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Upper Darby FC faces familiar foe in new league as UPSL takes root in Philadelphia

Upper Darby boasts one of the most diverse populations in the state so it only makes sense that a soccer team originating from the Delaware County community would have representatives from so many different countries.

Players from Ghana, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and other parts of Africa, each with their own style and approach to the game, helped build the team initially by simple showing up.

“When we started it was just to have somewhere to go to have fun and then all of these boys in the neighborhood started showing up,” said head coach Mohamed Mansaray.