Soccer

Future looks bleak for Bafana as Safa and PSL continue to neglect junior national teams

With U-20 and U-23 teams failing to qualify for major international competitions, players are missing out on a crucial developmental pathway

02 April 2023 - 00:03 By SITHEMBISO DINDI and MAHLATSE MPHAHLELE

The broken relationship between the South African Football Association and the Premier Soccer League (PSL) is to blame for the predicament of junior national teams, the federation’s technical director Walter Steenbok says.  ..

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