Bulawayo-born striker Lucky Mkosana has signed a one-year contract with US Tampa Bay Rowdies who play in the North American Soccer League.
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The Rowdies announced on their official website last week that they had acquired rights for the player for the 2014 season. Mkosana has been on loan to the club from USL Pro’s Harrisburg City Islanders.
“The Tampa Bay Rowdies announced on Thursday that the club had acquired the rights to forward Luckymore “Lucky” Mkosana from USL Pro’s Harrisburg City Islanders, and have signed the young forward to a new one-year contract through the 2014 Season,” reads the statement from rowdiessoccer.com.
He joined the Rowdies last September and made his debut against Carolina RailHawks on September 7 and instantly became a hit with his speed and agility, as a key member of the strike force. Mkosana (26) played nine matches for the Rowdies in the Fall season and scored two goals.
At Harrisburg City Islanders he played eight matches and scored 10 goals.
Mkosana played college football for Dartmouth College from 2008-2011 where he broke a 1953 record by scoring 34 goals and in 2012 joined fellow Zimbabwean Mkhokheli Dube at Chicago Fire after he was selected in the second round of that year’s Major League Soccer SuperDraft.
He however joined Harrisburg in the USL Pro last May. In his two seasons with Harrisburg he played 41 games, scored 20 goals and had four assists.
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At Dartmouth, Mkosana was named Ivy League Player of the Year (2011), All-Ivy League First Team (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011), Soccer America Freshman, All-America First Team, College Soccer News Freshman, All-America First Team and Ivy League Rookie of the Year (2008). He also played in the USL Premier Development League for Michigan Bucks.
Another Zimbabwean who plays in the USL Pro is forgotten former Warriors midfielder Joseph Ngwenya who joined Richmond Kickers in April.
