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Gambia: U-20 Team Final Selection 6 in 5 Out

The final selection for the U-20 have been made with six new players making the team and five others facing the axe.

Most notable among the absentees from Coach Bonu Johnson's 22 man selection, is team Captain Ken Malamin Jammeh who is dropped because of injury. Fringe players Habib Kunta, Demba Sanyang and Sarja Leigh also lead the exit door together with Pierre Gomez falling out of favour for the team's Fifa U - 20 World Cup party.

Kebba Bah, Paul Jatta, Ebrima Jatta and Abdourahman Dampha gained entry into the team together with Abdou Jatta and goalkeeper Suruwa Bojang.

They will join the other players who were part of the team during the African Youth Championship in Congo earlier this year. Coach Peter Bonu Johnson is supposed to travel with a team of 22 players including 3 goalkeepers to the Fifa U - 20 World Cup holding in Canada.

The team is expected to leave for the UK for a three week training camp and then move to the US before their final destination in Toronto, Canada. They will play Mexico in their first game on July 2nd.