Sounders left back Nouhou says it’s been fun squaring off in a playoff series against an opponent from his hometown in Cameroon.
But though Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder Tony Tchani hails from his port city of Douala and is eight years older, Nouhou says it wasn’t like he grew up idolizing him. In fact, he only first heard about Tchani four years ago when both were invited to a Cameroon national team selection camp.
Nouhou was in the national junior team’s portion of the camp and knew of a Major League Soccer player from the Columbus Crew training with the senior side.