McColm Cephas (born 30 September 1978) is a Liberian former

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who played as a

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. He has earned two

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with the Liberia national team.

Career

Cephas attended

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where he played for the men's soccer team in 2002 and 2003. He played two

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qualifying games for

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in 2004. In 2007, Cephas signed with the

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of the

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. He scored only one goal in fourteen league games, but more significantly, he scored the only goal as Carolina upset the Chicago Fire, holders of the cup, in the 2007 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

References

1978 births Living people Liberian men's footballers Liberia men's international footballers Virginia Beach Mariners players A-League (1995–2004) players USL First Division players Richmond Kickers players Richmond Kickers Future players North Carolina FC players Footballers from Monrovia VCU Rams men's soccer players USL League Two players Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Men's association football forwards {{Liberia-footy-bio-stub