Six New Zealand based soccer players arrived into the country on Saturday night and have joined the Suva soccer team for the Courts IDC.
Three players are New Zealand born which include Domenech Rowe, Phil Imray and Carl Whalen while three are Fiji born players which include Shekar Prakash, Vishal Lal and Shelvin Lal.
Suva has not performed up to expectation throughout the season and the inclusion of these players may give some hope for the capital city fans of a good outing this weekend.
Domenech Rowe who is a striker with Mirmar club in Wellington said he is here to score goals and take Suva to the semi-finals.
Coach, Zulfikar Khan said most of the overseas players will be in the best 11 for Suva.
Meanwhile, another Fiji born player, Aaron Singh who plays for Mangere United in New Zealand will arrive into the country tomorrow and he is expected to be utilised as a defender for Suva.
Suva plays its first match in the Courts IDC against Nasinu this Thursday at 9.15pm.
Suva last won IDC in 1983.
Story by: Dhanjay Deo
Overseas based players join capital side
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