Hat Trick: Manneh and u.s

hat trick: Manneh still must receive a waiver from FIFA to play for the U.S. team, since he was previously called in for Gambia's under-20 team, according to Metro News. The 22-year-old Manneh was born in Gambia and moved to Texas as a teenager. Kekuta Manneh has become a U.S. citizen, moving the Vancouver Whitecaps forward closer to eligibility for the men's national team.U.S. Soccer announced Manneh received his citizenship Wednesday, after the opening practice of January training camp under new coach Bruce Arena. He has spent the past four seasons playing for Vancouver while maintaining a U.S. residence just over the border in Washington state. The speedy wing has 22 goals in 98 career MLS games, becoming the league's youngest player to record a hat trick. Manneh broke his right foot in July and missed the next four months of the MLS season, limiting him to 17 games with the Whitecaps last year. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.