches. This is Toronto's first season in the MLS, the first non US team in the 11 year history of the league.

Tomorrow's game will be the third meeting between New England and Toronto FC this season, their first two took place at the Revs home ground, Gillette Stadium. New England won both matches.