BY ANDREW EKEJIUBA
Major League Soccer club Minnesota United has announced that 2022 MLS SuperDraft pick Tani Oluwaseyi has signed a one-year contract with options from 2023-2025 with the club.
The 21-year-old Oluwaseyi is eligible to represent the Super Eagles as he was born in Abuja.
The center forward has been selected from St. John’s University, for whom he made 49 appearances and scored 20 goals across four years and his best scoring year was in 2019 with eleven goals.
He twice earned First Team All-BIG EAST honors at St. John’s and earned BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year honors as a sophomore in 2019.
In his first words after putting pen to paper, Oluwaseyi said: “It’s a dream come true, to say the least. This what I’ve dreamt of since I was five and I’m just excited to get going and continue to get better every day.
“My goal is to contribute to the team in any way I can. I don’t know what that looks like at the moment but whatever it is, I’m ready to go, I’m ready to provide whatever the team needs.”
Oluwaseyi, who will occupy an international spot on Minnesota United’s roster, has been allocated the number 16 shirt.
Meanwhile, Shola Shoretire continued his impressive form with a goal for Manchester United in their entertaining 5-2 win over Derby County in a Premier League 2 clash staged at Leigh Sports Village Stadium at the weekend.
Shoretire played the full game and his teammate Maxi Oyedele came off the bench with two minutes remaining for his Premier League 2 debut.
Former Manchester United schoolboy Osazee Aghatise went the distance against his old club and Josh Shonibare was on the pitch for 79 minutes.
Rams midfielder Aghatise found the bottom corner to bring the game back to parity in the 54th minute after Alvaro Fernández’s opener midway through the first half.
Hannibal converted from the spot to put United ahead in the 63rd minute, Noam Emeran extended the lead with a finish inside the box and Charlie Savage headed home for 4-1.
Shoretire fired into the bottom corner in the 87th minute as the young Red Devils established a four-goal cushion and Cybulski netted a consolation for the visitors in stoppage time.
Shoretire has either scored or assisted in six of his last seven games for Manchester United in the Premier League 2.
