With support from FIFA through the FIFA Forward Program, the LFA continues to roll out several grassroots programs to develop the next generation of talents.

Among those are the U-10 program for boys and the LFA national U-12 training program for both boys and girls.

At the moment, 72 kids scouted from the LFA U-12 grassroots league in Montserrado County have been trained twice a week since February 2024.

The training program is an extension of the LFA Talent Development Scheme program, which seeks to identify young talents throughout the country to be developed for various youth teams.

Liberia is among the 176 MAs benefiting from the TDS, which provides MAs with specialized assistance to help them realize their full potential, continuing the steps taken to lessen the disparity in the standard of football between various regions of the world.

Its main objective is to raise the bar for men’s and women’s national teams globally, in line with FIFA’s commitment to long-term global talent development.

The Liberia Football Association (LFA) has already rolled out the first edition of the TDS, with 34 talented players scouted from among nearly 2,000 players from 91 teams who participated in the TDS that started in December 2022.

Four counties, including Montserrado, Margibi, Bong, Nimba, and Grand Gedeh, currently run the U-12 grassroots league, with about 2,000 players from 89 teams participating.