The Vancouver Whitecaps depleted roster took another big hit today as they announced that Gershon Koffie has been called up to the Ghana U-20 national team.
Koffie is set to leave Vancouver on Thursday afternoon and join his country's U-20 set up in Naivasha, Kenya, before heading to South Africa for the 2011 African Youth Championship in Johannesburg.
The 19-year-old has been instrumental in the central midfield for the blue and white thus far this season. Having started every game this year his presence will certainly be missed especially since his central midfield partner Terry Dunfield has joined the injured reserve and the 'Caps clearly lacking a bit of depth in the middle of the pitch. [PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]
Koffie will be unavailable for Whitecaps FC's next three matches in MLS. With his ejection from yesterday's game against New England he would be suspended for Sunday's match vs. Houston anyways.
This year's roster is almost as turbulent as last years with players being available to play one game and not the next. Hopefully the results are not the same. Our current record seems very familiar as well.